Degrees

Posted on August 19, 2008 - Filed Under

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Things get wrapped up in Six Degrees of Separation with the assertion that we — we being Manhattan’s one percenters who sell million-dollar art and have dinner parties – have experiences primarily so that we have something to share at dinner parties. I suppose a blogorati search might reveal 792 people who have said [...]

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whoa

Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under

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Some serious apple jocking going on in the comments over here. Wonder if pinky has grown her sack yet?
Not to be trolly, but…. if you substitute the sentence
Apple should design a phone the remains intact when you drop it 3 feet.
to
Microsoft should write an operating system that blocks spyware when you download porn.
would the [...]

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Please see Kim :)

Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under

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I got a glimpse of this walking the dog–someone was kind enough to upload the photo to the web for me. (CRED)

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birthday jamzzz

Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under

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get your Fidel Castro-Themed1 MP3’s over at WFMU (posted today for his 82nd birthday)
1 including the “Fidel Castro Polka”

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Owlish Shrubbery

Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under

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I like it when writers go after other writers, and you can hardly blame Alex Von Tunzelmann here:
These weak chapters show up the worst of Meyer and Brysac’s writing style, which is sometimes pretentious to the point of incomprehensibility and becomes more so when they seem to lack interest in their subject matter. The thesaurus [...]

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There is nothing wrong with YouTube that cannot be cured by what’s right in YouTube

Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under

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To wit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5knAsN82iTc
edit: perhaps some context?

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Sign #432 that I’m getting old

Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under

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I finally purchase a CD released in the present calendar year after having already received two 2009 calendars from assorted charities.
It’s a good one though, this CD. (MP3 here)

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Pipe down vegan!

Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under

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You know what really grinds my gears? When the Brooklyn Vegan hypes the show I’ve been looking forward to all summer, because this vastly increases the chance of its selling out. Happiness is seeing Boat live at CakeShop with less than ten other people.
While I cross my fingers, enjoy track 5 of my [...]

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even from Frisco, still my Homaha

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under

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Okay, maybe the only time I’ve heard the term “Homaha” is in a facebook group, but a few links from the interwebs caught my eyes lately.
Jonathan Segura, in support of his novel Occupational Hazards, blogs about Omaha at Powell’s, including a nod to the “miraculously” alive Dave Sink at The Antiquarium (which last I head [...]

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looking back/forward

Posted on August 1, 2008 - Filed Under

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a few highlights looking back

Sunday: at the Lucero show (awesome), I got much happiness from hearing Ben drop some El Guapo referencesfrom one of my favorite cowboy movies. “For some people, lack of education may be their El Guapo. For me, Scott is my El Guapo”
Monday: Greinke + Soria getting it done. Good for real. [...]

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