January 2011
36 posts
“It’s possible that people will overlook outright brutality sooner than...”
– Christopher Hitchens on Egypt.
Today in "weird medicine" →
Rarely does an article provoke so many simultaneous ews and awesomes.
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Best joke of the SOTU
President Obama: The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they’re in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they’re in saltwater. (Laughter.) I hear it gets even more complicated one they’re smoked. (Laughter and applause.)
Jessica: Then the Jews take over. (Standing ovation.)
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“‘Thirty years ago, we couldn’t know that something called the...”
– Hank Stuever (WaPo) SOTU wrap-up [via Washington Post Style’s Tumblr].
AZ shooting + Tunisia uprising =
… = not enough space to talk about how it’s not even the end of January and already Prince George’s County in Maryland has had not one, not two, not ten, but fifteen murders. Maybe plain old everyday violence and death don’t have the same sex appeal as a “Jasmine Revolution” in a Muslim country with a fled president, or a crazy kid with too much access to deadly...
“So here’s my challenge to these pro-choice writers: I agree with you on...”
– William Saletan asks over at Slate. Will anyone answer?
WatchKim Clijsters off-court FTW. [Via XXfactor.]
“Women need to somehow reacquire control over the direction of relationships....”
– In “The Sexual Cost of Female Success,” Salon. RTWT.
Stream this! →
Iron & Wine’s new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, is really fun AND streaming for free (!) at the Team Coco website.
Bronze garden sculptures, valued >$90K, sold for... →
So awful, so dumb. [Via DCist.]
Google image search of the day →
Found some good ones in here.
“Evidence that does not support the existence of a price fixing conspiracy any...”
– My life for the next 7 weeks.
“Pro-tip Sarah: A blood libel is less what people have been saying about your...”
– Sloggers FTW, again—this one from commenter Jen D.
[I corrected her spelling of “Sarah.”]
49 of 50 states wake up to snow →
Poor Florida, left off the party train again.
[via DCist.]
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On food, continued
I don’t do anything special when I decide what to eat. I don’t count calories; I don’t weigh and measure zone blocks; I don’t tally up Weight Watchers points. I don’t fall neatly into any one dietary box.
What I do: prepare the vast majority of my meals at home from scratch; read ingredients lists on prepared food; avoid (but not ban) pasta, bread, and sugar; choose...
“When you’re with someone who sends mixed signals, disregard the signals...”
– Typical spot-on advice from Dan Savage.
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What I ate
I’ve been inspired. Over at Slate, Ellen Tarlin is writing a blog called Clean Plate, about food, nutrition, and eating. Part of Ellen’s food angst is that she’s not sure what she should eat; the blog is sort of an exploration of that, complete with experiments and occasional odes to Michael Pollan, whom I also love.
I’m not sure either what I should eat. But I think I eat...
My only thoughts on AZ
I am tired, tired, tired of hearing about the crazy guy with the crazy gun shooting a bunch of normal, just-going-about-their-day people in Arizona. I mean, I get it: It’s tragic. It’s white-on-white violence. It has the nutty element. The guy had an Internet presence. A nine year old will never see her tenth birthday. And, of course, this is an opportunity for people who prefer civil...
don't kid yourself. →
Do yourself a favor: before you send in that deposit check, talk to someone you trust (a lawyer you trust, if such a thing can exist) about the reality of your post-grad prospects. And while you’re at it, get yourself financially literate and don’t be an idiot about money. Student loans are deadly. They do not just, like, go away.
AT&T unveils 4G network... →
…by just changing the name of its 3G network. No technology upgrades required. Slick.
Members of Congress read the Constitution out... →
…Most Representatives leave before reading is finished. This took less than two hours, by the way. Talk about “insufficient respect.”
“For Americans, shared prosperity, an opportunity for upward mobility, and...”
– Gene Sperling, new director of the National Economic Council, in Democracy Journal (2007).
What is UP...
…with people in this city and Marion freaking Barry?!?
