Daily Archives: January 23, 2009
These Are the Fast Times
Posted on January 23, 2009 39 Comments
I’ve spent the last month or so pretty much obsessively listening to Fast Times at Barrington High by The Academy Is… and I’ve come to the conclusion it’s my favorite album of the last year or so. Not because it’s the best album I’ve heard in the last year — although it’s pretty damn fine […]
Oh, Great
Posted on January 23, 2009 75 Comments
We ran out of cat food last night, so this morning, for the first time ever, my wife fed the cats tuna, which as we all know is the feline equivalent of crack cocaine. So now that cats are tearing around the house hopped up on fish oils, fighting with each other (see above) and […]
My Inner Fifth Grader Says This is the Best NYT Article Ever
Posted on January 23, 2009 79 Comments
An article on easily misinterpreted place names in the UK: In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone ranks pretty high. But Britain is full of them. Some are mostly amusing, like Ugley, Essex; East Breast, in western Scotland; North Piddle, in Worcestershire; and Spanker Lane, in Derbyshire. Others evoke images that may conflict with […]
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