"The Whore of Mensa"
Holy crap, you absolutely have to read this short story by Woody Allen. It is a mock-pulp fiction...
Jan 31st
Watch
oats: I’m late to this party, but that sure was a fun story. Wow, this is just wonderful.
Jan 31st
Has anyone else seen the Of Montréal...
Jeff Mangum is spinning in his unmade grave, I’m sure
Jan 29th
Brandon in my pantry beer cave.
Jan 28th
I went to the doctor today (again) and they put a hard cast on my wrist, (the type you get when...
Jan 28th
Yesterday Brandon and I made beer in an old Paulander keg he...
Jan 28th
“I feel like a guy at Victoria’s Secret. I like the...”
— Greta, at the beer making...
— Greta, at the beer making...
Jan 28th
Reblog: Books That Make You Dumb, Books...
Using “favorite books” data from Facebook and the average SAT/ACT scores from the...
Jan 27th
True Potentials
My friend Christopher told me about the videogame Passage back in November, but Kottke recently...
Jan 26th
I finally got around to seeing Juno. It wasn’t as good as I was hoping, but I still enjoyed...
Jan 26th
Jan 26th
Seattle is officially cool again
Stephen: oh but the highlight! there were guys. in knight suits. with fake swords. fighting. in a public park. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbabcock/2218321778Carleton: whaaaat? what's that about
Stephen: i have no idea but it was THE most hilarious thing i've ever come upon
Carleton: wow I'm not sure what to say. clearly a place with these features is the place I need to be visiting and/or living in soon
Stephen: exactly. it was just like "AND there's a Lenin statue?"
Carleton: with a scarf! Amazing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbabcock/2217531145
: I also really enjoyed this photo Steve took while visiting Seattle http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbabcock/2218320356
Jan 25th
An Observation
One thing I’ve noticed from all of my reading of historical literature is that in the past we...
Jan 24th
“Life has no real shape or form to it, but literature does. ...”
— Paraphrased from Oscar...
— Paraphrased from Oscar...
Jan 24th
This semester is going to be brutal but...
Jan 24th
“in the bottom of the hour
lurks
the tree that cries in the...”
— Chuck Bukowski As a general...
— Chuck Bukowski As a general...
Jan 21st
Listen
This is Mira Billotte’s cover of “As I Went out One Morning” from the I’m...
Jan 20th
Novels on your cell phone?
This Times article about the newest literary genre is just ridiculous. My book history professor...
Jan 19th
He Loves New York, and It Loves Him Right...
Jan 19th
Romney and the Truth (Reblog)
The following is a long re-blog of a post from Dan Kennedy’s blog Media Nation. Dan is a...
Jan 19th
tricks of the trade
I have found that when I get bored with whatever it is I’m reading for class (which happens...
Jan 18th
You may or may not be familiar with Cracked, which was MAD Magazine’s longtime competition. ...
Jan 17th
Watch
Clinic - Distortions
I always loved this video, and Nick Douglas posted a video earlier that...
Jan 17th
— jakoblodwick
Jan 16th
Why I love M*A*S*H Reason #1: In certain episodes balding...
Jan 16th
Why I love M*A*S*H Reason #2: I get to see bit parts by a...
Jan 16th
I never realized what a timesucker it was to keep track of all of my friends blogs plus the...
Jan 16th
uh-oh. My first day of the new semester...
Jan 15th
— minxlj — stevenosloan
unnecessary use of photoshop...
Jan 15th
I just uploaded a bunch of photos from this holiday season. ...
Jan 13th
“I knew playwrights, young guys my age, who were simply not...”
— Arthur Miller
— Arthur Miller
Jan 13th
Watch
Watch the whole way through, please.
Jan 11th
Steve Babcock is in town!
Jan 10th
“For cows (like sheep, bison, and other ruminants) have...”
— Michael Pollan, The...
— Michael Pollan, The...
Jan 9th
Presidential Debate Question I Just...
“Hi. This is a question for all the canidates. So, any thinking person who’s read more...
Jan 9th
The Raw Story | Revolutionary air car runs on...
Jan 9th
“My love is like a kiddie pool. It drains easily.”
— Zemmi, last night Boy howdy...
— Zemmi, last night Boy howdy...
Jan 8th
2008 Resolutions. (Yes, I make these...
1.Drink more beer. (My schedule last fall meant I was on campus from mid-afternoon to late night...
Jan 7th
“If I die, I’m sorry for all the bad things I did to...”
— Bob Fosse
— Bob Fosse
Jan 6th
Listen
Steve Winwood- While You See a Chance (audio)
I stumbled across this oldie (but goodie) while...
Jan 3rd
E-pals!
On many tumblr blogs there has been a lot of attention paid to how many people “follow”...
Jan 3rd
the high temperature in Atlanta today...
Jan 3rd
2007 in Cities
In keeping with a several year tradition inspired by Jason Kottke via Zach Klein, here is a list of...
Jan 1st
Listen
Oscar Brown Jr.-“But I Was Cool”
This song is just ridiculous, please have a listen. ...
Jan 1st
This is why I no longer get any of my news from TV. It is a...
Jan 1st