The Poptimist: Archive

Leaving on a jet plane...

Short hiatus in posting as I’m off to warmer climates for a few days. A few favorite web comic time-wasters just for funsies: Toothpaste for Dinner (the archives will eat up hours of your time), Savage Chickens, and xkcd. Or say hello to the dog I’ve unofficially named Edgar. He lives in my computer. As per usual, feel free to check out The Poptimist Facebook fan page or give me a...

Mar 31st

“I had a friend who was writing for television. He went to Harvard, was always...”

– Anthony Bourdain (Full interview here; yes it’s a non-food related quote, but I love hearing about the Simpsons writers)

Mar 31st

Free Ben & Jerry's Sundaes? →

I was joyful, and angered, and hungered and so many other things by the following headline: “American Airlines’ first-class passengers can get their ice cream fix with free Ben & Jerry’s Sundaes” The poor get poorer, and the rich get… Phish Food Sundaes. Color me jealous. Next time you fly first class on American, look about 30 rows back to the salivating girl...

Mar 30th

Mar 29th

Sistine Chapel Panorama →

This has been posted elsewhere, but it bears repeating. This 360 degree, zoomable view of the Sistine Chapel is absolutely incredible. Takes a minute or so to load but well worth it- it’s phenomenal.

Mar 29th

Mar 26th

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Mar 26th

Watch

Oh, nothing better than a good Tracy Morgan story. He is the Mayor, CEO and King of Craztown, USA. I echo Dan Hopper in that I, too would love a “12-disc box set of nothing but 30 Rock staffers telling Tracy Morgan stories.” Watch the video and see Tina Fey tell some phenomenal Tracy stories.

Mar 26th

A word on talking about LOST.... →

It’s probably pretty clear at this point that I loves me some LOST. I’m pretty close to Trekkie-levels of loving that show. I’m so pleased that Kent Woodyard runs Five Minute Answers, agrees and attempts to put words to the insanity that is LOST fan-dom: “In addition to unwavering commitment, there is a second trait which defines LOST fans: rampant confusion. No one, and...

Mar 26th

University Implicated In Checks-For-Degrees Scheme →

Via The Onion: “We have strong evidence that the University of Michigan granted academic degrees to students in exchange for hefty payments, often totaling tens of thousands of dollars,” Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey said. “In the process, thousands of graduates have emerged with degrees, but few or no skills applicable to everyday life. And many are as unprepared to...

Mar 25th

“Richard says he’ll take the job in exchange for seeing his wife again, which...”

– Dan Hopper, in his always incredible LOST Recap at the BWE Blog

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

Five Minute Answers →

Well, hi. A good friend of the blog, Kent Woodyard has started up his own cyber dog and pony show, where he promises you, citizen of the internet that everything he writes will take you less than 5 minutes to read. (That’s about 5 times the attention span of the average American, ammmIriiiiiiteee?). Anyway, here’s a snippet: Greetings, salutations, and welcome...

Mar 23rd

Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

Mar 19th

Obama Visits Kindergarten To Read Class 200-Page... →

Via The Onion: “Sources said several of the children, while supporting the plan in principle, remained unsure how the tax base would be able to support the full scope of Obama’s proposed measure.”

Mar 17th

“The number one predictor of a child’s academic success is parental involvement....”

– Bill Maher (Via)

Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

“The paradox is that students now live in such a blur of activity that idle...”

– Super-active students are over-scheduled | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2010 (Via)

Mar 15th

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The epitome of an oldie but a goodie. Will Ferrell as Robert Goulet on Conan. I forgot how genius this was. “I’ve CHOKED bigger men than you.” Thought it was apropos as Conan announced today that he’s going on tour.

Mar 12th

Mar 10th

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“His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.”

– Mae West (Mae West has very randomly been brought up in conversation multiple times recently and I felt I had to put up a quote. Most of them are a bit more, ah, colorful.)

Mar 9th

24 Secret Restaurant Menu Items Revealed →

I was fairly mesmerized by this list of secret menu items. I liked the “Land, Sea and Air Burger” from McDonald’s. It consists of a beef patty, a chicken patty and a filet-o-fish patty. Wow.

Mar 9th

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Mar 5th

Management lessons, care of Anna Wintour →

Kottke posted this a while back, but I thought it was great. R.J. Cutler, director of The September Issue, sums up what he learned Anna Wintour (Vogue editor, and the subject of the film) during the filming process. I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there’s an hour’s worth of...

Mar 4th