Just North of Something Important

Nov 1st

I would pretty much spend the rest of my life here if I...

Nov 1st

Halloween Candy Code

Oct 31st

lfarm: Is this the Detroit airport, or the future? We rode...

Oct 31st

Wanna go for a dip? Then you’re in luck because SONIC®...

Oct 31st

Here's that RS article about David Foster...

Oct 30th

Really, Weather Channel?

Oct 30th

"You're all Joe the plumber!"

Oct 30th

A sentence I'll be saying a lot over the...

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go watch the puppycam.” (via)

Oct 30th

lastbutnotleast: So I was just reading this Esquire article on White racists who support Obama, and...

Oct 30th

The BoingBoing Effect (clapclap version)

Oct 30th

VETERANS STADIUM IS THE HIPPEST PLACE IN TOWN

Oct 30th

(via tylercoates) Goddamnit, tyler, I got up at 8:30 in the...

Oct 30th

maura: ok maura: do you want to see how sad the world is me: …maybe? maura:...

Oct 30th

Hey look, Marnie Stern covered "Don't Stop...

Oct 30th

Zogby.Com has discovered time travel

catbird: They seem to have the technology to pull in a website design directly from 1996 into...

Oct 30th

Language Log: Forget framing — it's hypnosis!

Oct 30th

Yeah, I got my soup can.

Oct 29th

Is McCaind done in Florida, Ohio, &...

Oct 29th

I seem to have broken my recent resolution...

Oct 29th

Prove it

“Other sectors of the music business are doing quite well, thank-you.  People are still...

Oct 29th

Denny's Blogstar Menu

Oct 29th

Huh

There’s a store that sells wands.  (My roommate already has one, but cannot find it.)

Oct 28th

Linguistics

Who started saying “throw [x] under the bus” first—reality show contestents or...

Oct 28th

Nickelback "Something In Your Mouth"

Oct 28th

Kanye’s ex-girlfriend went to Newhouse.  (She has a Class Note in the new issue of the alumni...

Oct 28th

“Listening Post’s Eliot Van Buskirk tackled the other...”
— Scott Thrill, professional...

Oct 28th

How Quickly Is The Music Industry Shrinking?

Oct 28th

Not to diminish an assasination plot or...

But look, here was their plan: ”Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white...

Oct 28th

suddenly: johnbrissenden: (via ilindsay) Good lord, I...

Oct 28th

The BoingBoing Effect

Oct 27th

The Future of Music

maura: “For much of CMJ, the large-scale music business might as well have been on another...

Oct 27th

Sarah Palin is Right - NYT

Oct 27th

Pee Ay No Way

Oh, hold on you guys, I need to update my Fuck You, Pennsylvania list.  New addition in bold. ...

Oct 27th

There are Project Runway toys!  In which you design...

Oct 26th

Barbie for President 2008.

Oct 26th

soupsoup: tmblg: A woman responds to Oprah giving her an...

Oct 25th

This one is actually sorta awesome. Yeehaw! Strap yourself...

Oct 25th

Winter is coming and we are all gonna be cold! What would...

Oct 25th

There is no situation for which...

Discuss!

Oct 25th

Ice cubes that light up—now playing at the ESPN Zone,...

Oct 25th

“His name was Jimmy Carter, the year was 1976, and he won....”
— 1976 Is Back by Mark Moyar on...

Oct 25th

Lunch.  Last of the farmer’s market tomatoes for the...

Oct 24th

I can't imagine why the people in my...

Fellow Student: (reading) “What does a baby do to a woman’s body?” Me: It eats her...

Oct 24th

“I’m fortunate enough that this is not happening to me right...”
— Player Piano Party: SOURPUSS ...

Oct 24th

Holy shit you guys

There’s actually a band called Crystal Antlers!  Are they touring with Wolf Castles?

Oct 23rd

Stylista = so awesome.

Of course, Chris Rovzar is right—this makes Elle look really bad.  Not because everyone is...

Oct 23rd

Apologies for all the tax policy talk.  (I swear, I have no...

Oct 22nd

That goes double for titters.

pterodactyls:  What about chortles? I’m a chortler. How do you represent that textually?  All I...

