September 2009
“What a match!”
– WWE play-by-play announcer Michael Cole, after last night’s Rosa Mendes vs. Mickie James match, perhaps the worst in Raw history.
Lost City: Cobble Hill Tea Lounge to Close →
Rotten news. One of the best hangouts in the neighborhood.
WatchMaking Of: Where the Wild Things Are | On Set with Maurice Sendak & Spike Jonze
16 days!
YNet News | Jewish World: Rabbi Elyashiv: No... →
An influential Lithuanian rabbi has banned Crocs on Yom Kippur because that are “too comfortable, and thus don’t provide the level of suffering one should feel on the [day of atonement].”
He also banned Sperry Top-Siders because they’re too “un-Jewey.”
WatchThirteen.org: New York on the Clock: Coney Island Cyclone Operator
Gerry Menditto was born and rasied in Coney Island. He began working as an electrician at Astroland in the mid-1970s, and eventually found himself at the controls of the world-famous Cyclone roller coaster. Now he oversees a crew that inspects, repairs, and operates one of America’s oldest thrill rides — not an easy task...
Yahoo Libre
AcquiescentCoho: "The world of Mexican midget wrestling is in mourning after two of its most famous stars were apparently poisoned by fake prostitutes."
me: i love the quote, but who is this?
AcquiescentCoho: what quote?
me: "The world of Mexican midget wrestling is in mourning after two of its most famous stars were apparently poisoned by fake prostitutes."
me: the one you just sent.
me: who is this?
AcquiescentCoho: i sent you nothing
AcquiescentCoho: tina
AcquiescentCoho: who is this pls?
me: i just received the previous quote via IM from you.
AcquiescentCoho: i've not imed anyone
AcquiescentCoho: how did you get my yahoo addy?
me: yahoo?
me: what are you talking about
AcquiescentCoho: duh
AcquiescentCoho: you are here on yahoo dummy
me: no, i'm using AIM.
AcquiescentCoho: this is yahoo
me: okay, bye.
AcquiescentCoho: ya
AcquiescentCoho: bye freak
The Frisky: Where Mean Little Jewish Nice Girls... →
[via twentysomethingtales]
WatchThis is a very lovely video of a very lovely song from a very lovely night on a very lovely roof with very lovely people.
lamplighterdrive:
The Old Office Lounge Presents: Alex Clark and Mike Saltsman: Claymation Velociraptor without bearsuits.
The Strong Buzz: Brooklyn's Newest Social: Henry... →
As if Brooklyn Social in Carroll Gardens wasn’t great enough, the owners are opening this awesome looking restaurant in my neighborhood.
[A] saloon in the style of old world Brooklyn, what they describe as “an amalgam of periods celebrating peoples (& ideas) that lived, worked, preached and shaped Brooklyn history.” All the pieces in the tavern were source and scavenged from across the...
Fifteen Reasons Why You SHOULD Be Watching How I... →
This is the best show with the worst protagonist in television history.
[via lizlemon]
EW’s Fifteen Best Episodes. Nail, meet head.
WatchChris Kula catches Mad Men fever!
chriskula:
I compiled this mix of 1950s Folger’s commercials - Folgers, the #1 brand for men who enjoyed belittling their wives!
WatchThey Might Be Giants - Meet the Elements
From their new kids album, Here Comes Science.
[via You Ain’t No Picasso]
“By the way if I were ever to make a mix entitled, ‘The One Mix I Would Never...”
– ZRL
[via caryrandolph]
That’s right, I said it. Take that, Citizen Cope.
“In 2004, they improved enough to win 71 games but could not save Howe’s job. His...”
– David Waldstein, NYT: Just Like Old Times as Mets Relive the Howe Years
NYT: A Sunday Morning Obamathon - Five... →
Obamathon!
Nobody does political media coverage better than Times writer Alessandra Stanley, one of my favorite journalists (columnists?).
Deadspin: The Utterance Of This Word Should Be... →
A brilliant post by the minds behind Fire Joe Morgan.