Just North of Something Important

“[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

Gwen Ifill broke her ankle, you guys!

Oct 1st

Playing down expectations

Hey everybody, you know that every time you post things like “Palin is going to do so bad at...

Sep 30th

Hey Daily Show!

CNN didn’t make up the term “perception analyzer!” It’s the actual name for...

Sep 30th

Sep 29th

Sep 29th

Rachel: “Peggy Bundy.  What a style icon!”

Sep 29th

“Barack Obama’s senior aides believe he is on course for a...”
— Barack Obama’s top team...

Sep 29th

tylercoates: Last night I had a dream that I was on America’s Next Top Model and the talk...

Sep 29th

Can we make “pulling a Schoeneweis” a thing?

Sep 28th

Destiny USA’s crazy, crazy plan.

Sep 28th

Condos in a mall.

Sep 28th

“Clinton had his own purple rages, but compensated with...”
— Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas,...

Sep 28th

Sometimes my dad sends me poems

If you were exchanged in the cradle and your real mother died without ever telling the story then no...

Sep 28th

Wait. Hold on.

There’s a Spaceballs cartoon?  And it’s not very good?

Sep 27th

Why I was wrong about the debate

mikehudack: Despite the fact that Soup and I thought McCain won, the polls show pretty...

Sep 27th

Debate Scorecard

mikehudack: soupsoup: Here is your debate scorecard via a poll conducted by CNN: Thinking...

Sep 27th

I am one drink away from buying this.

Sep 27th

Soon to be renamed the JPMorgan Chase/US Department of the...

Sep 27th

It’s a little weird to see Blair Waldorf looking quite...

Sep 27th

Womanizer

Sep 27th

Enuff Z'Nuff, y'all.

Sep 26th

Sep 26th

Palin/Couric

Man, it can’t be good when the best thing people can say about you is “she can’t...

Sep 26th

Hurricanes And OPEC To Bands: Don't Tour

Sep 25th

skeetonmischa: meghanasha: The REAL star of the show (Miss...

Sep 25th

Letterman

The most important part of that Letterman video happens near the end.  When he cuts to the live feed...

Sep 25th

“In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700...”
— Bad News For The Bailout -...

Sep 25th

Watch

“FREAKY!”

Sep 25th

Unsuccessful GIS searches

cornel west crazy eyes cornel west literally insane cornel west “a little off”

Sep 25th

I know this is somebody I know...but...

Random guy outside on corner: Yo, I just saw Phil Donahue. I just saw him walking down the...

Sep 25th

Debate

The really sad thing about McCain trying to reschedule the first debate?  Traditionally, the...

Sep 25th

LL Cool J is apparently not too...

“Yeah, it has a real nice silhouette.” “It could use more accessories!” ...

Sep 25th

My dad plans my future

With your degree, and a ticket to Russia, you might get a job with The Federal Service for...

Sep 25th

Journeys of personal discovery

I really like America’s Next Top Model—I think it’s one of the most enjoyable and...

Sep 25th

I know others of these have been posted, but I just like the...

Sep 25th

Unsurprisingly, this makes me really excited.

Sep 24th

“It’s Caroline Hergenrother! Do you know Caroline...”
— Excitable Ohio Lady Candidate...

Sep 24th

pterodactyls: The trophy from goth-themed minigolf. ...

Sep 24th

Earlier this evening, if I’m not mistaken, Keith Hernandez compared Oliver Perez’s new...

Sep 24th

mikehudack: I wonder what Henry Kissinger things of Sarah...

Sep 24th

bg5000: eatsleepdraw: Pinky and Wally love hanging out! ...

Sep 23rd

ATP New York 2008

bg5000: Some notes from this past weekend’s activities: Friday - First, let’s talk about the venue....

Sep 23rd

MBV

My Bloody Valentine’s light show is a lot more awesome if you don’t have...

Sep 23rd

Money makes me crazy

A few months earlier, Mr. Piereson wrote an article in the roundtable’s magazine warning donors...

Sep 22nd

MBV

Anyone else going to MBV tonight? Anyone know if there’s an opener?