Oct 22nd

No taxes?

Oct 22nd

That goes double for titters.

Does no one on the internet chuckle?  It’s all “LOL” this and “hahaha”...

Oct 22nd

No taxes?

Oct 22nd

Listen

I haven’t been able yet to get “Mean,” Maura’s favorite, but “Please...

Oct 22nd

“John Paul II set a powerful precedent for how a Roman...”
— Why Is the Pope So Silent...

Oct 22nd

“Mr. Elovich is more bothered by the indifferent voters on...”
— An Outpost in the Blue Sea of...

Oct 22nd

“No, fuck you, Lou.  I’m going to...

Oct 22nd

Undecideds, from a reliable source

howsyrface: What I’m curious about is, how pollsters determine what percentage of “undecideds” are...

Oct 22nd

Undecideds, from a reliable source

The general opinion among political scientists (who, it should be noted, are an old and cynical...

Oct 22nd

So there WAS an awesome shopping montage...

Oct 22nd

Outpunk Dance Party

Oct 22nd

Watch

Trying to find out more about “Only Straight Girls Wear Dresses,” someone brought up...

Oct 22nd

whatafoolbelieves: They say McCain's a leader?, slow down...

Oct 22nd

The hell?

Why am I getting press releases about ratings for The Hills at the e-mail address I haven’t...

Oct 22nd

110% adorable. Photo: Elyse Sewell

Oct 21st

80% adorable, 20% sad. Photo: Elyse Sewell

Oct 21st

33% adorable, 33% hilarious, 33% sad. Photo: Elyse Sewell.

Oct 21st

Listen

Addendum to previous post: SPLATTER PIG, SPLATTER PIG, SPLATTER SPLATTER SPLATTER PIG. Sidenote:...

Oct 21st

Features Specifications: Splatter Pig toys Material: soft...

Oct 21st

“For skinflint men, chat rooms are the alternative to ponying...”
— Teddy Wayne, Adult Friends...

Oct 21st

““For a Republican to be tied at this point in the election...”
— In Bush Stronghold, Obama...

Oct 21st

Percentage of posts on my front page...

So yeah, I’m not too worried about the election.  I just noticed that Montana is now only...

Oct 21st

Heart of a champion.

Oct 21st

That three-legged dog is pretty fucking adorable.  It...

Oct 21st

Here is a picture of Barack Obama in front of the Lincoln...

Oct 21st

Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open

Oct 21st

"Do you know that every time you use...

biteofpythias: noraleah: — A Co-op shopper drops political science. His explanation is that...

Oct 21st

Jesus H. Christ, brain.

Where in the hell did you pull “connubial” from?

Oct 21st

Master's fail

me: I think I’ve been on tumblr too long me: I keep thinking of photos and videos I could post...

Oct 20th

Watch

bmichael: bonerparty: The cause and solution to all of your boner related woes. Yeah, I agree. ...

Oct 20th

Watch

Max Tundra makes soup.

Oct 20th

Yeah, I totally bought the soup.

Oct 20th

The Peart Paradox: What Happens When "Love"...

Oct 20th

Watch

There’s no jingle in this ad, so I couldn’t work it into the Idolator post, but man oh...

Oct 20th

Watch

bg5000: Viral Video Film School: Local Commercials This is in the same vein as this post on...

Oct 20th

Madonna Fan Freaking Out Over Madonna...

Oct 20th

“Saved by zero”
— annoying Toyota commercial...

Oct 20th

Sylvan Beach in fall

Oct 19th

Schools cancel classes on election day due to...

Oct 19th

“Looking at Billboard No. 1 songs from 1955 to 2003 for a...”
— How Does Society Change in a...

Oct 19th

Oct 19th

Those late nights when self-doubts rise...

Why in the hell did I google “lasers, sodomy and sequins”?

Oct 19th

“Don’t underestimate the capacity of Democrats to snatch...”
— Barack Obama Barack Obama...

Oct 19th

Watch

“How awesome was that abortion montage on Sarah Silverman?” we were saying, sitting...

Oct 19th

(Clickthrough to get pictures of the cereals, which are...

Oct 19th

North fuckin' Dakota, y'all.

