The auction is here. Bid what you can and I'll see you on the road!"
From The Mountain Goats
Friday, January 30, 2009
A Very Special Mountain Goats Offer
"Anna Ives is receiving treatment for a brain tumor and her family could really use some help! So, I am offering a guest list spot for every night of the Gone Primitive tour, plus one soundcheck, to the highest bidder.
I ♥ Wonkette, Again
ANALYSIS: Covering the Obama Girls? Use Kid Gloves - 2009-01-30 15:29:29 - Broadcasting & Cable:
"But Ken Layne, managing editor of D.C. gossip blog Wonkette, said the Obama girls' age and public behavior should dictate any coverage.
'Unless the kids are out in public, being cute, we have no real interest in them,' Layne wrote in an email. But he invoked a certain Bush twin to indicate where the blogosphere might reasonably weigh in.
'If they go all Jenna on D.C. in a few years,' he added, 'they are fair game.'
Ultimately, Layne adds, Obama has invited some of the tidal wave of public interest in his family.
'This is the first time since the Kennedys that we've got a young, attractive couple in the White House with adorable little kids,' he wrote. 'Obama knew this going in, and he had no problem deploying his attractive wife and kids for PR reasons-from the opening screen of his campaign Website to his daughters being cute onstage at the Democratic Convention.'"
"But Ken Layne, managing editor of D.C. gossip blog Wonkette, said the Obama girls' age and public behavior should dictate any coverage.
'Unless the kids are out in public, being cute, we have no real interest in them,' Layne wrote in an email. But he invoked a certain Bush twin to indicate where the blogosphere might reasonably weigh in.
'If they go all Jenna on D.C. in a few years,' he added, 'they are fair game.'
Ultimately, Layne adds, Obama has invited some of the tidal wave of public interest in his family.
'This is the first time since the Kennedys that we've got a young, attractive couple in the White House with adorable little kids,' he wrote. 'Obama knew this going in, and he had no problem deploying his attractive wife and kids for PR reasons-from the opening screen of his campaign Website to his daughters being cute onstage at the Democratic Convention.'"
A Little Douchey
Nick: I Hope Jess Is Happy 'Whatever Size That Comes In' | Extra:
"Nick Lachey spoke to 'Extra' about the recent media attention ex-wife Jessica Simpson has received about her weight, saying, 'I wish her nothing but the best and I hope she's happy -- whatever size that comes in.'"
"Nick Lachey spoke to 'Extra' about the recent media attention ex-wife Jessica Simpson has received about her weight, saying, 'I wish her nothing but the best and I hope she's happy -- whatever size that comes in.'"
Massive Link Dump for Friday
1) The Biggest Sexology Breakthroughs from io9.com
Bisexuality exists
Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychiatry, is famous for remarking that everyone is bisexual. His idea was remarkable for two reasons. One, it acknowledged that there was a middle position between gay and straight (a relatively rare belief among doctors); and two, it paved the way for a more nuanced understanding of how sexuality exists on a continuum rather than as a binary system. Jumping off from Freud's idea, infamous twentieth century sex researcher Alfred Kinsey created what has come to be known as the Kinsey Scale for sexual orientation. On that scale, 0 is completely heterosexual and 6 is completely homosexual. Kinsey and his colleagues did decades of in-depth research to determine that most people fall somewhere in the middle of the scale. You can see their research in Kinsey's most famous works: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. All research was based on thousands of anonymous interviews conducted all over the United States.
2) Mario Batali has banned Gordon Ramsey
The beefy "Iron Chef" has prohibited the star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," who runs a fancy place at the London NYC Hotel, from entering any of Batali's dining spots, including the Spotted Pig and Babbo, after Ramsay began calling him "Fanta Pants" to make fun of the orange shorts Batali sometimes wears. The effeminate moniker is a nod to the popular brand of orange soda
3) The GOP will be a party with no minorities in it.
"Too often we've let others define us," McConnell said. "And the image they've painted isn't very pretty. Ask most people what Republicans think about immigrants, and they'll say we fear them. Ask most people what we think about the environment, and they'll say we don't care about it. Ask most people what we think about the family, and they'll tell you we don't — until about a month before Election Day."
4) Not Hating Just Saying Weighs in on the Octuplets...
