July 2008
158 posts
Tomorrow →
Oh crap. I got so wrapped up in what I was doing that I almost forgot to post. Anyway, tomorrow starts the 30-Day Question of the Day challenge. Last year was pretty fun, I expect this year to…
June 2008
59 posts
A remarkably unremarkable day →
I don’t have a lot to say today and if I weren’t more than halfway through my challenge to post something here everyday I would quietly slip into bed with a good book and call it day. But I have…
making a new plan, stan
“So you’re having a passive-aggressive relationship with your turtle?” Me, to my favorite EX-BF
Peg by Steely Dan is the new Mockingbird
Internet Archive: Details: Mike Doughty Live at... →
A download of el Doughty de Deliciouso’s First Ave show back in March (the saturday one, not the sunday one)
pretty sure I’m sweating tequila
Resisting the urge to buy 153 Rock Ballads and the Ultimate 70s from Time-Life
A cartoon memory from long ago →
For the past week I’ve been haunted by a ghost of a maybe memory that I thought involved Carly Simon and a cartoon called Chicken Soup. Today while I was doing something else, the…
After every song I choose, iTunes immediately plays Guided by Voices - I’m not sure what it’s trying to tell me
Candy Bar Identification Quiz - AOL Food →
Guess the candybar by viewing a cross-section of it. I got 15 out of 20
Why writers can't go it alone | Books |... →
Yeah, why is it that books don’t get indie glory like movies and music?
MinnPost - Dancing with the universe →
Jim Walsh on the Where the Hell is Matt
Woman To Woman: How To Get The Money You Want And... →
impressed by both my ability to get the windows closed before the deluge and the flexibility of the little tree in my yard
Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Roxana Robinson... →
Any fictional character who will listen to Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy is one I want to read about
resisting the urge to point out the dead bird to all the garage salers visiting the neighbors
Being JT - Paper Cuts - Books - New York Times... →
Despite never having read any of his/her work, I was fascinated by the whole JT LeRoy scheme
dykestowatchoutfor.com » Blog Archive » Compulsory... →
alison bechdel on “to read” lists
What’s the Best Pixar Movie of All Time? --... →
10 Best Frank Sinatra Songs →
I dated a guy once who had a charming penchant for Frank Sinatra and a not-so-charming penchant for cheating. At…
Not sure what can come of a day where you’ve eaten breakfast and had a cup of coffee by 7:40 in the morning
Primer: Pixar | The A.V. Club →
top five musical crimes perpetuated by record... →
Live Review: Dan Wilson at the PUSH Opening... →
I still have Semisonic on the brain after reading the Slichter book.
10 Best Excuses I came up with not making a 10... →
10. YouTube is being slow 09. I’m entirely too busy getting up every 10 minutes to see if the dead bird is still hanging in the tree across the street 08. I had to go to the post office 07. I…
waiting for the universe to knock on my door and ask me to quit playing Mockingbird by Carly Simon
teaching my niece the art of snark
10 Best Songs according to their play count in my... →
10. A New England, Billy Bragg 09. Green Eyed Boy, Haley Bonar ( I only got this album a few weeks ago and it’s…
10 Best Liz Phair Songs →
In honor of the 15th Anniversary Edition of Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville released today. I present the definitive list of her 10 best songs. 10….
Has come to the conclusion that morning news TV is nothing but a way schill movies, books, diets, and other crap to people
8:20 a.m. and two neighbors have honked their horns four different times
Why has the Poets & Writers web site been down for like a fortnight?
Bookninja » Blog Archive » Second hand books →
I can see how this could be kinda gross if you spend too much time thinking about it.
Past tense: Did a Minnesota Wikipedia user break... →
CRITICAL MASS: Guest Post: Kit Reed on Twitter,... →
WatchWeezer + 200 others cover “Creep”
In a perfect world I could legally marry Billy Bragg’s voice and it would want to be married to me
10 Best Rolling Stones Songs →
10. It’s Only Rock & Roll (But I Like it) 09. Wild Horses 08. Honky Tonk Women 07. Mother’s Little Helper 06. Paint…
I’m going to curse more than usual today — using all seven dirty words — in honor of George Carlin
An open plea to all rockstar/authors →
This is my plea to all rockstars past, present, and future: If you ever write a book about rockstardom please, please, please, pretty please with cocaine and slutty groupies on top DO NOT spend…
This American Life -- the Prom →
My friend Amanda mentioned that this episode had an awkward interview with Sweet Valley High Creater Francine Pascal, it’s awesome!
“I tried to draw it with descriptive geometry.”
– Frank Gehry