February 2009
140 posts
Sorry 4 the tpyos
Just re-reading my blog and have noticed that for the past few weeks I have been missing words, or making otherwise egregious errors that could have been caught with a quick proofread or spellcheck. I hope y’all have caught my drift anyways. I wasn’t joking when I said I was on an ADD meds break. Back on now, here’s looking forward to cleaner copy, no appetite, and a two litre of...
[Audio recording: Hear the difference] →
Less to do with that and more to do with compression. Digital recording doesn’t capture middle frequencies as well. But you know that.
cameronr:
A MUSIC lover but no audio zealot, your correspondent has often wondered whether analogue recordings really are “warmer” than digital ones. In other words, do audio amplifiers and microphones with old-fashioned thermionic valves (“vacuum tubes”...
January 2009
343 posts
As long as we're talking about the New Yorker(and...
Who do we think is going to replace Updike as fiction reviewer?
My money is on Johnny Safran Foer or another author who is “Web 2.0”. He is young, which they seem to like (their fiction and poetry editors were hired at like, 12), but still rarified enough to impress the olds. Also a bona fide New Yorker. Also, your mom loved Everything is Illuminated. She thought it was touching, but...
Things my dog taught me about existentialism
When Gideon and I were in Vancouver , he had another dog to play with. Now that we’re back up in the sticks, he seemed kinda bummed out, until he discovered a mirror, and started playing with his own reflection. Instantly, he had a purpose, an occupation, and forgot that he was lonely.
This basically explains all existential literature; what I’m saying is, I think it was written by...
"Lalalalala - I can't hear you" →
I hate to blog about anything on Gawker, but when they start talking about the New Yorker folding, even if they are fear mongering, it makes me panic. Reading the New Yorker on a Sunday avec a hangover, 200gms of salami, two large san pellegrinos and a mountain of overpriced cheese and crackers is the bedrock of my life. My week is not complete without some impeccably written sports piece by Ben...
Follow up
Well handled, ma’am. The people I respect most are usually the ones with the best manners.
karion:
Vancouver friends, anyone know of legit jerk...
There’s the place at Kingsway & Fraser, and another on 10th (or 11th?) right behind Hellsgate mall.
okayfine:
Does the Reef count?
rapvsweden: I mean real jerk chicken, on the cheap, anywhere?
Ha!
Lost two followers.
NB: I would not actually eat the fucking baby fox or the flipping cuddly dears. (this, on the other hand…..)
NB2: I was a vegetarian for 20 years, from when I was 8 to 28. I thought vegetarian jokes were funny then, and I think they’re even funnier now.
Watchrapvsweden:
Magician (almost) dies performing magic trick at basketball game.
I didn’t read the “ian” or “almost” and thought “YIKES!” Am off my ADD meds. Missin’ words all over the place.
ZOMG!
thehandshake:
elainecorden:
On 29/01/09 5:52 PM, [redacted] wrote: Hi [redacted ] We’re inviting a small group of journalists to join Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood in a joint interview in anticipation of their upcoming 44-city Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits “Unleashed” North American Tour beginning this March. It will be the only opportunity on this tour to interview them...
ZOMG!
cameronr:
elainecorden:
On 29/01/09 5:52 PM, [redacted] wrote: Hi [redacted ] We’re inviting a small group of journalists to join Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood in a joint interview in anticipation of their upcoming 44-city Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits “Unleashed” North American Tour beginning this March. It will be the only opportunity on this tour to interview them...
Sometimes, I love the Brits (usually, I'm just... →
Victims' family's settle out of court, BCians may... →
Families. In fairness, am still in my jammies. The grammar bros & I have made peace, I think, even after I got to use letmegooglethatforyou.com.
blownspeakers:
Those grammar bros are going to be all over you for this one.
elainecorden:
What the hell? It’s government-subsidized mass transport. No public inquest = boolsheet!
Victims' family's settle out of court, BCians may... →
What the hell? It’s government-subsidized mass transport. No public inquest = boolsheet!
plus-one, n.
Those people only get to be plusones once. I don’t feel like this word should be hyphenated, but hey, I’m just the joker with the extra ticket. WHEN DO I GET TO BE A PLUS ONE??
Your typical repeat plus one buys you an $8 beer at GM Place. And buys an awesome t-shirt that says “T-Payne” and brings a flask of whiskey.
vortexvoid:
generally a cheap, name-dropping clown as...
Coachella 2009 platinum sponsor announced →
David Foster Wallace Dictionary →
“interesting”
jakemadison:
everybodycares: wordjournal:(via aatw)
“Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.”
– I promise I will never post an inspirational quote again. Also, I’m gonna stop clogging your dashboard for a while.
And here is an article in the New Yorker about... →
Alternate, less offensive caption
LOLFJ says “Bein’ wite: yer doin’ it rong.”
The 100 most beautiful words in the English... →
jakemadison:
These words are too purple. They’re mostly embarrassing.
elainecorden:amilniazi:
This list is absurd. More like 100 most annoyingest words. More like My HURLS!
Cockle is a stupid word. So is effervescent, fugacious (who likes THAT word??), evanescent (NOPE), jejune (hardly), hymeneal (are you kidding with this?), petrichor (now you are just being crazy.)
...
Isn't the world already choking on gas fumes?
Are Fleet Foxes dead? Is this a call for my abortive cartoon “Ghost Jam Band*???!!??
*Seriously, someone with art skilz needs to draw that shit.
The 100 most beautiful words in the English... →
amilniazi:
This list is absurd. More like 100 most annoyingest words. More like My HURLS!
Cockle is a stupid word. So is effervescent, fugacious (who likes THAT word??), evanescent (NOPE), jejune (hardly), hymeneal (are you kidding with this?), petrichor (now you are just being crazy.)
(elainecorden:jillsies:tinycastles)
“More like My HURLS!” = WIN.
“Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world...”
– FF singer, Robin Pecknold, whose band is currently signed to Sub Pop Records, which is almost wholly distributed (95%) and part-owned (49%) by Warner Bros. Records. Way to keep it real and fight the power. (via blownspeakers) (via cameronr)
In fairness, this dude was born in 1986, which means he...
No Knead Bread →
blownspeakers:
neilhillbrandt:
blownspeakers:
This involves a lot of doing nothing and about 15-minutes of actual work to make really good bread, which is good, because I’m lazy and the bakeries by my house are balls.
neilhillbrandt: Except you have to let it sit for 12-18 hours. I’d rather do the work and make bread in about 90 minutes so I can eat it with the dinner I am cooking.
This is...
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amilniazi:
Yeah this was kind of funny.
But guess what? FUCK THIS MOVIE.
[10 ‘chick-flick’ cliches you won’t find in He’s Just Not That Into You]
This film/source book is the Mein Kampf of feminism.