February 2012
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10 Seconds from Every Top-100 Song Ever -... →
Oh, my.
(cf. Chartsweep)
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New Mexican Place on Wabash
abloodymess:
I give them extra points because I ordered a burrito and they threw in a free taco because they thought I would like a free taco.
This makes me so happy.
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“Jeremy Lin is anomalous in all sorts of ways. He’s a Harvard grad in the N.B.A.,...”
– You ever wonder whether David Brooks is just trolling?
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Call me old fashioned...
…but if the mayor came to my startup for a high-profile photo op, I’d maybe lose the hoodie and put on a fucking suit.
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“Predictably, Williams’s self-defense took the form of asserting that Eliot’s...”
– The New World of William Carlos Williams by Adam Kirsch | The New York Review of Books
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This cover by Rebecca Gates of...
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“Van Etten, who is 30, lives in Brooklyn now, in a suburban neighborhood of grand...”
– The Rough Harmonies of Sharon Van Etten
Oy. Hello, neighborhood. See y’all at the “oddly charming florist/speakeasy” after work tonight.
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Manhattan Man Suing for Custody of ‘Kidnapped’... →
Listen, when you’ve got a sob story about a dog named Knuckles and you don’t mention Killdozer, I’m really not sure what you’re doing.
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“A few basic facts crucial to any “what is this Skrillex kid all about”...”
– Dropping the Bass: A Night With Skrillex
Rivers Cuomo glasses? Is that what we’re calling those?
January 2012
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Watchtheoreticalgirl:
So glad to see that someone has finally put up a Two Lights parody track.
Since I was already thinking about Pulp this morning, this seems oddly appropriate.
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Recent Trends in Salmonella →
Something about the title of this webinar doesn’t work for me.
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Dyson: What did you think back in 1969 when people were talking about the global village and there was this kind of -
Gingrich: The decisive break point for me is 1958. My dad’s stationed in Orleans, France, from 1957 to 1958. In the spring we go to Verdun, and I decide that civilization is important and leadership matters. And in the fall of 1958, I begin reading. The two major works...
“Port operators and shippers say the extra trip over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge...”
– Red Hook Facing Loss of Customs Inspection Station
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You know that moment when you mean to email your girlfriend a funny story about the loud kids on a field trip on the subway this morning whose teacher kept calling the group “Ninja Turtles,” but in your haste you accidentally respond to the email from someone in the CSA asking (kind of obnoxiously) whether someone can please pick up her vegetables because she can’t make it, as if...
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