Listen. A lot of people are going to be throwing around the world "heroic" to describe her in the next few weeks. Don't be fooled. This lady is an idiot. Did you know she already had six kids before the octuplets? Do you realize how fucked up that is? That means that she and her husband had birthed six kids in the past seven years, and decided that fertility treatment was necessary. It's understandable that they wouldn't bother having sex, because her vagina is probably the equivalent of the bottom loop in Skeet Ball at Chuck E. Cheese's. Although ironically, the couple would probably have been better off if they'd played a different version of skeet ball.
5) Money got you access to Obama...sorta...and not is a safe way...
There are two levels to this story: one, that no one considers rich liberals to be a threat. And two, that the rich liberals were concerned not so much with the safety of our president than they were with the terrible idea of being infiltrated by commoners.
6) Happy Birthday, Dov!
Whatever you do, understand this: this is your last day as a dirty perv. When the clock strikes midnight, you officially become a dirty old perv.
Welcome to the demographic.
7) Pictures for Sad Children is Kind of Sad.
8) Nip/Tuck is vaguely terrifying
"Not content with depictions or descriptions of bestiality, incestuous necrophilia, or blood-soaked stabbings, the narcissistic sociopaths behind the production and distribution of Nip/Tuck have chosen to establish yet another low-point in the history of television."
Bisexuality exists
Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychiatry, is famous for remarking that everyone is bisexual. His idea was remarkable for two reasons. One, it acknowledged that there was a middle position between gay and straight (a relatively rare belief among doctors); and two, it paved the way for a more nuanced understanding of how sexuality exists on a continuum rather than as a binary system. Jumping off from Freud's idea, infamous twentieth century sex researcher Alfred Kinsey created what has come to be known as the Kinsey Scale for sexual orientation. On that scale, 0 is completely heterosexual and 6 is completely homosexual. Kinsey and his colleagues did decades of in-depth research to determine that most people fall somewhere in the middle of the scale. You can see their research in Kinsey's most famous works: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. All research was based on thousands of anonymous interviews conducted all over the United States.
2) Mario Batali has banned Gordon Ramsey
The beefy "Iron Chef" has prohibited the star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," who runs a fancy place at the London NYC Hotel, from entering any of Batali's dining spots, including the Spotted Pig and Babbo, after Ramsay began calling him "Fanta Pants" to make fun of the orange shorts Batali sometimes wears. The effeminate moniker is a nod to the popular brand of orange soda
3) The GOP will be a party with no minorities in it.
"Too often we've let others define us," McConnell said. "And the image they've painted isn't very pretty. Ask most people what Republicans think about immigrants, and they'll say we fear them. Ask most people what we think about the environment, and they'll say we don't care about it. Ask most people what we think about the family, and they'll tell you we don't — until about a month before Election Day."
4) Not Hating Just Saying Weighs in on the Octuplets...
Listen. A lot of people are going to be throwing around the world "heroic" to describe her in the next few weeks. Don't be fooled. This lady is an idiot. Did you know she already had six kids before the octuplets? Do you realize how fucked up that is? That means that she and her husband had birthed six kids in the past seven years, and decided that fertility treatment was necessary. It's understandable that they wouldn't bother having sex, because her vagina is probably the equivalent of the bottom loop in Skeet Ball at Chuck E. Cheese's. Although ironically, the couple would probably have been better off if they'd played a different version of skeet ball.
5) Money got you access to Obama...sorta...and not is a safe way...
There are two levels to this story: one, that no one considers rich liberals to be a threat. And two, that the rich liberals were concerned not so much with the safety of our president than they were with the terrible idea of being infiltrated by commoners.
6) Happy Birthday, Dov!
Whatever you do, understand this: this is your last day as a dirty perv. When the clock strikes midnight, you officially become a dirty old perv.
Welcome to the demographic.
7) Pictures for Sad Children is Kind of Sad.
8) Nip/Tuck is vaguely terrifying
"Not content with depictions or descriptions of bestiality, incestuous necrophilia, or blood-soaked stabbings, the narcissistic sociopaths behind the production and distribution of Nip/Tuck have chosen to establish yet another low-point in the history of television."
Thursday, January 29, 2009
This is not Lux.
Alex Balk - From the back of a book I just got in the mail:
"There is something about Lux. He’s a thief and a liar; he is selfish and self-absorbed and hopelessly vain. But while he looks like Lana Turner and romances like a true Casanova, Lux is actually more like a bumbling, oblivious Mary Tyler Moore."
