May 2013
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Arne Svenson "The Neighbors" →
As a lifelong window-starer-inner, I’m eager to see this exhibit. Perhaps I’d be less interested if I were one of the subjects/victims. I don’t think so, though.
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“What makes NPR reporters’ names so particularly mellifluous? There’s...”
– I’m not married and I don’t have a ‘brand,’ but I’m posting this because a) It’s true, NPR reporters have the best names; b) ‘Double-barrelled’ is such a great term for it, so much better than ‘hyphenated.’
From here on out you may refer...
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April 2013
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“Women in any position of power or outspokenness, people are just uncomfortable...”
– Amy Schumer has been kinda inescapable around my office lately (her face is the first thing I see when I’m waiting for the elevator). I am OK with this.
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“You’re never too old to have the life you want. Truly. But you do need to...”
– This is from an advice column headlined I Am 40. Will I Be Alone Forever? but it is PRETTY DAMN SOLID ADVICE even if you are not 40 and do not feel particularly alone.
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When I was, oh, thirteen or so, my cousins and I wrote a musical called “Lights, Camera, Disaster,” which we performed in my relatives’ living room. The plot involved a struggling movie production company that took a gamble on a script called “Idaho Jones and the Search for the Ultimate Potato,” which (spoiler alert) triggered a show-within-a-show followed by (big...
March 2013
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Butternut, chard and caramelized onion lasagna
I haven’t posted any recipes or cooking-y things in a while. It’s not that I haven’t been making food for myself, it’s just that the food I’ve been making has been utilitarian, the sort of thing you assemble and eat quickly or use for leftovers (noodles with kimchi and poached eggs, curried rice and beans). Also, I can’t lie, there have been several Cereal for...
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Blog post
Contrary to popular belief, 18 baby weasels will make you feel better about your day. Single moms are the problem. Nobody understands the economy. Beyonce. You are eating wrong. Older moms are the problem. Maybe she shouldn’t have worn that. Twitter foreign policy. Lena Dunham. Too much hype has ruined it. Brooklyn. Senator Twitter. Women with jobs are the problem. People have sex. Nobody...
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February 2013
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Here's my interview with Nick Offerman. →
plittly:
Such a gentleman, that guy. This got edited way down, but this is some of the best stuff. (What is missing: He told me that the Offerman woodshop is going to start making ukuleles this summer, and also said that he’d rather “read a book or enact husbandry on my wife” than use Twitter frequently.)
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largeheartedboy:
The Unsacred Hearts cover The...
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Mongers, in order
Fish
Coster
Cheese
Scandal
Iron
Hate
War
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“It’s advertising funny,” said Ms. Klausner of the music videos. “But comedy...”
– Preach it, Julie Klausner
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“Last year’s drought took a big bite out of the two most prodigious US crops,...”
– Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds | Mother Jones (via aboriginalpressnews)
Seventy percent.
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Comedy Central's Indecision: IHOP Pancakes of the... →
ccindecision:
Birthday Cake Hot Fudge Sundae Praline Pancakes
Banana Split Caramel Apple Pancakes
Fried Dough Doughnut Cruller Timbit Pancakes
Root Beer Float Maple Bacon Pastrami Pancakes
Coconut Cream Pie Double-Dip Ice Cream Cone Pancakes
Lite Lemon Meringue Fudge Brownie Pancakes A La Mode
I hope the Canadians in my life appreciate the Timbit shout-out.
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January 2013
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People Are Excited for the Supper Bowl
ccindecision:
3 more days too the supper bowl!!!!’YEAH!!!! Woooooooooooooop wooooop
January 31, 2013
Sports Center must be running out of thinks to report on for the supper bowl if the Ravens moving practice inside is one of their headlines
January 31, 2013
I’m actually excited to watch the supper bowl this year
January 31, 2013
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Four blocks
1. A man is heading in my direction, weaving slightly. I can’t make out his features. He’s wearing a parka, hood up. The street is dark and quiet. He weaves closer. I can hear him mumbling to himself but I can’t make out any words. “Move quickly,” I tell myself, but not soon enough, and he has me cornered, my back against a utility pole, his body blocking my way....
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“When asked where she predicts women will go in comedy this year, she replied,...”
– Opinions, I have them
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“This is a very rare lead role in cinema. Women, I find, we’re defined a lot by...”
– I saw Zero Dark Thirty last night and I thought it was incredible, and important, even if it isn’t perfect. I want to write more about it but I have work to do right now. This quote from Jessica Chastain gets at some of what I was thinking.
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December 2012
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What to do if you're falling out of love with New...
Go to Chinatown, alone, preferably in the late afternoon. Walk around. Go into one of the shops that sells mysterious (to me) herbs and dried things. Buy some condiments or beef jerky or sweet buns for, what, $2. Listen to the grandmas hollering at their children/grandchildren/the vegetable sellers. Listen to the teenz swapping unknowable secrets, huddled around their cellphones. Wander over to...
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“We started a Web site, but NBC refused to let us put the address on any of our...”
– Judd Apatow in The Oral History of Freaks and Geeks.
1999 ruled.
(via amandalynferri)
Maria Bamford Is Doing A Reddit AMA Right Now →
This is 100% wonderful, but you knew that.
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True story: one time I was in Saskatchewan and I... →
It just seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
November 2012
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Jen Kirkman - comedian: Twitter Hiatus Until The... →
jenkirkman:
I’m on a Twitter strike. I am so sick of the way men on Twitter treat lady comics. And my male friends always DM me or text me or email me or talk to me about how they hate it too but they never speak up.
I am constantly tweeting about gay rights (I’m straight) and racism (I’m white) - it takes…
