February 2012
4 posts
200 Orchard
Here’s another post I’ve been meaning to write for a while now…
I’ve never used this blog to advertise an establishment, but I want to make an exception in this case.
A few days after Thanksgiving, I visited a bar in NYC called 200 Orchard. As you may have guessed from the name, it’s located at 200 Orchard St.
I’d gotten to chatting that night with...
Where Were We...
Ah yes, that’s right.
I was making a Thanksgiving cake and promised to post pictures of the results, expecting either triumph or disaster. Truth be told, it was neither. It was an embarrassing fizzle.
To review, this was the cake I was attempting:
Things started out okay, with the snowman cake that would serve as the turkey’s body and the pumpkin in front.
That...
January 2012
1 post
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
November 2011
6 posts
jhnmyr:
Here’s the theme song I wrote and...
Which is true:
Which of the following statements is true?
1. Judy Blume is the pen name of one Eli Schmell, a divorced orthodontist from Stamford.
2. Huey Lewis and the News were originally called “Keeping Tabs on Negroes.”
3. If you pour boiling water on a dead person’s face within 2 minutes of their expiration, they will come back to life for 10-15 seconds.
˙ǝnɹʇ ǝɹɐ ǝǝɹɥʇ llɐ
Get Off My Lawn, You Little Animals
Tim Burton’s first Batman film was released on June 23, 1989. Before typing this, I confirmed it on Google, but I already knew this date to be accurate.
It’s not because I’m some kind of savant for dates, it’s because the marketing for the film was inescapable in the months leading up to opening day.
Unless you were around for it, you can’t imagine how huge...
“And in Cleveland today, 27 people suffered twelve hours of continuous whiplash...”
– Carlin, George. “New News.” An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo. Little David Music, 1975.
October 2011
9 posts
Looking at Michele Bachmann at the debate, all I can think is “Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.”
September 2011
8 posts
1 tag
7 tags
Fixing An Antennae On The Empire State Building
all-thats-interesting:
For an equally hair-raising experience, check out this video on PBH2, Climbing A 1768 Foot Tower.
My grandmother quoted Johnny Dangerously once. Once.
In My Defense...
I’m hearing from a lot of people who were offended by my behavior yesterday—mostly by my use of the word “cunt.” I’m sorry if anyone was bothered, but I stand by my choice of words.
When the red light changed to green and there was still a crippled nun in the crosswalk, what else was I supposed to scream at her? ”Move your ass, you gimpy birth canal!”...
August 2011
3 posts
WatchI don’t think I appreciated how truly funny this is when I first saw it on SNL.
5 tags
How To Remember the Planets
fakescience:
