a travelogue
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07/20/08
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Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers
Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers — it sounds like something McSweeney’s would print, but no, it’s The New Yorker. And unlike most New Yorker pieces this one is actually hilarious. Two personal favorites: 7. Have you ever noticed how sun-dried tomatoes and …continue reading »
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05/09/08
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Tom Waits Press Conference
Tom Waits announces his new tour Glitter and Doom. “How is your mother?” Apparently there’s going to be a show in Atlanta, going to have to try to get tickets to that.continue reading »
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04/23/08
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Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself
Me know. Me have problem. Me love cookies. Me tend to get out of control when me see cookies. Me know it not natural to react so strongly to cookies, but me have weakness. Me know me do wrong. Me …continue reading »
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03/28/08
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Six-Word Travel Memoirs
Condense your entire thoughts on a life of travel into six words… a writer’s nightmare, an editor’s dream. My personal favorite: All my stuff is in storage.continue reading »
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12/18/07
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Hieronymus Bosch Action Figures
Must have.. now… must have… now… I had to create a whole new “awesomeness” tag just to classify this find. If you’ve been wondering what to get me for my birthday/christmas now you know. Actually last time I tried the …continue reading »
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12/06/07
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Coast To A Writing Career
Hilarious bit from my former Wired editor Paul Boutin. Sarcastic and tongue in cheek as this may be, there’s an element of truth in it and somewhat mirrors my own career. Hey Paul, wanna give me the hookup at the …continue reading »
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10/01/07
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God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule
Best Onion headline and article in a while: Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each …continue reading »
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09/20/07
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Dogs That Know: Participate
Is your dog pyschic? Aren’t they all? Seriously though, the folks over at open source science are having a contest (highly unscientific in it’s methods I might add) to see if anyone can “prove” their dog knows when they are …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th cigarette | the Daily Mail
A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette: Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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Leck Mich im Arsch
History is almost always far more ribald and entertaining than we give it credit for, and this is one example I personally didn’t know about. Now, yes, I am bookmarking Wikipedia, but in this case I’ve found outside sources as …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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Anthony Bourdain’s Overrated Menu
The cranky celebrity chef chops up dining’s hottest trends: “Be sure to sample our selection of flavored salts, and please await the water sommelier: A chef who offers anything other than sea salt probably refers to himself in the third …continue reading »
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09/08/07
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Bill Murray Drives Golf Cart Through Stockholm, Refuses To Take Breath Test
If almost anyone else did this I would probably think they were a crass America, but for some reason Bill Murray doing it just seems hilarious. Bill Murray could face a drunken driving charge after cruising through downtown Stockholm in …continue reading »
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08/04/07
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Photo Gallery Of The Summer Redneck Games
What features the mud pit belly flop contest and a butt crack contest held while participants bob for pickled pigs feet? The Redneck Summer Games of course. Held every summer not far from where I live. I didn’t make it …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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David Foster Wallace Parodies Contest
The Howling Fantods, a David Foster Wallace fansite recently held a DFW parody contest with some truly great entries. You can check out the finalists by following the above link, but here’s an exceprt from the winner, entitled “RE: The …continue reading »
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07/31/07
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Peanuts by Charles Bukowski
Dead-on and Hilarious.continue reading »