August 2010
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It's almost Labor Day!
Which means all you assholes out there who think it’s ever OK to wear white are finally about to be morally and legally obligated to wear some proper denim like the rest of us. Also: summer’s almost over! And it was a busy one! So busy that I think it’s worth asking: how will Summer 2k10 be remembered? Which of these will stand as the most enduring/relevant/meaningful/authentic1...
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The Brooklyn Makery
I’m very excited to announce my latest project: I recently leased a beautiful commercial loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with plans of turning it into a co-working space. Now I’m busy bringing together writers, entrepreneurs, early-stage startups and freelancers with the goal of creating an enriching, cross-pollinating environment where people making great things can make even better...
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So this just happened. →
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The Further Annals of Jewish Neuroses
Back when I was a spry, healthy, virile youngster (read: ante vodka and Camel Filters) I was this kinda-big-deal up-and-coming track star kid (seriously!). It was my way of being Sporty and Athletic without ever having to be depended on by teammates (too much pressure) or share a locker room with the manlier bros (too many towel snaps and/or teabaggings and/or “Roman Soldiers”). And...
SHOTS FIRED: Episode II - Attack of the Clueless...
politico, via buzzfeed et al.:
The view from our ivory tower? Freaking beautiful! And we didn’t realize that 3 years as a mostly online publication made us the Established Print Media, but, um that’s cool too.
Hi Politico! Thanks so much for engaging with your audience! Coupla things though:
you were founded by Jim Harris and Jim VandeHei, two veteran Washington Post reporters; you were...
Shots Fired?!
capitalnewyork / aka gillianmae / aka Tumblr spokesperson for a media outlet which I very much enjoy and whose recent launch I very much anticipated and whom I never would have thought to implicate in my earlier rant because I have very high hopes for them:
But we get it: seeing those posts reblogged by what seems to be every major media company gives us the willies too, even when we do it....
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This is not our regularly scheduled rant!
Really more of a backup rant seeing as the rant we’d originally lined up for this time slot was pre-empted at the last minute at pain of both Doree1 and Katiebakes2 auto-close-tabbing3 our asses—but hey, we got rants to spare around here!
So! Let’s begin.
See that you guys? The print media! They’re on Tumblr! I mean you heard, right? You didn’t miss the last two...
When Life Imitates My Twitter, Everybody Loses.
@mattlanger, Sat. Aug. 14th, 5:14pm, via Twitter for iPhone:
Really in the mood to refudiate something today. Wonder if anyone’s building a sushi restaurant next to Pearl Harbor.
Newt Gingrich, Mon. Aug. 16th, via “Fox and Friends”:
We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There’s no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade...
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The city so nice.
So I leave the office in Williamsburg yesterday and I reach the corner and I have a walk signal so I start crossing the street (no big deal) and I look to my right and see a car coming and think “no big deal, I have a walk signal,” and as I start approaching the middle of the crosswalk I get the sneaking suspicion that this guy isn’t slowing down and I think “no big deal,...
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BREAKING: Activist Judge Does Awesome Activisty...
A source for NYMag just made my fucking day:
According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Walker has ruled Proposition 8, the California voter-approved ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional under both the due-process and equal-protection clauses. We’re staying tuned and will report more details when we get them.
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Netflix Recommendation Categories That Are...
Critically-Acclaimed Adaptations of Lesser Jane Austen Preferably Starring Keira Knightley
Watch It Again: Love Stories Between Tom Hanks And Meg Ryan
Exciting Action Adventure Flics With Lots Of Guns And Violence That We Really Think You Should Watch Because What’s The Deal You Can’t Seem To Go A Month Without Queueing Up When Harry Met Sally You Fucking Sissyboy
Romantic Comedies...
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Something something dog is my copilot
Every night now I come home to this precious little monster who jumps, wiggles, licks, barks, twists, contorts, and falls all over herself at the mere sight of me, ears laid back and mouth agape and eyes narrowing as if to suggest a smile. And like all other dogs completely taken by rapture at the sight of their returning companions her elation seems driven by the belief that she’d never see...
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Electronic Anthology Project, “I Dim Our...
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