December 2008
21 posts
Baby boomers love J.D. Salinger so much →
It's like I'm a cowboy, or your dad
At the age of 28, I’ve finally found my drink, and it’s whiskey. Don’t worry, part of the reason is that it takes me a long time to drink, and I’m cheap.
Movies I Want to See
I will, at least any one of the first three, and if I’m just feeling social, I might even see No. 4.
crumbler:
In approximate order of interest
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Rachel Getting Married (back at the Charles!)
3. Frost/Nixon
4. Slumdog Millionaire
Anyone in Baltimore want to go with me?
“‘Insofar as there is a lesson in history,’ said James Grant, editor...”
– The New York Times on “Contemplating the Boobs We Were”
Holiday
Reblogged and unfollowed.
killingyourselftolive:
I’ve been noticing lately that a few more people have been reading my blog and in some instances reposting my shit on their blog…I would like to ask that people please refrain from doing this, this is certainly not an order just a request….I’ve visited some of these other blogs and usually come to find that they are indeed nothing but reposts...
Study Shows Teens More Popular If They Carry Gene... →
This explains something about copy editors.
johncarney:
(via jimrock)
Wash Post/Balt Sun to share content →
What is a “sub-editor”? In British-English publications, it’a a copy editor, but I doubt that’s the case here. Maybe someone on Tumblr can answer this.
The Sun-Post deal came out of a lunch Franklin had in October with Marcus Brauchli, the new executive editor of the Post. Franklin broached the idea and Brauchli was receptive. Sub-editors then got involved to work out the...
Things That Are Wrong With "The Wire" Part One
tylercoates:
tesslynch:
3. How come McNulty lives in a dungeon with a dirty mattress on the floor, and Kima lives in a Pottery Barn catalogue AND has money for school? I get the child support thing but COME ON.
Kima is a lesbian. DUH.
When Kima lives in her Pottery Barn cataglog, she’s living with her girlfriend, who is, if I remember correctly, a doctor. Plus, McNulty doesn’t...
I think I'm done giving you a chance, "The Sound... →
I want to like you, but I can’t handle the host’s delivery. (Yeah, I know, somehow Ira Glass is just fine, though.)
On cynical wines →
“This was an evil thing, Prop 8, evil and immoral and incredibly hurtful to a lot...”
– Wonkette (via crumbler)
Do you think Obama would cry if I said, “I’m not mad. I’m very disappointed.”
The complications of Santa →
When it comes to Santa Claus, my 9-year-old son is letting go in stages. The other day he made a key tactical concession.
Nine and he’s still holding on, for serious? I remember giving it up at 7, but not telling my dad cause he would have been sad, and my sister wasn’t 5 yet, so I didn’t want to ruin it for her. This is not to say I was some advanced, cynical kid. I think...
Lil Help?
thumbwrestlinginbaltimore:
Hello my good people,
Does anyone in the Baltimore/Washington area know of a salvation army/thrift store/antique store/etc. with really great and really cheap furniture?
I need a new desk for my home office (read: section of my bedroom… as though I have a “study”… HA! I wish) and I have it in my mind to buy an old, wooden one and repaint it.
Any thoughts on where...
From the Guardian's list of this year's biggest...
If you still don’t what happened in Season Five of “The Wire” (and I don’t know how that’s possible), then SPOILER ALERT:
The ‘hopper’ in The Wire who shot Omar
How could you do it? HOW COULD YOU? You ruined everything!
Link
“While my preference is to make cakes from scratch, I am not opposed to...”
– (from bake or break’s butterscotch marble cake post.)
am i food snob if i recoil from even the *thought* of making a box mix cake?
… i know the answer is yes.
i just think it’s not the hard to make a basic from-scratch cake — throw butter and sugar in a bowl, let that cream while you sift dry...
Oh, good a sexist cat fight movie starring Anne... →
What am I supposed to drink? Tea? →
My friend Kaarin is featured in the Washingtonian →
Some of the “facts” are not factual. Sometimes I’m embarrassed for journalism.
