February 2011
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To clarify:
When I wrote
This may the most awesome birth of a nickname I’ve ever seen.
I was excluding from consideration that time I was halfway through a sentence starting with “Call me crazy, but…” when a friend interjected with “Okay, Crazybutt!” Good times.
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“Around the N.F.L., you play them because of the money you’re giving them....”
– Former Steeler Clark Haggans (now with Arizona), as quoted in a New York Times article on how Pittsburgh develops linebackers. An interesting (if not overly detailed) read.
(NYTimes.com)
January 2011
"Enjoy your food, but eat less."
nbclocal:
That’s The New York Times summarizing the gist of the Federal Government’s newly revised dietary guidelines, which urge Americans to consume less salt and sugary drinks. The report also suggests, “choosing fat-free and low-fat dairy products.” As someone who has struggled with weight problems his whole life, I strongly disagree on that point. People who eat lower fat products always...
Someone in the notes mentioned The Sighing.
greengrey:
thecranium:
That’s another thing. These undergrads are like, exasperated if they are not being sufficiently entertained or stimulated at all times. That’s why they have to turn to the Internet in the first place, I suppose. But when they are not gchatting or reading Cracked.com or shopping, they are loudly sighing.
Then I feel like I have to overcompensate by maintaining eye...
My evening has taken a turn for the...
ailanthusaltissima:
Positive, crude, fuck-filled cross-stitch.
I am a horrible caricature of That One Great Aunt.
Sounds like somebody needs some subversive cross stitch!
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Dear Chick-Fil-A:
Your charitable arm, the WinShape Foundation, apparently finds it acceptable to discriminate against gays on Biblical grounds. However, the only (relatively) direct references to homosexuality in the Bible are in Leviticus (18:22 and 20:30), which also says
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. (Lev. 11:4)
That means...
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Fog rolled in off the water as I was walking home.
I never get tired of the way it happens here—because of the lay of the land it sort of crests over us before settling in. It can be perfectly clear here, but impenetrable a half a block west.
I first noticed the fog about half-way home from work. It was still clear at ground level, but the clouds had dropped low enough that the scud started dipping into the lights on the nearby athletic fields....
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Fifteen years ago today
From Uni Watch:
So this is actually the date when two of the most legendarily awful uniforms in professional sports were unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. We should make it a national holiday or something.
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We landed Frankie Muniz!!!
samsplace:
I’m sure DeNiro, Pacino, Ashton Kutcher, Sofia Vergara, Lea Michelle, Zac Efron, Halle Berry, Jessica Biehl, Sienna Miller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hillary Swenk, Michelle Pfeiffer Seth Meyers and Jon Bon Jovi are horrified that they have to work in his shadow.
How the…I’m sorry; his shadow’s just not that big. What is he, 5’4” or something?
I think I got new followers this week
greengrey:
So, intros? I won’t bite you I swear.
You know, that’s a great idea. I’m a bit concerned by the number of “people” following me who do nothing but reblog other people’s stuff. Speak up!
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I’ve just about had it with the zombie accounts that do nothing but reblog two recent posts in quick succession.
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Bobby Big Wheel: Celebrities You Have Met →
bobbybigwheel:
On Deadspin today, Drew put together his list of celebrities that he has seen in person, and mentioned that everyone should have a running list. I think the rule for the list is that it has to be somewhere you wouldn’t expect to see them. For example, the fact that I’ve been to Yankees games…
Celebrities I’ve seen in person:
Evan Biddell (on a flight from Calgary)
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Umm, Congressional Districts Are Roughly the Same... →
iracane:
The New York Times told readers that: “The median Democratic Congressional district now has a population 11 times as large as the median Republican Congressional district, according to an analysis…
The NYT has updated the article to read, “The median Republican Congressional district now has a population density [emphasis mine] 11 times smaller than the median Democratic...
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New men's national team kits!
Canadian men’s national team, that is. From Canadian Soccer News:
I don’t like how the chevrons break up the Canada badge on the red jersey, but it’s nothing a white backing under the badge (or a new badge) wouldn’t fix. Otherwise, I like ‘em. Heck, I wouldn’t object if chevrons became our version of Croatia’s checks or Argentina’s stripes.
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(via The Basketball Jones)
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LEARN TO INTERNET, JEFF PEARLMAN
jukeboxgraduate:
Apparently, Jeff Pearlman’s feelings were hurt by comments left on his blog that were — OH MY GOODNESS - insulting…
[major edit—go read the original]
Do you know who doesn’t get to call people at home and get them to back down from nasty internet comments - comments a million and a half times nastier than anything posted on Jeff Pearlman’s blog? 1) Women 2) Feminists 3) Fat...
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"Steampunk Palin"? Um, sure.
Yeah. That looks…something. The table of contents is equally illuminating:
As pointed out here, that’s 15 pages of “story” followed by 8 pages of pin-ups. RAWR.
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“If the tech world really is one big high school, Gawker is that creepy kid who...”
– Explains a lot about the current state of Deadspin, doesn’t it?
(via The Macalope Weekly)
“The Los Angeles Angels acquired All-Star center fielder Vernon Wells from...”
– Either nobody at the AP follows baseball, or they think “contract” is spelled “bat”.
(via NYTimes.com)
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