"There is something about Lux. He’s a thief and a liar; he is selfish and self-absorbed and hopelessly vain. But while he looks like Lana Turner and romances like a true Casanova, Lux is actually more like a bumbling, oblivious Mary Tyler Moore."
Future Of YouTube?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (January 28, 2009) - The Future Of YouTube?
This is brilliant...not so much the content but the...low tech way of doing something cool.
This is brilliant...not so much the content but the...low tech way of doing something cool.
This man should be Senator.
Andrew Cuomo Could Literally Give a Hoot About Daily Intel -- Daily Intel -- New York News Blog -- New York Magazine:
"As you may know, Daily Intel has something of a little obsession with Andrew Cuomo's use of the word 'literally.' So when one of our party reporters ran into him at a party for his girlfriend's new magazine, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, at the Empire Hotel Rooftop, she literally walked right up to him and asked him about it. Sadly, unlike Anderson Cooper and Ruben Diaz Sr., it turns out Andrew Cuomo is not a secret DI reader. But happily, we learned that he has a sense of humor! Even in the face of an aggressive New York reporter:"
"As you may know, Daily Intel has something of a little obsession with Andrew Cuomo's use of the word 'literally.' So when one of our party reporters ran into him at a party for his girlfriend's new magazine, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, at the Empire Hotel Rooftop, she literally walked right up to him and asked him about it. Sadly, unlike Anderson Cooper and Ruben Diaz Sr., it turns out Andrew Cuomo is not a secret DI reader. But happily, we learned that he has a sense of humor! Even in the face of an aggressive New York reporter:"
Good Hacker
Hacking: Hackers Warn Texas of Coming Zombie War:
"Over the weekend, Austin, TX drivers received some important warnings from their road signs about the impending zombie invasion. And the hackers who did it may know something we don't about the undead. The road signs displayed these warnings: 'Zombies ahead . . . the end is near . . . run for cold climates!'"
"Over the weekend, Austin, TX drivers received some important warnings from their road signs about the impending zombie invasion. And the hackers who did it may know something we don't about the undead. The road signs displayed these warnings: 'Zombies ahead . . . the end is near . . . run for cold climates!'"
Evil Hacker
Ex-Fannie Mae employee accused of planting computer time bomb - Network World:
"A computer-engineering employee fired from troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae is accused of preparing a malware computer time bomb, which had it not been detected, might have destroyed millions of files, according to reports.
Rajendrasinh Makwana, the computer contract employee in question, was indicted earlier this week on computer intrusion charges, according to the 'DC Examiner' report citing court documents. Makwana, said to be an Indian citizen and former contract employee at Fannie Mae for three years, was terminated Oct. 24 for changing computer settings without permission from his employer and allegedly hiding malware code in a server that was programmed to become active Jan. 31."
So...Fannie would need to be bailed out?
"A computer-engineering employee fired from troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae is accused of preparing a malware computer time bomb, which had it not been detected, might have destroyed millions of files, according to reports.
Rajendrasinh Makwana, the computer contract employee in question, was indicted earlier this week on computer intrusion charges, according to the 'DC Examiner' report citing court documents. Makwana, said to be an Indian citizen and former contract employee at Fannie Mae for three years, was terminated Oct. 24 for changing computer settings without permission from his employer and allegedly hiding malware code in a server that was programmed to become active Jan. 31."
So...Fannie would need to be bailed out?
Toddler Hitler's Dad
Toddler Hitler's Dad: "Enough's Enough" - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events:
"Campbell and wife Deborah saw their kids for the first time, since they were taken, on Monday, and Campbell was aghast at their conditions, noting that one baby's diaper was leaking and that the kids' hair was in knots. He said there was no evidence of abuse, 'They don't know us. If they lived in our home, they wouldn't take our kids away.'"
If I don't post it, are you going to care?
"Campbell and wife Deborah saw their kids for the first time, since they were taken, on Monday, and Campbell was aghast at their conditions, noting that one baby's diaper was leaking and that the kids' hair was in knots. He said there was no evidence of abuse, 'They don't know us. If they lived in our home, they wouldn't take our kids away.'"
If I don't post it, are you going to care?
