January 2010
“A former professional cyclist who last raced at age 21, he left the sport for a...”
– Back in Racing Form After Dropping the Fork - NYTimes.com
2010 Resolved →
Yesterday I looked back at my resolutions for 2009, and how I did. Today, as I’ve done every year for the past several years now, I’m looking forward. ::::::::::fitterRun a marathonIt’s inexcusable…
December 2009
“Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly...”
– Company’s Record on Beef Treatment Questioned - NYTimes.com
There’s shit in the beef.
The 30 Most Important Cats of 2009 →
Rush Limbaugh has a heart?
On This Day in 1999 →
Man, what a depressing, polarizing decade.
Looking back at my 2009 resolutions →
Last year, I posted my annual list of resolutions online. For me, this annual tradition is pretty much an exercise in public shaming. I try to force myself to keep my resolutions by making them…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Cat Stevens (35)
Beastie Boys (15)
Yusuf Islam (Formerly Cat Stevens) & Friends (12)
Notorious B.I.G. (9)
Sufjan Stevens (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Vampire Weekend (11)
Belle and Sebastian (6)
Bon Iver (6)
Phoenix (6)
TV on the Radio (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“It is impossible to figure out why Facebook feels that it has a right to expose...”
– Facebook to Privacy: Drop Dead | The Big Money
Mule Nog
so I can’t decide what to wear to tonight’s Mulenog party. The invite says it should be festive. Does this codpiece make me look fat?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
K’naan (24)
Phoenix (10)
Twin Sister (1)
Gang Gang Dance (1)
Shelby Sifers (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“And here’s the irony: Ask a craft brewer which other brewers he most admires,...”
– The Beer with the Green Label : Sierra Nevada tries to reclaim its cred - CHOW
“How much would you pay to read Sports Illustrated on your E-reader right now?...”
– Gawker makes the obvious point(s)
I can't believe "I hated Favrd before...
lindstifa:
Seriously.
But seriously. I did. Because I’m cool like that. I hated Favrd because it was too popular, and not mainstream enough. I hated Favrd back when you thought I liked it so we liked it too. I hated Favrd before Twitter even existed. I hated Favrd in 1999. I hated it in 1984, and 1973. I clawed my way out of the womb with an @ message on my mind, just to tell Dean how...
Later, Favrd →
I didn’t really get why you would try to game the leaderboard. If something doesn’t do well based on its own merits, then who cares how it does? I was aware that some people intentionally held tweets until after Favrd reset. I knew about the sock puppets designed to boost star counts. And then of course, as Dean mentioned, it’s pretty easy to find people starring hundreds of...
“The reaction at the Pentagon, said one official, was “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” —...”
– How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com
Aardvark is Listening to You Twitter →
I logged onto Aardvark—the human-powered question answering service that sends your queries to other human beings in your extended social network—today to ask the burning question everyone wants…
WatchSurvivin! on Vimeo
Fucking hilarious. Starring Rob Poynter and Annie Humphrey. I think I just had an aneurysm.
