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June 2011

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“Like any 7-footer loosed by the NBA, Eaton’s sports afterlife has been by no means premised upon permission. Any sort of enclosed space—the Whole Foods near his home in Park City, the ski lodge at Deer Valley, the Italian restaurant he co-owns in Salt Lake City—is stage enough for a spectacle that must, like the towering 54-year-old himself, be seen to be fully believed. Even with the planet’s biggest celebrities (your Oprahs and Biebers) word of their presence must spread before madness ensues. But for men of Eaton’s height, famous or not, there is no hiding. Instead, every entrance is followed by a sudden hush and accompanied by a Truman Show—like sensation that everyone is staring at you, discussing you and executing covert schemes to chronicle you without your knowledge. As Eaton, who these days works as a full-time motivational speaker, sums it up, ‘For us, there is no fading into the mist.’” —

Pablo Torre writes about the tallest people he could find, those who played in the NBA and those who resisted. When you’re 7’4”, the scouts come and find you (when you can dunk a basket with your heels on the court, it’s sort of a given.) Even for those who claimed to hate the game—and the expectation that they automatically play it just because of their height—many found structure and a purpose playing in college and professionally. It also provided them with a network of tall-clothing manufacturers, since Macy*s doesn’t generally stock size 20 shoes.

-KH

[SI, @SIPabloTorre, the20newyork]
Jun 29, 201171 notes
#Sports #Katie Honan #NBC #Tall people
Jun 28, 201139 notes
#Twitter #Pope Benedict XVI #Lauren Bertolini
“On an overpass just as the temple comes into view, someone would always spray paints in big letters “Surrender Dorothy.” The line was from “The Wizard of Oz,” and I’m fairly sure it reflected the graffiti artist’s impression that the temple was reminiscent of the spires that Dorothy and company saw as they approached the Emerald City and their subsequent fear when the witch wrote the phrase in the sky. While I recognize that it was illegal to do that, I marveled at the writer’s ability to write it so boldly as to be seen from the highway.” —

That’s Germantown resident Christine Mulligan expressing appreciation for the reappearing “Surrender Dorothy” Beltway graffito. No one really knows who the perpetrator(s) are, but since the late 70s “Surrender Dorothy” has become an amusing sight to Beltway drivers. State highway workers would say otherwise though, as they have the irritating task of removing what is thought to be a distraction to drivers. So what do you think: Is Beltway graffiti more humorous or dangerous?

- CT

[The Washington Post, the20washington]
Jun 28, 201117 notes
#Cheryl Thompson #Wizard of Oz
“On an overpass just as the temple comes into view, someone would always spray paints in big letters “Surrender Dorothy.” The line was from “The Wizard of Oz,” and I’m fairly sure it reflected the graffiti artist’s impression that the temple was reminiscent of the spires that Dorothy and company saw as they approached the Emerald City and their subsequent fear when the witch wrote the phrase in the sky. While I recognize that it was illegal to do that, I marveled at the writer’s ability to write it so boldly as to be seen from the highway.” —

That’s Germantown resident Christine Mulligan expressing appreciation for the reappearing “Surrender Dorothy” Beltway graffito. No one really knows who the perpetrator(s) are, but since the late 70s “Surrender Dorothy” has become an amusing sight to Beltway drivers. State highway workers would say otherwise though, as they have the irritating task of removing what is thought to be a distraction to drivers. So what do you think: Is Beltway graffiti more humorous or dangerous?

- CT

[The Washington Post, the20washington]
Jun 28, 201117 notes
#Cheryl Thompson #Wizard of Oz
“On an overpass just as the temple comes into view, someone would always spray paints in big letters “Surrender Dorothy.” The line was from “The Wizard of Oz,” and I’m fairly sure it reflected the graffiti artist’s impression that the temple was reminiscent of the spires that Dorothy and company saw as they approached the Emerald City and their subsequent fear when the witch wrote the phrase in the sky. While I recognize that it was illegal to do that, I marveled at the writer’s ability to write it so boldly as to be seen from the highway.” —

That’s Germantown resident Christine Mulligan expressing appreciation for the reappearing “Surrender Dorothy” Beltway graffito. No one really knows who the perpetrator(s) are, but since the late 70s “Surrender Dorothy” has become an amusing sight to Beltway drivers. State highway workers would say otherwise though, as they have the irritating task of removing what is thought to be a distraction to drivers. So what do you think: Is Beltway graffiti more humorous or dangerous?

- CT

[The Washington Post, the20washington]
Jun 28, 201117 notes
#Cheryl Thompson #Wizard of Oz
“On an overpass just as the temple comes into view, someone would always spray paints in big letters “Surrender Dorothy.” The line was from “The Wizard of Oz,” and I’m fairly sure it reflected the graffiti artist’s impression that the temple was reminiscent of the spires that Dorothy and company saw as they approached the Emerald City and their subsequent fear when the witch wrote the phrase in the sky. While I recognize that it was illegal to do that, I marveled at the writer’s ability to write it so boldly as to be seen from the highway.” —

That’s Germantown resident Christine Mulligan expressing appreciation for the reappearing “Surrender Dorothy” Beltway graffito. No one really knows who the perpetrator(s) are, but since the late 70s “Surrender Dorothy” has become an amusing sight to Beltway drivers. State highway workers would say otherwise though, as they have the irritating task of removing what is thought to be a distraction to drivers. So what do you think: Is Beltway graffiti more humorous or dangerous?

