Monday, October 31, 2005
BVBVBVBVBVBVBV
Alan Ball, the creator and head writer of "Six Feet Under" and the writer/director/producer of "American Beauty", is supposedly developing a new show for HBO based on the "Southern Vampire" series of vampire novels in which vampires and humans co-exist. As I tripped head-over-All-Stars in love with "Six Feet Under" and yearn for it nightly, I am anxious and giddy. This probably won't come to fruition for a while, but maybe his adapation of the novel "Towelhead"— which I wish to read right away — will be released before it.
So you guys know Boondocks, right? The comic strip. It's pretty funny, and, because creator Aaron McGruder and I often hold comparable political views, I think it's pretty neat that the Cartoon Network is turning it into a series. It will join the Adult Swim lineup starting November 6.
If you aren't reading brooklyn vegan and you like music, you are deprived. For example, I just found out that
Morcheeba has a new singer,
James Shaw of Metric is now also part of Broken Social Scene,
Emily Haines is wild,
Broken Social Scene's cause=time video is fine by me,
Metric's "Monster Hospital" video is pretty cool,
the cobra snake was profiled in the LA times,
indie-rocks females from the fiery furnaces, the raveonettes, joy zipper, and modeled clothes for the NYT recently,
more video goodness from NAHPI - Do They Know It's Halloween?
halloween mashups here,
and american analog set has stopped touring. boooooooooo!
So you guys know Boondocks, right? The comic strip. It's pretty funny, and, because creator Aaron McGruder and I often hold comparable political views, I think it's pretty neat that the Cartoon Network is turning it into a series. It will join the Adult Swim lineup starting November 6.
If you aren't reading brooklyn vegan and you like music, you are deprived. For example, I just found out that
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Morcheeba has a new singer,
James Shaw of Metric is now also part of Broken Social Scene,
Emily Haines is wild,
Broken Social Scene's cause=time video is fine by me,
Metric's "Monster Hospital" video is pretty cool,
the cobra snake was profiled in the LA times,
indie-rocks females from the fiery furnaces, the raveonettes, joy zipper, and modeled clothes for the NYT recently,
more video goodness from NAHPI - Do They Know It's Halloween?
halloween mashups here,
and american analog set has stopped touring. boooooooooo!
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Rosa Parks kills birds with Valerie Plume while eating chocolate and googling for centenarians in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
Is Barbershop right? Was Rosa Parks preceded by other blacks who refused to vacate her seat, and do they deserve more credit? I think that, yes, they deserve more credit, but it should not denigrate what Rosa Parks did. I'm not sure it matters whether she was a pioneer; she was bold enough to stand in the face of blatant discrimination. Her story drew press coverage, and her struggle inspired others to follow suit.
How they kill birds infected with avian bird flu.
Valerie Plume. Oh my what a name. She does sound like a covert CIA agent. The Bush Administration pisses all over things yet again.
Chocolate is good for you in small doses, so says Mars Candy Co.
The media pleasures itself to Google yet again.
A neat article about centenarians.
I want to see "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Val Kilmer. Downy Jr. This can't be good, right?
How they kill birds infected with avian bird flu.
Valerie Plume. Oh my what a name. She does sound like a covert CIA agent. The Bush Administration pisses all over things yet again.
Chocolate is good for you in small doses, so says Mars Candy Co.
The media pleasures itself to Google yet again.
A neat article about centenarians.
I want to see "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Val Kilmer. Downy Jr. This can't be good, right?
Friday, October 28, 2005
pumpkin carving
sox win, 335 people in chicago rejoice
The White Sox have swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series. They went 11-1 in the postseason, they won their last 8 games in a row, they swept Anaheim and Hoston in their home stadiums, they were in first place every day of the season, and at one point their starting rotation threw four-straight complete games in the ALCS. They killed. Bravo. I am a Cubs fan. But bravo.
I don't like that they aren't getting as much praise as the Red Sox did last year. The White Sox had a longer drought, and they didn't spin failure as misfortune, crying "Curse! Curse!", choosing instead to attribute their lot in baseball life to what it was, not why it wasn't. Joe Buck (Joe BuckityBucky Buck, how you annoy me), Tim McCarver, Bill Simmons, ESPN.com, the New York Times, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek. Give credit where credit is due.
Surprise, surprise. Miers withdraws her nomination to the Supreme Court.
Broken Social Scene is profiled in NY magazine. Yowser.
I agree, David Spade's new show is oooall right.
Tips for investing so that you aren't working into your early 70s.
While the Greenland ice cap has become slightly thicker recently, this is still consistent with gobal warming models
Does Idaho have an outbreak of Jacob-Creutzfeldt disease? 9 cases have been reported in Idaho this year. But they haven't been confirmed cases of the disease because physicians are reluctant to perform autopsies.
DNA differences between people have been mapped. The avian flue is just hype?
The colbert report is kind of funny, but it doesn't sustain my interest for very long.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Panama are the new France, Italy, Switzerland. Vacation homes are changing location.
China is luring top academics back to her homeland. The Chinese hope to be a world-class destination for academic excellence.
The Whiting Awards were announced.
More on the NBA's new dress code.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
I titillate with my posts
More hype for Aaron Sorkin's new show, like "Sport's Night" but about a sketch-comedy show. Bill Simmons from ESPN's Page 2 has read the script for the pilot and is foaming at the mouth.
If you are a fan of Chilean sea bass, their population is dramatically dwindling.