Sep 22nd

Watch

What’s straighter than straight sex?  Rachel said that nothing is.  There has to be something,...

Sep 22nd

Politics nerdism fights with grammar...

Robert Reich begins his otherwise-excellent post about the bailout thusly: The frame has been set,...

Sep 22nd

the new killers song is pretty ok.

maura: they’re really going for the whole ‘john hughes closing credits 2.0’ thing, but they do it...

Sep 22nd

It feels very weird to be issuing a correction on Tumblr (and it’s probably unnecessary), but...

Sep 22nd

mikehudack: ericmortensen: NYC is the land of endless...

Sep 22nd

Southland tales explanation

Sep 21st

Diagram this, bitches!

And until next spring, it can still be said that Yankee Stadium stands in the place where it will...

Sep 21st

“An outsider might guess that engineers approach politics the...”
— Nick Arvin, Colorado’s...

Sep 21st

“BARTLET: GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what...”
— Op-Ed Columnist - Seeking a...

Sep 21st

Like I was saying.  Hey reporters, can we stop saying McCain...

Sep 20th

I shouldn't be surprised that the Wikipedia...

Sep 20th

“You should go Columbine on their asses.”
— My friend, the vice-principal.

Sep 20th

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of...”
— Biden perfectly communicates...

Sep 19th

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of...”
— Biden perfectly communicates...

Sep 19th

Brooklyn Heights promenade

Sep 19th

bjornstar: They control us, did you know?

Sep 19th

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of...”
— Biden perfectly communicates...

Sep 19th

“Yo clap what’s G☆★D How u been? I’m in the...”
— Let me be clear on this: I...

Sep 19th

I love this so much.

Sep 18th

What the hell, Mike Barthel, musician from Indianapolis, IN?  What do you think you’re doing...

Sep 18th

Words I'm bored of hearing: arugula.

mikehudack: katiebakes: Thomas Frank has a strong op-ed in the WSJ today. Things would go...

Sep 17th

“It’s really fucking adorable that you think I’m privileged.”
— jgh So yeah, like I was...

Sep 17th

Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account...

Sep 17th

“Last August, a Russian mini-submarine carrying politicians...”
— Russia threatens to seize...

Sep 17th

Sep 17th

filigree: barthel: So uh is anyone else weirded out by everybody suddenly getting behind white...

Sep 17th

Listen

When I went back to visit my old college for the first time after moving to NYC, I brought with me...

Sep 17th

Google results for abortion blog, still...

filigree: myabortion: hmmmm… how do we fix this? “Silent Rain” is still kicking my little...

Sep 17th

raptoravatar: barthel: So uh is anyone else weirded out by everybody suddenly getting behind white...

Sep 17th

We've Socialized Risk, Why Not Profit?

mikehudack: stevewyshywaniuk: I’m not an economist, but I’ve been doing my best to keep up with...

Sep 17th

So uh is anyone else weirded out by everybody suddenly getting behind white privilege now that it...

Sep 17th

Riding the Rails with Amtrak Joe

Sep 17th

Sarah Palin, Rock Star? - The Lefsetz Letter

Sep 16th

furryrabbits: lesley arfin

Sep 16th

“In July, John McCain led Barack Obama among white women by...”
— Newsweek (via) Check the math...

Sep 15th

Clichéd though it may be

There is something to be said for drinking bourbon while reading Dashiell Hammett.

Sep 15th

Nothing like going to bed knowing you’re going to wake up to bad news.  Who would’ve...

Sep 15th

Obama Raised a Record $66 Million in August

Sep 14th

You’d think the Times would’ve gotten anyone other than Michiko Kakutani (“the...

Sep 14th

From reading through my dashboard, I see that the DFW news broke immediately after I made my last...

Sep 14th

lalitree: I think suicide is a really really dumb thing to do, and so when really smart people who...

Sep 14th

Backlash whiplash

Current NYTimes.com top 5 most popular: Bob Herbert: She’s Not Ready Editorial: Gov. Palin’s...

