January 2012
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nprfreshair:
Terry was on The Colbert Report last night. If you missed it, you can watch the video here. Also, here’s a list of the interviews Stephen mentioned during their chat:
Grover Norquist on Fresh Air
Bill O’Reilly on Fresh Air
Stephen Colbert on Fresh Air
I just love Terry Gross so much. Great interview.
A list of celebrities, reportedly created by... →
Oh, wow, that list starts out so strong and then I don’t know what happens. [brooklynvegan]
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December 2011
13 posts
These American Lives: Mr. Geller →
For this year’s annual The Lives They Lived issue, the Times Magazine asked the producers of This American Life to guest edit a section of the issue about regular people. The resulting stories are incredibly moving, especially the story about Richard Geller, a math teacher at Stuyvesant High School. I can’t recommend enough that you read it. It is very sad but incredibly beautiful and...
There's a brothers & sisters rerun on in this bar...
-one of the gayer texts I’ve ever sent my boyfriend. I’m pretty proud of it.
chicagopubliclibrary:
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
— Groucho Marx
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To those who might wish to “torrent” this video: look, I don’t really get the...
– Louis CK, on his new special, Live at the Beacon, which is only available via his site. (via kaseyanderson) Amen. (via soupsoup)
A couple of years after opening the Ottolenghi... →
Bittman on Yottom Ottolenghi in this week’s Times Magazine. A lot of the recipes from his column are available at The Guardian’s website, but I still want the beautiful book.
Speaking of which ... the more I think about The X... →
The X Factor Recap: Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough Michael Jackson — Vulture
Oh, Dave Holmes. You always get it.
November 2011
13 posts
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: OK, Maybe Our... →
“Honey, please join me underneath the table. I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching lately, and I’m ready to admit that you’re right.”
This is golden.
Max Silvestri is back at recapping Top Chef for... →
“[Emeril Lagasse] is a big deal and I’m excited he’s now on this show. Does this mean he doesn’t work for Food Network anymore? Doesn’t Food Network hate Top Chef? I don’t really follow these things; maybe he has not been on Food Network for years. What I do know is that Emeril Live was one of the first cooking shows I ever watched regularly, and it is the show...
"Vegetarian — that's an old Indian word meaning... →
-Andy Rooney, hero.
My bullshit detector went off the charts at "happy... →
October 2011
23 posts
"We will be here to make sure Danny Meyer is... →
NOT COOL YOU GUYS. NOT COOL.
"The show begins, as always, with 47 minutes of... →
Thank heavens for Dave Holmes, otherwise I might be tempted to watch this stuff.
According to Boober Fraggle, there are only two things certain in this world:...
– A description of Boober Fraggle from Henson.com (via nevertoooldtolovemuppets)