2008

May

Rats, Ship

Someone agrees with HRC on the softness of a delegate’s pledge.

This should clear everything up.

When Obama Wins...

…we will all shower in beer and soap will be replaced by bacon.

SNL channels HRC: “I’m a sore loser…My supporters are racist…I have no...

McCain's Wright

Gallup says it’s Bush.

While we’re on the topic. Artist-inspired...

I’ve been trying to place the provenance of Banana...

Municipal Archive

World, Kio. Kio, world.

Fuck Mothers. It's Friends' Juvenilia...

Tomi, c.1988, rocking. And Matt and Jen star in Didactic Encounter, date unknown. Could they be any...

This guy wasn’t at the Dumbo park today. But a lot of...

Good morning! (Also via Andrew Sullivan, the other end of the spectrum.)

This Week's Guru: Al Giordano

He’s been the voice of reason through the whole mess. And now that it’s over—and...

Oh my. The Earthwing “Mystery Model” revealed....

A walk through the Capitol, a celebration of American poise. [Via AG]

Pandas and Appendages

Two great tastes. MoSex hunts for a wildlife pornographer. Ability to sculpt “anatomically...

"I Will Fuck You All in Half!"

In poor taste, as AS notes—Hillary’s racist campaign is 100% sub-Nazi—but...

As Slow as the Slowest Thinkers

Pundits declare the race over.

Gladwell? Petraeus? Friedman?...

Clearly we need to stuff the ballot box for Samantha Power. (I’m going to pretend I...

Denver Gets Ready

“‘It is important because if you’re driving down the highway and you saw a crash...

From Little George's Lips to the Supers'...

From Good Morning America (as in “wake up and stop this fucking nonsense”): “More...

Can’t believe I missed this when I was plugging last week and tooling for graft. In an ideal...

In the Footsteps of Crapper & Titsling

Unbeige 3.0 is going to write a book about walking in New York. It’s funny because her last...

Slipping at Obama HQ? I like the sea of people they’ve...

The grail: part one of an old Immanuel Velikovsky doc. Plus unverified Catherine Wilson cameo at...

Just When I Thought I Could Get Through...

…without puking. The definitive wingnut embrace of Hillary Clinton.

Live Blogging! Instant Fake "Power...

Beevil is an alien, not an Evil Master. This time I choose Mighty Morphin’. Triceratops Blue...

That’s the beginning of a pretty big circle.

Words Matter: Uptight Edition

Van Brunt Street, 9:00 last night Large black Muslim woman approaches, talking to three little...

This Week's Guru: Kevin Barnes

As promised. This is the feel-good closer to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? And...

It is pointless to resist.

News flash for architecture geeks and urban design wonks:...

Perils of Facebook V

Watch and note. There are 500+ Andrew Sullivan’s on Facebook. The group, “Andrew...

For Annie, with love.

Apr

Ass Over Tea Kettle

I think I picked this up from my father. I’ve been writing it a lot.

I do. And I was supposed to present tonight. But I’ve...

Words Matter: Catastrophism Edition

This guy’s heart is in the right place. But statements like this don’t help: “I...

Live Blogging! One Minute of "Power...

Ninja Storm always delivers: I got tired of the same old rags so I busted out the phat gear. May I...

Dig If U Will the Picture

McBickle just cracked my shit up.

Flew to Milwaukee and back. Hadn’t been there in 19...

Feel free to watch this over and over. It’s easier that way. Here’s dessert.

Just woke up from a nap. Naps are evil. This is my brain on...

So One Dumb Girl Jumps from a Bridge...

…and now they’re gonna ban shrooms in Amsterdam? Sullivan is pissed. And the timing is...

This may will be the last of these for a while.

It went like this. My friend Kate just started an irresistible Facebook group called Not for...

This Week's Guru: Bowie

The obsession continues. Stopped in to see my favorite Smith Street shop girl this afternoon....

I think we may have a winner.

I don’t agree with any of this. Texting is to love as birds are to flight.

Identification with the Aggressor

Remember, O my flock, when I was musing that there must be a psychoanalytical term-of-art to...

Help Us, Hoosiers. You're Our Only Hope

Have you ever driven through Indiana? As soon as you cross the line, it’s all country music...

