I would say that I must be the last guy on Earth to know that the Prop 8 judge is gay - but I feel like the last person is actually the lawyer for the defendant.
February 8, 3:45 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: news gay marriage
David Paterson never intended to be governor. But now he is.
So it's time to make a statement about the Times article and quash the rumors. If there's something bad, own it and inoculate against it. If there isn't, say what the article is about.
It's what a Governor would do. Letting speculation run rampant is deadly.
February 8, 3:40 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: politics
Mancrunch made it to the Super Bowl after all. Via Boing Boing.
February 8, 2:40 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: sports amusing
Guaranteed, this article will someday be cited in a story that uses some variant of the phrase: "Ironically, Espada himself proposed the legislation now leading to his ouster."
February 8, 12:25 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: politics
How is anyone with even a rudimentary design aesthetic supposed to take Microsoft seriously when their PowerPoint templates are so
ing awful?
February 8, 10:09 am. Where this was posted. Tagged: tech design
Sarah Palin needs help, but doesn't know it. So says Nate Silver.
February 8, 9:25 am. Where this was posted. Tagged: tiny dancer
Drawing the connection between American drug use and Haiti's problems isn't difficult. Likewise, Mexico's and Central America's. But it's easier to ignore it.
To me, this is the single best argument against illegal drug use: Americans gut nations and kill thousands for fleeting highs. Staggering in its selfishness.
February 7, 11:45 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: news
I think if I had to identify the key moment when the Colts lost, it was when Manning threw that interception. #simmslevelinsights
February 7, 10:10 pm. Via Twitter.
Is it just me, or did it look like one of the Saints was talking
to Manning as Porter was running that INT back? Looks like Manning may have gestured in response.
February 7, 9:38 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: sports
This is why companies buy Super Bowl ads. Twitter topic cloud:

February 7, 9:01 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tech tv
In about fifteen seconds, Peyton Manning is going to ask to be put in as a defensive back.
February 7, 8:27 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: sports
If you're thinking, "Gosh, that lady shown briefly during the Cars.com ad looks familiar" - she ought. She was in Grass Roots.
Cars.com (she's the mother):
Grass Roots:
February 7, 7:23 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tv
I know I'm not supposed to, but I think I'm rooting for the Colts.
I get the whole "resuscitation of New Orleans" thing. But I find it annoying when a sports team is supposed to somehow encapsulate an entire city. Like, I'm not a god
Yankee; there are plenty of people who aren't Saints (so to speak).
One of the coolest sports moments I can remember is when the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in seven games in 2001. The Yanks were supposed to win to show the resilience of America, but they lost because they were a worse team. Which is what is supposed to happen in America.
And, I like Peyton Manning. So there. Go Colts.
February 7, 6:56 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: sports
We're watching our own Super Bowl, 16 and Pregnant on MTV. The following exchanged scored a touchdown.
Heavy-set guy goes into a candle store, and asks for assistance. Clerk asks the occasion; he responds that he and his fiancé just broke up.
Oh, you want that candle. Right here! Lavender!
February 7, 6:31 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tv idiots
Whoever invented the Puppy Bowl deserves a big raise from Animal Planet. It's puppies running around in front of ads for a few hours. Pure, adorable commercialism.
February 7, 5:16 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tv animals
SNL reprises a great sketch: Fred Armisen makes up a song, Kristen Wiig tries to sing along.
February 7, 1:29 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: high quality amusing tv
A nice parsing of the full, unedited Stewart / O'Reilly conversation.
Best line:
Stewart on Fox News' "hyperventilating" about Khalid Sheikh Muhammad being tried in the U.S.: "He's not Magneto—Khalid Sheikh Muhammad isn't going to sprout wings and fly out and start shooting buildings with lasers."
February 7, 12:17 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tv media
The video is below, but Gawker identifies what Palin had written on her hand: "Energy," "Budget Tax cuts" "Lift American spirits."
I don't know what to say. But that is a lot to remember.
February 7, 9:52 am. Where this was posted. Tagged: tiny dancer politics
Though I will say: my spirits are lifted.
Comment from pbump. February 7, 9:57 am.
For those curious, the Super Bowl is between "Reggie's team, which is the New Orleans something, and some team from Pennsylvania. Steelers?" At least according to China.
February 7, 9:36 am. Where this was posted. Tagged: sports china
Palin's Tea Party speech. It's like preaching to the choir, except the preacher is only saying it so the choir will like her.
February 6, 11:24 pm. Where this was posted. Tagged: tiny dancer politics
Here's the video of Palin reading talking points off her hand. Oy.
Comment from pbump. February 7, 9:40 am.