The new yorker searches for a planted word in the New Oxford American Dictionary that is made up.
That 2GB Ipod nano that you bought for $200 is only worth $103 in parts and labor. For you communications majors out there, that is a $97 profit.
A new documentary about illegal immigrants from Mexico and their journey across our southern border is in production. The filmmakers also gave some immigrants cameras to document their experiences. Some pictures are available on the site now.
A board game called C-jump that teaches you the C programming language. Please don't buy this especially for your children. They don't want to be eunuchs.
Compulsive liars have ~25% more white matter in their prefrontal cortices than non-liars.
Is "Good Night and Good Luck", the new George Clooney biopic about Edward R. Murrow, worth seeing? The subject is unquestionably interesting. Murrow's news broadcasts were a main source of information for countless Americans during WWII. In the 50's, he produced segments in which he questioned the cold war hysteria sweeping the nation and helped end McCarthyism. George Clooney means Steven Soderburgh is close by. And he is. He's executive producer. "Traffic" was compelling, "Welcome to Collinwood" was surprisingly good, but Soderburgh and Clooney together can be hit or miss. And fuckin Mark Cuban, the outspoken, slightly douchy owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is an executive producer. This movie has 8 executive producers. And the screenplay was co-written by Clooney. Dr. Doug Ross, a writer? And it's PG. I can't decide.
What I have approved on my over-priced, broke-ass ipod: The Editors' album (basically Interpol redux), the Rosebuds album, the Minus Story album, the new Animal Collective, and Cut Copy.
If you are a fan of Chilean sea bass, their population is dramatically dwindling.
The new yorker searches for a planted word in the New Oxford American Dictionary that is made up.
That 2GB Ipod nano that you bought for $200 is only worth $103 in parts and labor. For you communications majors out there, that is a $97 profit.
A new documentary about illegal immigrants from Mexico and their journey across our southern border is in production. The filmmakers also gave some immigrants cameras to document their experiences. Some pictures are available on the site now.
A board game called C-jump that teaches you the C programming language. Please don't buy this especially for your children. They don't want to be eunuchs.
Compulsive liars have ~25% more white matter in their prefrontal cortices than non-liars.
Is "Good Night and Good Luck", the new George Clooney biopic about Edward R. Murrow, worth seeing? The subject is unquestionably interesting. Murrow's news broadcasts were a main source of information for countless Americans during WWII. In the 50's, he produced segments in which he questioned the cold war hysteria sweeping the nation and helped end McCarthyism. George Clooney means Steven Soderburgh is close by. And he is. He's executive producer. "Traffic" was compelling, "Welcome to Collinwood" was surprisingly good, but Soderburgh and Clooney together can be hit or miss. And fuckin Mark Cuban, the outspoken, slightly douchy owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is an executive producer. This movie has 8 executive producers. And the screenplay was co-written by Clooney. Dr. Doug Ross, a writer? And it's PG. I can't decide.
What I have approved on my over-priced, broke-ass ipod: The Editors' album (basically Interpol redux), the Rosebuds album, the Minus Story album, the new Animal Collective, and Cut Copy.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Forbes, yes Forbes the business magazine, lists the top art crimes of all time.
Dita Von Teese, the classically sexy burlesque dancer who is engaged to be married to Marilyn Manson, is profiled in the NYT. I still don't understand: Why? Why him?
Like I suspected, this burger-king halloween costume craze is unreal.
Pretty neat: this artist constructed a Jello replica of San Francisco.
Fortune profiles bittorrent creator Bram Cohen.
The Nation discusses Harriet Miers nomination.
A look at Google Print.
The Nation looks at global warming and the melting of the arctic.
Dita Von Teese, the classically sexy burlesque dancer who is engaged to be married to Marilyn Manson, is profiled in the NYT. I still don't understand: Why? Why him?
Like I suspected, this burger-king halloween costume craze is unreal.
Pretty neat: this artist constructed a Jello replica of San Francisco.
Fortune profiles bittorrent creator Bram Cohen.
The Nation discusses Harriet Miers nomination.
A look at Google Print.
The Nation looks at global warming and the melting of the arctic.
Friday, October 21, 2005
TVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Blossom on Curb and Scott Baio on Arrested Development. So Vicki the Robot will be on next week's "Everybody hates Chris"?
Actually, in sort of related news, I heard Danica McKellar, Winnie Cooper, is back on TV. Wonder Years was probably the greatest thing to come out of the 60's after JFK and the moon landing. LBJ doesn't even come close. It's cool that he serves a reminder that Democrats from Texas existed and could be successful, but he's no Winnie Cooper. Oh Winnie Cooper! Fellers, this girl has a degree in mathematics from UCLA. We're not talking Borcherds here but she apparently co-authored a math proof. She is also directing something. I am smitten.
Actually, in sort of related news, I heard Danica McKellar, Winnie Cooper, is back on TV. Wonder Years was probably the greatest thing to come out of the 60's after JFK and the moon landing. LBJ doesn't even come close. It's cool that he serves a reminder that Democrats from Texas existed and could be successful, but he's no Winnie Cooper. Oh Winnie Cooper! Fellers, this girl has a degree in mathematics from UCLA. We're not talking Borcherds here but she apparently co-authored a math proof. She is also directing something. I am smitten.
Spread it with unprotected sex
This picture needs to become viral. The three of you that are out there, spread it.