More on anti-veggism
Vegetarian Trader Sues Ex-Boss Over Homophobic Insults - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events:
"According to the Post, Pacifico was fired last year for 'for a minor infraction,' but the lawsuit contends it was all because he refused to participate in the meat-industrial complex. His lawyer says, 'It's a ridiculous male stereotype that only real men eat meat.' It's also ridiculous that people still use the word 'gay' as a pejorative, but nevertheless Pacifico would like everyone to know that he's married and even served steak at his wedding. So leave Ryan alone!"
"According to the Post, Pacifico was fired last year for 'for a minor infraction,' but the lawsuit contends it was all because he refused to participate in the meat-industrial complex. His lawyer says, 'It's a ridiculous male stereotype that only real men eat meat.' It's also ridiculous that people still use the word 'gay' as a pejorative, but nevertheless Pacifico would like everyone to know that he's married and even served steak at his wedding. So leave Ryan alone!"
Change You Can Believe In
Progress: Iceland Appoints World's First Openly Gay Leader:
Favorite Comment:
"Yes, and all it took for Iceland to appoint the world's first openly gay leader was the complete and utter collapse of their financial system, the surrender of the government, cancer in two other leaders who resigned, and no one else wanting the job. Progress in our time!"
Favorite Comment:
"Yes, and all it took for Iceland to appoint the world's first openly gay leader was the complete and utter collapse of their financial system, the surrender of the government, cancer in two other leaders who resigned, and no one else wanting the job. Progress in our time!"
Anti-Veggism is the New Homophobia
Lawsuits: The Only Meat This Vegetarian Eats Is Chicks:
"Ryan Pacifico was just a normal Long Island guy—working in finance, not a homo. Until his boss found out he was a vegetarian, and started calling him a gay vegetarian homo. Not cool, dude...Later his boss called him a 'vegetarian homo' and fired him for a 'minor infraction.' (Well sure, if you consider being a gay vegetarian homo to be a 'minor infraction.') Now Pacifico is suing."
"Ryan Pacifico was just a normal Long Island guy—working in finance, not a homo. Until his boss found out he was a vegetarian, and started calling him a gay vegetarian homo. Not cool, dude...Later his boss called him a 'vegetarian homo' and fired him for a 'minor infraction.' (Well sure, if you consider being a gay vegetarian homo to be a 'minor infraction.') Now Pacifico is suing."
Music
For some reason, I have been listening to Ike Snopes (also at MySpace) all morning long. (NB: The CD was part of the largess of the All Over Albany prize pack for taking their survey).
From the Unlikely posting:
"Crystal guitar picking and vibrant distortions give this record the dream quality of an Oak tree limb growing into the vista of your cliff-side view of the sunset."
Check it out. It is worth the listen, and several more after that.
From the Unlikely posting:
"Crystal guitar picking and vibrant distortions give this record the dream quality of an Oak tree limb growing into the vista of your cliff-side view of the sunset."
Check it out. It is worth the listen, and several more after that.
Upstate Uprising - Hudson Valley Magazine - February 2009 - Poughkeepsie, NY
Upstate Uprising - Hudson Valley Magazine - February 2009 - Poughkeepsie, NY:
"Paul Revere had it easy. It was springtime when he made his famous 1775 midnight ride to warn of the British invasion. He was in robust health, and, presumably, so was his horse.
Not so for Symon Schermerhorn. On the night of February 8, 1690, he took off from the settlement of Schenectady to Albany to warn of a massacre by the French and Indian raiders. He had already been shot, as had his horse. Meanwhile, a snowstorm raged."
A couple of things about this...
A) I work with one of the people interviewed and he is the type of man who would make this ride to save his fellow citizens.
B) My life isn't that bad in comparison.
"Paul Revere had it easy. It was springtime when he made his famous 1775 midnight ride to warn of the British invasion. He was in robust health, and, presumably, so was his horse.
Not so for Symon Schermerhorn. On the night of February 8, 1690, he took off from the settlement of Schenectady to Albany to warn of a massacre by the French and Indian raiders. He had already been shot, as had his horse. Meanwhile, a snowstorm raged."
A couple of things about this...
A) I work with one of the people interviewed and he is the type of man who would make this ride to save his fellow citizens.