According to electoral-vote.com, North Dakota is now tied.  Here are the margins by which the past...

Oct 18th

Watch

madeupmemories: barthel: YouTube, I can see why you would put this in the “Recommended for You”...

Oct 18th

Watch

YouTube, I can see why you would put this in the “Recommended for You” column.  But give...

Oct 18th

Baby bump as cover-up?

Oct 18th

Dear DIY Network: maybe this is unfair, but you seem a...

Oct 18th

Watch

furryrabbits: eternalapprentice: The Floating Hedgehog Knows He’s Cute - Cute As Balls -...

Oct 18th

“Earlier this week, I came to a tough realization, when it...”
— lastbutnotleast

Oct 17th

All good points

An exchange at the research meeting today while going over the wording of questionnaire items. ...

Oct 17th

“Am I the only person on the planet that doesn’t really get...”
— the truth (via itsbedtime) I...

Oct 17th

“Much of it is decidedly unexceptional, favoring generally...”
— Paul Thompson, from his Nick...

Oct 17th

Watch

inothernews: McCain is pretty awesome here.  This is Pt. 2. katieschenk:brooklynmutt: McCain...

Oct 17th

“Mr. Wurzelbacher told Ms. Couric that his encounter with Mr....”
— Now that we’ve all...

Oct 17th

“Am I the only person on the planet that doesn’t really get...”
— the truth (via itsbedtime) I...

Oct 17th

Listen

betelnut: Electric Feel (Cover MGMT) - Katy Perry (via kid-nothing-girl) If you can make it...

Oct 17th

Jake Shears in glasses and sideburns = hott.

Oct 17th

“He said that during the Pope’s visit to a shrine in Fatima...”
— BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope John...

Oct 16th

Because I so enjoyed whatafoolbelieve’s Duck Tales posts yesterday: The TV Characters You Can...

Oct 16th

Sparensity

I can kinda see how Jon Caramanica could say that “Love Lockdown” is a TVOTR ripoff, but...

Oct 16th

mollylambert: “Under my new economic plan, every single...

Oct 16th

sayyes: Isn’t it amazing how K.B.’s decision to Sell...

Oct 16th

“I don’t know; I always thought that the intellectual elites...”
— Suddenly, I’m all nostalgic...

Oct 15th

Listen

The Fiery Furnaces - Benton Harbor Blues Again In honor of being very close to Benton Harbor this...

Oct 15th

Matt Taibbi and Byron York Butt Heads Over...

Oct 15th

Listen

trainwrecks: tesslynch: qed: suzanne—nina simone (leonard cohen) this version of suzanne...

Oct 15th

The current cultural moment

1941: Let us now praise famous men. 2008: Let us now praise the beauty of famous women.

Oct 14th

Her: You don’t have any shame, do you? Me: Uh…should I?

Oct 14th

It was requested that I post a picture of the guy I like to...

Oct 14th

That hair!  Those eyes!

Oct 13th

The Obama campaign shows how you successfully...

Oct 13th

Baby badger says SAFE! at second.

Oct 13th

Baby tapir (via)

Oct 13th

Sanna Annukka (via)

Oct 13th

Watch

perpetua: Electric Six - Dick Valentine’s Mitt Romney rant in Hoboken, NJ 8/13/2008 “Electric Six...

Oct 10th

Maybe It's Your Civic Duty Not to Vote

Oct 10th

At Nick’s Patio in South Bend

Oct 10th

Hey Todd--steampunks!

Oct 9th

Clearly we need to make "being a dumbass...

Police in Newark, Ohio, have arrested a 15-year-old girl on juvenile child pornography charges for...

Oct 8th

Pruning

I just went through my folder of non-album MP3s and took out all the ones I never listen to or...

Oct 8th

Listen

I believe this song won a gold medal at the 2004 Oslo Ridonculympics.

Oct 8th

“Stephen Starr, who owns Buddakan and Morimoto, said that...”
— Old Gender Roles With Your...

Oct 8th

“Political campaigns are a tough business. I understand that....”
— McCain again.  He sounds...

Oct 8th

“I don’t see offshore drilling as a matter of...”
— John McCain, in Radar. ...

