January 2009
104 posts
Ashley Granata = Fashion Week Style Mogul! →
Think she’ll remember all us little people when she’s insanely rich and famous?
1981 tv segment predicting that the internet will... →
(via abangupjob)
Do Some Good For Others While We Do Some Damage To... →
CBS' Online Team Wants to Get Back into the... →
“Thus, while MoneyWatch.com will cover personal finance basics such as managing debt, planning for retirement and paying for college, its editorial voice will be more skeptical and interpretative than other personal finance sites, according to Greg Mason, senior vp and general manager of CBS Interactive’s Business Network.”
Skeptical and interpretative? Bring it.
(via chfdigital:)
WatchLads and lasses: it is on.
Shamwow vs. Slanket →
Can’t someone just put these two products together, so we have a blanket with sleeves that we can use to mop up our spills?
And they probably pronounce it "broo-shetta."
peterfeld:
agallagher:
“As for Maureen Dowd, well, this is the key to everything. Those who go through college and *still* think that Maureen Dowd is funny or witty or worth reading at all, they become the die-hard Times opinion page readers for life. You may know some of these people. They hold mid-size dinner parties with white wine and bruschetta. All of their favorite albums are...
“Was it set up like an S&M parlour? The bridge of the Starship Entrprise? A...”
– Me, in response to Nicholas Carlson’s question: “But what was Thain trying to say about the way Stan O’Neal kept his office?”
Katie Baker was also wondering about this. What an odd interview that was! (Watch the video at the first link).
(via katiebakes)
My Little Brother Gets A New Job
“The Washington Examiner announced today that Timothy P. Carney, who has been writing a weekly op-ed column for the paper, was joining the staff full time to oversee a new K Street page.
Carney will write a lobbying column for the weekly page, which will make its debut in two weeks. He also will continue his Friday op-ed column.
“Most reporters write about how much money lobbyists make and...
Recession vs. Depression
josephweisenthal:
Recession: When your neighbor loses his job.
Depression: When you shift down to virgin, rather than extra-virgin, olive oil.
“There, we wear madras with no sense of irony, and drink scotch until we can...”
– Jennifer Wright on her hometown.
NYT Settles Absurd Copyright Suit, Agrees To Stop... →
josephweisenthal:
(via j10)
Aid Watch →
josephweisenthal:
New blog from NYU prof to be “brutally honest” about what aid is actually helping the poor, and which is not.
Approach your aid programs and charities with caution.
Watchtherealjanelle:
happy birthday, sir.
I love this. I’m going to dance on the subway today.
Birthday Party Meets Crowd Sourcing: Saturday...
In order not to break hearts or miss good friends who have plans on Friday, I’m trying to find a new venue for the birthday party. Our original venue was booked on Saturday so we were going to do it Friday. That’s run into its own troubles so now we’re in a last minute scramble for a Saturday night place. If anyone can help us come up with a new place for Saturday I’d...
How I met Katie Bakes
katiebakes:
johncarney:
Banker girl: But how will I recognize you at the party?
John Carney: Haven’t you ever seen me on CNBC?
Banker girl: You should use that line more often.
John Carney: I can’t believe I just said that.
Banker girl: Never mind. I just google imaged you. Nice beard.
I think she thinks I was in the movie “Once.”
When We Were Very Young
For obvious reasons, I’m on a bit of a nostalgia trip today. I dug up this birthday invitation from four years ago. As you can see, not much has changed.
From: Carney, John (NY) Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:30 PM To: Carney, John (NY) Subject: Destroy 2005! The. Worst. Party. Ever. It’s been a mean, harsh winter. The young man is notching the wooden stock of his...
Two Years Ago Today
Two years ago today I sent out this email to my friends.
As many of you might already know, I am scheduled for surgery on Monday. The plan is to put humpty-dumpty back together again, and get a leg back in the place where I am now toting around a sack of pain and broken bones. I got out of the hospital a week ago yesterday, and since then I’ve mostly been confined to my recovery safehouse on...
Hey Tumblrs, Let's Fix The Economy
Steve Sailer points out that most of Obama’s life experience and his political campaign has left him ill-prepared for our current economic disaster.
“Obama was looking forward to the Presidency as the culmination of a career single-mindedly devoted to spending other people’s money. What does he know about making money? To Obama, creating wealth was always an occupation for...
“What the cynics fail to realize is that the ground has shifted beneath them.”
– —Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (via inauguration)
Wow. So even Obama is an Obamaniac. I had kind of assumed that he knew the expectations of hope and change were overstated and that the perrenial facts of human nature would manifest themselves in politics as they always...
Last Night In Dodge
caro:
…we saw check-ins from Limelight, the Fillmore East, Danceteria, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (“it’s gettin’ hot in here!” -Krucoff), the Five Points (“party at Five Points! it’s a riot!” -Carney), and McGurk’s (“shit, this place is so depressing I could slit my own goddamn throat” -moi), though sadly no Palladium or Tunnel or Max’s Kansas City, at least not from my Dodgeball friends.
...
What Do Women Want? →
I was discussing this article with friends today. A lot of what these female researchers are discovering is stuff that guys kind of know already. Namely, women have conflicting desires. They want you to be a little dangerous, unpredictable and full of desire but also fiercely loyal and dependable. Anyone who has seen, say, “Swingers” should understand this.
To nerd out for a moment,...
Okay, Really? Now They're Saying Obama Is Magic? →
“Educators and policy makers, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, have said in recent days that they hope President Obama’s example as a model student could inspire millions of American students, especially blacks, to higher academic performance.
Now researchers have documented what they call an Obama effect, showing that a performance gap between African-Americans and whites on a...
A good reminder of the fact that well intentioned... →
The New Math of the Male Mind: One, Zero →
The male mind works just like Tumblr: follow, or unfollow.
Look Out Obamaniacs →
The neocons are coming for your guy.
Barack Obama: "In The Winter Of Our Hardship" →
Full text of the speech.
President Hope N. Change Delivers A Weather Report
My fellow citizens:
still waters… gathering clouds and raging storms… the coldest of months… the shores of an icy river… The snow was stained with blood… this winter of our hardship… icy currents… what storms may come.
Bail These Congressmen Out →
The Bailout 7: Guys who voted for the bailout and then were rejected by voters. We’ve got some new job ideas for them.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About...
If for some reason you can’t get into some cool inaugural party tomorrow night or just don’t want to show up at the NYT party at the New Museum too early, drop by this thing at the Penn Club to hear Joe Dubs and I explain our theory of the greatest scam in history.
Tuesday, January 20th, 630pm
Making Sense Of Madoff Go behind the headlines with journalists from Clusterstock and...