September 2009
“We also wish that New York City had Steak ‘n Shakes, Chick-fil-A’s,...”
– Let’s Complain About This NFL Network Thing Some More — The Sports Section
“How utterly shitty is the iPhone on AT&T in the New York area? The average...”
– Apple Genius Bar: iPhones’ 30% Call Drop Is “Normal” in New York - Apple - Gizmodo (via shorterexcerpts)
Yeah…about that.
Are cities meant for children? →
ohhleary:
Today at On Transport, I revisit a post I wrote a couple years ago for EVI.
Well said. I take it for granted that I’d want my kids to grow up how I did, but if I love the city, perhaps they might too. At least it should be considered.
The Age of the Essay →
givemesomethingtoread:
The most obvious difference between real essays and the things one has to write in school is that real essays are not exclusively about English literature. Certainly schools should teach students how to write. But due to a series of historical accidents the teaching of writing has gotten mixed together with the study of literature. And so all over the country students are...
“I’m being punished for making my job look easy.”
– Roger Sterling, Mad Men
“Shouldn’t we hold out for the person that doesn’t just tolerate our...”
– Ted on HIMYM
Really love how simple Ira Glass makes the... →
Latest ‘This American Life’ podcast #390 is really worthwhile/scary. Hear it.
In Which Tad Friend endears himself to me in 4...
Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? Stuart Little. He is plucky and romantic and he transcends his mousehood by ignoring it.
What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York? Café Boulud, when Andrew Carmellini was cooking there, on my third date with Amanda [Hesser, the Times food writer and Food52 proprietress], who would become my wife. I...
Somedays it's nice to know that I have written...
On the front page, albeit below the fold, of the Real Estate section of Saturday’s paper, there’s this ‘gem’ - Young and Suburban, and Falling for Heroin - NYTimes.com
I’m inclined to believe the RE editor found this in the trashcan of a community college screenplay writing workshop, based on that headline alone, much less the first paragraph that followed:
THE...
“HarperCollins Publishers announced Monday that 24-year-old Islip, NY resident...”
– Man’s Facebook Status Given Book Deal | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source (via kmaverick) (via meaghano)
“Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It...”
– Info: Banned Books Week (via shorterexcerpts) (via taramarie) (via kaytee) (via ardenashley)
“As usual, Hornby’s dialogue between exasperated women and clueless men...”
– Book Review: ‘Juliet, Naked’ by Nick Hornby - washingtonpost.com
“One of the leaders [at the G-20 Summit], I won’t mention who it was, he comes up...”
– President Barack Obama (via) (via sarahspy)
moderation:
Marching Bands Of Manhattan, by...
“Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We’ll smell smoke then, and feel...”
– Thomas Wolfe (via amplequotes)
“I suppose I was always creative. I did start twenty novels, and then went,...”
– Ricky Gervais [Guardian UK]
The best written post I've read today. →
natashavc:
I.
Jail is a sad place. My blue party dress is hoisted up by long black strings that criss-cross over my back. The dress is deemed ‘unsafe’ by the LAPD department and is confiscated. I was put into blue medical scrubs and escorted into the first room with two prostitutes who had been picked up in a sting raid on Sepulevda Blvd by the vice squad.
…
If I were you,...
“Your football team won its first game since 2007 and did you see it? NO! YOU...”
– — SportsPickle.com on Detroit (via meltinyourmouth) (via complicatedshoes)
The true irony behind this weekend’s upset.
“The problem is that all my coats develop holes in the pockets and I just never...”
– HBO: Bored To Death: Creator’s Blog
Jonathan Ames, on ep.2
Reblog with your "elevator pitch" for Tumblr
jesslustbader:
How do you describe Tumblr to someone who has never heard of it? Please reblog and let me know, cause I really suck at it.
I always have a hard time explaining Tumblr to someone who has never heard of it (and was trying to do so just last Saturday night), but other than explaining the simplicity, customability, multi-format posting, reblogging/liking, following/dashboard community...
Top Posts of Infinite Summer « Infinite Tasks,... →
A great best of link list.
“We had moved from Washington, and I was trying to learn to write radio stories....”
– Ira Glass, on moving to New York (via Young Manhattanite) (via 92Y) (via NY Mag) (via 6h057) (via aberjona)
