January 2009
36 posts
Ah Kanye… “I’ma play that Vandross, you’re gon’ take your pants off…”
is wondering what Superbowl box he’s going to get. And by box he means rectangle, not luxurious seat.
Presidents Sport while Legislatures Legislate →
There’s been a lot of attention in the past week on what Barack Obama has been doing. 100 years ago there was less attention on William Taft, because he had not yet become president, and wouldn’t…
The first govt gets knocked down. Judges card: Recession 10, Government Stability 9 and the ring girl is almost done announcing round 2…
Abort/Retry/Fail
Concealed Weapons →
As a postscript to yesterday’s mention of T.J. Hains’ acquittal on the charge of murder (remember, he only held off the crowd with a gun while his brother shot someone eight times…) there was…
Obama wins!! Gets to keep blackberry — http://tinyurl.com/ba8xed
Watched Lost last night for the first time since season 1. Think it’s funny that Sci-Fi 101 is being foisted on the public.
Swearing at the Inauguration →
Inauguration day was a great one for many reasons — at work, we did it old-school by gathering around a radio after our plan of streaming video predictably failed. So, while we didn’t see Barack…
“Swearing at the Inauguration” — just posted a blog at www.lowstory.com — Check it out and subscribe if you like!
glad there were only rherorical shots fired.
started out the new administration the way Grouch did in Duck Soup — woke up late.
Guess Who? →
“But if the [black man] would be respected he must make himself worthy of respect. He must cultivate those virtues of providence, of thrift, which will make him respected as a laborer, as a…
sleepy Sunday evening… on Monday.
Plane Crash →
As news of the U.S. Airways crash (or crash landing) flooded into my office the other day (like many people, I heard about it through facebook and twitter before nytimes.com even registered…
cleaning house. Literally.
I now know what it feels like to be a customer service rep… yikes!
“Can’t keep up with the news, but I get that daily paper.” —Ludacris, Release Therapy
Plane crashes into the Hudson — is office gossip and common facebook post BEFORE nytimes.com gets it up on the front page…
This is some of my favorite weather! Love the feeling of snow on my face.
someone sent me Jaydiohead — why can’t people figure out that remixing raps so that they are with instead of behind the beat sounds bad.
The [Loong] Decline of Marriage →
Like Mark Twain’s demise, the demise of marriage has long been greatly exaggerated. If I had to choose one, I think I would take Twain surviving the hundred years from 1909 to 2009 as opposed to…
Just listened to Kanye’s new(ish) album. Sounds like Kanye whining on tape for 90 minutes… has it grown on anyone?
Shouldn’t the days be getting longer soon?
apparently Tony Kornheiser was experimenting with Twitter… crazy.
“Eagles fans and Steelers fans are such enthusiastic blue-collar rock ’n’...”
– Edward Rendell Ready to Bet Against Himself on Super Bowl - NYTimes.com
Ha! Got her — follow her @amshula!
Trying to get Amshula to join Twitter. She and I are joint owners of analogyfactory.com. It sits unused like a overstock ho.
Inventions to Avoid →
“Why Be Run Over When Air is Cheap?” asks a New York Times article from January 10, 1909? Seemed like a non-sequitur to me, so I had to check it out. Turns out that a Mister John Enright of…
Advertisements on the Front Page!! [GASP] →
“Notice something unusual about this morning’s copy of The New York Times?” asks Jeff Bercovici writing for portfolio.com. Sure enough, the New York Times has begun running advertisements on…
serious Shake Shack coma!
A Novel Banking Problem →
With all the problems our banking system has been having recently, it’s nice to read about a problem of a different sort entirely:
“BROKE WALL OF BANK VAULT
Steel Structure Accidentally Locked…
Presidents and their Attorney Generals →
Much was made over the last few years of President Bush’s relationship with Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and rightly so. In August 2007, after Gonzalez’ resignation, The Washington Post ran…
A Novel Question — “Why America Leads in Auto... →
“While there will, of course, be improvements in the future, it is safe to say that the automobile of 1909 is very close to perfection as a road vehicle.”
That this audacious statement is less…
Not that there’s anything wrong with it, but… →
… I swear it isn’t me who’s obsessed with cross-dressing, it’s the 1909 New York Times writers!! Yesterday 100 years ago, we had the story about the skirted basketball team today there were…
Assassinations, Record Sleeping, and Basketball in... →
It wasn’t until I was about 2/3 of the way through reading the paper today that I realized I had made the classic New Year’s Day mistake (no, not getting into a land war in Central Asia) and was…