January 2010
42 posts
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own...”
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
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“If there is one key thing I could convey to anyone reading this is to hustle....”
– Matt Nowack (read the whole post here)
“Walking away from The Tonight Show is the hardest thing I have ever had to do....”
– Conan O’Brien, in his final episode of The Tonight Show
WatchFrom The Onion News Network: “Final Season of ‘Lost’ Promises To Make Fans Even More Annoying Than Ever.” Cheers to Damon and Carlton, ever the good sports, for contributing to a story making fun of their own show. (T minus 13 days to the premiere.)
Indie + Relief →
Today (1/20), a group of 135 independent Mac and iPhone developers will be donating the sales for the day to assist Haiti in their recovery efforts.
The money goes to a charity of the software/app developers choice. (Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross are two of the main charities). See the list of software and apps for sale, and learn more here.
“To comedy writers, Leno’s massive success represents the triumph of mediocrity....”
– “Why Some Comics Aren’t Laughing at Jay Leno” in the WSJ
Return to the Scene of the Crime →
I’m a bad NPR listener. I’ll listen to NPR news in the car to/from work, and the very occasional podcast. I probably have the last 30 episodes of This American Life in my iTunes (most of which are untouched in part or in whole), but there are 3 or 4 episodes that I listen to over and over and over.
Return to the Scene of the Crime is one. It features Mike Birbiglia- a very funny...
“You’ve got no discernible skills.”
– Ricky Gervias (to Conan O’Brien on the 1/13/10 Tonight Show, wondering what Conan will do next. Anyone else been really enjoying Conan this week? Go Team Coco!)
Haiti: News and Donations
Lots of different sites have been linking to both charities as well as news sites that are giving constant updates on the situation in Haiti. I thought I’d put together a few links that I’ve seen elsewhere:
Red Cross: You can text “HAITI” to 90999; $10 will be added directly to your phone bill and donated towards American Red Cross relief for Haiti.
Photos of the...
“When I was a little boy, I remember watching “The Tonight Show with Johnny...”
– Conan O’Brien (From his 1/12/10 monologue)
“What’s amazing is how fickle your political affiliation… I’m a...”
– LOST producer Damon Lindelof on the fact that the State of the Union was almost scheduled for the same night as the LOST premiere (here)
Conan: 1, NBC: 0 →
Conan has finally issued a statement about the whole NBC/Leno debacle, proving that he has taken the high road in dealing with a network that hasn’t always treated him well. A selection from his statement”
So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and...
Vin Diesel Announces 2 more 'Fast and Furious'... →
Oh that’s right. Vin Diesel announced via his Facebook page that he has signed on for 2 more movies in what I like to call “The Furious Trilogy” (which is actually 4 movies, but since about 70% of each movie is things blowing up, and Paul Walker trying his very very bestest to ‘act,’ I think we’re good sticking with ‘Trilogy.’) I loved this line from...
“‘People two, three or four years apart are having completely different...”
– The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s - NYTimes.com (Via ayjay)
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“Musical numbers. If you love Bollywood movies, you will love this season.”
– Carlton Cuse, responding to a question about what narrative device will be employed in the final season of LOST. Read the whole Q&A here. (Thx Laura)
“Simon shows us how we really live, and it ain’t pretty. There was a time, not so...”
– Richard Greenwald, in describing Bryan Simon’s new book, Everything But The Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks (via)
““Hope” is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And...”
– Emily Dickinson (I first came across the poem because Woody Allen quotes a line in his book, titled, “Without Feathers.” I feel like Woody Allen quoting Dickinson is enough to make any quasi-literate, hipster former English major just about explode with glee.)
“At a certain point after college, I realized that I had some knack for comedy,...”
– Mike Birbiglia
“Owning a cat is akin to taking it hostage and hoping that sooner or later...”
– Quote found on Andrew’s Twitter
Update: It’s from the book “Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats” (Thanks to @jasonwindsor)
David Lynch's Favorite Sandwiches →
I kind of just get a big kick out of articles where David Lynch talks about whatever weirdness, but I was like a moth to a flame when I saw the headline that David Lynch describes his favorite…. sandwiches.
I’m trying and failing to think of clever Twin Peaks sandwich name puns.
Nevertheless- David Lynch describing how he likes these 5 sandwiches made is oddly intriguing.
“With that, I’d like to start a list of great things we didn’t have a decade year...”
– Gregory Galant (via)