January 2012
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February 2011
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“9. Anchorman: Any character but Paul Rudd
Little known fact: Howard Dean’s...”
– Please Stop Quoting These Comedies Forever Immediately by my new Spirit Bear, Luke Kelly-Clyne
January 2011
12 posts
Good luck to Rob Neyer who is leaving the SweetSpot Blog at ESPN:
Whether you’ve been reading my ramblings since 1996 or just since last week, you have my profound, impossible-to-express-in-words gratitude. There is not a working writer on Earth who’s more grateful than I for his readers. Without you, I would have nothing. Today, I hand off this space to whoever’s next. I...
Walkoff Walk (January 31, 2008 - January 31, 2011)
The “actors who died” reel during the Screen Actors Guild award show is somewhat poignant right now as we’re about to bury Walkoff Walk in the cold, hard ground.
Goodbye, old friend.
YouTube - Manhattan buzzer beater over Marist →
Cake Cake Cake →
Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine is complaining about how she’s always having to eat cake for someone’s birthday in her office? Lolz! Seinfeld is just like real life!
I mean, hey -…
A Sandwich a Day: Italian Roast Pork at... →
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A+++, would eat again.
In this great nation of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that’s what we’ll do. Here’s A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at…
Seton Hall hands Syracuse third straight loss →
Jeremy Hazell led a long-range Seton Hall barrage with 28 points and the suddenly hot-shooting Pirates stunned Syracuse 90-68, the Orange’s third straight loss.
Umm, Congressional Districts Are Roughly the Same... →
The New York Times told readers that: “The median Democratic Congressional district now has a population 11 times as large as the median Republican Congressional district, according to an analysis…
Who Goes There?: Old Coney Island Schtick and... →
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@Jay G.
This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost City’s Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham…
The Simmering Rage of the Quiet Car -- Daily Intel →
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New Jerseyans!
“Excuse me,” said the woman sitting across from them, raising her reading glasses, and then her voice. “This is the quiet car.” Mr. Arbeeny apologized and began…
Bob Schieffer and the Eloquence of John Boehner →
On CBS’s Face the Nation (1/9/11), host Bob Schieffer declared:
Democracy’s arguments have never been pretty, but technology has changed the American dialogue because we can now know of…
Great Moments in Moxie #25 →
Baseball-loving night owls gather around a Moxie stand at the Polo Grounds during the 1913 World Series in New York City. (Image courtesy the fine folks at January’s Blog of the Month, Shorpy…
History Channel Pulls 'Kennedys' Miniseries,... →
by Linda Holmes The History Channel has announced that it won’t air the highly publicized miniseries The Kennedys, which stars Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as John F. Kennedy…
December 2010
22 posts
Donald Trump Has His Own Way of Measuring His... →
“Trump broke briefly from his office interview to welcome Kate Gosselin, the star of the reality show Kate Plus 8. After she left, Trump said, ‘If Trump wasn’t doing well, the stars don’t come…
China Doesn't Have Our TSA Problems, But.... →
… some other issues persist. Via a Chinese friend, a sign at Beijing’s main airport:
If you know any Chinese, you understand how an auto-translate system could garble what the sign means…
The Year In Dead Musicians →
by Alex Balk
As part of its annual people who died package, the Times Magazine put together a collection of clips from the musical departed. I actually forgot about some of these—it’s hard…
Michael Moore's Not-At-All Banned Movie →
One recently-released WikiLeaks cable stated that Cuban officials had banned Michael Moore’s health care documentary Sicko. Critics of Moore’s work pounced, delighted that a film that spent time…
THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN →
THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO DESEAN THEY KICKED IT TO…
YouTube - Introducing Word Lens →
Why we view the Cliff Lee and LeBron James... →
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“Why we view the Cliff Lee and LeBron James decisions differently” Because Cliff Lee is white.
In the time that has passed since Cliff Lee spurned his two main suitors to…
P is for Pulp #58 →
Beatnik Wanton (by Don Elliott) (Corinth Publications; 1964)
M. Wells Promises ‘Feast of the Decade,’ Complete... →
With more than a few restaurants doing “feast of the seven fishes” dinners (in addition to the one at Má Pêche; you can call the Oyster Bar, Patsy’s, and Saul about theirs), it’s…
Gov. Christie apologizes for being introduced as a... →
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He’s a true rock star, just like Mama Cass.