B) My life isn't that bad in comparison.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Literature, Self-Doubt, and Bad Sex: Read a Complete Comics Story From In the Flesh -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine
Literature, Self-Doubt, and Bad Sex: Read a Complete Comics Story From In the Flesh -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine:
"This week on the Comics Page, Vulture is proud to present 'A Date,' an exclusive story from Shadmi's new collection In the Flesh, coming this February from Villard."
Link to Slideshow
"This week on the Comics Page, Vulture is proud to present 'A Date,' an exclusive story from Shadmi's new collection In the Flesh, coming this February from Villard."
Link to Slideshow
I thought I was the only person who did this...
Los Angeles - Analog Folding @ Home: A Daily Distraction in My Otherwise-Digital Life - LA Daily - LA Weekly:
"'They always make a Far Side calendar! How can there not be a Far Side calendar? This is the worst thing since the Holocaust!'" - Wil Wheaton
American Gorbachev
American Gorbachev | n+1:
"The America our new president inherits bears an uncanny resemblance to our old enemy, the Soviet Union—right before it went under...Late-imperial malaise prevails on the home front too. Our new President presides over a recession (if not worse), a dilapidated infrastructure, an aging population, and more numerous environmental catastrophes: wildfires and drought in the Southwest, a longer and more brutal hurricane season along the Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard, harbingers of greater, unknown changes to come. We didn't have a Chernobyl, but we had Katrina. (Or was it Katarina?)"
"The America our new president inherits bears an uncanny resemblance to our old enemy, the Soviet Union—right before it went under...Late-imperial malaise prevails on the home front too. Our new President presides over a recession (if not worse), a dilapidated infrastructure, an aging population, and more numerous environmental catastrophes: wildfires and drought in the Southwest, a longer and more brutal hurricane season along the Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard, harbingers of greater, unknown changes to come. We didn't have a Chernobyl, but we had Katrina. (Or was it Katarina?)"
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Yay!
Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk - NYTimes.com:
"After controlling for numerous socioeconomic and health factors, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure, the scientists found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less. People who drank more than five cups a day also were at reduced risk of dementia, the researchers said, but there were not enough people in this group to draw statistically significant conclusions."
Given my family history, does this mean that I can use my flex spending account at Starbucks?
"After controlling for numerous socioeconomic and health factors, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure, the scientists found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less. People who drank more than five cups a day also were at reduced risk of dementia, the researchers said, but there were not enough people in this group to draw statistically significant conclusions."
Given my family history, does this mean that I can use my flex spending account at Starbucks?
Goodnight, Rabbit
John Updike, Author, Dies at 76 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com:
"John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76."
"John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76."
Opinionist: Sixty Miles to Silver Lake - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events
Opinionist: Sixty Miles to Silver Lake - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events:
"Anybody who grew up shuttling back and forth between divorced parents will be all too familiar with the stifling setting of Sixty Miles to Silver Lake: the interior of a car, inhabited only by a single dad and his soccer-playing son, who have no choice but to interact with each other on the long slog between the boy's mother's house and the father's depressing apartment. If that sounds like your idea of a fun road trip, then you'll love Dan LeFranc's play, which takes place entirely within the confines of a Volvo stationwagon, driven by a miserable father named Ky, with his petulant son Denny riding shotgun."
So...
this is what I have to look forward to...
"Anybody who grew up shuttling back and forth between divorced parents will be all too familiar with the stifling setting of Sixty Miles to Silver Lake: the interior of a car, inhabited only by a single dad and his soccer-playing son, who have no choice but to interact with each other on the long slog between the boy's mother's house and the father's depressing apartment. If that sounds like your idea of a fun road trip, then you'll love Dan LeFranc's play, which takes place entirely within the confines of a Volvo stationwagon, driven by a miserable father named Ky, with his petulant son Denny riding shotgun."
So...
this is what I have to look forward to...
There is something wrong here?
Former NYS Health Commish Treated Staff Like Servants - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events: "The NY Times reports that the NY State Inspector General is issuing a report accusing former state health commissioner Antonio Novello of using her staff as 'her personal chauffeurs, porters and shopping assistants during her seven-year tenure.'"
