September 2008
204 posts
My obsession with the Trig Palin maternity story →
I’ve become more than a little obsessed with the Trig Palin maternity story. I can’t stop reading about it and reading about it and then reading some more about it. With each new thing I read I…
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August 2008
173 posts
between the Republicans and the Renaissaners, I’m thinking it might be a good idea to go to bed and wake up next week
are they postponing the RNC?
the Principal Green slow clap episode makes me cry everydamntime
I'll take the Don't Fear the Repear neighbors over... →
I have neighbors who like to party in the summer. It doesn’t generally bother, because it usually is peaceful and free from any kind of altercations that reach my ears. In fact, it mostly amuses…
CRITICAL MASS: Guest Post: Mark Athitakis on the... →
Size Matters →
Says one anthropologist, rather gloomily, tall men âare generally more successful in life, in areas including salary and winning presidential elections. But this doesn’t happen for women. The…
I would like to thank caffienated ice cream... →
As you can imagine it’s been rough going here at Supergenius HQ, well as rough as a day can be that includes thirteen hours of sleep. But then there was a barfing and I think that…
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is pretty sure she can make her girl-crush on Rachel Maddow official
Have decided that of all the polliticos in all the land, I’d do Al Gore first
I’d give you $5 if you made the room sit still
ouch
i think that last one was supposed to bbe abbout how trashed i am’
So tsaridf
Cheating a little bit, though you wouldn't even... →
Dear Vox, I am drunk, so please forgive any typing errors. I have many, many, many MANY gin and tonics (i just had to backspace a few times to spell that right) tonight. My FFJ came over to…
the mourning dove has decided to coo only after noon, it doesn’t sound quite so forlorn at noon like it does at 6 a.m.
i forgot what i was doing
FINALLY listening to the new Paul Westerberg songs
This is not a post about fish →
You can all rest easy. I got my McSweeney’s #28 today. Also, for the third night in a row I have spent the evening parked in front of the TV crying along with the Democratic National Convention….
Exclusive Excerpt: Stephen Davis’s ‘Watch You... →
i just gave the 19th amendmant a standing O in my own home
already choked up by tribute video
Spike Lee is on MSNBC, and I think he might be drunk or something
i forgot how much work working can be. damn.
i got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one — however, one is really bad HTML that I have to edit
Want to punch Hil delegates in the throat, am convinced they just want more press, bitches. Do they think McCain is closer ideologically?
Dear CNN, Rudy G can can blow me, get that schmuck outta there. I’m turning the channel.
there are 11 pennies on the neighbor’s driveway, have been for a week. I could use the good luck but I leave them in case it’s a test
SotD: Sharing the song I can't stop singing in my... →
If I guessed correctly, this is Jeff Tweedy singing “Who Were You Thinking Of?” If I didn’t, who knows what it is. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
turning off MSNBC and turning on Eurydice
Something to believe in →
While the Olympics barely warranted a blip on my radar, the Democratic National Convention has decided to dominate my attention. I’ve spent a lot of time this evening listening to the speeches…
“an obligation to fight for the world as it should be” nice one Michelle
NICE! Stevie Wonder as exit music
Caroline Kennedy is making me cry
watching the DNC makes me miss Tim Russert
just realized it’s Monday and not Tuesday
props to Michelle’s brother for saying that their dad would be proud not because of who she married but because of who she is
Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap - The Big Picture -... →
I didn’t watch a lot of the Olympics, but after looking at these pictures I feel Olympically fulfilled.
MinnPost - Jim Walsh: From the highs and lows of... →
You know I never thought my appreciation of Jim Walsh could go any deeper, but then he had to go and mention Jeanette Winterson and, well, you know…
Impromptu socializing →
I am convinced the best times happen when you least expect them. I had a good cathartic night that involved enough wine to make my head feel like exploding. Good times, good times. Read and…
must look away from TV, PBS is showing back-to-back American Masters about Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite - thank you DVR
Calatrava controversy - Mary Louise Schumacher:... →
Oddly fascinating discussion of the Milwaukee Art Museum and the controversey surrounding its entrance hall — make sure to read the commments.
discovering that I’m really very bad at remembering to start the billable hours time clock
giving up on figuring out the difference UPC v. EAN, instead I am going to read a short story by David Means called The Secret Goldfish
Today was not the greatest day I'll know, but it... →
I don’t have much to say today. It was a day like any other. I napped, which was a mistake but it was cool and the sun was warm, and the short story anthology for my fall class is filled with…
Flowers In The Attic : He Ain't Sexy, He's My... →
catching up on all the stuff I should have done this week when I was too busy wallowing in self pity