April 2009
181 posts
“Trust no one. Yell at everyone. Insist on being driven to work in a party...”
– Tina Fey, giving advice to Amy Poehler upon starting her new show, Parks & Recreation (via)
March 2009
260 posts
1001 Rules For My Unborn Son →
A great blog I’ve happened upon. Let’s just all assume that we can guess what the blog is about from the title. The blog is a work in progress, and you can even email in suggestions for new rules. A few:
#97- Finish what you start- especially books.
#84- Support friends in the arts. Especially if they stink.
#81- Remember, the girl you’re with is somebody’s sister. And...
“Don’t point that gun at him, he’s an unpaid intern.”
– Steve Zissou, The Life Aquatic
A/V Club Interview with (demigod) Kristen Wiig →
An excerpt:
A/V Club: The film [Upcoming Adventureland] is kind of about post-collegiate angst. Did you go through a phase like that yourself?
Kristen Wiig: Oh my God, I’m still in it! [Laughs.] You’re always wondering what’s next.
(One of the many reasons I love her- she understands our kind! Read the rest of the interview.)
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The 100 Best Indie Rock Albums of All Time.... →
The editors over at Amazon came up with what they believe are the 100 best indie rock albums of all time. I think the consensus is that it’s a good list, but there are some important albums missing here and there.
Indie fans, I know this goes without saying, because I believe I understand your kind, but look at the list, and decide for yourself what’s missing.
7 stages of internet comments →
Comment Stage 1: I like this.
Comment Stage 2: I hate this
Comment Stage 3: I hate you.
Comment Stage 4: I hate Christians/Republicans.
Comment Stage 5: The only thing I hate more than minorities, gays, and Europeans is this video/article/post and the other commenters on this site.
Comment Stage 6: I think you guys are all terrible people and are getting way too worked up about this.
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“The Lancet medical journal slammed Pope Benedict XVI for falsely claiming that...”
– Dan Hopper
Ground Swallows Girl As She Plays Baseball →
Yes, that’s the actual title of the actual news story. Uhhm…. dramatic much?
“A 9-year-old girl playing baseball on city land Wednesday was suddenly swallowed by a sink hole and was rescued by the children playing with her.”
Hey, we all blame things on childhood experiences gone wrong, but WHEN THE EARTH ACTUALLY TRIES TO EAT YOU…you’ve got a one up on the...
Is it Pancake Day? →
Well, is it??
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
35 interesting facts about alcohol... →
Weekend is over, folks…. but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about booze! Follow the above link to some interesting facts about everyone’s favorite social lubricant. A few:
-The national anthem of United States “The Star Spangled Banner,” was written to the tune of a drinking song.
-The pressure in a champagne bottle is 90 pounds per square inch, that is three times the...
“Indie rock proves that ugly and dirty people can do just about anything.”
– Anatomy of a Hipster #74
Michigan baseball park offers 4,800 calorie burger →
From MSNBC: “The 4-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all on an 8-inch sesame-seed bun. That’s a lot of dough!
The Grand Rapids Press reports that anyone who eats the entire 4,800-calorie behemoth in one sitting will receive a special T-shirt.” (As long as it comes with a side of...
Skype + iPhone = Cheap calls all the time? →
Seriously, this could be pretty big news; rumor has it that a version of Skype is going to be released next week for the iPhone (and iPod touch, natch). This means that the possibility of free calls over the internet on your phone is THIS CLOSE to being a reality. Now I just have to go buy an iPhone. Sigh.
Should milk be legalized? →
There was the name of a Web site scrawled on cardboard and quickly torn to bits by an anonymous farmer in the Greenmarket at Union Square. Then came the paperwork to protect the source of the illicit substance. Finally, Yaron Milgrom-Elcott received the monthly drop site: an address near Chelsea, open for two hours, show up or lose the white stuff.
Mr. Milgrom-Elcott doesn’t miss the drop....
Let the March Madness never end... →
Well if your bracket is down the drain by now, switch over to the tournament…. of meat. Some brave soul ranked and decided the outcomes of 64 meats battling it out. They’re divided into 4 categories: Beef, Pork, Sausage and “Meatcellaneous” (A for effort, but a solid D- for actually being funny…. oooh sorry).
Some nice upsets- we have a 15 seed making it to the final...
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“The only way I would ever buy Danny Gokey’s debut album is if he named it “Gokey...”
– Michelle Collins, on American Idol’s Danny Gokey
WhiskyFest '09! →
Welcome to the Poptimist- your source for all things alcohol related. Or something. Whisky Fest in Chicago gears up in a week…. (though it unofficially started 3ish weeks ago at an ill-fated house party that started innocently enough with Jack Daniels pong, and ended not so innocently with a couch on fire and a visit from the nice police man…. or whatever).
But never fear…...
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Kathy Griffin + Paris Hilton = Universe Explosion →
Kathy Griffin, comedienne and star of her own reality show is friends with…. Paris Hilton??
The two shopped in L.A. together.
And in a related story, the universe, for various reasons…. essploded.
Best of Best Week Ever Blog- Rupert the fawn! →
My attention was called to the above linked post, written by my idol and favorite new person in the world (sorry everyone else in my life), Michelle Collins. It’s about a teensie little baby fawn named Rupert. A favorite quote:
“This deer is so cute I literally want to put him in between two pieces of bread, stick him in a panini machine, and eat the entire thing in 2 bites. HIS LEGS...
Watchheyjk:
Congratulations, Windows. You once again are excellent copiers.
I’m reminded of the old Apple bumper sticker:
Windows 95 = Macintosh ‘89
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"The Nun Study" →
The “Nun Study” is a study of ageing and Alzheimer’s that uses data gathered from over 600 nuns over the past 20+ years. Some interesting correlates are starting to appear:
The nuns make for a very unique population to because of their similar lifestyles. They don’t smoke, they don’t drink, so you can reduce the effects of some of these other environmental factors, and focus in...
Spoon - Reservations. I’ve been obsessed...
“There is only one real problem between a man and a woman, when one of them is in...”
– An American in Paris
Drunk Man Dangerously Close To Figuring Out You're... →
From The Onion (natch):
“The heavily intoxicated man seated next to you is dangerously close to realizing you’ve been fucking with him this entire time, nearby sources reported. Although he appears to still believe you love his Judas Priest T-shirt, the whiskey-soaked bar patron has stopped swaying back and forth and could, at this very moment, be one drunken thought away from...
WatchThe trailer for the upcoming “Where the Wild Things Are” film adaptation. Watch and decide for yourself… (always knowing the integrity of your childhood memories are at stake…)
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”
– Albert Camus
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Cover stories from the most requested back-issues... →
“No Negro Will Ever Be President—Not in the Next Hundred Years, Anyway, but Maybe Sometime After That, Say, January 2009 or Something” (December 1907)
“Daguerreotypes Will One Day Be in Color; Will Feature Cats in Humorous Poses With Misspelled Captions” (January 1870)
“The Next Depression: No Breadlines, Less Unemployment, but a Lot More Bitching, for Some...
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“Ten PM, and the town of Chicago was shining.”
– Denis Johnson, Angels