February 2012
12 posts
WatchAnd now, an actual PSA (but don’t sleep on that last post, because I really mean it: don’t EVER chair a school auction).
This is a rough cut of a spot that will begin running in a couple of days. We’re going to do four this year, and each one will focus on one of our community partners (each of those, like the Children’s Book Bank, is in the early literacy space).
Our...
PSA
Don’t ever chair a school auction.
Been offline all day, but FYI...
…when you call into a giant meeting for which I am responsible, and you don’t mute your phone, and my absolutely brand-new ceo has to hear your dog barking, I want to murder you hard.
Only three Kettleman's bagels will be saved? Say... →
thethirdshift:
Given my need to avoid certain starches, it’s nice to know that Einstein Bros. is ensuring that I’ll never eat a bagel from them again by eliminating most of Kettleman’s recipes.
If your bagel ain’t boiled, it’s a roll with a hole in it.
Went there today with the fam, pre- parent/teacher conferences. I savored every bite, knowing it was likely the last time for me. It’s...
Why David Letterman Is Hilarious: A Video... →
This is gold.
This Happened Yesterday: Part Three
Stacey and the girls were at Hoda’s, again for the auction. The Khouris are a school family, they feed All Saints kids four times a week at school, and we asked them to cater the auction last year. They are doing so again this year, and Stacey was talking with Hoda about this year’s menu.
Hoda and Hany are multilingual, and each speaks Spanish and Lebanese. The girls were talking to...
This Happened Yesterday: Part Two
I was talked out of responding to a particular email thusly:
Dear <redacted>
GFY.
Best,
Stacey’s husband
As overwhelming as chairing our school auction was last year, it’s so much more thankless this year. I’ll shut up at this point, but “AUCTION” is going to be one of the best chapters of my memoirs. And, God bless Stacey and our friends, Kelly and...
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This Happened Yesterday: Part One
Our dear friend, Alice, texted Stacey and me to tell us that she and Lew are having a second baby. HUGE news! But when the text came through, I only saw <ICE Stacey Roy> and <Great news—I’m 12 weeks pregnant!> Did I mention that Stacey happened to be at the doctor at the time, and that she had texted a bit earlier that she was having blood drawn?
After coming to, I thought...
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January 2012
43 posts
Jack White Announces Solo Album | News | Pitchfork →
YAIS.
“She finally walked in. Actually, I should say she floated in on clouds in her...”
– Top Chef: What It’s Like to Be a Diner at the Taping | Serious Eats
Fashion advice from a guy currently working in a...
Dear Ladies,
It is in no way your fault, but those rompers? They’re not working.
Yours,
GCWiaBIDS
Kyle Williams Receives A Thoughtful Letter From A... →
Love this.
WRT wedding dresses and parenting
Our guy Nick just laid down a whole lotta parenting truth in just three little bullets. Nicely done.
"Like a meatball?" →
I can’t find an embeddable copy, so click to view the judge’s table ownage.
We’ve watched Top Chef religiously since season two, and this is the biggest COLICCHIO BURN that ever was. He’s been a total grump most of this season, so he definitely had it coming. Stacey watched this clip about 400 times last night.
That Grayson is a spicy one.
Distillation
There have been millions of words spilled over the Tim Thomas “scandal”, but very few if any have called Thomas out for being plain rude, which I think is just about the most important aspect of what is a relatively unimportant story.
Switching to today, I spent 10 minutes on twitter just now and I was subjected to several ugly comments in reaction to the news that Kelly Clarkson is...
The Third Shift: in Oscar nomination notes... →
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thethirdshift:
I don’t ever think I’ve seen a movie as savaged as Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close critically earn Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor.
Also, I don’t care that Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer could win Oscars in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories — The Help
Stephen Daldry (Director of “Extremely loud…”) is an...
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matt-t:
SLEIGH BELLS - COMEBACK KID
ALEXIS ‘CRUSHES IT’
So like, Alexis Krauss was in an obscure pop band before her ascension to Sleigh Bells. That’s something. Is that interesting or not at all? #TheLDRWord
Depends on what you consider obscure, I suppose. Derek was in Poison the Well, so that’s something.
Also, sweet video.
Monday Night at the Roy Home: A...
Technological change: The last Kodak moment? | The... →
Nicely done, quick hit on Kodak, which is wheezing on its death bed.
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Why The 'Check Engine' Light Must Be Banned →
Hear, hear.
please accept my late pass on this whole lana del... →
I know about 1/17 as much about LDR as most of the people I’m connected to on tumblr and twitter, but Maura’s take is a better sourced and more detailed (and, naturally, much better articulated) summary of how I feel about the matter.
The only thing I would add is a suggestion that everyone take a deep breath.
Watchtheavc:
St. Vincent pulled an Elvis Costello last night on Conan.
She really is the best.
Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms for “Drunk”
mentalflossr:
Today we’re celebrating Ben Franklin’s 306th birthday. If you’re celebrating at home, perhaps one of these phrases from The Drinkers Dictionary will come in handy. The lengthy list of expressions meaning “inebriated” was first published by Franklin in the Pennsylvania Gazette on January 6, 1737.
This is a good list, but is missing (among others): overserved, sauce piquante...
Confession time
I really, really hate Morrissey/The Smiths. Like, it’s about the only music in the world that makes me scream in horror and disgust the very first second it hits my ears. I’m sorry, everyone.
Moonrise Kingdom trailer: Wes Anderson, Bill... →
There is no way this won’t be great.
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Watch“…Stick me where the sun don’t shine.” A fine tribute to our fine city.
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How to be a superhero, starring Grover.
I was going on the other day about how much I love Grover, and my girls just looked at me like I had a developmental delay.