A worse fate than dying the day before the Aliens land? Being credulous.

The Rapture

Be grateful for what we’ve been spared.

For the Record: @ Gawker Edition

I am so much better looking than Jonathan Safran Foer.

The viral cosmos. We’re out in the Oort Cloud waving...

It is so clearly time to move to Queens. Or just stop...

8.6%, Kids, 8.6%

If I hear/read another daftsinine reporter/pundit call this a ten point win I’m going to freak...

Endorser's Regret

Might have to start reading The Times again. At least the editorials.

The Hillary Flu

I’m sick. Sick! Sick for the first time in years. I blame Hillary, naturally, but the cure can...

Is Nicole Lapin’s minor hotness enough to make up for...

MemeAlert™: Strange Stinks Edition

On 30 Rock last week—who knows anymore when things actually “air”?—Jack...

Words Matter: Condiment Edition

Feel the poverty of consensus: “Soon there were Ketchup, Catsup, Catchup, Katsup, Catsip,...

Something else to Obuoy you before the idiocy returns in...

Just When I Thought I Could Get Through...

…without a reminder that HRC is a disgusting GOP plant: red phone II.

You’ve seen it before. But never grafted into the...

End Times Novelty

War. Pestilence. Economic collapse. Sure. But no rice? “The curbs and shortages are being...

Ochs. Sulzberger. Ochs-Sulzberger....

It makes perfect sense.

Lite perspective before we slide into PA panic. Also Bob Schieffer rules.

Live Blogging! Nine Minutes of Star...

From Episode VI: “I must be allowed to speak.” The Hutt laughs. “In his belly...

So Velikovsky

“When Israel went forth from Egypt, Jacob’s household from a people of alien tongue, Judah...

C'mon, Woman: It's Over

When even Ambinder is feeling the magic, it’s time to pack it in.

This guy wasn’t at the Friday Night Rip. But...

In case you missed it: the campaign summarized in three minutes. [Via AS]

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Howard Dean remembers he’s in charge. Thanks ABC!

The Daughter of the Sun

What’s that at the 1:20 mark? He does a little cheek scratch. With his middle finger. As he...

It's the Analrapy, Stupid

Older guys expect certain things. What a fun, sexy time for her.

Silly robots, always getting lost.

That time of day.

So Much More There Than AS

Once again, one of Andrew Sullivan’s flock breaks it down. Hard. “This is about choosing...

The Truth Outs: OB/GYN Edition

I’ve been saying this for years. Though not in quite these terms: “We must keep in mind...

Query: Man Crush or Metamorphosis?

After like ten years of pretty much not giving a fuck what architects think about what I write about...

Hillary, then and now. Or the ravages of mendacity.

In which I ruminate on longboards, speed and the power of...

Ghosts in the algorithm: the ads Google picked for my new...

This Week's Guru: Kaspar Spurgeon...

Broadway Bomb winner eats it at the bottom of my favorite hill.

Bumpy and Bitter

Read this right now, because Al knows all, then watch this (after scrolling down a tad), because...

Open Letter: Self-Destruction, Creation...

This just in (and duly noted) from McBickle: “i like jung’s idea of it: ‘The...

Just When I Thought I Could Get Through...

…without wishing I had a panel of scientists to advise me on my every move. Also: a fearsome...

BREAKING: Random KY Republican a Racist...

Paradigm shifters

In honor of Denton getting Politico to post the hallowed term ass-fucking.

A big red button that does something. [Via Kottke]

You think, man, there’s no way it can go anywhere. There’s always a way.

Pander Cocktail, Straight Up

Heading out to the bar to meet one very special girl. But will she drink tequila like a normal...

Crab roll, anyone?

“Is there some principal of nature which states that we...

Too hard. Too loud. But very fast.

Hope

Please god let it be true.

She’s stuck. Stuck in his mind. She’s a…mindsticker. Dulcet version here.

Just When I Thought I Could Get Through...

…without regretting my equanimity: the dumbest faux flap yet.

Where in the world?

Andrew Sullivan discovers archiblather.

Perils of Facebook IV

You’ve got to give them credit—when they fuck up, they fix it quick. Who among us can...

Signs and Portents

It’s not so bad having Hillary linger since she’s stopped the attacks and is serving as...