February 2010
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“Shame on The Daily Pennsylvanian for publishing an immature, ill-informed hissy...”
– My god, all the comments are still up from this piece about Penn kids and New York I wrote in college are still up! The title was something like, “New York, New York, It’s a helluva town… now shut up about it” and it was about how Penn kids wouldn’t shut up about New...
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Emergency shipment of condoms headed to Olympic... →
Do you think Olympic condoms come in the five colors of the Olympic rings?
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MC Hammer offers thoughts on Philly... →
Technically Philly has the scoop.
Wasted Words ยป Show 61 - Salisbury Steak At Lunch →
I’m a guest on the excellent Wasted Words again this week, and once again I really enjoyed myself. This week’s topic: Conspiracy theories. I talk about Jesse Ventura, mainly.
“The habit is not new to Butler, who reportedly has chewed plastic straws at a...”
– This is the best sentence in a story I have ever read.
“In Afghanistan, there is a civil war going on between the president (some guy...”
– Letters to the editor about drugs are almost always hilarious, no matter their content. This one is my current favorite. Yeah, there’s the obvious mistake (poppies make opium and heroin, obviously, not cocaine), but I think this sentence is the best part: “The U.S. military is assisting...
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WatchThe first season of the original American Gladiators (from 1989!) is on Hulu. The premiere is above.
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WatchA Stern fan got on SportsCenter today pretending to be Brian Westbrook.
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“A26-year-old Swedish man who felt his supplier had given him more than he...”
– Imagine how popular marijuana would be if it turned you into a dolphin. I dunno. Maybe less popular. For me, turning into a marine mammal would be a drawback.
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“Two of the first four video chatters randomly selected for CNN by Chatroulette...”
– At least this guy said please. More from CNN on Chatroulette.
“The Missouri Senate has passed legislation imposing new restrictions on sexually...”
– This passed 29-2. We must stand up and fight this.
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Ten rules for writing fiction →
Good advice from famous writers for any writer, not just fiction authors, from The Guardian. Roddy Doyle: “Do change your mind. Good ideas are often murdered by better ones. I was working on a novel about a band called the Partitions. Then I decided to call them the Commitments.”
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“It’s a dog! It’s already in a costume!”
– Lewis Black
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“I tell ya I meet the wrong people. That’s my trouble. Like last week I met...”
– Rodney Dangerfield on The Tonight Show.
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Our first live-air profanity of the Olympics (that...
Finally, A Way To Make Money Off Fat Baseball... →
My piece today on Walkoff Walk.
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“The city of Philadelphia has signed on the Delaware County-based convenience...”
– Wawa Welcome America! Screw you, Sunoco! (via RJ)
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“Football in China is caught amid a big match-fixing scandal in which two dozen...”
– Gabriele Marcotti on how a match-fixing scandal in Chinese soccer was handled.
