July 2009
154 posts
“Girl Hiding Her Face From Me On F Train - m4w - 55 (Brooklyn)
You are an...”
– Best Missed Encounter
WORST STORY EVER: Puking Dog Gets Woman Arrested... →
WatchIced Coffee is for Closers! A Manhattan Special (the best drink of all time) exploded in the GBM fridge so i watched it make a little volcano. Ryan is playing music. Enjoy!
This Is, Without A Doubt, The GREATEST PRESS...
alexblagg:
FROM: CharmaineBlakePR@aol.com
TO: CharmaineBlakePR@aol.com
SUBJECT: Media Alert: John Ratzenberger on a DATE with Charmaine Blake NOW
Charmaine blake, the most famous publicist. is dating John Ratzenberger from the hit show “Cheers!”
John Ratzenberger and Charmaine Blake are on a date RIGHT NOW (5:21 PM 6/30) at Wolfgang Puck’s Cut in Beverly Hills. John and Charmaine have...
I :-( NYC
Guy 1: Hey, Al Franken in senator!
Guy 2: Get out of town! Of New York?
“i am so far divorced from reality that the phrase “biological clock”...”
– @cedotal. Brills!
June 2009
147 posts
THOUGHT SO!
Josh: you don't even want to know what you'd have to do to get a medallion on your avatar
Drew: oh god
yes i do
does it involve drinking David Karp's blood?
cuz im down
i've done worse
Josh: that's like step one
have you seen eyes wide shut
Drew: yes
um
"arpegio"
?
am i in?
Josh:
ll
lol
Drew: who do i have to fuck in a weird mask to get a medallion around here?!?!
Josh: hahaha
everyone on staff, pretty much
31. Become an Expert at Sandwiches
fek:
youngmanhattanite:
Journalism Grads: 30 Things You Should Do This Summer
30. Remind yourself why you want to be a journalist [Ed. then kick yourself]
32. Learn how not to contact people for quote. It really only gets in the way.
I too went to the Rex Sorgatz school of foot-long fameballing!
“The professional storytellers in the kid’s section of Barnes and Noble...”
– lenadeee
Yesss….yesss….look into the future with this crystal ball Lenaaaaaaaa…..
TREND ALERT: WAYAM!
WAYAM, or “Why Aren’t You Arrested More?” originates from this Golden Girls segment and remains my favorite Bea Arthur-ism (starts around the 3:00 mark). It was brought to my attention by the brilliant Gabe Liedman. I’m still trying to find a real world application for it, but that should take what? Five minutes? Tops?
Watchnickdouglas:
danirrational:
My parents dog Jack has a lot of weird fears and quirks. My brother discovered that if a laundry basket or some large object is up against the wall in front of the hallway door leading into the kitchen, Jack won’t go around it to get past. He’ll only go once you move the object from the wall. Weirdo.
Max from GBM has the same problem. If there is something...
“ANYWAY: The issue that we’re all sort of skirting around here is: Fine,...”
– My ASSME article: The Gladwell/Anderson Smackdown: A Counterpoint
He's Not Wrong
Me: My sister says you're creepy.
Smash: Creepy? No way, if anything I'm a douchebag. The most alt frat douchebag.
WatchKarelisa and I sing-fight a song.
Take it from the greatest: Chip Kidd's favorite... →
(via helldump)
Still, every cover that Kidd has done for his own books are the best. Bat Manga, The Learners, The Cheese Monkeys.
“Being an SEO expert is like being a sandwich expert.”
– Ryan Brown in a comment on my blog. (via fimoculous) (via youngmanhattanite)
A sandwich expert is more useful, I’d say. At least those guys can get a job at Subway.
Grrrr....
Fuckyeahdogs is already better at my job than I am.
4chan's movie game
nickdouglas:
1. I describe a movie poorly and sloppily.
2. You reblog with the title of the film.
3. You describe a movie poorly and sloppily.
And so on.
Mine:
A guy tries to write a movie. He can’t. But then he can.
Easy: Adaptation.
That’s like “a guy tries to leave Las Vegas, but then can’t, but then does.”
edit: Which, btw, is not the plot to Leaving Las...
“(Britney) Spears, who is currently in the process of successfully resuscitating...”
– Britney Spears’ Holocaust time-travel movie sure to be a big hit.
“It was inevitable that rumors should spring up about Clara Schuler. It was said...”
– Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter
MENSTRUAL BLOOD ARGH :-( →
“I tell him about readings, receptions, that Sam slept with an editor of the...”
– The Informers
“If “The Hurt Locker” is not the best action movie of the summer, I’ll blow up my...”
– - A.O. Scott (via ed209)
A.O. Scott is the best. Still hysterical to me is his description of The Love Guru as “anti-funny.”
"It's Cute"
ryanbrown:
Take it away, Nikki Finke and Sharon Waxman!
What is your traffic? I’m obsessed by the news. Not by my traffic. People keep telling me it’s extraordinary. I know that since the inception of the site there have been 65 million page views this week. Give or take. That’s what I can tell you. That’s what the source meter says on my site. I don’t know. It’s called Sitemeter.
You told...