January 2009
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The Most Exciting News In Jane Austen History →
“Sometimes, you give the world the best you have and you get kicked in the teeth....”
– Ted Nugent
"The Yankee Aura"
soupsoup:
brooklynmutt:
Joe Torre tells of a 2005 game against the Devil Rays in which Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown stormed off the field down 6-0 after one inning, and later was found by the manager, shirtless and “curled up on the floor in a tiny crevice in the corner of a storage area in the back of the clubhouse.”
“What are you doing?” Torre said.
“I’m not going to go out there and pitch...
90s stand up routine
And, of course the 80s twist: I go to the gym! I love this country! In Russia, machines work YOU out! I love this country!
gabrus:
How come the towels are so small at the gym? I need to lose weight just to be able to use them
The Routine
Up and down a stair for 3 minutes as a warm up.
Circuit training, 10 machines - reps of weight ranging from 60 pounds (bicep curls) to 310 (leg press) and up to 20 reps in one minute, then switching up to up and down a step for one minute. This takes about 30 minutes.
Crunches. 2 sets of 50. These hurt like a bastard.
Elliptical trainer. 40 minutes. 35 plus cool-down. Standard is for me to do...
The 5 Most Played Songs On My I-Tunes
Tom Waits, “I Want You,” 88 times.
U2, “Beautiful Day,” 78 times
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Room At The Top,” 71 times
Built To Spill, “The Weather,” 64 times
R.E.M., “Perfect Circle,” 62 times
Please take note.
“When I give, I give myself.”
– Walt Whitman
What Women Want →
Surprisingly, the Mel Gibson movie did far less to clarify this than I initially hoped.
Thank you, New York Times.
Fan/Not A Fan
And now, for some things I’m a fan of… and some things that I’m not a fan of.
At the gym: I’m a fan of doing the elliptical trainer while inadvertently catching the “Flirty Girl Fitness” commercial. The concept behind “Flirty Girl Fitness” is the very definition of awesomeness. It’s basically a mainstay of VH1 programming right now - and let...
Ranking The Beatles' Entire Catalog →
Link courtesy Will Hines. This dude ranks the entire Beatles’ Catalog, from Revolution #9 (worst) to…well, click on it and see. It’s a good list, and thorough.
Watch“Your Belly In My Arms,” The Felice Brothers.
I love this song.
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have...”
– Mary Pickford
Down 50
Just shy of six months. Down 50.
Dalai Lama Coming To Albany →
Initially, the appearance of 73-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, who is head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet, was scheduled for Feb. 3. That date conflicted with the annual Home Show, so the Dalai Lama was pushed back to April.
Here’s wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping...
Caution/Optimism
I have reason to be cautious. As a person and as a member of this world, I’ve been promised things that have not lived up to their promise, be they big or small. I know too well how great it is to build something up, and how much something can hurt when it doesn’t live up to its promise. There are so many reasons to be cautious, all of them culled from experience. Caution is not...
Keep It Fun, Paper Of Record. →
New U2 Song Streaming: "Get On Your Boots" →
Derrick Comedy's "Mystery Team" Reviewed by /Film:... →
This is good news! Congrats to all, especially friend-of-the-blog DC Pierson!
purns:
iamachilles:
“It’s funnier and more original than 99% of the comedies Hollywood releases now-a-days.”
I’m sure we’ll be reading more awesome reviews for this movie very, very soon.
Josh Ritter, “Here At The Right Time”
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Mmmm.
Chocolate covered bananas.
I….didn’t know.
Some Thoughts About Losing Weight
In my dreams, I’ve never been fat. I’ve never even been heavy. I’ve been me, sure, but I don’t think that I’ve ever been fat, or heavy, or big, or however I want to say it. Which is, to say, that I’ve never let my size define me for me. I think others may take into account my size when they think about me, but I’ve never, ever felt that way. I think...
Things We Like, January 2009 edition
Having a beard. It’s nature’s scarf, for dudes.
Black long-sleeve thermal-knit shirts
Long spells on the elliptical trainer (seriously, we find that we crave this)
Starbucks’ Pike Place Roast. Yeah, they’re the devil, blah blah blah stop talking.
Girls in those lace panties that kind of are shaped like a v in the front. Damn.
“Live Your Life” by T.I....
“You simply can’t make someone love you if they don’t. You must choose someone...”
– Israel Horowitz
playwright, Ad-Rock’s dad
“You can’t lead the people, if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the...”
– Cornell West
Things I Love About New York City Part 5932
I love that I live in a city where an airplane can make an emergency landing in our river and that we have the personnel to get everybody out safely despite the fact that it’s bitterly cold outside and that the plane landed IN THE RIVER.
I also live that I can go to the gym, and drive by a spot on the same river not 8 miles away and it’s like nothing has happened, both in the...
Keep It Fun America Brochure →
That Justin Purnell is doing this, I think, means that he merits consideration for a cabinet position. Wish I could be there.
purns:
keepitfun:
If you’re planning on coming with us or joining us, this brochure should give you all of the details on our plans, as well as road closings and other security precautions so that you can best enjoy your time.
Whoever is doing this is nuts.
Watchrobhuebel:
Bush tours America to survey damage caused by his disastrous Presidency.
“I’m the face of post-racial America! Deal with it, Cate Blanchett!”
– Tracy Morgan
On this crappy snowy winter night, why not a...
Rolling Stone: Inside U2's "No Line On The... →
Can’t wait to hear some of this. “Magnificent” in and of itself sounds wonderful. I am, however, skeptical of anything Wil.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas touches - to hell with that knickers-wearing douche.
4 Inches Of Snow???
No, Canadian’s best dancehall-rapper isn’t returning with an EP. Rather, the NYC tri-state area is about to get 4 inches of snow. I’m staying in for this, bored stupid, because 4 inches of snow here is like 12 anywhere upstate - it lends itself to people driving stupidly and general other atrociousness (walking around will suck until tomorrow morning).