Sep 14th

9/11/01 / HA HA HA

Sep 13th

bmichael: (via kelsopoo)

Sep 13th

Culture wars

Judith Warner: Fred Thompson had warmed up the crowd, his familiar old district attorney’s voice...

Sep 12th

Watch

colestryker: Did you know that Tawny Kitaen voiced Annabelle? “Oh Eek!”  YES. 

Sep 12th

bmichael: I cannot listen to this song without thinking...

Sep 12th

Watch

Hey you guys, remember 2003?!?!

Sep 12th

Listen

I actually woke up to “The Ascension” this morning, but this is good too.

Sep 12th

Kanye, nooooo!

Sep 12th

L to R: speaker, CDs and records, TV, PS2/record...

Sep 12th

Hey folks

9/11 is not necessarily a date some of us want to be reminded of. 

Sep 11th

mikehudack: (via andrewpaulbond)

Sep 11th

An evening at home

Rachel reloads the election simulator while I check the NL East schedule for the next two weeks. ...

Sep 11th

Corn.

Sep 10th

In the country.

Sep 10th

I guess I knew grad school was going to make me feel old, but does Tumblr have to make me feel old,...

Sep 10th

Dan Humphrey Sucks

betelnut: I guess this hoopla over Dan is because he is supposed to be our positive Point of...

Sep 10th

OK, I lied

Sep 10th

Watch

A Truth medley extracted from Evil Hollywood. Hollywood and this World’s system are Wicked and...

Sep 10th

Anyway, that’s enough politics for now, sorry. ...

Sep 10th

Look, here's the deal.

The only thing that’s changed about the McCain campaign over the last few weeks is that they...

Sep 10th

Ben Smith's Blog: Obama: 'Lipstick on a pig'...

Sep 10th

I dunno, I kinda feel like me and Sheena could hang out.  

Sep 10th

“MARRIAGE HAPPENS HERE”
— Entry on the schedule for...

Sep 10th

“She has to go to this fashion show on Thursday, which...”
— Rachel. Rachel has awesome...

Sep 10th

Some more evidence for the “chill the fuck out”...

Sep 10th

Pathetic, Failed Presidential Candidate...

Sep 10th

Watch

empiricalmediatheory: about-today: Pogo, Alice Music and video editing by a 19-year-old Australian...

Sep 9th

bikerfish: object of my obsession in 1988 Man, I...

Sep 9th

Peach cobbler!

Sep 9th

God bless, Oprah, but it’s really hard to take Olympians as seriously as you want us to when...

Sep 8th

themattsmith: Hey look, everybody! I got new shelves! Now...

Sep 8th

Sep 8th

Rhetorical questions posed as real...

Why Did Vincent Gallo Call This Girl An ‘Ugly Cunt’?

Sep 8th

Boy, I sure hope Kanye makes a whole album that sounds like a retro-free Hercules and Love Affair. ...

Sep 8th

People not getting this Pink song makes me biased toward them way more than any pro-Republican...

Sep 8th

howsyrface: For the second weekend in a row, the quest for...

Sep 8th

OC’s sports bar, Syracuse.

Sep 8th

Downtown Syracuse, September afternoon.

Sep 8th

By the by

That last thing is probably the nerdiest thing I’ve ever posted on Tumblr.  Also of interest:...

Sep 7th

“I asked former President Jimmy Carter what he thinks the...”
— Philippe Sands (via...

Sep 7th

I'm a little unclear how this happened

Whilst drinking, we somehow went from Rock Band to online royalty rates to Marbury vs. Madison.  Who...

Sep 7th

“It really is what ‘Peyton Place’ was like at its peak in the...”
— Conventions, Anything but...

Sep 6th

The federal highway fund is running out of money.  So what?  Well, so people are going to lose their...

Sep 6th

Government Plans Seizure of Fannie and...

Sep 6th

Fox Sneaks 'Hole in the Wall' Onto Schedule

Sep 6th

Music addendums

My dad has told me, albeit not in so many words, that if he were going to write a 33 1/3...

Sep 5th

Last night I freaked out a little about...

