July 2009
46 posts
'Slightly Imperfect' Underwear
For a “slightly imperfect” guy.
And Then
Some bad ideas for new Las Vegas resort themes:
The hospital
Sex (like actual intercourse)
Rodents
Separately
“Aspirated H” would make a terrible band name, but a fairly good space-rock album title.
Also
It wouldn’t surprise me to hear someone rhyme “yoga mat” and “shoulder strap” while freestyling on a college radio show.
Man Carrying Yoga Mat
[To Woman Carrying Yoga Mat]: That’s so offensive!
“Have you ever clicked the “Romantic” tab on a porn site? Of course you have.”
– “In Which This Is Not Love.” This Recording. Where are these tabs? They sound so respectful and tasteful. Send links please.
leoncrawl:
Perchik proposing theoretical socio-economic relationship to Hodel. She says she has been hoping he would. Not realistic. Who could love a tacky communist.
Maybe no one loves a tacky communist man, but a tacky communist woman …? I’m at least considering it.
Even when I was 18, when I most loved poetry, I mistrusted and disliked poets. A self-important, overly sensitive lot, they showed an unjustifiable affinity for oversimplification, and came across as naive, no matter how harrowing their life experiences. “There are no words that are entirely negative in connotation, except for television,” my favorite poetry professor once told our...
How to Vacation When Everything but Your Career Is...
me: probably a good time to just chill
Ben: that's how i feel
lots of swimming, sun, hammock, kayaking
me: perfec
Ben: canoe, rowboat
me: we'll just live every day
just live
every
day
Ben: i'll back my nikes
and calvin klein
me: haha
Ben: so we can just do it and just be
me: i'll be naked the whole time
Ben: that's cool
Post From The Awl
Gawker Media is the Goldman Sachs of the Internet. I’m by no means an expert at economics, so naturally I had a few questions about this post by Choire Sicha, a writer I enjoy reading.
What we’ve seen in companies that have been successful through the last year […] is they’ve both shed staff and, both independently and relatedly, increased their revenues.
I am not sure...
Little Brother Joins Facebook
John: well your confirmed just like in the Catholic Church only cooler
“I like it,” Phelps said. “I think it’s going to be good.”
– “High-Tech Era in Final Days as Swimming Bans Suits.” NYT.
“tiens c est marrant on est pas loin, je suis à coté de Nice en ce moment
c est...”
ESPN’s Selective Silence: Dodging The... →
katiebakes:
Just as companies and politicians purposely announce their bad news at the end of the day on a Friday, I now present to you my second Mediaite column! Read it and weep!
Fun fact: Don Ohlmeyer fired Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.”
Mr Dream. “Knick Knack.”
“he writes this whole section about whether the expat’s woes in india are...”
“The art world is now both socially professional and professionally social.”
– I Like Your Work – Paper Monument
“In Hawaiian mythology, Kapo is a goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers...”
– “Kapo (mythology).” Wikipedia.
"Hi'iaka." - Wikipedia. →
Patron goddess of Hawaii and of hula dancers. Daughter of Haumea and Kane.
“The canoe is marked out by the ʻelepaio.”
– Hawaiian proverb.
“In Hawaiian tradition, the ʻelepaio was among the most celebrated of the...”
– “‘Elepaio.” Wikipedia.
"Hurricane Iniki." →
Strongest hurricane (category 4) to hit Hawaii in recorded history. Formed during El Nino of 1991-1994. Eye passed over Kauai on September 11, 1992.
"Breadfruit." Wikipedia. →
“The island of Kauaʻi has been featured in more than 70 Hollywood movies and...”
– “Kauai.” Wikipedia.
“Hyposmocoma molluscivora is a Hawaiian moth whose larvae are predators,...”
– “Hyposmocoma molluscivora.” Wikipedia.
Unless he's a real jerk or a crybaby, you'll... →
"Children's street culture." Wikipedia. →
It sometimes worried him what he might have missed, and then he remembered what he hadn’t, and he carried on, untroubled.
Bad move.
