July 2010
15 posts
Eulogy For A Microsoft Mascot : NPR →
If you remember “Clippy” and hated him as much as everyone else, you might find this amusing… (caution: nerd humor)
“Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, which was approved unanimously by the...”
– TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect
Merge Records: Various Artists: Spring 2010 Merge... →
I want to be dreaming like this
keremmermutlu:
He was dreaming again. He was dreaming that he was brand new. That he wasn’t falling apart. That he had never been disappointed before. That he was nothing but blue shiny sky. He was dreaming again that his world was one big piece of greatness, and that he had a favourite girl who would always be there for him and never give him hard angry eyes.
Brooklyn Bowl - Music Venues - New York Magazine →
Profile:
To a neighborhood already jammed with hybrid entertainment ventures—think McCarren Park Pool’s music and dodgeball and Slip ’n Slide or Barcade’s drinking and video games—add the bowling-dining-music combo Brooklyn Bowl. It’s set in a renovated Williamsburg iron foundry and is the city’s first LEED-certified green bowl-o-drome. Sixteen lanes are joined by a restaurant and cocktail bar,...
“Music is one of the best ways to enjoy the present. It’s not much fun to look...”
– Sonnett Branche (via grace-notes) (via quote-book)
…and presently I’m listening to the glorious funk of Parliament Funkadelic.
Blueberry Johnson | Video | MTV →
“…and to top it all off, I look like a fuckin’ blueberry!!!”
I’d forgotten about this skit. Classic. Watching a few episodes from The State DVD with a friend yesterday before checking out the new beer garden on H Street NE really helped to rescue the weekend.
“Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on earth...”
– Nick Hornby, Songbook 