February 2009
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WatchLet’s Just Do This New Zealand
Half way around the world to skate 30 parks in eight days. Half way around the world to play on concrete. Would anyone cross the international dateline in search of great basketball hoops or unusual football fields? Of course not, those are sports.
Skateboarding is not a sport. Nor is it an art as some suggest. It is an illness causing tunnel vision and...
The Web Is The Biggest Store In History And... →
The web makes everything free, a boon to consumers, but a scourge to businesses, who still don’t have viable revenue models.
Do You Have The President's Email Address?... →
January 2009
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“Michael Oher, the tackle from Ole Miss, is shrouded in mystery. He’s the...”
– I really liked The Blind Side and I’m curious to see how this kid turns out.
Super Bowl Week commences with Cardinals-Steelers connection - Peter King - SI.com
WatchCNBC: The Whole Country Needs A Bong Break (CLIP)
Merrill, Bank Of America And You →
MAN WHO FATHERED 4 KIDS WITH DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH... →
This headline is too much. I can’t even read the story.
“Add heroin to the scores of products that have been branded with President...”
– Barack Smack Seized - January 23, 2009
All Earth's Seasons Now Arrive Two Days Earlier,... →
Oath Is Administered Once Again - The Caucus Blog... →
This is ri-goddamn-diculous. Good little trivia bit for the distant future tho.
NYT Social Networking Rules: Pretend To Be... →
“As a child, Matt Aman grew up in the lush tropical lowland rain forest of...”
– This is almost exactly the type of featuring writing intro I was taught to write in school.
See my lede to a feature on OTB’s:
In an Off Track Betting parlor in New York City’s Lower East Side, twenty men stand in front of a television. Fixating on the screen, small slips of paper in their...
“CNBC has policies and guidelines that are followed by everyone. And we...”
– Is this normal? Can a news org as influential as CNBC really say this? Shouldn’t their reporting policies be public?
Journalismism: A Puffed-Up Reporter’s Puffed-Up Sources
I’ve never understood the logic behind, X has beaten Y twice, there’s no way X can win a third time. Neither do the Steelers apparently.
Indulge in the pain, 610 WIP. →
Oy. I feel sick.
Very special. Effing Iggles.
You don’t give Donovan McNabb the ball and 10 seconds and not expect something special.
Please don’t let me have jinxed anything. Please.
DESEAN JACKSON!
They’re just announcing the teams and a Philly fan is already talking massive amounts of shit to the NYers. Philly!
Philly in NYC: sixers tonight, rocky on DVD, iggles tomorrow http://snipurl.com/a9dft
Why do bass players always have to look a lil weird when they’re playing shows?
I’m the old guy plugging his ears at shows nowadays. (that was always me actually) http://twitpic.com/13or4
“Why don’t you guys leave me alone — why is this important?” Steve Jobs said in interview w/ Bloomberg. http://bit.ly/Xtoh
RT @WFMU: AC/DC concert rider includes 3 oxygen tanks and masks at time of load-in: htmlhttp://bit.ly/HoSV
“I’ve had 100 points scored on me before, and I think it’s important...”
– Greeley girls basketball team beats Boulder school 94-1 | coloradoan.com | The Coloradoan, (seen on deadspin first)
8 minute walk in cold to subway when I realize my wallets at home.
Weston: She Don’t Want Me
U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Jouralism, Twitter At Work (Amazing photo) phttp://bit.ly/Hq4u
Hard at work. http://bit.ly/BmrM
“It’s difficult to argue that the game means more for the Cardinals than...”
– The Deadspin Civil War Mayor’s Bet: Arizona Cardinals
Apple sans Jobs okay b/c as I’ve heard repeatedly, they have a “deep bench of execs” Deep bench is cliche o the day.
“Or how about Friedman’s analysis of America’s foreign policy outlook last May:...”
– Flat N All That: An Impassioned Critique Of Thom Friedman