be good (or: the plague of snark)
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Liberal Media Conspiracies, Pain | Leave a Comment
I think Roger Ebert’s blog may be the best thing going these days. Now another typically excellent essay in which he writes now is the time “to put away childish things” and “inspire more appreciation than ridicule”.
Snarking has been part of the air we breathe for a long time. It is said to have entered [...]
true dat
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under Pain, Philosophy, Theology, Writers | Leave a Comment
Marilynne Robinson in an interview in The Paris Review
INTERVIEWER
You’ve also written that Americans tend to avoid contemplating larger issues. What is it that we’re afraid of?
ROBINSON
People are frightened of themselves. It’s like Freud saying that the best thing is to have no sensation at all, as if we’re supposed to live painlessly and unconsciously in [...]
Earworm of the Now
Posted on September 16, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Pain | Leave a Comment
Mayday – Captain
always remember you’re somebody’s child
Fox News–Something Fishy is Going On…
Posted on September 15, 2008 - Filed Under Knee Jerk Reactions, Liberal Media Conspiracies, Pain, Perception, Politics | Leave a Comment
I wouldn’t call it a guilty pleasure–I generally wince in pain at the bloviating ad hominems–but on occasion I will check in on Fox News to see just what garbage they’re spewing these days. Last night was one such occasion.
What I noticed caught me a bit off-guard. There was a story on the [...]
whoa
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Pain, Stickin' It To The Man, The Man Stickin It To Us | Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Please see Kim :)
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Pain, Photographs, Writers | Leave a Comment
I got a glimpse of this walking the dog–someone was kind enough to upload the photo to the web for me. (CRED)
Read More..>>Sign #432 that I’m getting old
Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Pain | Leave a Comment
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)
Coffee, coffee, coffee
Posted on October 4, 2007 - Filed Under Caffeine, Pain, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Dear Ad Wizard,
Do I need a Cleveland Steamer to make Icepresso?
And that reminds me … I’m not sure I grok how a book can be frothy, but whatever. What I really want to know is who GULPS cappuccino besides the staff at Essential magazine apparently?
Read More..>>It’s funny because it’s true
Posted on August 9, 2007 - Filed Under Pain, Sports, Statistics | Leave a Comment
Joe Posnanski taking a breather from espousing the merits of Pedro Feliz (a position I heartily second) he pisses on the Jason LaRue parade — not that there is one, really.
Tangent: This year, in 127 at-bats, LaRue is hitting .157. That would be a 1 followed by a 5 followed by a 7. Now, many [...]
Synergy Paradigm (file under: Ad Wizards)
Posted on June 5, 2007 - Filed Under Drugs, Money, Pain, Sports, Television | Leave a Comment
Via FJM: “Log on to ESPN.com and search ‘Excedrin’ to answer additional trivia questions.”
Read More..>>Damn Skits
Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under Music, Pain | Leave a Comment
I’ve dusted off Aquemini for the last few days, and damn if it isn’t one of the near-great albums* of my lifetime. The only thing holding it back is the interminable “skits” appended to each song. At least in iTunes/WinAmp I can skip…but jeez.
* With 5 bona fide great songs, and a number of very [...]
Excuse Me While My Head Explodes
Posted on February 22, 2007 - Filed Under Pain, Sports | 1 Comment
A Royal Fan in Atlanta* is optimistic …. hoping that Angel Berroa may be a latter day Andruw Jones (or possibly a Jeff Francoeur).
* – Still not sure if he’s really a Royals fan. Seems inconceivable to me. How can a long-time Braves fan suddenly become a Royals fan? Without leaving Atlanta for KC (not [...]
Omaha Blues
Posted on February 8, 2007 - Filed Under Art, Books, Music, Now Reading, Pain, Writers | Leave a Comment
I’m about halfway through the paperback of former NY Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld’s Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop. So far, so good -though Omaha doesn’t play many roles in this memoir other than being the place Lelyveld defines himself as being from (no small role, though) – a memory of being from somewhere [...]
Read More..>>when they kiss they spit
Posted on December 7, 2006 - Filed Under Pain | Leave a Comment
from “calm your screaming baby”, but may also work for ignoring your co-workers:
Free White Noise MP3’s
It Gets Really, Really Bad
Posted on November 7, 2006 - Filed Under Caffeine, Pain, Sports | Leave a Comment
Today I see in my office breakroom that the (passable) Starbucks “House Blend” has been replaced with Folgers. Joy.
Poppers pop
Breakers Break
Raiders Suck
Writers Write:
“Watching the 2006 Oakland Raiders makes me yearn to read fiction about 9/11 written with many, many adverbs.”
Well-Balanced Bastards of the Day
Tire of Nick Hornby? Why not check out what’s on A.L Kennedy’s [...]
Read More..>>Spray, Magic Spray
Posted on October 24, 2006 - Filed Under Pain, Sports, Statistics | Leave a Comment
Prepare yourselves for this shocker: “FIFA have revealed that more than half [58%] of the players treated on the pitch during this summer’s World Cup were not actually injured.”
Pete Lit revisits the Six Word Stories.
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at SF’s Tenderloin. Without a login, I can’t read more than this:
In San Francisco’s [...]
Read More..>>Inflation, My Ass!
Posted on May 3, 2006 - Filed Under Money, Pain, Sports | Leave a Comment
“in case you were wondering what loyalty to the Royals is going for these days, it’s somewhere around $278.47.“
Read More..>>Mmmmm…. Ribs……
Posted on April 18, 2006 - Filed Under Music, Pain | Leave a Comment
Richard Marx (possibly putting himself in the same category as Jerry Garcia): “I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn’t realize I was gone.”
Read More..>>What do you think about your team’s execution?
Posted on April 14, 2006 - Filed Under Pain, Perception, Sports | Leave a Comment
Sure, the openening paragraph is mildly amusing:
A DEA agent [Lee Paige] who accidentally shot himself in the foot while demonstrating gun safety to school children is suing the agency, saying video of the incident has made him the joke of the Internet.
But the kicker is the closing in which we read that, “Paige, a former [...]
Oprah Companion
Posted on January 26, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Money, Music, Pain, Perception | Leave a Comment
BMK is a multimedia experience. So, while you’re watching your tape of Orprah v. Frey, I direct you some supplementary reading & listening material.
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