BWHAHAHAHAHAH
I'm concerned that my son has a secret girlfriend? - Yahoo! Answers:
"My 17 year old son has been very secretive with me lately, recently he has started to refuse to go to church with the family and tonight when I was going through his room I found a magazine with naked men in it. He obviously has a girlfriend that he is hiding from me that brought that magazine into my home and I am afraid they are having intercourse and I am greatly concerned that he is going to get her pregnant.
What should I do about this?"
Via FailBlog
"My 17 year old son has been very secretive with me lately, recently he has started to refuse to go to church with the family and tonight when I was going through his room I found a magazine with naked men in it. He obviously has a girlfriend that he is hiding from me that brought that magazine into my home and I am afraid they are having intercourse and I am greatly concerned that he is going to get her pregnant.
What should I do about this?"
Via FailBlog
Monday, January 26, 2009
15 Awesome Things
#844 Celebrities on Sesame Street « 1000 Awesome Things
The top 15 celebrity appearances on Sesame Street
The top 15 celebrity appearances on Sesame Street
Brilliant
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises:
"PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken."
Via Zarq
"PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken."
Via Zarq
Oh, Albany!
Media: Caroline Kennedy and the War for Newspapers' Balls:
"Fred Dicker, the New York Post's man in Albany, is a media demigod to all the second-string political hacks in that godforsaken city. Throughout this entire Caroline Kennedy saga, Dicker has been the one vacuuming up the gossip in Albany; the Times has tried to tackle the story with its prestige and connections to NYC big shots, but that paper's entire Albany bureau doesn't have nearly the clout of Dicker by himself. Nobody wants to finally land that NYT gig and then get sent to Albany, ya know."
Really?
Is Albany that bad?
Godforsaken?
Really?
What does it say about me that I willingly moved back here?
What does it say about friends who decided to move here from other (larger) cities?
Are we really bumbling Sears wearing fools?
"Fred Dicker, the New York Post's man in Albany, is a media demigod to all the second-string political hacks in that godforsaken city. Throughout this entire Caroline Kennedy saga, Dicker has been the one vacuuming up the gossip in Albany; the Times has tried to tackle the story with its prestige and connections to NYC big shots, but that paper's entire Albany bureau doesn't have nearly the clout of Dicker by himself. Nobody wants to finally land that NYT gig and then get sent to Albany, ya know."
Really?
Is Albany that bad?
Godforsaken?
Really?
What does it say about me that I willingly moved back here?
What does it say about friends who decided to move here from other (larger) cities?
Are we really bumbling Sears wearing fools?
"Dude, that's so meta"
Synecdoche in Schenectady | All Over Albany:
"Yes, it's finally happened. Charlie Kaufman's 'Synecdoche' has come to Schenectady. Proctor's is showing the Kaufman flick which stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a Schenectady theater director who gets a MacArthur grant and builds a giant New York city, casting actors to play himself and everyone else in his life.
And you can see it in Schenectady. The only way this gets more meta is if Kaufman sits next to you and provides a running commentary. We caught it last week at the Spectrum. It left us with a charlie horse in our heads, but it was worth seeing. You can catch it tonight or at one of 3 showings on Wednesday for $6"
"Yes, it's finally happened. Charlie Kaufman's 'Synecdoche' has come to Schenectady. Proctor's is showing the Kaufman flick which stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a Schenectady theater director who gets a MacArthur grant and builds a giant New York city, casting actors to play himself and everyone else in his life.
And you can see it in Schenectady. The only way this gets more meta is if Kaufman sits next to you and provides a running commentary. We caught it last week at the Spectrum. It left us with a charlie horse in our heads, but it was worth seeing. You can catch it tonight or at one of 3 showings on Wednesday for $6"
Kids these days
14-year-old boy impersonates cop, police say -- chicagotribune.com:
"Chicago police arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly impersonating one of their own Saturday...The boy identified himself as an officer from another district but was detailed for the day to Grand Crossing and also was savvy enough to sign out a police radio and a ticket book, according to a source. The source also said the boy went on traffic stops with the officer he went on the street with."
I heard this on NPR this morning and loved it...
I see this kid having a real career.
"Chicago police arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly impersonating one of their own Saturday...The boy identified himself as an officer from another district but was detailed for the day to Grand Crossing and also was savvy enough to sign out a police radio and a ticket book, according to a source. The source also said the boy went on traffic stops with the officer he went on the street with."
I heard this on NPR this morning and loved it...
I see this kid having a real career.
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