Beautific. Harriet Miers' correspondence with (then) Governor and Mrs. Bush. This has bimbo written all over it. Cronyism will be the downfall of our government. That or necrophilia. Maybe both?
More Miers.
Embryonic research in the fray. More stems cells.
"What David Stern is trying to do is repair the NBA's so-called image problem. My view is that any institution in American that's in the public eye has an image problem. The Catholic Church, politics, big business, hollywood, the NFL, major league baseball, they all have image problems, but that phrase is more associated with the NBA than all of those institutions combined. I'm constantly hearing and reading about the NBAs so-called image problem. The only difference between the NBA and those institutions is that it's 80% black, and I think that there's a segment of the population that is still not comfortable with black men in dominant positions. And so David Stern is actually responding to that racism because he knows when that when black men don't conform to the standards and norms of society, they're viewed negatively. He's saying, "If I can get them to dress in way that conforms with societal norms, maybe they won't be viewed so negatively." Chris Broussard on the NBA's new dress code. I can dig him.
Gee, what a shocker. Sleeplessness is bad.
Time magazine pretends like it knows the next 5 big things.
Hyponatremia: too much water. There have been several reported cases of this potentially fatal condition in marathon runners.The NYT counsels.
The effects of snoring.
The NYT has finally caught on to Google mashups.
Cars, cars, cars: First, heed caution in buying used cars and check for water damage. Apparently, lots of used cars are going on the market that were damaged by Hurrican Katrina. Second, so maybe my opinion that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, aka the real-life mayor quinby, is an unequivocally reprobate greaseball is a little unfounded. He is one of the few governors who don't drive SUVs. Finally, the big-three American car companies, imitating their superior foreign competitors, are starting to embrace the hybird paradigm.
If you haven't read, the arctic soon will be the world's biggest water park. And of course everyone wants in.
Google's profit, profit!, increased 7x last quarter. Escuchame! Their stock is at $325. Fuck myself.
New DVD players comin, comin, comin next year. One moment it looks like Sony is edging Toshiba by a little bit, and the next it's the other way around.
Time magazine pretends like it knows the next 5 big things.
Hyponatremia: too much water. There have been several reported cases of this potentially fatal condition in marathon runners.The NYT counsels.
The effects of snoring.
The NYT has finally caught on to Google mashups.
Cars, cars, cars: First, heed caution in buying used cars and check for water damage. Apparently, lots of used cars are going on the market that were damaged by Hurrican Katrina. Second, so maybe my opinion that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, aka the real-life mayor quinby, is an unequivocally reprobate greaseball is a little unfounded. He is one of the few governors who don't drive SUVs. Finally, the big-three American car companies, imitating their superior foreign competitors, are starting to embrace the hybird paradigm.
If you haven't read, the arctic soon will be the world's biggest water park. And of course everyone wants in.
Google's profit, profit!, increased 7x last quarter. Escuchame! Their stock is at $325. Fuck myself.
New DVD players comin, comin, comin next year. One moment it looks like Sony is edging Toshiba by a little bit, and the next it's the other way around.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
halloween
I should've posted this a long time ago: What follows are some ideas for Halloween costumes. All of these are indisputably brilliant and will have the hipster girl that is dressed as the topless chick from "The Life Aquatic" at the party you are going to swooning over you.
1. team zissou, replete with red beanie hats, the zissou adidas shoes, and the blue outfit (with the Z's).
2. dr. tobias funke. must have the eyeglasses, the bald cap, and the cutoffs. can't ever be nude, even when going to the bathroom. you may optionally add the dashiki african tribal shirt. or you can go all out, apply yourself with blue body paint, and go out as blue man group tobias. a good accessory would be "analrapist"business cards. i am going to name my first child tobias funke. and have him wear cutoffs instead of diapers. this is my costume this year.
3. kim jung il. you need the large, gold late 70's/80's eyeblasses, the dr. evil-style gray suit, the korean haircut. recommended are the blue-blocker type sunglasses
with the white stripes that he has been seen wearing. need to be 60 pounds overweight. you cannot wear this costume if you plan on carrying around banned North Korean triplets or kidnapped Japanese directors as an added effect because that will ruin it. rub your 2 IQ points and start a fire.
4. burger king king. you know. the guy from the burger king commercials. this would be a good costume if everyone you hate weren't going to be wearing it. fuckin predictable hacks. anyways, burger king has caught on to the fanfare and is selling masks here. you can get a King Francois the First costume at amazon or Toys R us. good luck getting a burger king medallion on ebay. if you wear this costume, you are a total phony by default.
5. Willie Wonka. the black Willy Wonka. he's a walking stereotype: pimp cane, shiny purple suit (or a regular purple Sears-type one), gold teeth, 13-inch penis (this is necessary), a fro. if carried out in the wrong way, like if all night you kept quoting from "The Chappelle Show" like every other unoriginal, MDMA-overdosed buffoon, this costume would be trite and idiotic. i hate you and your G.E.D.
6. a suicide bomber equipped strings of Champagne party poppers. this isn't my idea; it's hers. soooo good. i'm in love with her cerebral cortex.
1. team zissou, replete with red beanie hats, the zissou adidas shoes, and the blue outfit (with the Z's).
2. dr. tobias funke. must have the eyeglasses, the bald cap, and the cutoffs. can't ever be nude, even when going to the bathroom. you may optionally add the dashiki african tribal shirt. or you can go all out, apply yourself with blue body paint, and go out as blue man group tobias. a good accessory would be "analrapist"business cards. i am going to name my first child tobias funke. and have him wear cutoffs instead of diapers. this is my costume this year.
