November 2006
6 posts
Mactastic
Holy Hertzfeld, if MacBreak Weekly isn’t one of my favorite parts of every week.
When they all get in the same room, coordinated accents and passionate subplot can’t help but emerge (and they get the iPhone out of the way right at the start - laugh along as Scott is mercilessly mocked!). Completely brilliant - thanks Leo, Merlin, Alex, & Scott.
Slake, oh my
The fallout of yesterday’s crossword:
If you watched the Patriots-Bears game, you may have noticed Tom Brady yelling out “Sarah” and “Kelly” at the line of scrimage. I’d like to think that he wasn’t actually calling plays by code names, but bragging to his teammates about which particular Chicago cheerleaders had slaked his manly yens during halftime.
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Shortz v 124
Some glory from what was, on the whole, a rather tough NYT crossword today (slake? gelid?!):
DOWN
1. Anatomical sac (4 letters)
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11. Old Japanese assassin (5 letters)
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This is not racism
I thought that Michael Richard’s racist eruption at the Laugh Factory was discomforting, but his mea culpa on The Late Show is positively unwatchable.
I’ve never been a fan of the late night couches, but Letterman had my respect for a marked willingness to break from the rapport and well-oiled ease of a guest’s shtick to keep them in check or hold them accountable (see:...
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Wait, they're mannequins?
[via BoingBoing]
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I'm gonna give you a try
Studying with the lights on, cooking into the night, riding through drizzle to donuts and children and holding hands to turn our heads away from everyone and cry at the cafe.
And poosh! We’re back or something or other. And every night I wash my face as I stumble off to sleep so much earlier than I would like and I think how I have something to write here. But for some reason, that never...