- CT

[The Washington Post, the20washington]
Jun 28, 201117 notes
#Cheryl Thompson #Wizard of Oz
“Guess I learned the hard way that crabs do not discriminate but cross over all socioeconomic strata. He must have had quite the active life. What a way to put the kibosh on a relationship.” —

So that’s actress Florence Henderson writing in her new memoir about the parting gift she received from a one-night stand with former NYC mayor John Lindsay. Turns out Lindsay was a friend of the Brady mom (he’s described incorrectly in one story as an “unattractive” friend, which is totally false!) and they both fell into temptation. After he found out what he gave her, he sent her flowers to apologize. 

-KH

[Reuters, the20newyork, h/t @SteveKornacki]
Jun 27, 20118 notes
#Katie Honan #Florence Henderson #New York
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Jun 24, 20115 notes
#drew magary #the onion #neil gaiman
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Jun 24, 20114 notes
#Drew Magary #Michaele Salahi #Music
Jun 24, 20113 notes
#Vince Lattanzio #Phillies #Sports

99-Year-Old Bachelor Finally Gets Hitched. Ninety nine-yea-old Gilbert Herrick got married for the first time on June 6th. He said he never got married before because he couldn’t find the right woman, which makes Herrick either the world’s most patient fellow, or the world’s pickiest. Either way, let Herrick be a lesson to all you kids out there getting married just for the sake of getting married: Sometimes it’s worth waiting an extra 69 years.

-DM

[Jen Doll, NBC New York]

Jun 24, 20113 notes
#drew magary #weddings
“Please go in with an open mind and know that the Avon has a NO-REFUND policy once you have purchased a ticket to see one of our films.” —A movie theater in Connecticut posted this rather catty sign in response to patrons demanding their money back after watching “The Tree of Life.” And I would have more sympathy for the theater if they didn’t do the whole “You didn’t get it, man!” deal when explaining the policy. That’s what gets people angrier about a movie like “Tree of Life” than they would “Green Lantern,” anyone walking in KNOWS that “Green Lantern” is awful.

-DM

[AV Club]
Jun 24, 20113 notes
#drew magary #the tree of life #signs signs everywhere there's signs
Jun 23, 2011106 notes
#drew magary #michael bay #movies

Oprah Has NOT Gotten A Confession Out Of OJ Yet.  A rep for Her Royal O-ness denied a report earlier today that OJ Simpson confessed to Winfrey. But Winfrey has already openly daydreamed about getting OJ to spill the beans. And if Oprah wants it to happen, I promise you it probably won’t be long before our girl gets precisely what she wants.

-DM

[Anthony DeRosa]

Jun 23, 20111 note
#drew magary #oj simpson #oprah winfrey #now we'll never know who did i t
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Jun 23, 20119 notes
#advertising #drew magary #eli manning #nfl #peyton manning #sports
“Lured out to the vacant Woodside rental, Guldensuppe opened a closet door — and was shot in the head by a waiting Martin Thorn. They’d sawed off Guldensuppe’s head, bundled the legs, the midsection and chest, and then mixed up a basin full of quick-drying plaster and dropped the head in. Thorn and Mrs. Nack took the next ferry, carrying heavy-wrapped parcels. From the back of the boat, they tossed the plaster-encased head, which sank instantly. Then they threw the torso over too. But that didn’t sink. Horrified, the two scattered the other two pieces elsewhere, hoping nobody would find them. They then split up, planning to reunite in Germany, and Thorn pawned the dead man’s clothes to hide out in a $3-a-week room on 25th Street. When detectives swooped in on the room, they found Thorn’s valise filled with newspaper clippings about the case. He’d followed the sensational coverage, just like everyone else.” —

The New York Post wrote about the historical murder that “plunged New York into scandal,” bringing a new style of journalism—sensationalism—into newspapers across the country. It was 1897; there was a love triangle, a murder, a headless body in the river. Basically, all stuff that would sell papers in 2011. There’s a book out now detailing the murder, as well as the “tabloid wars” that started as the daily papers—including William Randolph Hearst’s The New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World—fought to break the story. 

-KH

[NYPost, NYT, h/t @maghabepolitico, the20newyork]
Jun 23, 201115 notes
#New York #Katie Honan
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Jun 23, 20117 notes
#drew magary #harry potter #jk rowling
Jun 22, 2011135 notes
#drew magary #jimmermania #New York #Sports #Knicks
“Bikes are New York fringe? Email your friends. Ask how many of them own bikes. Then ask how many of them own cars. If more of them say they own cars, look out the window. You live in Connecticut.” —

That’s Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal with a “New Yorkers are cool with cyclists!” pseudo-trend piece that has exactly no polling data about how New Yorkers actually feel about people on bikes.  It’s the kind of fluff piece that my friends tell me is totally becoming all the rage these days.

-DM

[WSJ via felixsalmon, rubenfeld]
Jun 22, 2011111 notes
#drew magary #trends! #bikes
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Jun 22, 20111 note
#drew magary #trailer park #footloose #movies
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