May 2008
“We’ve also found lately though that Twitter itself is very useful for...”
– How We Use Twitter for Journalism Reading about how the good people of ReadWriteWeb do “journalism” in 140 characters or less makes my Amy’s cheeseless pizza rise in my throat. Btw, that was 142 characters.
April 2008
I'm at an 8-minute dating event
And I think tonight’s the night to meet Mr Right! … Ok, I’m actually having a martini w my cousin at a place where they’re about to hold one of the events. Watching the would-be lovahs arrive and start to mingle. First impressions? They make me want to cry.
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Dad? You listening?
“My difficulty with golf is that, although I play it once or twice a year to be sociable, I dislike almost everything about it. The point of the game seems to be the methodical euthanizing of time by well-off white men. Golf eats land, drinks water, displaces wildlife, fosters sprawl.” — Jonathan Franzen
The Great Compromise →
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“Twenty-five years ago, I would have said that the bursts of inspiration, and the...”
– Rosanne Cash, in NYT
“Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.”
– Oscar Wilde, the father of the endlessly applicable soundbite, with thanks to Rosanne Cash, who begs you not to “fact-check the soul”
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Dream Big, Dream Blog
After Great American Cooking Project is over, how awesome would it be to go on a quest to eat my way through the 93 endangered foods in “Renewing America’s Food Traditions” by Gary Paul Nabhan?!
I know, keep dreamin’.
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“I think he’s leading a caravan of Wal-Mart greeters to the polls.”
– A Clinton campaign adviser answering the question of what Bill would be doing on the day of the primary election in PA. Campaign Journal: Bill Vs. Barack: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker
“Once, I drove an embroidery needle into my mother’s carton of Winstons, over and...”
– David Sedaris, “Reflections: Letting Go,” The New Yorker
“Bill Clinton once said that Republicans “find the most economically...”
– Jonathan Chait on Obama’s bitterness/clinging to guns remark, in The New Republic
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“You’re the butterknife’s foe, you’re the bread’s trampoline…”
– Allan Chochinov, “Ode To My Toaster” in Design Observer: writings about design & culture (via grapefruite)
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“If there was a magic wand to wave, I’d be waving it, of course.”
– — President Bush, who wants us to know that if fixing the economy was effortless, he’d make the effort.
Acknowledging Tough Times, Bush Presses Congress to Act - New York Times
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There’s a lot in this back and forth debate on the Supreme Court decision regarding Indiana’s voter identification requirements that I would comment on if I had the time, but I will limit myself to this:
With regards to brianvan’s concern for “the entire voting base, who all suffer from voter fraud” (see below): there is just one confirmed instance of voter fraud...
“So far, no death threats this time. That’s nice. But a lot of blogging.”
– Robin Morgan, author of the 1970 feminist screed “Goodbye to All That,” speaking about her recent editorial in support of Senator Clinton. Via The New Yorker.
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“Don’t believe the hype: Gulf Coast recovery is not ‘slow’—it’s...”
– Book Excerpt: Standing Up to the Madness
Amy Goodman’s new book, which focuses on Common Ground Relief, a grassroots organization I worked with in New Orleans.
To pay rent, I worked as a hostess at a hookah bar on Frenchmen St. I can’t tell you how many times my ass got pinched by...
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“The court rejected arguments that Indiana’s law imposes unjustified burdens on...”
– Supreme Court Upholds Voter Identification Law in Indiana - New York Times
Every day they give you another reason to hate ‘em. Also see (and hear) obnoxious Antonin Scalia on NPR.
“We might logically conclude, then, that you may seek out erotic experiences at a...”
– Free Will Astrology : Libra Horoscope Sweet.
Pollyanna Creep
This morning, on “On The Media,” Brooke Gladstone interviewed Kevin Phillips, who wrote about the “Pollyanna Creep” in the current issue of Harper’s. The Pollyanna Creep describes how every administration since Nixon has cooked the books to portray a rosier economic outlook. Phillips wrote: Since the 1960s, Washington has been forced to gull its citizens and...
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“In a way, Mr. [Keith] Gessen’s novel [“All the Sad Young Literary...”
– A Literary Critic Drops His Ax and Picks Up His Pen - New York Times
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Barefaced
At my Sunday morning cardio class, I ran into one of my best high school friends. We lost touch years ago. I haven’t seen her since the spring of 2002. In January, we became Facebook friends and wrote notes back and forth, but although we live within a mile and half of each other, we haven’t gotten together. Busy schedules….
After class we went for coffee. She said,...
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Recipes: my very special feta dip & cumin pita... →
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"I bet Dorothy's really smart. She traveled across...
— Grapefruite
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"But, really, who wants 70 virgins? I want 8...
— George Clooney on suicide bombers, in 2005. From the New Yorker (you know what I’m reading on subway today.)
"As well as being a philanderer, he's a great...
— An unidentified admirer describes Boris Johnson, the preternaturally tow-headed Conservative candidate for mayor of London, to the “Sunday Times.” Via the New Yorker.
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MSMcCainiac #2 & #3
The good people at The Daily Show are keeping an eye out, too.
Jon Stewart did a spot-on send-up of the Mainstream Media McCainiacs tonight, specifically George Stepho-whatever of ABC and Wolf Blitzer of CNN.
The former, in an interview with McCain, did not even question the Senator when he said:
He was “glad” to have the endorsement of John Hagee (you remember him: the one who...