January 2010
Cleaning Binge
I woke up this morning with a strong and uncharacteristic urger to clean. Specifically my bathroom, because shit was getting gross. There’s probably some sort of psychological issue involved in my cleaning binges (they come around about once a year). You know, “There’s so much I can’t control, but at least I can control how clean my living area is!”
Anyway, off I...
I Never Finished Reading Catcher in the Rye for AP...
Just respecting J.D.’s desires to never have anything he actually wrote read.
Mentions of the Character "Stupid Dave" in the...
Season 1: Nora’s coworkers included … Stupid Dave (Mark Roberts), who was mentally challenged.
Season 2: Stupid Dave was now merely referred to as Dave.
Season 3: Also moving to The Inquisitor was Dave, who was no longer mentally challenged.
take-courage:
America needs to get over the fact that it’s not number one anymore.
Listen here you TRAITOR we are number one in a fuckton of shit. National Debt! Consumption of Oil! Obesity! Weeeeeee……….
This is a post about iPads and Journalism and...
1. I was kind of betting that the iPad would launch with some sort of iNewsRack (iRaq?). Single issues of Newspapers or Magazines would go for under $1, or free for some publications. Subscriptions would be around $10 for a year of a monthly magazine, or a month of a daily paper assuming there’s as much advertising as there is in the print editions. Supplemental video, audio and interactive...
Tea Bagger Marco Rubio Now Leads Gov. Charlie... →
Sorry Blue State America. Florida is swinging firmly back into crazy territory.
Village Voice's New Site Design →
This will basically be exactly what the New Times’ website will look like soon. I still don’t love it, but it’s an improvement. It’s kind of a the old site mixed with NYMag’s layout. Plus check out the new blog design.
God, none of you care, but I need to note this somewhere as no one actually shows me these things before they happen.
One of the problems with Riptide is that there’s no central theme or target audience besides a vague geographical one, unlike other blogs who pick a more concentrated subject matter and expand from there. It’s a problem no one seems all that intent on fixing. Which is fine with me.
Because I am probably one of the few bloggers who can justify writing a post about Mary-Kate...
I still don't really "get' Tumblr
“The worst is that I can’t help but feel like the main emotion people in...”
– Anonymous Senate Staffer on TPM
1823. Grizzly Collective, Veckatimest Post...
Pazz n Jop, Village Voice’s yearly critics poll of literally every album released in 2009 ranked in order, just came out exactly one month after everyone stopped caring about these lists.
Of course no one is going to agree with any of this (Neko Case at #3, really?), but it’s hard to argue with who took home the coveted #1823 spot.
Update: I have no idea what’s going on, but...
“I have this friend who is gay who goes to places around the country most gay...”
– Dear The Left: A Breakup Letter, by E. A. Hanks
"It's a little presumptuous of me to tell Conan... →
—Louis CK(via alexbalk)
Am I the only one who wished he would have just taken the 12:05 slot and everyone could have gone on with their lives? I mean, you could have watched the first 30 minutes of Letterman for the monologue and bits. Switched to Conan at midnight, and then gone to bed. Or do what most people do, which is not watch at all.
Eventually Dave and Jay would have died, and...
“Andrew Delaplaine, an entrepreneur and screenwriter, opened the venue on the...”
– Ostensibly a story about an increase of hate crimes in South Beach and a gay exodus to Ft. Lauderdale, New Times’ cover story this week really works best, whether you’re interested in gay issues or not, as a reminder of how fucking boring and commercialized South Beach has become.
But...
Cold Snap Sees Iguanas Fall From Trees →
I know everyone else in America is having a good laugh at Floridians freaking out about 40 degree weather, but do you have Iguanas falling from trees? Do You?
On New Year's Eve a Drag Queen Snatched my...
She took two long puffs and gave it back.
Then she started to say something.
I thought she said, “Kyle.” So I said “what?” and she repeated it. This went on three or four times, and all the while I’m wondering “Do I know her from somewhere out of drag?” Eventually I realized she was saying, “Smile.”
But I hate smiling. It makes my cheeks...
spacecataz:
lovelesswrists:
I like how people think that changing their facebook status or the color of their avatar will cure cancer.
Today’s lesson: ONLY THE ACT OF CURING CANCER WILL CURE CANCER.
No wonder nothing gets done in this country.
breast cancer “awareness”. because we totes forgot about breast cancer there for a minute.
Next week we’re all going to set our Facebook...
Basically as a Miami¹ fan I could give a fuck about either team, but as a Miami² fan I hate Nick Saban. So go Horns, I suppose.
¹Hurricanes
²Dolphins
Before everyone freaks out about the NBC Late...
The NY Times says that Conan is staying, but being moved back a half hour.So relax.
but more importantly this means CARSON DALY IS MOST LIKELY OFF TV!
productivitydecreaser asked: Riptide is pretty awesome. Is that all you do for a living or do you a rock a day job too?
Anonymous asked: will you rub dix with me?
ASK ME (shut up, w/e I'm bored) →
“What is the World’s best spy became your babysitter?”
– The Spy Next Door Starring Jackie Chan and Billy Ray Cyrus with George Lopez
And to think I thought The Rock in The Tooth Fairy was going to be the most embarrassing turn for an action star.
Something Like My Ten Favorite Movies of the...
I’ve never really had a desire or reason to keep super up-to-date with movies (OMG I HAVENT EVEN SEEN AVATAR YET, I KNOW) so I’ve never been compelled to make any sort of top ten year-end film list. But here, just for shits and giggles, is ten films released this decade, that I saw this decade, that I enjoyed more than others. In a lot of cases, I also like a lot of the...