December 2009
37 posts
Adventures in the Vast Wasteland #3 →
Shared by Rob Nice stems! And that girl in the back has pretty legs, too. Vin Scully hosts It Takes Two on NBC, 1969.
Dec 30th
When Legends Gather #570 →
Shared by Rob ….the Aristocrats! Gypsy Rose Lee, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen and Duke Ellington
Dec 29th
The Night Before Red Sox Christmas →
Shared by Rob There are enough shoehorns in this to fill up a Payless. This is awful even by “awful Christmas spoof poem” standards. Red Sox reporter Peter Abraham offers his version of ‘A Visit…
Dec 24th
Fantasy Football Will Rape Your Soul With a Dildo... →
Shared by Rob http://deadspin.com/271906/nobody-cares-about-your-fantasy-team Millions of people play fantasy football. Most of them never win anything. The vast majority of these…
Dec 24th
Alma →
Shared by Rob Creepy good. haunting short film by a Pixar animator, only viewable for a short time [via]
Dec 23rd
Michael Jordan at Castles and Coasters, Phoenix... →
Michael Jordan enjoying Castles and Coasters in Phoenix. This place is still around- my guess is MJ had no problem passing the “you must be this height to ride this” bar. You can probably ride this…
Dec 23rd
Julian Casablancas Teams Up With Jimmy Fallon and... →
Even though Julian Casablancas’s first solo record, Phrazes For The Young, never really reached the soaring heights of any of the three Strokes LPs, he hasn’t lost any cool points in our book….
Dec 22nd
GOP senator: Democratic health care deals... →
Shared by Rob Pot: that kettle ‘black’ WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator who has opposed President Barack Obama’s health overhaul effort said Tuesday that the deals Democratic leaders have…
Dec 22nd
Crowded Wet Mushrooms. A Beautiful Thing. →
posted by Dave Arnold Turns out the way we are taught to sauté mushrooms is dead wrong. What you want to do is soak your mushrooms and then crowd the hell out of them in the pan. Let me explain:
Dec 22nd
This Sporting Life #10 →
The moment of impact: Harry Carson drops the G-Bomb on Coach Bill Parcells once the Giants have Super Bowl XXI well in hand.
Dec 22nd
The Walkoff Walk End Of Decade Personality... →
Shared by Rob Infocapalicious! The imminent end of this decade has already been fodder for about 10,000 blog posts, magazine articles and TV shows. Well, far be it from Walkoff Wallk…
Dec 21st
Gawker Media Seeks Brave Interns To Navigate Nasty... →
Shared by Rob Sounds like a great job! Those of you out there with ninja aspirations at some of the other Gawker web properties may be interested in this opportunity. No sex required. …
Dec 19th
The Food Lab: How to Cook a Perfect Prime Rib →
Shared by Rob This blinded me with science. It’s time for another round of The Food Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he’ll do his best to answer your…
Dec 18th
Off to ESPN.com →
Shared by Rob ESPN snaps up another great writer. I’m happy to announce that on Monday, I’ll start my new job covering college basketball…
Dec 18th
There Will Be Blood Wins the Decade [The 00's] →
Shared by Rob “Perhaps the most discussed filmmaker of the decade, Roger Moore, barely registers, getting just two votes for Farenheit 9/11 and one for Bowling for Columbine.” James Bond WAS…
Dec 18th
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1977) →
Shared by Rob Emmet Otter outtakes? Yes, please! Bonus - Original Commercial Spots from Network Airing: Double Bonus - Outtakes!
Dec 18th
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The Simpsons turns 20 today →
Twenty years ago today, the first full-length episode of The Simpsons — known as The “Christmas Special” — aired on television. This episode was originally intended to be show number 8,…
Dec 18th
NFL Network Can Suffer A Rancid Amputation – Your... →
Shared by Rob “I have to wonder what the Venn Diagram of NFL fans and Walt Whitman fans looks like” I celebrate my singularity and sing my singularity. Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL…
Dec 17th
Serious Beer: Winter Warmers and Christmas Beers →
Shared by Rob Harpoon Winter Warmer, please. [Photograph: Maggie Hoffman] ‘Tis the season for warming beers—for velvety barrel-aged stouts and serious brews from Belgium. Over the last…
Dec 17th
Look! The Fantastic Mr. Fox at Bergdorfs |... →
Shared by Rob If you live in NYC, get thee to Bergdorfs.
