January 2008
34 posts
Wikipedia + Journalism = Mistakes →
Many Wikipedia citations probably sneak into print simply because editors don’t catch them. Other times, the reference is tongue-in-cheek: The Wall Street Journal, for example, cited Wikipedia as a source for an item on “turducken” (a bizarre concoction in which a chicken is stuffed into a duck that is stuffed into a turkey) in a subscriber e-mail update just before Thanksgiving....
LOST And Found: I Have An Abusive Boyfriend, And... →
Denial is the first stage.
Die, Double Dippers, Die!
A Clemson University study shows that, on average, three to six double dips transferred about 10,000 bacteria from the eater’s mouth to the remaining dip.—via What I Learned Today
“I just lost my bag with all of my makeup, bills, earrings and lunch. :(”
– one of my best friends, off to a rough start this morning. I feel for ya!
Stop Following Me! (On The Usefullness of Tumblr)
“I think that a lot of the best posts people have made are the ones that aren’t long, well thought out ones. The half-assed-ness and ease of posting allows stuff to rise up that wouldn’t get posted in the first place on a conventional blog. (I feel like tumblr is to blogs as wikipedia is to encyclopedias).” —ronen
What WOULD Jesus Buy? →
Yay, another Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame) movie! Apparently his new doc explores anti-consumerist Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping. I repeat: the Church of STOP SHOPPING. (!!!)
“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.”
– -Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest
Bonjour, Paris!
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Any takers?
A Stickler for Stickers
I wrote a major paper in my college writing course on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—produce, specifically. It totally creeped me out. Now, I try to buy organic as often as possible, but it’s damn $$$! So check those lil’ STICKERS, urges Ideal Bite: * A four-digit number means it’s conventionally grown. * A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it’s...
My ideal Superbowl festivity, for obvious reasons... →
“yoga is the best exercise that i do. and i swim, cycle, spin and drink.”
– the same guy who called Rodney Yee a “girlie man”
A brilliant, techy Valentine's gift for the... →
“The ideal moisture content for popping popcorn is 13.5 percent.”—expert on Unwrapped, just now
learning is fun.
The Written Word? It's So Totally Over, According... →
“But if you — you freak, you anachronism, you dying breed — are still with me, then let’s try to parse the math, and [Steve] Jobs’ grim logic, together.”
Thank you, Rodney Yee
I recently bought a new DVD titled “Yoga Burn” on a friend’s recommendation. Of course, not really being too crazy about yoga in the first place (Pilates takes precedence), I figured it would just feature some meditative streching, a light non-workout. RIGHT. Today it pretty much hurts to type (wrists and forearms: rocked!) or walk (lower back muscles: seriously sore)....
“I will let you celebrate that victory forever. “The Incline/Dumbbell...”
– an elliptical fanatic who shall remain nameless
One of my favorite stops on a Euro... →
COPS
My dad and I counted SEVENTEEN cops…yes, 17, on the drive to Boston and back today on the Pike to pickup my sweeeeet new white leather couch. (Vice City style, hah!) Apparently the state is budgeting $2.3 MILLION in revenues for speeding tickets alone! Yet “Across Massachusetts, The turnpike anticipates $5.8 million in speeding ticket revenue for 2008. Revenue for speeding tickets in...
“…a blood bath punctuated by occasional bouts of clumsy dialogue. There are...”
– A.O Scott, reviewing Rambo for the New York Times
SCORE!
I just won a gorgeous (or so it seems) white leather couch off eBay for cheap! Pickup tomorrow…in Boston. Not so psyched about that part.
Olympics for Hipsters: The Indy 500 It’s Not →
“We couldn’t have him drawing a big blue haystack,” she said....”
– Wife of a dude in Britain who concealed his faux CASTLE behind stacked hay bales to evade planning inspectors—for four years!—on why she kept her son home on the day of his draw-your-home playschool session. The view from the poor kid’s bedroom window: a wall of hay.
A must-see documentary →
And THIS is what they decide to call it? →
The “largest health magazine launch of time.”
:::ring, ring:::
Hello?
--Um yeahhh, why... →
Tobias Fünke is inspiration for this blog. Mostly... →