October 2008
13 posts
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
Wassup 2008 →
Budweiser commercial endorses Obama. Its been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other. Even with the effects of a down economy and imminent change in the White House, the boys are still able to come together and stay true to what really matters.
Oct 27th
Beyond Starbucks - Coffee Shops Overflow, but Will... →
The NY Times on that city’s artisinal coffee shops.
Oct 25th
Undecided: David Sedaris: The New Yorker →
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?” To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
Oct 22nd
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“That element of tragedy which lies in the very fact of frequency, has not yet...”
– George Eliot
Oct 21st
The Doctor’s World - Many Holes in Disclosure of... →
The NY Times finally solves the McCain mystery (err I finally came across the answer while being too lazy to proactively look for it) — “The scars on his puffy left cheek are cosmetic reminders of the extensive surgery he underwent in 2000 to remove a malignant melanoma.”
Oct 20th
awoke to recall a forgotten fondness for that which is woolen, limited not to but certainly inclusive of the cardigan.
Oct 19th
read that the panic had reached the power stations—and that the lights of New York had gone out.
Oct 15th
The Food Issue - An Open Letter to the Next Farmer... →
What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food. it’s everything. why a reasonable food system is a prerequisite to addressing the health care, energy, and climate change problems…
Oct 13th
Where Chicken Nuggets Dip Themselves - The New... →
An installation by Banksy, the pseudonymous, secretive British artist, was unveiled on Wednesday at 89 Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village. fucking brilliant and in the states.
Oct 9th
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Oct 7th
is thinking of what Sarah said.
Oct 1st