James wasn’t always the alpha male he would become. After an early growth spurt in elementary school, the rest of the school caught up to him, and by the eighth grade he was shorter than most of his classmates — including Little Petey, who was now going by the name Angry Pete aka Gorilla Man [...]
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The Surowieckipedia – Rough times
10 Dec 2011Delving deeper
10 Aug 2009Yesterday I discussed the preponderance of New Yorker articles entitled “String Theory,” and how none of them actually concern string theory, the titles being, instead, rather tired puns — usually based on the string instruments. Well, it’s not all about the fine arts over at 4 Times Square. In case any of my fine readers’ [...]
Explorations in the New Yorker online archive
09 Aug 2009Have you ever read the abstracts of humor pieces from the New Yorker archive? Of course you haven’t done, you uncultured sot. Well, let me just point you in the right direction. Read this and tell me what you think. Pretty funny, no? I thought so, too. I’m glad we agree on the matter. I [...]
Das Cartoon Lounge ist Racist
08 Aug 2009There are two things you should be doing. One is reading The Cartoon Lounge section of the New Yorker Web site. The other is listening to “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” by Das Racist. Wait there’s a third: clicking at least one of the hyperlinks in the preceding two sentences. Seriously, I put them [...]
Qualms
07 Jul 2009Anyone else think that the graphic on the New Yorker Web site makes Michael Jackson look like a long-haired Voldemort? Anyone else think that that thought doesn’t merit a Web log post? Anyone else think that it’s just the nose and the pale complexion that are similar? Anyone else think that it’s probably illegal to [...]
James Surowiecki wonders how many banks will become insolvent.
07 May 2009I’m thinking four… Okay, maybe not four. Maybe just three. Actually… Hmm. All of a sudden, I’m really not sure. Let’s start at the beginning. All right, Bank of America, definitely, right? They’re just a bunch of wild men over there. Okay, so that’s one. Citigroup — that bank’s gone way down in hole. Can’t [...]
George Packer quotes Irving Kristol on populism.
15 Apr 2009“Populism? Gay.” -Irving Kristol (Actual post here)
Hilton Als just can’t stop watching Helen Mirren in “Prime Suspect”
07 Mar 2009I’m writing this on my iPhone. I’ve been in this room for 36 hours and I don’t see an exit. I don’t know how I got here or where I am, and I don’t know who put me in here. This room, it’s so white. So clean. I can’t breathe, it’s so white in here. [...]