Luis Zabreg/EPABritish musician, former member of the band The Beatles, Paul McCartney greets the audience during his concert at the River…
| Miller Park Drunk →
Two days ago we did a post about the Milwaukee Brewers trade of Brett Lawrie for Shaun Marcum and within the post we posted some pictures from Brett Lawrie’s facebook that made him…
Gorgefest | Los Angeles Edition →
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Wonder what Sarah has to say about this.
We had four hours to eat in L.A., a period of time which all of us agreed wasn’t long enough. While most people would have…
John Cage For Christmas →
by Alex Balk
The adorable British tradition of caring about what is the number one song at Christmas time got a little more interesting yesterday when a group of musicians gathered to record a…
Turkey Update: Giving them the Bird →
I detest smoke detectors near kitchens, where they operate more like cooking detectors. My mom’s are more pernicious than most — if triggered, her detectors call the fire department. If the sirens…
Menorah-rama →
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Menorah porn or mensch-y fire hazard? You decide.
Last night, my wife and I were privileged to be invited to the home of Sid and Shuey Horowitz, a couple that has been collecting
Lincoln: A Beard Is Born - NYTimes.com →
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This one’s for Tommy.
Most American historians, when they have considered the 19th-century whisker revolution at all, have assumed it had to do with Civil War soldiers avoiding the…
WikiLeaks Not a Whistleblower, Assange Not a... →
“Julian Assange and his cronies, in their effort to hinder our war efforts, are creating a hit list for our enemies by publishing the names of our human intelligence sources…. I simply will not…
Dear Cleveland: Have Your Fun Tonight, And Then... →
LeBron returns to town tonight for the first time since signing with another team. We hope it’s some closure for the fine folks of Cleveland, rather than just an opportunity to throw…
One Hollow Gesture Deserves Another →
Of all the half-hearted crap fans of professional sports teams are expected to swallow with a smile, the “open letter to the fans” from the departed star is easily the cheesiest.
Everyone…
Police Academy: Special Edition →
In a less-than-brilliant flight of fancy, the mayor decides that the Police Academy will now be open to any and all applicants. Of course, that opens the floodgates to a swarm of weirdos and…
Receiptrocity: Former Mayor Giuliani's... →
We don’t know the identity of this restaurant, whether or not it is in New York, or whether or not this diner is in fact former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (the middle initial, W, lines…
Sports Team Roster →
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That’s a ffffantastic name.
11 Blaise Ffrench
Position:
G
Year:
R-So.
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Springfield Gardens, NY
Previous School:
UTEP
Hybrids vs Trucks. Comparing sales over the last... →
Pretty interesting visualization that in the end shows trucks are selling at less than half the rate they were ten years ago while hybrids continue to get more popular.
November 2010
36 posts
Brian Cashman, guest rappeller at Heights and... →
The Stamford Downtown Special Services District has announced Cashman will join this year’s Heights and Lights event as a celebrity guest elf, accompanying Santa Claus on a 22-floor rappel…
I’m Idaho! →
I’m Idaho!
This Just In...From 1894 →
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You might not like the Wild Card, and you might not like the World Series extending into November, and you might promise you will not like this expanded version of the…
Something Clever: Oh William →
drew-f:
Yo, Bill. I’ve long enjoyed your columns and general banter. Unfortunately, the time has come for us to move along.
I know I’ve said this before - your general attitude towards, well, lots of things sort of rubs me the wrong way. Your determined populism and desperate grabs at cheap jokes…
Remembering Leslie Nielsen, A Master Of The Art Of... →
by Marc Hirsh Anonymous/Paramount/AP This 1988 file photo provided by Paramount, shows actor Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin in the movie “The Naked Gun: From…
NYT covers an eyeglass retailer antagonizing... →
it would’ve been nice if they’d used rel=”nofollow” on links to his site; update: they removed the links
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Hunter College Libraries Blog →
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Nicolas Cage Losing His Shit →
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Random image from fukung.net:... →
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NYC folks, set your DVRs for WPIX at 9AM tomorrow for March of the Wooden Soldiers aka Babes in Toyland. A Laurel & Hardy Thanksgiving morning tradition!
an image from…