Oct 8th

The fact that it was a totally normal debate was kind of weird in context, no?

Oct 8th

Watching McCain in this debate is reminding me of that old saw about insanity.  I mean, god bless,...

Oct 8th

ACORN

What’s up with all this ACORN stuff?  All I’m seeing is stuff attacking them.  Anything...

Oct 8th

Hell of a night for a debate, ain’t it?

Oct 7th

(via Smalldogarific)

Oct 7th

Here’s a picture of the aforementioned turtle, which...

Oct 7th

“While I agree with most of what barthel has said, this...”
— (via brianconley) (edited...

Oct 7th

Poor li'l turtles can't make babies!

Oct 7th

“Last night on Bill Maher, the comedian Gary Shandling, of...”
— The Daily Dish | By Andrew...

Oct 7th

I never order delivery in Syracuse because the closest...

Oct 7th

“Last night on Bill Maher, the comedian Gary Shandling, of...”
— The Daily Dish | By Andrew...

Oct 7th

Floyd Norris: Live-Blogging Amid Panic | NYT

Oct 6th

Hey, do a survey for me really quick, would...

Oct 6th

The times etc. etc.

When Wonkette says “make sure to read a few of the insane comments on the Wall Street Journal...

Oct 6th

“Have you heard, about the word??”

(via nickmcglynn) I’m not going to lie to you: I really liked this on Family Guy last night. ...

Oct 6th

“To say this is his most adult record would be a severe...”
— Everything Is Borrowed |...

Oct 6th

I just figured it out

perpetua: offnotesnotes: barthel: The Killers = the sincere version of Electric Six. (“Are we...

Oct 5th

I just figured it out

The Killers = the sincere version of Electric Six. (“Are we human or are we dancers” =...

Oct 5th

Survive The Outbreak

Oct 4th

Santacopter

Oct 4th

Either way, according to the economists, it would be difficult to do much worse than George Bush....

Oct 3rd

The Economist polls economists: Eighty per cent of...

Oct 3rd

My dad forwarded this to me, so I imagine you’ve all...

Oct 3rd

Diversity?

smalter: antikris: I follow about 125 people and I havent seen one posting coming to the rescue...

Oct 3rd

lastbutnotleast: Thoughts from last night: I could bury...

Oct 3rd

Watch

Swizz Beatz - That Oprah

Oct 3rd

Oct 3rd

Gwen

So look, I know I have a total nerd-crush on Gwen Ifill.  And I can see how the whole “book...

Oct 3rd

caro: You’d swear it were a football game. CNN’s logo...

Oct 3rd

Watch

howsyrface: Colbert Voter Talk: Teen Abstinence. It was a little strange to watch this piece and...

Oct 3rd

If We Have Children

skeetonmischa: tesslynch: Will they Google us and find our Tumblrs when they’re teenagers and be...

Oct 3rd

Stereolab "Glass Pop Chrome Tubby"

perpetua: DOWNLOAD IT This is for everyone who maybe sorta liked a Stereolab song or two but were...

Oct 3rd

emilyposts: Um. I’m sorry to be the one to break the...

Oct 2nd

paulscheer: I don’t know if she wants me to vote or go see...

Oct 2nd

Foodie put-downs

M: She’s white pepper, but she thinks she’s saffron. R: She’s white pepper, but...

Oct 2nd

filigree: barthel: Agenda for today: 1) Prepare biscuit;...

Oct 2nd

“[A] timeless political trope is: Government should budget...”
— George Will Isn’t it strange...

Oct 1st

Agenda for today: 1) Prepare biscuit; 2) Eat biscuit; 3)...

Oct 1st

There comes a time in every man’s life where he has to attempt to make his grandma’s...

Oct 1st

Dear ABC's Dirty Sexy Money

I’m really sorry.  All you wanted to do was make a Sex and the City for dudes, and...

Oct 1st

White whine, bourbon edition

When we were going through Kentucky, I picked up a bottle of Elijah Craig 12 Year.  It was delicious...

Oct 1st

Leader of Taliban in Pakistan dies

Oct 1st

I really, really like that the ads for the new season of South Park tout “banned in...

Oct 1st