Dec 17th
Today in Philly Sports History: Mama Utley... →
Shared by Rob “Today in Philly Sports History: Mama Utley Conceives, 1978” Chase Utley’s mother’s gestation period was less than a day? AWESOME. Don’t generally like doing birthdays…
Dec 17th
The Catcher of the Future, Today! →
Shared by Rob File this one away just in case Wieters doesn’t pan out. The rise of prospect pr0n isn’t new, it’s just more refined. The nuggets of information and hype leak out and we…
Dec 16th
Hogtown Heartbreak: Halladay Heads to Historic... →
Shared by Rob Hogtown is the best nickname for Toronto. Nobody can ever accuse Ruben Amaro of being gun shy. A zillion reportstweets have Roy Halladay moving to the Phillies as part of a…
Dec 15th
Wang would be an intriguing possibility →
Shared by Rob “Wang would be an intriguing possibility” PeteAbe: bi-curious? It’s fun to look at the list of non-tenders and try and figure out who could help the Red Sox. It was this market,…
Dec 14th
AT&T to Urge Wireless Customers To Use Less... →
Shared by Rob AT&T to Urge Wireless Customers To Switch to Verizon and Get a Droid AT&T to Urge Wireless Customers To Use Less Data: Ben To Urge AT&T To Go Fuck Themselves And Use The $100 I…
Dec 11th
YouTube - The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells →
Shared by Rob Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
Dec 11th
The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command [Graphic] |... →
Shared by I Have Opinions LOL
Dec 11th
Up a Tree →
Shared by Rob Final solution for Santa Claus? Courtesy of People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog, we learn of “this season’s ultimate ‘War on Christmas’ accessory,” the CHRIST-mas…
Dec 10th
BBWAA →
It has been floating around the blogosphere and twitter, but I got the official word last night. I’ve been invited to join the Baseball Writers Association of America. I am honored by the invitation…
Dec 10th
Tell me about it (Buy Now!) →
Shared by Rob Too much five alarm chili? Tell me about it (Buy Now!)
Dec 10th
Marge: Have you noticed any change in Bart?Homer:... →
Marge: Have you noticed any change in Bart? Homer: New glasses? Marge: No, he looks like something might be disturbing him. Homer: He probably misses his old glasses.
Dec 10th
New Jersey Marriage Vote Canceled →
Shared by Rob Cowards. Sponsors of a bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey canceled a vote in the State Senate, where the measure appeared headed for defeat.
Dec 10th
Down The Shore →
Shared by Jennifer “Staten Island, you have stealthily sullied the good name of New Jersey for the last time.” Yes, I watched Jersey Shore. I wasn’t going to, but then I remembered that I’m…
Dec 9th
My friend Leon's Open letter to ABC. Please... →
Shared by Rob It’s all a ploy to get us to buy the DVD. /buys DVD TO: ABC FROM: Leon Lynn RE: Desecration of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 12/8/09 Dear ABC, How could you? For years and years I…
Dec 9th
Giuliani Signs on as Rio Olympics Security... →
Shared by Rob I didn’t realize there was a plague of squeegee dudes in Rio. Rudy Giuliani has taken a job helping to fight crime in Rio de Janeiro. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes says “He’s going to…
Dec 7th
Taking Your Relationship With Santa To An... →
Shared by Rob I didn’t realize Santa was into…well…that. Continuing yesterday’s fraud exploration of non-listing photos of interest to people who are interested in houses and stuff,…
Dec 7th
Trans Art Area Holiday Festival →
Shared by Rob “Ground fried bacon”??? Ewwwwwwwwwww…actually that sounds delicious. It looks a bit like chunky peanut butter. But darált tepertö, or ground fried bacon ($5.99…
Dec 7th