October 2010
64 posts
“But the rest of us in the news business are not blameless. We, too, monetize...”
– Jeff Jarvis: To rally, perchance to dream
On the Rally to Restore Sanity
buckeyes | smitten kitchen →
I can’t wait to try this recipe- it’s a little different from the one I grew up with, but sounds very good.
Buckeyes are my favorite cookie. Being from an Italian family in Pittsburgh, our family celebrations always featured an enormous quantity and variety of cookies. (Ask Tom sometime about the cookie table at my cousin’s wedding.) I always head straight for the buckeyes....
“For example, even assuming full gender parity in lead roles, which does not...”
– hradzka | the Bechdel Test: mechanical approaches
This is my primary hesitation about the Bechdel Test, but read the whole (excellent) post for more concerns about it.
“Armey: Newt and Clinton actually developed sort of a bond over it. They had many...”
– 44 - Dick Armey: Clinton and Gingrich traded stories about their girlfriends
Remember the cartoon where Ralph the wolf and Sam the sheepdog would clock out and have a pleasant lunchbreak together before going back to work?
That’s what this reminds me of.
Car Free Experiment: Update
Of the 6 trips I’ve taken this week by public transit, 5 of them have been smooth and uneventful. Which makes them boring, so I’ll tell you about the crappy trip home I had last night.
I glanced at my computer clock at 5:52. Mistake #1. My computer clock has been known to lose 4 minutes in a day, so I don’t know why I thought this clock was accurate. But I decided it meant I...
Bit Bucket: I Think I Broke My Ass →
tbridge:
So, this morning I was hurrying downstairs to get to my 9am, and I slipped on the stairs and landed right on my ass. I think I broke it. I’ve been in fantastic pain most of the day, especially when I had to drive home from the client site in McLean, all the way back to Brookland.
Because I am a devoted wife, I am refraining from referring to him as “my busted-ass husband.”
“While I sympathize with hotels and restaurants that are being unfairly maligned...”
– How hotels should respond to negative reviews on TripAdvisor. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
VoiceThread - Group conversations around images,... →
“You see, Russ Feingold has been a senator for nearly 20 years. He knows the...”
– My Opponent Knows Where Washington Is On A Map; I Don’t, And I Never Will | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Wonder Women! - Society6 →
Bookmarking it so I’ll remember to buy it later.
Car Free Experiment: Morning 1
I’m trying to get around without my car this week to see what kind of changes I have to make to my routine. We’re thinking about going down to one car- Tom had offered to go without his, because the Beetle is my dream car and he didn’t want me to have to give it up. But here’s the thing: I’m kind of sick of having a car, when I live so close to the Metro. It made...
jacked-up banana bread | smitten kitchen →
For Family Week last week, I had bought a few bananas since I thought my in-laws might like them with oatmeal. The problem was, they didn’t ripen in time. By the time they were ripe, it was Saturday, and I don’t make much of a habit of eating bananas, so I casually mentioned banana bread.
Tom’s eyes grew wide and he said, “DO IT.” And since he was willing to be the...
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 11/14 →
Internet-izens! You are invited to my house for breakfast food! Yum, omelettes!
Water Balloons Without The Balloons : The Picture... →
Look at the gallery. These shots are so cool.
A Comprehensive Glossary Of Gifs →
So…many…lulz…
This is what my car needs - The Oatmeal →
My car needs one of these too.
Also, The Oatmeal is particularly en fuego this week. If you are not a regular reader, you should be. I have yet to encounter the Oatmeal comic that does not make me either LOL or try desperately not to. The stuff he posts in the blog is excellent as well.
“I’ve seen three movies starring Shahrukh Khan now and find him to be...”
– This Is My Secret: Because I’m Tired
And that, ladies and gents, is pretty much how I feel while watching Bollywood movies.
Fuck Yeah, Sam Jackson →
I should probably mention this other Tumblr I sporadically update.
“Even though tradition-laden outfits like The Atlantic have adopted the blogging...”
– Blogs and Web magazines are looking more and more alike. What’s the difference? - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
“The essence of privilege isn’t wearing a top hat and cackling yar har har while...”
– Things I Don’t Have to Think About Today « Whatever
This quote is actually from Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s comment on Scalzi’s post, but Scalzi’s post is absolutely worth your time. PNH’s comment is just the clue bat of accurate summarization.
Slow Cooker Recipes | MyRecipes.com →
We got a three-crockpots-in-one-unit as a housewarming gift from my grandparents. I am taking it as a challenge
Peggy and Joan:
gatsbylives:
I love you two so much there are no words.
That was my most favorite scene in the whole episode. Possibly of the whole season.
The Alice factory.: I just ordered a 1-cent copy... →
aliceisms:
I just ordered a 1-cent copy of The Thorn Birds novel. Feeling like a gi[ggi]ddy dorkus.
There was a substitute teacher in 4th grade who pretty much let us do whatever we wanted at our desk (so long as we were silent) while she sat at her desk reading paperback romance novels. One day she broke…
I read The Thorn Birds when I was about that age too. Maybe a little older....
“If you’d like to be like a vampire, there are some particular ways that...”
– How to Be Like a Vampire - wikiHow
fat girl trapped in a skinny body: Pumpkin Roulade... →
OMG pumpkin roll. I LOVE pumpkin roll. Maybe I will make this too…
“Animated GIFs aren’t just throwbacks—they’re uniquely suited to some...”
– Christina Hendricks on an endless loop: The glorious GIF renaissance. - By Jonah Weiner - Slate Magazine
Amazon.com: Cooking with Italian Grandmothers:... →
This isn’t a cookbook so much as a fetish object for Italian Granddaughters.
“Politics is a nasty game. I knew that coming in. I thought I could take it. But...”
– Krystal Ball: The Next Glass Ceiling
I have a whole host of adjectives in mind when photos of two fully-clothed, married (to each other) people, goofing off at a costume party with a sex toy can be used to embarrass a female candidate for office.
Misogynistic. Victorian. Prudish. Hypocritical....
