January 2012
14 posts
December 2011
9 posts
“How is the school tethered to the athlete? By that one-year, renewable...”
– Sports Illustrated
It’s not often (or ever) that I post a quote about football and basketball, but NCAA rules really frustrate me. It’s upsetting how much power the NCAA and schools have and it’s upsetting how the rules for the revenue sports negatively and unnecessarily ruin...
“As I see it, the problem with Amazon stems from the fact that though it started...”
– Richard Russo, Amazon Jungle Logic, NYT
Ha! Awesome reference in a disturbing editorial. Amazon - why are you so evil?
“[B]efore I go, let me share with you my final thoughts on my campaign. After...”
– Borowitz Report (via kateoplis)
November 2011
4 posts
“Behold, dear homophobe, the upwards of 70 major U.S. companies who have just...”
– Real Homophobes Don’t Google, SF Gate
““The apocalypse starts here.”
“In some parallel universe, hilarity ensues.”
...”
– a sampling of my favorite Jack & Jill reviews (via eternallyinthetardis)
LinkedIn Conversation with my Uncle
Uncle Eddie: Yale University? Is that, by chance, one of those accredited schools? If so, I'd like to add you to my professional network.
Me: We don't believe in all that accreditation nonsense. Science is all about feelings and opinion anyway, so some committee coming in and trying to tell us what's what really just doesn't jive with our way of business.
Me: This is also why I didn't get that mumbo jumbo crazy flu shot. The fact that I spent last week in bed achey and feverish was not a sign that I made a bad decision, just a sign that I haven't properly achieved feng shui in my apartment design.
Best things about San Diego
spoooooots:
macfrenzie:
thisissandiego:
In exactly one week I will be home. My flight lands at 535, so I really could have a burrito in my hands by 613.
People here really don’t understand.
pretty much accurate.
mmm, Rodrigos
October 2011
10 posts
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via gnostix1)
Will this be the week?
I keep on telling myself I’m over the hump of crazy, ridiculous, stressful events, and then something else comes through the shoot.
First it was being done with my committee meeting in August. Then surviving a wedding in a hurricane whilst throwing and planning about 10 orientation events for 6000 people. (This combination almost killed me.) Then it was making it through my conference...
Topeka Decriminalizes Domestic Violence
Three arms of government, all ostensibly representing the same people, have been at an impasse over who should be responsible for — and pay for — prosecuting people accused of misdemeanor cases of domestic violence.
City leaders had blamed the Shawnee County district attorney for handing off such cases to the city without warning. The district attorney, in turn, said he was forced to not...
What Is Wrong With Morning People? →
Who actually likes going for a six a.m. run? Who hears that alarm clock go off and think, “Screw getting an extra hour of sleep! I’m gonna go outside in the freezing rain and wear my poor, poor knees down repeatedly against the unforgiving pavement! YES!” I refuse to accept that this an actual human impulse for some. It’s just too absurd, too cruel, too masochistic. Maybe that’s it. Maybe...
4 tags
September 2011
10 posts
1 tag
Five Reasons to Smile Friday
luciwithani:
1. Uh, it’s FINALLY Friday. Was it just me, or was this week five years long??
2. I’ve accrued $15 in DSW rewards I clearly need to use this weekend.
3. It’s going to be in the 60’s all weekend. SIXTIES!!! Crying and shaking.
4. Re-starting Downton Abbey tonight.
5. Did I mention it’s going to be in the 60’s?!?!
My five reasons:
My first time presiding over the senate...
spoooooots:
ruffhouse:
These college finder personality tests are stupid. Why do they want me to go to all these Christian schools and schools in the north west? I’m not religious and I hate living in cold places…
THE NORTHWEST IS THE BEST
Not as awesome as NORCAL. Or SOCAL. Or ANYWHEREWITHOUTWINTER.
1 tag
“God, if He was anything, was the answer to the mystery of why you got sick. She...”
– The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
I haven’t liked this book too much, but I’ve always wanted the afterlife to include what he describes here - a download of all the information you didn’t have in this life.
“Mr. Perry defended his record of overseeing the execution of 234 inmates in...”
– NYT
There is so much wrong with this excerpt about the Republican debates last night.
a) Regardless of differing opinions about capital punishment, how is it ever right to cheer the executions of 234 strangers? Especially given Texas’ sorted history with faulty judgments. Jesus, can we at...
“The ubiquity of cameras in exhibitions can be dismaying, especially when read as...”
– Roberta Smith in NYT article When the Camera takes over for the Eye
I hate people who photograph paintings or sculptures at exhibitions or museums. Instead of snapping a photograph of Starry Night or a Jackson Pollack, spend some time actually looking at the strokes or seeing the paint splotches...
“The contemptuous reaction from the House speaker, John Boehner, to the...”
– THIS. From NYT.
Usually, I’m willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on the extent of compromise necessary to accomplish things. But on this? Fuck, if the president can’t even say he wants to give a speech on a specific night of course he’s never going to get anything...
August 2011
27 posts
“I found myself in a bit of a dilemma when the onset of the recent hurricane was...”
– Michael J Neff on Serious Eats
1 tag
Watchspoooooots:
thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: On last night’s Conan, Louis C.K. debuted some new material that will likely make its way onto his recently renewed TV show before long.
[teamcoco.]
I was dying listening to the dog stuff. so great.