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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
links for 2006-02-01
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A nice droolworthy collection of recipes to put aside for a rainy day; I'm a bit wary of the chickpea soup, though, after a spot of trouble I had yesterday with pasta e fagioli. Damn you, dried beans and your uncertain cooking times!
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Does anyone else think it's weird that someone like Wasserstein only rates an AP obit at the Times? I'm assuming it's just a placeholder until a real one can go up, right?
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Heh, I didn't notice that the cookie fortune Veronica sticks on her mirror at the end had the Lost numbers on it! I was distracted by all the Rhett music, I guess. (Also, this week's TVWoP recap is really good and has 2 pages of useful analysis at the end
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Today Choire is the gayest gay in Gayville: a rave review for the musical version of Grey Gardens! And no, not that little clip of Little Edie dancing to "Hung Up".
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
links for 2006-01-29
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Sigh. The "redesign" busted their feeds--after only having them for a few weeks--and now they're running some naff blogging system with bizarre URLs. Oh, and no proper redirects from the old site. Poor show, PJ, poor show.
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Nico's first video for the peppy little girl-group number "I'm Not Saying" naturally features a dour, gray, overcast industrial fishing village somewhere in eastern Europe. Heh. (via a huge thread of YouTube videos from ILX)
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The aforementioned YouTube thread from ILX. There is some amazing awesomeness here. Anybody know how to extract video from YT??
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The OS X Finder makes me want to claw my eyes out sometimes. Luckily my new job has given me some perspective: XP sucks, too!
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This is the second time in two months that Sen. Sununu of NH has done something, you know, sensible and good. It feels...weird.
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Well, this certainly explains all the rampant gayism over at Bravo. (Note: the blog isn't any good and the "archives" scrolly link thing is SO DUMB that I can't believe anyone made it and decided "hey, that works well!")
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Worst. BSG. Evar!!11!! Next week looks sucky, too--I watched the previews (which I usually avoid, since they give away way to much) just to try and undepress myself after watching this hour of crap.
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Frank Gehry sucks, but this watch is pretty cool.
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Sweet holy Moses. This was made *a month ago* and no one saw fit to tell me? You will lose it when Little Edie starts walking down the stairs, I guarantee it.
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Friday, January 27, 2006
links for 2006-01-28
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I am maybe a tiny bit jealous. Maybe.
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"The climax of the event sees Jesus sing the Smiths classic song Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now as he is being flayed by Roman soldiers." Also, Bez will be shaking maracas to accompany the Passion. I wish I was kidding.
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Ohhh I wants them.
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
links for 2006-01-27
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Are they *kidding*? A flat-file, no-password-to-post message board? In 2006? Sometimes I hate the universe.
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I think Matty already wrote about this, so I'm just going to add one thing: I feel really bad for the copyeditor who I'm sure had a completely sleepless night over "Makes your sweaters look lumpy, looks cheap. Etc."
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I loved loved loved last night's episode--I think we were laughing for almost the entire hour. I *need* a soundclip of Daniel V saying "It's a motherfuckin' WALK-OFF!" so bad. Also: how much does the un-Tim Gunn guy on Catwalk SUUUUCK?
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Dear Blogger,
The one time I have free time before work, and you throw me this?
Come on, dudes. It's SIX A.M. PST RIGHT NOW. I need to be snarky on my friends' blogs. Don't you know that Project Runway was on last night?? Gah.
NO LOVE,
b
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
links for 2006-01-25
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How come no one is talking about how the interface in Yojimbo makes the baby jesus cry? No borders (like iTunes 6) but a wide resize bar (a la iTunes 4)! Windows XP-style buttons! Weird random black bar in the drop down sheets!
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Colin wants to do more "Fez-sized" shows. Of all the times for Fez to be, you know, OUT OF BUSINESS. Grr.
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Monday, January 23, 2006
links for 2006-01-24
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Oh look, my serial number is in the list of affected models. Hmm. Crap.
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Brain Training for Nintendo DS is sweeping Japan--selling 400,000 copies a week--and it's not even actually a game. Neat & weird. I wants it.
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
Dear Deborah Snyder of Lever House in New York,
I should like to know how it's possible to completely cook a grapefruit curd containing six whole eggs and six egg yolks in a mere 15 minutes, as you purport in a recent issue of Food & Wine. Even after 45 minutes I had barely reached a curd-like consistency. Perhaps you have been cooking in the bowels of a restaurant several hundred feet blow sea level, thus increasing the temperature at which water boils?
We are watching Bleak House and dining on chilled grapefruit meringue SOUP tonight, rather than pie, thanks to your ill-tested recipe. The meringue floating on top, at least, is absolutely perfect & completely gorgeous--possibly because I checked the cooking time for prepping the egg whites on teh internets, not trusting your directions any further. For the record, it takes a mere four minutes to warm them over boiling water while whisking, followed by five minutes or so in the electric mixer.
My source on the inside tells me you go through a lot of assistants. I have no further comment.
Kind Regards,
Soup Eater
Posted at 10:58 PM | Comments (1)
links for 2006-01-23
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I'm not sure if I can handle a version of Tristram Shandy that's about making a movie of Tristram Shandy. In which Jeremy Northam plays Michael Winterbottom. Also: Shirley Henderson, Kelly McDonald & Gillian Anderson, phwoar.
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I don't really like Chris Ware.
There, I said it. Can the internet please talk about something else now? kthx.
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Saturday, January 21, 2006
links for 2006-01-22
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OK, this *isn't actually reporting*, MacWorld. If both were made by the "same filmmakers," CONTACT THE FILMMAKERS FOR A COMMENT. Go write another article about how annoying bloggers are for scooping you.
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Friday, January 20, 2006
links for 2006-01-21
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The second part of the headline should be "World Ends." (Although I like how they pronounce 'fight back', the rest is pretty execrable)
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"The internet had a half day today." Warning: references that one-eyed kitten meme from a wee while back.
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
links for 2006-01-20
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A lady who plays in an orchestra with Matty makes an awesome chocolate toffee crunch thing like this, but I could never get it to come out right. I'll try David/Adam's next time.
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Ocean County sucks.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
links for 2006-01-19
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A little analysis of the auction sales of this season's Project Runway dresses...Nick is up front by quite a bit and it's surprising how well Diana's outfits did.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
links for 2006-01-18
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"If you need some love, get a hooker. If you're having a bad day, find a ledge, or a way to deal. My door is not open to you, ever." God, I love Paris.
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Word, word, a thousand times word.
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In other news, I still have to drive 50 miles to get key limes and 24 to get a proper cup of coffee.
