May 2011
29 posts
First Listen: Givers, 'In Light' →
This is something you play on a summer morning as you’re getting ready to go work.  KIND OF LIKE WHAT I’M DOING RIGHT NOW.
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May 25th
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First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, Codes and Keys →
May 23rd
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The Secret To Having Eggs NOT Stick In A Cast Iron...
Lots and lots of leftover bacon grease.
May 21st
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Goodbye, Hobbs.
Today, I made an amazing cup of coffee.   It was the climax to a week of researching french presses, techniques, hand grinders, and beans. I am a happy boy.
May 20th
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May 17th
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Ronen’s Adventure:  Trapped in iPhones
May 17th
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Italian-Made Western Music, Five Years In The... →
“Danger Mouse isn’t just a fan of old Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — he’s obsessed with the music of those films, as composed by the likes of Ennio Morricone. Five years ago, he teamed up with the acclaimed Italian composer and arranger Daniele Luppi to write and craft some new Spaghetti Western music. The result of that collaboration, titled Rome,...
May 15th
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Saturday Night Live:  Ambiguously Gay Duo starring Jon Hamm’s John Ham
May 15th
May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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Linear Algebra
WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?! I think I told Janet I would take more math.  I don’t even like math.  Whatever.  This will all be over by noon o’clock tomorrow.  Then I am off to see Bridesmaids and Thor.  MAYBE FOLLOWED BY A TRIP TO CRATE AND BARREL?
May 14th
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May 14th
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Playing It Straight: A Month Of Giving Up... →
According to Leanne Payne’s 1985 classic Crisis in Masculinity, the main reason men become gay is because they’ve lost touch with their masculinity. This causes a void in their souls, which they then attempt to fill with other men’s dicks. To rectify this situation, I gave my life a full heterosexual makeover: I started referring to my bedroom as my “man cave,” stopped keeping my clothes in a...
May 13th
A Young Hitchhiker's Guide To The Road: Smile →
“My philosophy of life is basically to live life. Do what you do, love what you do, and don’t listen to naysayers,” he said. “I’m really content with being a minimalist. So as long as I got my coffee in the morning, a pouch of tobacco in my pocket and a couple bucks for whatever, I’m happy.” I’m a little bit jealous.  Actually, very much so. ...
May 10th
Microsoft To Buy Skype for 8.5 Billion →
Ultimately, it’s hard to see how the Skype purchase is worthwhile from a technology or user access perspective. The technology isn’t good enough and the users aren’t lucrative enough or plentiful enough to justify it. But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen—and the prospect of keeping the company out of reach of Google and Facebook may just make the purchase...
May 10th
May 10th
Over 100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Own... →
Over 100 newly-minted lawyers walked out of their own graduation at the University of Michigan Law School on Saturday to protest the ceremony’s commencement speaker, anti-gay Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). YEAHHHHHH SON. VIA ThinkProgress
May 9th
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First Listen: Austra, 'Feel It Break' →
May 9th
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May 5th
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Dear Coke Talk: On special snowflake disease. →
dearcoketalk: Dear Coquette, How do I deal with the realization that I have no special talents, nor am I as intelligent as I thought to be? I feel like I am not going to be able to accomplish anything I wanted to do in my life. You’ll be fine. You’re just going through the withdrawal phase of a…
May 5th
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May 3rd
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FIRST LISTEN: OKKERVIL RIVER, 'I AM VERY FAR' →
May 2nd