2008

Jun

This may be the coolest thing I have ever...

Oh New York Times! Why won’t you fix it?!

1. "fierce feminists" 2. "rampaging...

May

How To Buy a Tanning Bed

Identity Crisis

What does it mean about me that 1. I have unearthed a Best of The Doobie Brothers CD that I had no...

Emily Gould: New Gloss On An Old Story

I Love What You Didn’t Do to Your Chipped...

“Change You Deserve” is the House GOP’s freshly...”
— The Note

“She’s a tiny little pocket of wry humour and...”
— wrote Lyndal, in a recent...

Apr

'I think too much of design is too dumb'

One of my (semi-secret) favorite songs ever.

Obama's Pronunciation of ‘Divisive'

“Mr. Jagger and company are mischievous bohemian...”
— I loved Shine A Light....

I find this very alluring. Thankfully, it’s priced...

“Oxygen viewers have not settled into adult growth patterns.”
— Lauren Zalaznick, now...

Mar

“Now my life’s a nightmare of efficiency.”
— Old 97’s, Adelaide

I know I’m not alone in adoring this. It’s too amazing for words.

Feb

“Op-Ed cannot harbor any aspirations about being...”
— Another post-it floating...

There is something so charming about this.

“Accepting the explanation that he didn’t see her is possible...”
— Gail Collins on The Alleged...

“Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived at Ms....”
— AP

Jan

“Those of us who live in New York found it rather peculiar...”
— Gail Collins, NYT

Why Things Suck: Evite

“As a child, Mr. Mizrahi said, he dreamed of being a...”
— One of a few oft-consulted...

Now, With Comments

Try it out. You can comment on this humble little hodgepodge now. If it’s successful, I might...

R.O.U.S Lives! Or Lived!

Steve Martin/Robin Williams Smackdown

Bernie Cries, a very short film shot on New Year’s Day 2008 in New York City. Directed by...

“How absurd. How depressing and disheartening and just plain...”
— Judith Warner, on...

Is it wrong that I secretly want one?

I can’t get this out of my head. My head radio is playing this on repeat. I’m walking in...

Four years later and I still don’t see what’s at all remarkable (or campaign-ruining)...

Modest Change: Cancel Something

2007

Dec

“Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be...”
— NYT Oh no!

The innumerable music bloggers are all fawning over Jens Lekman in their year-end lists. I’ve...

Ben's Best Music of 2007 List, Now Online

Wynonna: Tribute on Ice

“In 2002, researchers in Spain followed 4,300 healthy adults,...”
— NYT

How Color-Blind People See Things

“Facebook has all the social graces of a nose-picking,...”
— How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers...

Nov

Please note current conditions. Is this normal? I am...

Remember how Patrick showed me that very cool Concerts a Emporter site? Now he’s made some...

“Ralph, I was talking to Shelton. And as a side comment,...”
— Richard Gere as Clifford...

How to Make Your Outgoing Voicemail Message...

Still can't get over Clark and Michael

Oh my god. Check this out.

I love this weather site. Pretty, even when delivering bad...

The 7 Bad E-Mail Habits that Make People Want...

He Not Busy Being Born Is Busy Dying.

I just finished watching Don’t Look Back, the 1965 concert documentary. Bob Dylan was such a...

This actually exists. Lazy? Time-saving? Gross?

Oct

In deep, lasting love with this poster. Even though people...

Extremely great. Appeals to the cord-hater in me and makes...

“She met Mr. Wilson in Washington at the Turkish ambassador’s...”
— Times book review of Fair Game...

Five email tics I'd love for you to lose

Disgusting, perhaps. But useful.

What's wrong with The Office

I can’t stop loving Core 77, which alerted me today to...

What side is the gas tank on?

What people keep in their Go Bags.

Sep

“Contemporary music made me want to punch people. I...”
— Joni Mitchell, interviewed by...

“She is no longer surrounded by the kind of strong, tough,...”
— Alessandra Stanley (again)....

Take-Away Shows

Patrick just told me about this amazing website Concerts a Emporter. A French guy filmed all these...

Give a laptop, get a laptop for next to...

Social Networking Invitation Etiquette

Photographs of Famous Writers' Rooms

“It is possibly the scariest tableau of prep school privilege...”
— Alessandra Stanley, reviewing...

I must have this bike basket. I love it so much. It’s...

“She wasn’t a nice person, ” said Darla Moore, vice...

What People Read While They Eat

Amazing. I am not alone.

Who needs a subprime mortgage? I want to live in a...

I wish I'd heard this!

This American Life on Break-Ups

Aug

“Pasty gnocchi came in a sour bolognese that approximated...”
— Time Out New York: Gemma...

“Ms. Paley was among the earliest American writers to explore...”
— Grace Paley, Writer and...

“The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation that...”
—

Petraske's Mighty Ocelot Readying for Secret...

“Now that women have solidly earned their place in the work...”
— NYT

Is this for real?

Artifact spied at the Chelsea Market, 8/07

“Those of us who love A&E’s sick documentary series...”
— Confronting a Crystal Meth...

“If Fred Thompson formally announces his intention to run for...”

Top White House aide Rove resigns

“Now, it is really hard for me to be mad at a multiplex movie...”
— Life With Zabar’s at the...

Soundtrack for "I'm Not There," Dylan...

All Along The Watchtower —Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar BashersAs I Went Out One...

“I don’t want to be considered vapid and uninteresting.”
— Be Yourselves, Girls, Order...

I accidentally became awesome.

I’m writing a piece about procrastination. The irony, if you can even call it that because...

TimesSelect Going to the Shitter! Free...

"He's Just Not That Into You": The Movie

I’m totally freaking out. Does anyone else remember this? There are hordes of people on the...

Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine

Dear Scott Rudin, Please Make Movie Out...

After heavy bidding among multiple suitors, Disney and Scott Rudin have nabbed the screen rights to...

Quote Machine from "Vulture"

In Praise of Tap Water

My photo was in the New York Times in 2005. That was two...

For the apartment speakeasy

“According to an article in today’s New York Times, young...”
— For Young Earners in Big City,...

“But then Mr. Le Dû’s story provides a reminder that a 1985...”
— Fine Diner to Riffraff: Tipsy...

Coelacanth found!

Jul

Fake Toe on Mummy: Oldest Prosthesis?

With Friends Like That...

Seven Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

One Woman Speaks For Many (At the Mall)

Ah, college. The year was 1978. A portrait of the lovely...

“A recent Yahoo study indicates that the days in which...”

Watch the Ratings Plummet

“After a tumultuous season that saw the abrupt exit of Rosie O’Donnell, ABC’s daytime chatfest...

vikodan31: did you know sujfan teaches knitting to the blind
vikodan31: jesus

“The really good times are over.”
— Simon Ballard, a global credit...

“Bombings Mar Iraqi Soccer Victory”
— NYTimes.com Headline [File...

I missed the debate b/c I don’t have CNN (why aren’t the debates on free TV?) but...

“ The formula is simple: two people, a few instruments, 88...”
— A.O. Scott, NY Times

Short-Term Personal Savior

Trader Joe’s freeze-dried rambutan and mangosteen. Exotic. Crispy. Weird. Love. I can see it...

Bea Arthur, Marla Gibbs, Nell Carter and Alfonso Ribeiro all together? Too much.

I had a birthday. Heather Lee Roth (throwing the gang sign...

Okay, so I’m far from the only one nuts over Wonderlust King. Admit that the video is very...

"Wonderlust King" by Gogol Bordello

I Love It, It's Perfect, Now It Changes

“All the Republicans combined don’t have as much cash...”
— NPR Morning Edition

“There are only two Democrats who have less money on hand...”
— NPR Morning Edition

Bike Lanes Going Green

Scientology's Good Points?

Sauteed Rooster Comb