October 2010
67 posts
“Dear [signed], Thank you for your kind request. I made a policy long ago to...”
– Roger Ebert’s response to a request for “10 Best” list - WSJ.com
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“Like I’ve been telling my daughter, live it up now kid, at 4, I’m...”
– NPR’s JJ Sutherland responding a ruling by a New York judge that 4-year-olds can be held legally liable for negligence.
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“If there’s nobody else to do it, then of course I would believe that we should...”
– /via @abcworldnews
Sarah Palin’s response when asked on “Entertainment Tonight” if she would run for President in 2012. Interview with Mary Hart is set to run tonight.
(via abcnewsradio)
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“People living in New York don’t need to let loose on Halloween — their psyches...”
– Sloane Crosley, in “The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Holiday”, on The New York Times. (via skibinskipedia)
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WatchAs we scour the internet for interesting tidbits to share with you, we’ll leave you with this adorable video of a lion cub swim lesson.
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“One could say, exaggerating only slightly, that the hipster moment did not...”
– Mark Greif, “What Was the Hipster?” feature article in this week’s issue of New York Magazine (via sarahspy)
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“He could take his endorsement and really shove it, as far as I’m concerned.”
– Rhode Island’s Democratic nominee for governor, Frank Caprio, upon learning that he would not be receiving an endorsement from President Barack Obama. (via officialssay)
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How ad agencies would brand and package legalized... →
Newsweek asks two New York ad agencies to look at what branding would look like from packaging to print advertisements.
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“It was like existing in a Mad Men bubble for two weeks and it was an experience...”
– elisabeth moss on “The Suitcase” episode (via meredithbklyn)
Another great quote, “I feel like Peggy is getting younger.”
It fits well with Weiner’s comment to The New York Times, “I look at the episode where Pete found out [Trudy was] pregnant. To me, that story was...
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“Years ago I put together this benefit that was a parody of benefits, but it was...”
– Judd Apatow on Comedy, Kids’ Books, and Why He’ll Never Finish “Moby Dick” : The New Yorker (via comedycentral)
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The "Rent Is Too Damn High" candidate doesn't... →
theweekmagazine:
Jimmy McMillan’s landlord lets him stay for free in an $800-a-month apartment in exchange for maintenance work.
“It’s not about my rent. It’s not about me.” McMillan says. “What about the children’s future?”
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“Ms. Pogrebin, whose daughter Robin is a reporter at The New York Times, said she...”
– The New York Times interviews Letty Cottin Pogrebi, a real life Peggy.
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Jawbreaker, Redux: Forgetters Recall Their Roots |... →
rubenfeld:
I really like the disclosure at the bottom of this:
Disclosure: Schwarzenbach lives in the same apartment building that I do; we are not close friends by any stretch but we do say hello in the elevator.
Aaand this is our excuse to send you all to our new NYC music blog, Nonstop Sound.
“Amazon said in a press release that Kindle Singles could be “twice the length of...”
– Amazon Introduces a Format for Shorter E-Books - NYTimes.com
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“Alaska Dispatch founder and editor Tony Hopfinger was grabbed and handcuffed by...”
– Yep, you read that right: A U.S. Senate candidate’s private security detail arrested a reporter.
Alaska Dispatch editor detained at Miller event [updated]
(via rubenfeld)
This can’t be legal. Right?
(via aatombomb)
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“An hour after viewing and mulling this over, though, I still can’t come to a...”
– Ginia Bellafante at The New York Times wraps up last night’s “Mad Men,” though one of our editors claims she is “insanely generous to DD.” That said, her recap touches on a lot of we noticed - from Ken Cosgrove drawing the line between work and family, to Peggy and...
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“He used the geometry of fractals to explain how galaxies cluster, how wheat...”
– Jascha Hoffman in The New York Times. RIP Benoit Mandelbrot, a Lithuanian-Jewish mathematician who fled the Nazis, settled in the United States and coined the term “fractal.”
