February 2011
30 posts
“I have a bust of Abraham Lincoln in my office, and it’s not because of the...”
– Richard Donner, director of the Lethal Weapon films
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The Envelope, Please →
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are Sunday, which means the Kodak Theatre will host the biggest collection of white people since NHL All-Star weekend. It also means you’ll either spend the last hours of your weekend with a Redenbacher-stained copy of Entertainment Weekly across your lap or flipping between Carmelo and LeBron, the PGA’s Mayakoba Classic or anything else that doesn’t involve ...
Cancelled Out
A) Yesterday, I bought a pair of Dr. Dre’s Beats high resolution headphones, the ones that promise to “reveal the full sound of today’s digital music, including sonically demanding hip-hop, rock, and R&B that crush ordinary earbuds.”
B) Today, I christened them by listening to Phil Collins No Jacket Required.
STREET CRED, YO.
“what the hell this nominations are huh?????????where is christopher nolan s...”
– Flavorwire commenter “Selvi”, on the 2011 Oscar nominations
“Now I get why they couldn’t find Natalee Holloway. Look at all the places...”
– The guy behind me on the plane, on our approach into Aruba. Who says Americans aren’t considerate?
Down and Locked Out in the NFL →
We’re getting close enough to Valentine’s Day to smell the ink on the Hallmark envelopes or make a down payment on a dozen overpriced flowers. For me, that particular calendar square makes me think less about love and more about the still-smoldering wreckage of my past relationships, the ones that exploded shortly after we exchanged sap-tacular cards and caramel-filled candies. I’ve always...
The Cleveland Cadavaliers
Is this a thing?
Can this be a thing?
They’re 8-44 with a 25 game losing streak. I think it’s a thing.
“Kelly Slater won his first world title in 1992. Think about where you were when...”
– Outside magazine editor Christopher Keyes, on why he thinks Slater’s ten ASP world surfing titles “constitute the greatest individual career accomplishment in all of sports.”
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes: “Leaving On...
Attention Medical Professionals Or Maybe People...
Could someone please explain why my left eye is swollen every morning? It’s all stay-puft beneath my actual eye and seems to happen whether I remember to scrub all seventeen layers of mascara off or not. It happens whether I’m sleeping on down pillows or non-feather ones, whether I’m at my place or elsewhere.1 The only thing that makes it even worse? Booze. Let me have a...
