January 2008
22 posts
Me: I was raised Catholic, which is I guess shorthand for saying Im an atheist
Putnam (fellow cast member): I grew up a Unitarian Universalist. We used to start our prayers "to whom it may concern"
didyouevernotice: Meet the new Gnarls Barkley...
The Red Herring of Experience →
What do George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt all have in common? Well they are generally considered the three best Presidents. And they also all had less than 4 years experience as elected officials in the federal government before becoming president.
“I prefer to think that the chip on my shoulder gives the monkey on my back...”
– Brian Beatty
If the headline for the Post tomorrow isn’t “Third Tynes The Charm” then Ill have to question everything I thought I knew about the world. I just wish I could put money on this in Vegas.
Rap by the Numbers →
Anyone who knows me will surely realize how much it KILLS me that I didn’t think of this first. Its like finally discovering what you were put on earth to do only to simultaneously discover that someone else has already done it. And yes I realize that I just described a poorly constructed website of rap song lyrics illustrated through amaturish charts and graphs as my life’s purpose,...
The Golden Globes?
Wow what a great awards show this years Golden Globes were. They took away all that silly stuff like suspense, excitement, and drunken actors trying to give speeches and replaced it with the classy veneer of a hastily thrown together episode of Access Hollywood. Gotta love that writers strike! As someone who lives for awards season, I was disappointed to say the least. A world in which January...
A Conversation with Myself
Me: Is it just me or has that James Woods legal drama on CBS really jumped the shark?
“You know what I needed to do before I could decide to support Barack Obama for...”
– Michael Chabon via Largehearted Boy
Virtual Lower East Side →
I don’t even know what to think about this…
A Daily Show
Okay so after last night its pretty clear Stewart needs his writers. And much like Ferguson showed up Letterman, Colbert certainly came off much better. But then again his format is much less reliant on writers. Regardless, Im just glad Stewart’s back so my life has purpose and meaning again. During the hiatus I got my Daily Show fix by rewatching my Indecision 2004 DVDs. Here’s both...
“The reason I dont worry about society is, nineteen people knocked down two...”
– Jon Stewart
(welcome back Jon)
I’ve spent the past 12 days evenly divided between three very different cities. Here’s a thought per day for each one:
Houston, Texas
-It’s like I’m in some sort of alternate reality. People here still use the term “that’s gay” unironically.
-And they like Dane Cook unapologetically. In fact, they don’t even know that its something they’re supposed to be apologetic about.
-And they...
Welcome To The End Of The World
I think tumblr will lead to the downfall of humanity.
To someone like myself who believes that texting will be to America what opium was to the Qing Dynasty, the further decline of human discourse that tumblr represents is quite disheartening. Conversation has already gone from face to face interaction, to talking on the phone, to phone calls in which one party prays it will go straight to...