(via nightline)
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“… in keeping with tradition, both August III and August IV were fed five...”
– The Fall of a Dynasty at Anheuser-Busch - NYTimes.com: Strangely, this tale of ritual patricide/filicide among August Jr, August III, and August IV is cast by the Times as near-tragic.
But the nutrageous details of these guys (Did you know the origin of the “Air Bud” brand?) are worth a...
“With Botox, a person can respond otherwise normally to an emotional event, [such...”
– Joshua Davis, Psychologist at Barnard College in New York. ‘Botox paralyzes your emotions, too, study shows’ [MSNBC] (via bunch)
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WatchMIRACLE CHILD AMAZES DOCTORS, DANCES OUT OF HOSPITAL:
Nearly five months ago, doctors didn’t expect 14-year-old Mario Palomares to live through the night….
Thursday Palomares whispered into his mother’s ear: ”I’m Ok.”
Then he told her he wanted to dance.
The teen gingerly rose from his wheel chair and grabbed his mother for a slow dance. Then he turned ...
“-Team relocated to East Hampton
-Fish eye camera used on stadium Jumbotron at...”
– Drew on the Possible Features of an NFL Team Owned by Sean Combs
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This is a video of Brett Favre being hit in the... →
Thank you Jon Bois (“He really sells it”) and thank you WCCO TV 4 in Minnesota.
“Personally, I don’t particularly care if Mel Kiper counts cronyism as a factor...”
– Drew: Mel Kiper’s Career Isn’t Over
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“I’m still a loyal AOL user. In spite of the fact that its homepage content is...”
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Alec Baldwin Just Can’t Quit AOL — Vulture
OH HAAAYYYYY
(via interweber)
(Actually via HuffPo)
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“Sesame Street has always used spoofs of popular culture to draw in and connect...”
– Sesame Workshop vice president and executive producer of Digital Media Miles Ludwig • Explaining the quick success of last week’s Grover “Old Spice” parody, which has earned millions of views in just a few days. You know what’s funny, though? That’s exactly what another Sesame Workshop employee said...
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“One guy who needed money was Ryan Leaf, which was why in 1996 I met with the...”
– From George Dohrmann’s remarkable expose in the new Sports Illustrated about sports agents and their routine cash payments to college athletes. Read every word. (via devingo)
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THANKS!
We wanted to send a huge thank you to today, melsanie and noelisagenius for recommending us.
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“I have 11-year-old twin boys, and this campaign has allowed us to accelerate...”
– Christine O’Donnell’s Delaware senate opponent, Chris Coons, re: O’Donnell’s past denunciation of masturbation (via meredithbklyn)
We were waiting for this.
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“It’s still knackering though, as we English like to say, beyond knackering, to...”
– Andrew Sullivan reflects on 10 years of continuous blogging. Happy 10th, Daily Dish! (via theatlantic)
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“… those readers who bothered to comment appeared interested—typically, and...”
– The New Yorker’s nicely-put summation of a failed Gawker comment thread.
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MSNBC: Bedbug invasion is turning into big... →
Revenues from bedbug extermination hit $258 million last year, up from $98 million 2006, according to the trade group, which represents 7,000 pest control companies. Industry officials expect 2010 revenues to be even bigger.
“Consider the contents of the bedroom: “It has been calculated that if your...”
– An NYT Book Reviewer quoting Bill Bryson.
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“A few months ago, at a party, Denton ran into Sheila McClear, a features writer...”
– From Ben McGrath’s New Yorker profile of Nick Denton. Being roped into a conversation with Denton in which he talks about you like you’re not there sounds like the apotheosis/nadir of Manhattan media parties.
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Man bites dog. →
rubenfeld:
newsweek:
theweekmagazine:
If you were ever enrolled in a journalism school, you’ve been waiting for this story all your life.
And dude is smiling in the police photo like he knows it!
Yes, I have waited all 23 years of my life for this.
We’ll let our team in Connecticut know that journalism students journalists everywhere are rejoicing.