3. kim jung il. you need the large, gold late 70's/80's eyeblasses, the dr. evil-style gray suit, the korean haircut. recommended are the blue-blocker type sunglasses
with the white stripes that he has been seen wearing. need to be 60 pounds overweight. you cannot wear this costume if you plan on carrying around banned North Korean triplets or kidnapped Japanese directors as an added effect because that will ruin it. rub your 2 IQ points and start a fire.
4. burger king king. you know. the guy from the burger king commercials. this would be a good costume if everyone you hate weren't going to be wearing it. fuckin predictable hacks. anyways, burger king has caught on to the fanfare and is selling masks here. you can get a King Francois the First costume at amazon or Toys R us. good luck getting a burger king medallion on ebay. if you wear this costume, you are a total phony by default.
5. Willie Wonka. the black Willy Wonka. he's a walking stereotype: pimp cane, shiny purple suit (or a regular purple Sears-type one), gold teeth, 13-inch penis (this is necessary), a fro. if carried out in the wrong way, like if all night you kept quoting from "The Chappelle Show" like every other unoriginal, MDMA-overdosed buffoon, this costume would be trite and idiotic. i hate you and your G.E.D.
6. a suicide bomber equipped strings of Champagne party poppers. this isn't my idea; it's hers. soooo good. i'm in love with her cerebral cortex.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The Jewish post
I don't know if Will Ferrell is a genius, but this new NASCAR parody movie, High, Wide, and Handsome, has Sacha Baron Cohen so that's all that matters. And John C. Reilly. F-Fa-Fresh. There are pictures of the actors on set here. This fuckin guy. "Ali G couldn't make me laugh if he got me high and had puppies lick my feet." Heh heh heh. What a funny guy! Of course, to make him laugh, Ali G would have to intravenously feed him heroin while he spooned a cat. He's more of a cat & heroin person.
NY magazine asks if Jews are smarter.
The NYT profiles Rachel Ray, the prolific Food Network cook.
The Chinese economy is booming. Will it burst soon?
Can imaging the brain reveal pyschological disorders?
South park is back on.
20% of the humane genome is patented. (via Kottke)
A must read from Time magazine if only to read Moby talk about the Internet.
This comic is pretty funny.
What about Stephen Colbert's new show?
NY magazine asks if Jews are smarter.
The NYT profiles Rachel Ray, the prolific Food Network cook.
The Chinese economy is booming. Will it burst soon?
Can imaging the brain reveal pyschological disorders?
South park is back on.
20% of the humane genome is patented. (via Kottke)
A must read from Time magazine if only to read Moby talk about the Internet.
This comic is pretty funny.
What about Stephen Colbert's new show?
Monday, October 17, 2005
Sorkin v. Klosterman
Everything that Aaron Sorkin has ever worked on has been orgasmic. Sports Night, The American President, West Wing, A Few Good Men (eh, sort of). He is probably my favorite television writer ever.
Word is, he is developing a new series that is a behind-the-scenes look of a sketch-comedy show. He seems pretty interested in what goes on behind-the-scenes. Now that Six Feet Under has ended, perhaps Peter Krause will sign on to join the cast? Or, maybe, just maybe, even Josh Charles?
Chuck Klosterman writes about how much TV he watches in the NYT. Who gives a shit? You are not Jack Kerouac and you are not Kurt Vonnegut and you are not even Dave Eggers. This generation does not identify with you; you feign intellectualism but you exude banality. Spin sucks. Go away.
Time's top 100 novels of all time.
The New Yorker profiles Sarah Silverman, the comedian Goddess who I daydream about regularly. I don't understand why she is dating Jimmy Kimmel.
Some psuedo-doctor named Michael Specter discusses the avian bird flu and the risk of a pandemic.
Word is, he is developing a new series that is a behind-the-scenes look of a sketch-comedy show. He seems pretty interested in what goes on behind-the-scenes. Now that Six Feet Under has ended, perhaps Peter Krause will sign on to join the cast? Or, maybe, just maybe, even Josh Charles?
Chuck Klosterman writes about how much TV he watches in the NYT. Who gives a shit? You are not Jack Kerouac and you are not Kurt Vonnegut and you are not even Dave Eggers. This generation does not identify with you; you feign intellectualism but you exude banality. Spin sucks. Go away.
Time's top 100 novels of all time.
The New Yorker profiles Sarah Silverman, the comedian Goddess who I daydream about regularly. I don't understand why she is dating Jimmy Kimmel.
Some psuedo-doctor named Michael Specter discusses the avian bird flu and the risk of a pandemic.
Friday, October 14, 2005
bloggin ain't easy , but hoein' ain't hard to do, boo-ba-pssh boo-ba-pssh
The imaginary foundation is a company based here in San Francisco and they sell crazy shirts. Crazy like Stuart Scott's left eye. Anyways, check it.
Look Kids! Wacky contraceptives from the 20th century! A wet, sticky adventure! Ages 8+. Do not swallow. Lubricants sold seperately.
The british secret service starts a website.
Are you ready to be shocked? I mean floored in the fetal position, seizing in a feverish fit surprised? Noodles. They were invented in China.
Apple Shmapple. $2 an episode is exorbitant. The PSP plays MPEG-4 encoded videos, is cheaper than the video
iPod, and has a bigger screen. Apple can shampoo my crotch.