Friendly Fires - s/t Ed Banger Rec Vol. 3 VA - After Dark (this is actually called Italians Do It...

Sep 5th

Listen

onemoretimewithfeeling: Paul Simon - Kodachrome I think it’s a good Friday song. Dear indie...

Sep 5th

Listen

bmichael: Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream “i gotta drink wine not to pine for you and god...

Sep 5th

soupsoup: nickmcglynn:lowlife: Only in America… Portland’s...

Sep 5th

offnotesnotes: (What is clean about “clean coal”?) Rachel: “It means nothing.  Carbon...

Sep 5th

Most disorienting headline of the day.

Sep 5th

Judging by the chaotic, muddled, disorganized radio premiere they were doing an hour ago, the new...

Sep 5th

Good ones, mom.

Rachel: Her roommate is a guy from China who’s a visiting scientist. Mom: Do you think...

Sep 5th

I've Met An Number Of People This Summer...

vanmega: cameronr: I think that being well informed on current popular culture trends is just as...

Sep 5th

Here's where I'm going to dinner tonight.

Sep 4th

“The funny thing about Tumblr is that there are more posts...”
— Rachel.

Sep 4th

Watch

perpetua: The Fiery Furnaces “My Dog Was Lost But Now He’s Found”  I love extremely literal...

Sep 4th

Tumblrs, please unbunch your panties.

jgh: Seriously, calm the F down. It’s incredibly disheartening to see people insinuate I am...

Sep 4th

Don't get too worried

Elections aren’t won on VP picks, no matter how charismatic. The attacks on Obama as an...

Sep 4th

Last one, I promise

I really hope somebody takes Rudy’s speech, plucks out all the times he looked like a nasty...

Sep 4th

“She reminds me of a hundred of my friends’ moms growing up,...”
— –Comme des Fuckdown (via...

Sep 4th

Giuliani just said Obama was the least qualified presidential candidate in at least 100 years. ...

Sep 4th

ANTM

Kelly says Marjorie looks like Claire Daines, but I keep thinking she’s some sort of...

Sep 4th

I love the end of the summer

I ate some raw—raw!—corn tonight, and it was like eating ripe fruit.

Sep 3rd

Better

nick-lcc: merlin: Each, in its own way, contributes to the imperative that we constantly expand...

Sep 3rd

If you can't remember what's wrong with corn...

Sep 3rd

CNN Bias Towards DNC

Sep 3rd

inothernews: PRISONER POWER. Inmates at the South Bend,...

Sep 3rd

“The Beijing [opening] ceremony … is now routinely referred...”
— k-punk: Whose breath was...

Sep 3rd

Watch

soupsoup: marco: This is the raw footage of the St. Paul police repeatedly tear-gassing a...

Sep 3rd

“Yet Americans have not committed to Mr. Obama. Why? ...”
— Why Obama Can’t Close the Sale...

Sep 3rd

(via Wonkette) The GOP convention feels like the party...

Sep 3rd

Shawty got low

Fred Thompson just informed us that John McCain used to date a stripper.  See, kids, he is relevant!...

Sep 3rd

They also namedropped Cory Kennedy

“That blog of yours does nothing but cause trouble.” “That’s what a blog is...

Sep 3rd

Hold on—I didn’t know Lucille was on the new...

Sep 3rd

I respect Hillary’s instincts, but I just saw a preview of Whatever, Martha! and I stand by my...

Sep 2nd

On the bright side

At least the left’s crazy conspiracy theories are finally being focused on actual candidates...

Sep 2nd

The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations

Sep 1st

“And when liberals and progressives pounce on rumors like...”
— Sarah Palin Rumors: Some...

Sep 1st

Dear casting agents: please put Melonie Diaz in more...

Sep 1st

Listen

bmichael: Smashing Pumpkins - Jellybelly Since coming back to upstate NY, I’ve started to regress...

Sep 1st

Dancing Like She's Never Danced Before

Sep 1st

Yeah, Hamlet 2 was amazing.  More on the blog in a bit.

Sep 1st