January 2012
33 posts
I once met Rick Santorum. He was a very nice fellow, supremely articulate and had the most perfect handshake. It was like he practiced. We spoke about football, and I introduced him to a few assistant coaches and prospective recruits during a big recruiting weekend for the football team.
Being from Pennsylvania, i actually had a pretty positive impression of Mr. Santorum. But when i think of...
I didn’t even realize President Obama was campaigning so aggressively!
TODAY'S GOAL //
Use “pearl clutcher” casually.
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Here’s a link to the NYT’s obit on Paterno, written by the best obit writer in the biz, Richard Goldstein. You never want a piece written about you by Goldstein. The lede is superb. Tough task.
Joe Paterno, who won more games than any other major college football coach, and who became the face of Pennsylvania State University and a symbol of integrity in collegiate athletics only to...
It's an all caps kind of day, people //
“I haven’t been this excited about an idea since the last one they...”
Ben: I will crochet you a shirt
Ben: I only have purple yarn...Will you wear a purple v-neck made out of yarn?
DUDE, Christians in Pittsburgh are FREAKING OUT. What do we do? Do we hate Tim for doing what we knew secretly he’d do? Do we hate Sickle Cell? Do we hate unnecessary fedoras? Or do we get a little excited knowing that the Gospel continues to get carried out on arguably it’s most visible and appealing platform in recent memory? Below, a look at the benefits to Timmy defeating my/your...
On Travesty's //
Erin: how did the ricky lake show ever get cancelled?
me: RIGHT?
Erin: it's ART
“We just had to get some stuff moved around for midseason, but it’s not going...”
– -NBC Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt
Max Read on Zooey Deschanel //
“Living dog sweater Zooey Deschanel”
Somewhere, Richard Lawson is smiling.
521. There is just no good reason to ever look...
When Ben and I have arguments, the winner is essentially the person with the larger vocabulary at that moment. Somewhere, our English teachers are muttering smiling //
#selfslam
WatchNever forget Michaela //
December 2011
24 posts
Sunglasses and Advil //
Just posting in advance what everyone’s first Tweet and/or Tumbl tomorrow will be.
516. Never leave someone hanging on a high five....
For the record, my girlfriend made impulsive bangs a thing before they became a thing.
Washington Post’s annual IN/OUT list
Pintrest will never happen
Fassbender looks great in January’s GQ
Pittsburgh > Portland (Pittsburghia?)
Since everyone received 1Q84 for Christmas/Hanukkah, let’s hold on the 1222
Michael McDonald is White, and other things //
It’s list season! This is my favorite:
TOP 10 WHITE SINGERS WE ALWAYS THOUGHT WERE BLACK //
UPDATE:
Even the guy who sings “Just a Bill on Capitol Hill” is white! You guys!
10/10 //
Stephen Colbert: You used to be the managing editor of Newsweek, correct?
Mark Whitaker: I was.
Stephen Colbert: Okay, for some of my younger viewers, what was a “magazine”?
MIC DROP //
This issue came out two months ago. READ YOUR REAL SIMPLE EARLIER, PEOPLE.
JOURNO’S GOTTA EAT //
PW Gopal kinda day