TomKitten, the hooved, beast that will be the child of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, < href=" http://www.slate.com/id/2128041/">may be delivered in a silent birth, where the idea is to feign relaxation and deliver the baby without painkillers.
The debate on the ethics of genetic enhancement.
Look Kids! Wacky contraceptives from the 20th century! A wet, sticky adventure! Ages 8+. Do not swallow. Lubricants sold seperately.
The british secret service starts a website.
Are you ready to be shocked? I mean floored in the fetal position, seizing in a feverish fit surprised? Noodles. They were invented in China.
Apple Shmapple. $2 an episode is exorbitant. The PSP plays MPEG-4 encoded videos, is cheaper than the video
iPod, and has a bigger screen. Apple can shampoo my crotch.
TomKitten, the hooved, beast that will be the child of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, < href=" http://www.slate.com/id/2128041/">may be delivered in a silent birth, where the idea is to feign relaxation and deliver the baby without painkillers.
The debate on the ethics of genetic enhancement.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
I spooge all over last week's Arrested Development. Not just the Bob Loblaw thing. Buster and Job made it funny, like they used to.
Nova drops the A-bomb this week. Albert Einstein's E=mc2! Who will play Albert Einstein? Thanks goodness it won't be Walter Matheau.
Cameron Crowe's new movie, "Elizabethtown", stars Legolas and Kirsten Dunslut. It looks doomed. Oh well. It'll probably have a nice soundtrack.
I don't know who Gobelins is and I'm nost sure what the kid is saying in animated short but, hola paco, this character should be in a movie.
If you ever ever ever need to book a hotel, you need to use Priceline. You will save quite a bit using biddingfortravel.com. It gives you the winning bid prices that people won with on Priceline for each and every hotel in major cities. You can get 4-star hotels for under $50 pretty easily.
This chick produced Friends. And now she sleeps on $20 bills.
This Nick Denton guy is everywhere. Gawker blows chunks of nutty shit. I hate on him.
Gum disease linked to premature births.
Article about this year's 2 nobel prize winners for medicine.
Why is Kobe beef so good?
A.J. Jacobs writes for Esquire. And he outsourced his life to India. He hired two girls to basically replace him so that he could watch reality tv. By replace I mean do his job, argue with his wife, update his wikipedia entry, errands, etc. Yoyo ma.
Uncle Morty's Dub Shack sounds like a good show. I wanna watch!
More on that ridiculous play in yesterday's Angels-White Sox game.
Everyone agrees. Harriet sucks.
A working manuscript for Beethoven's "Gross Fuge" was recently discovered.
Nova drops the A-bomb this week. Albert Einstein's E=mc2! Who will play Albert Einstein? Thanks goodness it won't be Walter Matheau.
Cameron Crowe's new movie, "Elizabethtown", stars Legolas and Kirsten Dunslut. It looks doomed. Oh well. It'll probably have a nice soundtrack.
I don't know who Gobelins is and I'm nost sure what the kid is saying in animated short but, hola paco, this character should be in a movie.
If you ever ever ever need to book a hotel, you need to use Priceline. You will save quite a bit using biddingfortravel.com. It gives you the winning bid prices that people won with on Priceline for each and every hotel in major cities. You can get 4-star hotels for under $50 pretty easily.
This chick produced Friends. And now she sleeps on $20 bills.
This Nick Denton guy is everywhere. Gawker blows chunks of nutty shit. I hate on him.
Gum disease linked to premature births.
Article about this year's 2 nobel prize winners for medicine.
Why is Kobe beef so good?
A.J. Jacobs writes for Esquire. And he outsourced his life to India. He hired two girls to basically replace him so that he could watch reality tv. By replace I mean do his job, argue with his wife, update his wikipedia entry, errands, etc. Yoyo ma.
Uncle Morty's Dub Shack sounds like a good show. I wanna watch!
More on that ridiculous play in yesterday's Angels-White Sox game.
Everyone agrees. Harriet sucks.
A working manuscript for Beethoven's "Gross Fuge" was recently discovered.
Why don't I just subscribe?
NYT on Katrina evacuees and hotel life.
Oh yummy good. Maria Sharapova in the NYT.
Like you haven't heard. Apple released the video ipod.
Stephen Colbert has his own show, "The Colbert Report". I don't know about this. The NYT has a writeup.
What's going on with this Miers nomination? Her nomination alone is partisan and patently absurd. She was NEVER A JUDGE.
An Orthodox Jew grapples with his new pig heart.
A strategy for California's $3 Billion gagillion Stem-cell research project.
Yeah rad. Was there a species of little people on Indonesia 12,000 years ago?
Oh yummy good. Maria Sharapova in the NYT.
Like you haven't heard. Apple released the video ipod.
Stephen Colbert has his own show, "The Colbert Report". I don't know about this. The NYT has a writeup.
What's going on with this Miers nomination? Her nomination alone is partisan and patently absurd. She was NEVER A JUDGE.
An Orthodox Jew grapples with his new pig heart.
A strategy for California's $3 Billion gagillion Stem-cell research project.
Yeah rad. Was there a species of little people on Indonesia 12,000 years ago?
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
So many links I have for you
CNN ponders: Where will Google go next? I say google porn because not enough people masturbate to them as it is. More google blowjobs from Slate.
Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling's little-known role in Vietnam.
Apple admits: The nano is a wee bit screwy.
