April 2010
53 posts
“So, basically, the implicit question is: How will people ever know what to buy,...”
– Ebooks, iPads, and the Terrifying Death of the Dust Jacket - Ebook covers - Gizmodo
March 2010
53 posts
“This generation has had it ingrained in them that they must thrive within a...”
– Sexism at Work: Young Women, Newsweek, and Gender - Newsweek.com
Shhhh! No singing at the U.S. Capitol Visitor... →
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor” is appropriate for EVERY environment.
I don't miss most of our stored possessions,...
My camera charger
The can opener
The potato masher
ALL our seasonings
My box of spare We Love DC business cards
My dresser (I’m splitting Tom’s right now.)
My grubby sneakers
I am so looking forward to returning to normalcy. Less than three weeks now.
“If that doesn’t make you smile a little bit, you better shove some termites up...”
– Fun Size Bytes (from @Tj)
Reblogged because I am SO STEALING THIS LINE.
WEEKEND ARTS SECTION: Nothing That Happened This... →
This is hilarious, actually.
Breitbart-promoted video distorts Wallis to claim... →
Yarr. Just… yarr.
“This radical notion—that even in America, one’s own tribe might provide a...”
– America’s favorite Godfather had a mother. - By Bill Tonelli - Slate Magazine
Found this while digging up the Slate article on the restoration. Love this paragraph; it’s so true.
“Do I have your loyalty?”
merlin:
Because, basically, it’s now clear that for decades, Paramount has been treating the source media for the Godfather movies like the roll of toilet paper that a two-dollar whore chucks at your johnson.
Indeed, without this restoration, there’s a pretty good chance that by this point, there wouldn’t be a single usable negative of the Godfather films left. Period. Gone. Forever.
...
“Viacom’s efforts to disguise its promotional use of YouTube worked so well...”
– YouTube Blog: Broadcast Yourself
I’m sympathetic to content owners concerned about their rights being violated on sites like YouTube, even if I think it would be more forward-thinking to use them promotionally. But seriously, guys. You cannot have it both ways.
Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project →
A teacher eats the same school lunch the kids are offered every day for a year.
Finally, a chance to cook.
Since I was at my employer’s annual meeting last week, and since Tom or I have been busy every night since, tonight is my first chance to eat an honest-to-god homecooked meal for the first time in a week and a half. It’s all been catering, takeout, or restaurant food in the meantime.
But I kind of had the relaxation buzz going on today from the comp time I am enjoying and...
“GALLATIN, Tenn. — Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a...”
– Leprechaun-garbed holdup suspect among 2 shot dead - washingtonpost.com
Yinzer finds strange man in his bed →
Blogged mostly before the entertainment value of said yinzer describing the incident. For those of you who don’t get the joke at the end, Second Avenue is where the Allegheny County Jail is.
2029 CONNECTICUT Ave NORTHWEST #31, WASHINGTON, DC... →
This listing is completely obscene. $4.2MILLION. House porn at its finest. I think that zip code is wrong, though, because it’s our new zip and that building is not anywhere near our new place.
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“So DC is my city, but it’s also your city, our city, and everyone’s city....”
– She Loves DC: Meredith Peruzzi » We Love DC
Tom pointed out to me last night that after we move, we’re going to be The Brookland Bridges.
<3 <3 <3
See, Tom has had 31 years to get over the novelty of having a last name that’s also a word. But I’ve had less than 4 years. My maiden name is “Baxendell.” There are no puns on “Baxendell.” The only comedy in that name is all the many and varied...
Things I have researched today...
…now that I FINALLY know where I’m going to live in a month:
Brookland neighborhood restaurants
A petsitter that serves Brookland
DC Citizen-type stuff, like who our Council member is, what Advisory Neighborhood Commission we’re part of and who is our specific member of it.
Home decor blogs. I KNOW. I have never read a home decor blog in my life. Now I am seriously sitting...
Brookland Business Directory →
list of local businesses in our new ‘hood!
The suspense
tbridge:
Is killing me.
ME TOO.
“Femivorism is grounded in the very principles of self-sufficiency, autonomy and...”
– The Femivore’s Dilemma - NYTimes.com
You really must read the whole essay.
Bit Bucket: Ramping up for a Battle →
Whew. Real Estate is a weird world that I don’t understand. It has a language all it’s own (is it fully available? Can we pull the permits on that? Is the basement English, or just partially English? What are the contingencies?) that makes it a bit intimidating just on the face.
There’s that, but what I was unprepared for is how much strategy and psychological warfare there is involved...
“My brain was designed to inhabit a fairly small social network of maybe a few...”
– Dancing To Connect To A Global Tribe : NPR
“Where the Hell is Matt” Harding, “This I Believe.”
breakfast pizza | smitten kitchen →
Want. Now.
“To many, [grilling in a war zone] would seem strange but most of us had several...”
– John Kelly - Soldier satisfies urge to barbecue in Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com
Meeting Boy: Cellphone Ringtones in the Office: A... →
fedward:
I propose the Ringtone Jar. It’s like the swear jar— if we hear your ringtone in the office, you put a dollar in. After $10 or so dollars, I’ll bet they remember to put it on vibrate when they walk in the office.
Wow. Meeting boy is much nicer than I am. At an old job the guy in the next cube had a bad habit of leaving his phone in his cube with the ringer on full volume while he...
“Ton’s of original detail, hardwood floors throughout, detached garage. Property...”
– 5410 13TH St NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, DC 20011 | MLS# DC7273434 (via dchousehunt)
This has been my favorite listing gem so far, I think.
Bit Bucket: DC & McDonalds →
chezjonas:
I am by no means even remotely familiar with D.C., but it seems to me that the kitchen is only a handful of blocks north of the cluster of things you mapped.
Your lack of familiarity with DC is showing. DC Central Kitchen is a mile and a half away from the Capitol Skyline hotel, which you can traverse by vehicle along freeways citizens were being warned to stay off of, or on foot...
What's better than "Shut Up Woman Get On My... →
It's National Grammar Day.
Otherwise known as “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” I raise my MW Dictionary of English Usage in salute.
The Human Face. How to Choose Effective Website... →
this is fascinating