April 2011
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Encouraging A Healthy Drinking Regimen With...
So maybe you live in Brooklyn (like me), and maybe you have a bunch of friends who hate on sports and make fun of you for being “the sort of person who watches sports” (also like me). But be not ashamed! Televised professional sports, when properly harnessed, offer a reliable schedule with which to regulate your drinking, i.e. repeatedly, several times a week, all year round. A...
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Let's talk etiquette.
I’ve been a Tumblr user for a little over three years now, which means I’m no stranger to the semi-monthly self-policing that goes on around these parts regarding matters of etiquette in the community. And yet as someone who cares very deeply about things like crediting original work I just can’t help but roll my eyes a little bit everytime this debate gets going again, mostly...
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“So what’s the point of this? Why even write any of this out in this long winded...”
– David Cho: The Awl is now two years old.
29 Major League Baseball Teams With Better Records...
Minnesota Twins
Seattle Mariners
New York Mets
Houston Astros
Baltimore Orioles
Arizona Diamondbacks
Tampa Bay Rays
Chicago White Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Pittsburgh Pirates
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
San Diego Padres
Detroit Tigers
Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
Florida Marlins
Washington Nationals
San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
New York...
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Highlight of my week
SCENE: Thursday Night Drinking Club, The Gibson, Bedford Ave.
Enter LIANA and ASHLEY and LANGER to the back patio. LANGER casually balancing chair on rear two legs. LIANA and ASHLEY being writerly, discussing portmanteaus or some shit.
LANGER
Did you guys know portmanteau is actually spelled with a hyphen?
LIANA
What!
ASHLEY
No way!
LANGER
I know, ironic right?
LIANA
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Ten Things You Might Not Know About a Government... →
Oh my god:
7. As part of the contingency plan issued late Thursday by OMB Director Jacob J. Lew barring federal funds from information technology for non-excepted government employees, domains ending in a .gov, .mil, .us or .edu extension will be out of service for the duration of the shutdown.