I haven't posted enough about the bird flu. I know you want it.
IBM announces that it won't use genetic information in hiring/firing employees.
Malcom Gladwell's encyclopedic piece on Harvard's admission policies.
A new book out that argues that my flava fav Lincoln's depression was his driving force.
Go see Wicked!
More artists I hump: Joe Newton, Ray Caesar, Rachell Sumpter, Seonna Hong, Evan Fan, Kozyndan, Karin Weiner, Richcard Colman, Caroline Hwang, Deth P. Sun, Megan Whitmarsh,
Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling's little-known role in Vietnam.
Apple admits: The nano is a wee bit screwy.
I haven't posted enough about the bird flu. I know you want it.
IBM announces that it won't use genetic information in hiring/firing employees.
Malcom Gladwell's encyclopedic piece on Harvard's admission policies.
A new book out that argues that my flava fav Lincoln's depression was his driving force.
Go see Wicked!
More artists I hump: Joe Newton, Ray Caesar, Rachell Sumpter, Seonna Hong, Evan Fan, Kozyndan, Karin Weiner, Richcard Colman, Caroline Hwang, Deth P. Sun, Megan Whitmarsh,
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Squid and the whale: The one in which Billy Baldwin becomes William Baldwin
Squid and the whale. Get with it. This movie is the cream of the mothafuckin crop. It is the partly-autobiographical tale of growing up a child of divorced parents from Wes Anderson's writing partner on The Life Aquatic. Yes. Noah Baumbach.
An interview with director/writer/producer Noah Baumbach. Another one.
Monday, October 10, 2005
This is what I'm here for My Baaabe-aaays
This link embodies all the reasons I started this blog. People need to know this stuff. People need to know that, Yes Goddamnit, Sarah Silverman's appearance on Late Night with Conan O'brien in July 2001 was one of the funniest guest appearances on late night TV ever. You guys need to know that, although San Francisco native Dave Eggers sometimes comes across as a nitpicking, smug pantywaist, A Heartbreakig Work of Staggering Genius was nevertheless fun to read. You need to have Jeffrey Ross' NY Friars Club roasts memorized because they are the stuff of legend, and you need to DVR re-runs of official Friars Club roasts as soon as possible (especially Jerry Stiller's roast). And listen to Bill Cosby's "Himself". Because the Black Table says so.
A poem in one sentence: Oh global warming! How I wait for thee!
Yes, the solution to the imminent global-warming crisis and the global rise of sea levels and the fucking vanishing of Venice and the melting of the polar ice caps is of course to drill for more oil in the arctic, sell it for lots of money so that the 25 million Americans who own SUVs — only 5% of whom use theirs to off-road — can continue to live in ignorant bliss and soccer moms can continue to empower themselves with a false sense of power by harnessing their $30,000 strap-ons, hasten the rise of the global climate and the pollution of our precious air, and basically just drill-fuck the Earth from the Arctic all the way through the mantle to the core and back through the mantle again, finally penetrating Antarctica until all of humanity experiences a collective orgasm and we've sucked Earth dry of all her fossil fuels so we can finally go back to exploiting animals for transportation.
Sunday, now Monday, reading
Ricky Gervais was in a band? An 80's new-wave band at that? Why am I only hearing of this today? Why does he look like a Ken doll on the album cover?
Someone created a new trailer for "The Shining" so that it sells as a romantic comedy. View here. It's been on every blog on the internet for like 10 days; if you haven't heard, you have a low IQ. Like your dog kicked you in Broca's area when you were a kid. Go to college.
Anyways, the editor's name is Robert Ryang and he submitted it to a trailer contest for editors' assistants. A short writeup about him.
Photo printers: Buy or not?
And sales of SUVs plummet.
Some words English should have that other languages do have. And an article in the same vein.
New cases of avian flu reported in Europe.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Mini is making an SUV.
All about E=mc2.
More on the bird flu.
A vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Sort of.
The Miers quagmire.
A review of college reference guides.
Notes on what the next Ghostbusters movie would be like if Jim Jardouche were to direct. Of course this will be in black and white, and will feature 4 spoken words, some unintelligible mumbling, and an orgasm for dialogue.
10 foods you should never eat and why.
All about E=mc2.
More on the bird flu.
A vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Sort of.
The Miers quagmire.
A review of college reference guides.
Notes on what the next Ghostbusters movie would be like if Jim Jardouche were to direct. Of course this will be in black and white, and will feature 4 spoken words, some unintelligible mumbling, and an orgasm for dialogue.
10 foods you should never eat and why.
Friday, October 07, 2005
H5N1: The fluuuuuu!
So if you have not heard, I come with the word. The Avian bird flu, or H5N1, is getting a lot of media coverage. So far, the virus has killed 60 people and millions of birds. Currently, the humans seem to only contract it from poultry. Countries with a high poultry population such as Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia are the most vulnerable.
H5N1 is different from the flu varities of recent years in two significant ways. First, it is widely believed that humans have no natural immunity to it; it is an altogether different strain of flu. Second, the bird flu — at least for now — isn't easily transmitable between humans. However, viruses recombine and mutate fairly regularly, dropping and adding pieces of DNA between transmissions. It is possible that H5N1 could recombine with the common flu and come to pack a deadly one-two punch. How likely that is to happen remains an unanswered question.
