September 2008
75 posts
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars The true brilliance of this novel was its ability to make me dislike the protagonist. I wasn’t rooting for her. I wanted her to fail. Dubus paints the characters in this book so richly that I felt deeply conflicted. Like watching a fight among friends, I didn’t know which way was up, who was right and...
Watch…like such as South Africa and The Iraq everywhere like such as and….
When we can't actually heckle a conference call,...
Me: BOOO
Co-Worker: boooooo
Clay Aiken's Officially Gay →
And he uses the phrase “tossed salad” in his People interview. Brilliant.
(page 3, top right, first full paragraph)
I don't know how I missed this, because it's...
alexbalk:
In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.
“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
Overheard in the Office (by a co-worker, IMed to...
Woman A: You know, I still haven't seen any wedding pictures. Its been - what - a year now?
Woman B: Actually, we got divorced.
Drunk, that is
Co-Worker: yeah, but I am red flagged, so they would pick up on that
Co-Worker: I'll call her
Me: Ohh
Me: We could collude
Co-Worker: hahah that would be amazing
Co-Worker: I'm going to call her now.. I'll let you know how that goes
Me: Edith....sounds like an annoying lady
Co-Worker: you should hear her machine
Co-Worker: it is very monotone
Co-Worker: I'd love to see her sloppy
Me: hahahaha
“There are way too many people doing stuff they hate. There is no reason in 2008...”
– Gary Vaynerchuk, during his Web 2.0 keynote last week (via juliaallison)
Sounds like...
…McCain listened to the second half of last week’s This American Life.
NPR, asking the questions you want to know.
NPR: Do you watch any Western television programs, Mr. President?
Ahmadinejad: Yeah, like everyone else!
NPR: What programs?
Ahmadinejad: People, after all, like movies and shows...
NPR: What's something you've seen recently?
Ahmadinejad: Of course, very little, I mostly watch Iranian TV and listen to international news.
NPR: Any Western music that you listen to or books that you read?
Ahmadinejad: Sure, me too, like everyone else, but this isn't what matters. That's not how nations matter. People in Iran see everything, read everything, they don't restrict themselves to one outlet.
NPR: The Beatles? Led Zeppelin?
Ahmadinejad: And it doesn't basically put restrictions on itself. They use whatever they have! But that's the Iranian nation. And they know how to defend their own rights, too. They won't put up with force or with domination. Whoever, by whoever, please remember that.
“Does that rhetoric, when you speak that way — do you, in fact, play into the...”
– Steve Inskeep, interviewing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for NPR.
Ok, I know I’m an NPR Fan Girl, but seriously, this interview pwns and Steve is my homeboy.
“First: Who gives hand jobs? Who’s given a hand job since seventh grade? Not me....”
– MEGAN FOX, my new personal superhero
The economy is so bad that the White House is...
alexbalk:
White House press secretary Dana Perino: “Look, we all know the fundamentals of the economy are incredibly UNSOUND. Normally, I’d lie and tell you that we believe that everything is fine, but there’s a presidential campaign going on right now, and if I do that the Democrats will use it as a way to paint us as out of touch and deliberately duplicitous, which, while true, is not the kind...
Grab a Hanky Before Watching this Moving Video... →
McDonald's Commercial Paints Women As Dumb Poseurs →
As a woman who both likes to wear heels and knows where Paraguay is, this commercial offends me on so many levels.
Bad Tattoos →
Attn: Web Designers
catbird:
Just saying.
Count the Lies - McCainPedia →
The Death of Vishnu: A Novel by Manil Suri
My review
rating: 3 of 5 stars I didn’t love it. I wanted to love it: I’d heard such good things about it (this was an NPR find). And with my recent trip to India it was so relevant. They talked about places I’d seen! But alas, the story didn’t hold me. The author tries to weave an intricate web of the lives of those who...
Olbermann: Republicans Hijacked 9/11 →
Radiohead ballet comes to London →
Radiohead + dance = myheadexplodes
I need to get to London!!
[redacted]: i think i'm going to start writing a blog
Me: Oh yeah?
[redacted]: mybrokenvagina
Me: haha
[redacted]: i really am
[redacted]: what would be a good pseudonym?
Me: Pussy Galore
[redacted]: lol
“And as the candidate pursed her perfectly glossed lips and opened up with both...”
– Doree Shafrir
Palin Is "Able To Make The Choice She Doesn't... →
“Take care of your health, particularly near September 3 when Saturn will oppose...”
– Aries : AstrologyZone Horoscope Prolly why I felt like ass last week
