February 2012
28 posts
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Another Thing I Didn't Know Before This Year's... →
“We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that...”
– William Anders, NASA astronaut, regarding the Apollo 8 mission, which resulted in, among other things, Anders 24 December 1968 photo “Earthrise”
“She raised both of her perfectly coiffed eyebrows and asked me where one of mine...”
– Turns out I have a PEER (not an aunt, mother, or grandmother, but a PEER) who wore a Kotex belt. Fantastic. Oh, she shaved her eyebrow off, too, but that’s more common.
Jessica Schein: In which I talk about the time I wore a Kotex belt, took my dad’s army issued Korean War blankets to...
cubs in five - mountain goats
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon
and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best seller list
and stay there for 27 weeks
and the chicago cubs will beat every team in the league
and the tampa bay bucs will make it the way to january
and i will love you again
i will love you, like i used to
i will love you again
i will love you, like i used to
the stars are...
“I held Madonna’s bulb.”
– My uncle spent the halftime show strapped in a harness dangling above the Superbowl arena holding an extra lightbulb for Madonna’s main spotlight. Freelance roadie gig. $28 an hour. The bulb didn’t burn out.
“It’s OK to be in conflict with yourself.”
– Nathan Englander, on Fresh Air, talking about his relationship with Judism, in the wake of the publication of his new collection, What We Talk About When We talk About Anne Frank.
Lucas Klauss: Songs Brendan ruined →
lucasklauss:
“What I Like About Brendan” by The Romantics
“With or Without Brendan” by U2
“All You Need is Brendan” by The Beatles
“Someone Like Brendan” by Adele
“Single Ladies (Put a Brendan On It)” by Beyonce
“Brendan Jean” by Michael Jackson
“Total Eclipse of the Brendan” by Bonnie Tyler
“Like a Bat…
“Never look down and tip well.”
– Parent of twins advice to eating out with kids.
What's the trick
to cutting a flipping scallion so the end result doesn’t look like the molted snake skin?
UPDATE WITH VIEWER ANSWERS: 1. wait until the flipping stops 2. get a sharper knife. duh.
Step On the Gas - Bill Hicks
“Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the...”
– David Sedaris, “The End of the Affair”
NYC Bike Share: Suggest a Station →
A yearly membership costs $100 though rides shorter than half an hour are free
There will be 10,000 bikes in 600 locations
Users can check bike availability with forthcoming informative apps
Users just swipe a card at the solar powered system and it unlocks the bike
Bikes can be returned to any station, making single rides and short rides easy
The first stations will be located around...
Heartless Bastards "Arrow" streaming on NPR →
