January 2009
Watchfyrvekerier around the city from rooftop.
December 2008
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Vince Guaraldi Trio (24)
Islands (22)
Elliott Smith (12)
Radiohead (11)
Beck (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A... →
Added Gerela: “Once, I made the mistake of saying I saw something on the news, and he started in with, ‘Saw the news? I don’t know about you, but I read the news.”
Awful American guy in the airport repeatedly trying to show his knowledge of Sweden during conversation with Swedish guy: So, do you drive a Saab or a Volvo?
Swedish guy: Ford Explorer.
“Vikaas Sharma, a Columbia University student who was trying to wiggle a blue...”
– A Thrifty, but Full, Bus Takes Passengers from Manhattan to La Guardia Airport (NYT)
Give me a break. Get on the bus earlier; especially during the holidays.
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Watchhellocontrol:
Hello Control - Hear You Sing on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
GO TO VIMEO TO WATCH IN HIGH DEF
Baby brother’s new music video!
“Ron Samuelson, 36, is still smarting after being unfriended a month ago. The...”
– OMG, We’re Not BFFs Anymore? Getting ‘Unfriended’ Online Stings (WSJ)
Online social networking: bringing first grade politics to our grownup lives.
It seems kind of lame that an article like this was even written; this is hardly news. Though I guess I did read the entire thing...
“Prison cheesecake stories somehow made me feel festive, so I was off home to...”
– My bro, Kevin, describing his adventures making cheesecake for tomorrow’s bigger than ever family Christmas celebration! Can’t wait to taste it!
“The cure for false hope is to set more reasonable goals and recognize that...”
– Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard (Scientific American)
(via lamb: jimray)
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“3 yrs: After hair is washed and dried, says, “I look like a movie star,...”
– My mom’s notes in my baby book.
“You’re very good at this personal assistant thing.”
– My mom, after I retrieved her credit reports, replaced her lightbulbs with CFLs, taught her about Outlook Tasks, and reset her voicemail password. Next up: getting her into Google Docs.
I can’t escape assisting, even in official vacation mode.
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Botox Treatments Remain Popular Despite Economic... →
Maralyn Burr of Omaha, Neb., in June lost her job as a district sales manager for bookstore chain Borders Group Inc. Ms. Burr, who is $140,000 in debt from her 22-year-old daughter’s musical education, says she has slashed spending and all but stopped eating out. But she hasn’t given up her Restylane and Botox injections. “It’s like comfort food,” she says.
Damn...
“Because of the emphasis on the concept of charity in the book, over time the...”
– Les Standiford, on Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol. (WSJ)
annualcreditreport.com →
Completely free annual credit reports are availble here from all three reporting agencies. Get them all at once each year, or do one every 4 months to keep regular tabs on things. …just don’t let them trick you into spending a penny on anything extra.
Watch“You can tell you’ve moved if you take a picture of this.” —Andrew
I’m offcially in tourist mode until January 3, 2009.
life, eh?
“Pro-life activists, according to the U.S. National Abortion Federation, have committed 7 murders, attempted 17 other murders, made 288 death threats, kidnapped 4 people, committed 41 bombings, 174 instances of arson, and 128 burglaries, attempted 94 bombings or arsons, made 623 bomb threats, committed 1,306 instances of vandalism, made 656 bioterror threats, and committed 162 instances of...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Vince Guaraldi Trio (24)
Islands (22)
Elliott Smith (12)
Radiohead (11)
Beck (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Warner Music Content Disappears From YouTube (WSJ) →
“…the dispute may indicate the start of a broader dispute between YouTube and the music industry over the value of music content on the site.”
Watch…and I thought Manhattan was snowy.
who took my tuque?
carlovely:
dear america,
it’s called a tuque, not a skully.
love, the canadian living in america.
My dad always says this, and I assumed it was spelled “tuke” and that he made it up. Oh the benefits of growing up near Montreal!
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RIAA to Stop Suing Music Fans, Cut Them Off... →
“Contrary to what the Wall Street Journal reports (“After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet,” our emphasis), nobody has ever been sued for downloading music in this country, and I have yet to hear of another such suit being brought elsewhere. Instead, the RIAA targets those who are sharing music with other users — not...