There is a vaccine for the current strain of H5N1. However, the stock of vaccine as well as the production capacity to mass produce the vaccine are limited. Recently, the U.S. has awarded contracts to drug makers Sanofi-Aventis and GlaxoSmithKlien as part of a plan to amass 20 million vaccines and 20 million anti-virals.
These preventative measures, while requisite, are nevertheless futile because they were designed to treat the current strain of the virus. If a pandemic breaks, it will likely be due to a different strain of H5N1, one that will not respond to current vaccines. Developing a new vaccine is estimated to take between 4 and 6 months, and this will be spearheaded by the U.S. and other developed countries. The WHO fears that developing countries in southeast Asia and Africa will be left out in the cold.
The last major flu pandemic was in 1918. The "Spanish Flu" killed more than 50 million (!) people. In an effort to understand this virus and related viruses better,
the CDC has resurrected the 1918 flu. They have found that this virus was an avian flu that jumped to humans.
This has the potential to be much worse than SARS, which as you may recall was believed to have contracted from Chinese bats. So stay away from live poultry if you can.
H5N1 is different from the flu varities of recent years in two significant ways. First, it is widely believed that humans have no natural immunity to it; it is an altogether different strain of flu. Second, the bird flu — at least for now — isn't easily transmitable between humans. However, viruses recombine and mutate fairly regularly, dropping and adding pieces of DNA between transmissions. It is possible that H5N1 could recombine with the common flu and come to pack a deadly one-two punch. How likely that is to happen remains an unanswered question.
There is a vaccine for the current strain of H5N1. However, the stock of vaccine as well as the production capacity to mass produce the vaccine are limited. Recently, the U.S. has awarded contracts to drug makers Sanofi-Aventis and GlaxoSmithKlien as part of a plan to amass 20 million vaccines and 20 million anti-virals.
These preventative measures, while requisite, are nevertheless futile because they were designed to treat the current strain of the virus. If a pandemic breaks, it will likely be due to a different strain of H5N1, one that will not respond to current vaccines. Developing a new vaccine is estimated to take between 4 and 6 months, and this will be spearheaded by the U.S. and other developed countries. The WHO fears that developing countries in southeast Asia and Africa will be left out in the cold.
The last major flu pandemic was in 1918. The "Spanish Flu" killed more than 50 million (!) people. In an effort to understand this virus and related viruses better,
the CDC has resurrected the 1918 flu. They have found that this virus was an avian flu that jumped to humans.
This has the potential to be much worse than SARS, which as you may recall was believed to have contracted from Chinese bats. So stay away from live poultry if you can.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Women I'd Like to Blog: Jill Soloway
Jill Soloway wrote for Six Feet Under. For fellow enthusiasts, she wrote the episodes "Back to the Garden" and "I'll take you", among others. She also wrote a short story titled, "Courtney Cox's Asshole". This got her an interview with Alan Ball, Six Feet Under's creator. Her resume also includes a pilot for the show "Jewess Jones" that was never picked up. These are the reasons I want to have unprotected sex with her.
Anyways, she has a new book out called "Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants", and she was interviewed by The Black Table.
More Jill Soloway.
Headphones can lead to hearing loss. And if they're playing pop-claiming-to-be-fuckin-punk-emo-goth bands like Good Charlotte or Green Day or Simple Plan or Story of the Year, your ears will bleeeeeed! Or Linkin Park. FM radio could be so much better. Not just in terms of music. Half of FM radio should just be podcasts.
The Times rhymes about Harriet Miers, President Bush's next Supreme Court nominee. She has never been a judge. Isn't that a problem?
Neat article about quicksand in the NYT.
Burma doesn't use GDP. Instead, the Burmese use are using a new measure of economic wealth that takes into account happiness.
A pill-sized camerathat can film your innards. This is different that existing cameras
because it gives surgeons much better control. (via BB)
If you've ever thought about investing in real estate, a good read.
The man defending Saddam is Ziad al-Khasawneh. He is profiled in the atlantic monthly.
New York Magazine writes about Jeff Zucker, NBC's president.
What to do if you are attacked by a bear.
Suprise: people are buying more bikes.
The Times rhymes about Harriet Miers, President Bush's next Supreme Court nominee. She has never been a judge. Isn't that a problem?
Neat article about quicksand in the NYT.
Burma doesn't use GDP. Instead, the Burmese use are using a new measure of economic wealth that takes into account happiness.
A pill-sized camerathat can film your innards. This is different that existing cameras
because it gives surgeons much better control. (via BB)
If you've ever thought about investing in real estate, a good read.
The man defending Saddam is Ziad al-Khasawneh. He is profiled in the atlantic monthly.
New York Magazine writes about Jeff Zucker, NBC's president.
What to do if you are attacked by a bear.
Suprise: people are buying more bikes.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
The post about Mirah
DJs have infiltrated the operating room. I bet there's already some DJ out there that dresses up in scrubs and wears booties and calls himself like DJ coma or DJ pulse oximeter.
Is the avian flu foreal?
Flowers are losing their scent.
The Guardian covers Jon Stewart.
Watch your juublees bike riders!
Franz Ferdinand gets an 8.3 and Broken Social Scene gets an 8.4?
Now I must mention Mirah. She of "The Microphones". She who makes my chutzpah go Kockeputzi. I don't know what I just said. Her music is folksy but quirky and experimental. She jives on the ukulele. You rise with the helium in her voice and then fall with her fuzzy, minimal melodies. She is great. Recently, she collaborated with some dame named Ginger Takahashi to form "The Black Mountain Music Project". You can listen to them here.
