December 2008
46 posts
NOT INVITED BACK →
Unlike television, the Mercury’s annual “Not Invited Back in 2009” feature is pretty fucking spot-on and hilarious this year.
Sad polar bear commercials.
Look. Today is a really SUCK DREARY DAY. You know? And I am trying to watch television that makes my mind DEAD AND NUMB. And I keep seeing these commercials that are not “The Magic Bullet” or “The Snuggie,” but instead are, “Look how depressing the world is. Stop watching television and start feeling guilty.” In the past two hours I have watched a commercial...
Big Ten →
“While the players come and go, the domination of the media by entertainment conglomerates exerts a consistently corrosive effect on journalism, undermining debate in this country precisely when we need it most.”
This is a great article. Way to go, Nation.
Is it Christmas? →
Charting Out NBA Archetypes →
This is MASTURBATORY for a person like me. Oh my freaking god.
The Buzzwords of 2008 →
Making the cut this year: “Sister Wife,” “Fish Pedicure,” “Lipstick on a Pig,” and “Fail,” among others. When explaining “Twi-hard,” the writer of this list found it necessary to explain that it “rhymes with ‘die-hard.’” Ooooh. Now I get it.
THEORY: The Farther Away You Are From Ludacris,... →
NORAD TRACKS SANTA 2008 →
I guess Santa is currently in Maui. And he has pretty much taken care of the United States. Southern Africa, though, is looking a bit bleak. SO CLOSE, Dude! Just a few more countries to go!
I Heart Hoff Super Fantastic Activity Book →
Absolutely as wonderful as it sounds.
Novelties: 50 Vanity Plates That Slipped By The... →
This is a fantastic collection of bordering-on-vulgar-if-they-weren’t-so-darn-clever vanity plates. Some are just clever. Some are just dumb. But entertaining nevertheless.
Who do you like better, MGMT or Glitter Penis? →
So I guess Andrew VanWyngarden’s high school band was called “Glitter Penis.” Pigeons and Planes has an MP3. It’s pretty shitty.
But actually, on the topic of shitty “creative” band names, Spin had a comprehensive flow chart of bands that have the word “Fuck” in them.
PETA's 2008 Holiday Snowball Fight Game →
This is a pretty fun game. Not as much fun as Sarah Palin ISN’T fun for deciding to sue PETA over putting her in the game. I mean, there are plenty of reasons to sue PETA, but hitting Sarah Palin with a snowball isn’t one of them. I love hitting Sarah Palin with a snowball. And you will too.
“We have been asked to point out that Stuart Kennedy, of Flat E, 38 Don Street,...”
– The Press and Journal, in this year’s annual round up ofRegret the Error ยป Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
20 Classic Hip Hop Album Covers Recreated in LEGO... →
this is fucking badass.
This Peanut Looks Like A Duck →
Should I Carry An Umbrella? →
It SNOWED in New Orleans today.
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Fifty Years of... →
StateStats →
“It tracks the popularity of Google searches per state and then correlates the results to a variety of metrics.” says kottke.
i have been playing on this for like 100 hours.
Songbird - Open Source Music Player →
I’ve been looking for a good, mac-savvy replacement for itunes for like a month now, and usually just listen to my friends’ libraries on the last.fm player. but songbird is fantastic, adaptable, well-made… you can look up related news and videos for your current artist using the mashtape feature (i love this), find concerts in your zip code based on the artists in your library,...
Food Timeline: food history & historic recipes →
unbelievably thorough timeline of all foods ever and when they were first consumed by human beings. um, what are kool-aid pickles?