Is the avian flu foreal?
Flowers are losing their scent.
The Guardian covers Jon Stewart.
Watch your juublees bike riders!
Franz Ferdinand gets an 8.3 and Broken Social Scene gets an 8.4?
Now I must mention Mirah. She of "The Microphones". She who makes my chutzpah go Kockeputzi. I don't know what I just said. Her music is folksy but quirky and experimental. She jives on the ukulele. You rise with the helium in her voice and then fall with her fuzzy, minimal melodies. She is great. Recently, she collaborated with some dame named Ginger Takahashi to form "The Black Mountain Music Project". You can listen to them here.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Hang these on your wall
Malcom Gladwell, why does every article you write have to be 20 pages long? A lengthy read: The wacky world of ivy-league admissions.
New york doormen are sycophants.
What to grab from your house in the event of an emergency evacuation.
Those freakonomics guys on the removal of dog poop.
Holy shit. Holyyyy shit. A profile on Time O'Reilly by Wired. (via BoingBoing)
This TV Funhouse sketch is probably the funniest one I've seen. The Smurfette Show. This will make you want to pierce your smurf. Robert Smigel is brilliant.
Ever heard of Okonomiyaki . It's like Japanese pizza.
Really cool hair-art made in the shower. Lots of good stuff in her album. (Via BoingBoing)
Art you should hang on your wall: Rachel Sumpter, Carolina Chaves , Kelly Lynn Jones, James Jean, Tom D., Gary Baseman, Catalina Estrada, Leif Parsons, and Alex Lukas
New york doormen are sycophants.
What to grab from your house in the event of an emergency evacuation.
Those freakonomics guys on the removal of dog poop.
Holy shit. Holyyyy shit. A profile on Time O'Reilly by Wired. (via BoingBoing)
This TV Funhouse sketch is probably the funniest one I've seen. The Smurfette Show. This will make you want to pierce your smurf. Robert Smigel is brilliant.
Ever heard of Okonomiyaki . It's like Japanese pizza.
Really cool hair-art made in the shower. Lots of good stuff in her album. (Via BoingBoing)
Art you should hang on your wall: Rachel Sumpter, Carolina Chaves , Kelly Lynn Jones, James Jean, Tom D., Gary Baseman, Catalina Estrada, Leif Parsons, and Alex Lukas
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haa joke
This guy wants to be a proctologist, and he wants to be a really good proctologist, so he decides to go down to the morgue after class and practice a little. Well, he uncovers the first guy and there is a cork in his butt! He thinks it's a little strange, so he pulls it and music starts playing!
"...On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again..."
The guy really freaks out! He runs and gets the M.A. and drags the poor guy back to the table.
"Look!" he says, and pulls the cork out again "...On the road again..."
The M.A. is totally unimpressed...
"So what?" he says.
"Isn't that the most amazing thing you've ever seen?
"the guy asked,
"Are you kidding?" says the M.A.
"Any asshole can sing country music!"
"...On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again..."
The guy really freaks out! He runs and gets the M.A. and drags the poor guy back to the table.
"Look!" he says, and pulls the cork out again "...On the road again..."
The M.A. is totally unimpressed...
"So what?" he says.
"Isn't that the most amazing thing you've ever seen?
"the guy asked,
"Are you kidding?" says the M.A.
"Any asshole can sing country music!"
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Judd Apatow of Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared goodness writes for Slate's diary. He has bed Will Ferrell. Oh Judd. Oh Apatow. Why? How? It's only a matter of time before that unbearable prick Vince Vaughn shows up in one of your films. And then a collaboration with executive producers McG, Michael Bay, and Josh Schwartz, featuring Vinny V, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Owen and Luke Wilson in a 96-minute circle jerk.
I rub myself with the NYT. If you're ever in Akron, go to the Archives of the History of American Psychology.
David Foster is a writer/medical consultant for "House". I want to go to Harvard Medical School and then write for a medical TV drama.
Is the dollar dying? Also, psychological disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia could be auto-immune diseases.
The Bush administration decided to drill in Alaska for oil (nevermind investing more in alternate forms of energy). But they might have problems.
If you don't eat breakfast, you need more gray matter. First of all, breakfast foods taste so good. Cereal? You can't beat mothafuckin oats and grain and raisens and marshmellows. Waffles, pancakes? And it's pretty cheap. And it's it's good for you.
The Boards of Canada have a new album coming out soon. Pitchfork interviewed them recently.
But much more importantly, BSS has a new album coming out this week. Yeeeeaaas. I've had an erection since last Thursday.
I rub myself with the NYT. If you're ever in Akron, go to the Archives of the History of American Psychology.
David Foster is a writer/medical consultant for "House". I want to go to Harvard Medical School and then write for a medical TV drama.
Is the dollar dying? Also, psychological disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia could be auto-immune diseases.
The Bush administration decided to drill in Alaska for oil (nevermind investing more in alternate forms of energy). But they might have problems.
If you don't eat breakfast, you need more gray matter. First of all, breakfast foods taste so good. Cereal? You can't beat mothafuckin oats and grain and raisens and marshmellows. Waffles, pancakes? And it's pretty cheap. And it's it's good for you.
The Boards of Canada have a new album coming out soon. Pitchfork interviewed them recently.
But much more importantly, BSS has a new album coming out this week. Yeeeeaaas. I've had an erection since last Thursday.
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