May 7, 2013
“ Now that the number of unsubstantiated claims on the Internet is somewhat larger than the factorial of the square of all the large numbers ever conceived separated by arrow notation … it would be a lot harder to achieve John Titor’s celebrity.
Brian Dunning, who I may actually be in love with, here •

“It’s like throwing a Lolita-themed children’s birthday party.”

baitandswitch:

from The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish Great Gatsby Parties

(via The Atlantic)

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May 6, 2013

I think most people at my office think I have a good attitude.

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May 3, 2013
Slayer was born when Hanneman asked “Why don’t we start our own band?”, to which King replied “…Fuck yeah!”

I mean, who has a better origin story?

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Legit bummed to hear about Jeff. RIP, and we’ll see you in Hell.

(Source: Spotify)

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May 2, 2013
I mean, the ingredients aren’t gonna use themselves up. #neworleansfizz

I mean, the ingredients aren’t gonna use themselves up. #neworleansfizz

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warandpeaceandstuff:

I know this blog has been dormant for a while, but I thought this merits an update. Last night I went to the “electro-pop opera” Pierre, Natasha, and the Great Comet of 1812, based of course on Tolstoy’s War and Peace. After selling out their run last fall, they’ve just begun a new run in a new temporary space (called Klub Kazino) in the Meatpacking District.

It was so much fun! They mostly focused on the mid-section of the book, and specifically the love triangle between Natasha, Andre, and Anatole. Pierre doesn’t really get his due, but he’s there enough, I guess.

The bottom image is the letter I was handed by one of the cast members (they have this really energetic theater-in-the-round type thing going on, as the audience is seated throughout the “stage”) during a song along the lines of “In the 19th century, we write letters!” If anyone can translate it for me, I’d be much obliged.

Anyway, if you’re in New York, and you like both War and Peace and “experimental” theater, go to this show. It’s great, like the comet of 1812.

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May 1, 2013

Anyone celebrating “Loyalty Day” today instead of May Day can screw.

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theparisreview: Moby-Dick: Or, the Card Game takes to Kickstarter.For more of this morning’s roundup, click here. I really hate it when I love a Kickstarter project.

theparisreview:

Moby-Dick: Or, the Card Game takes to Kickstarter.

For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.

I really hate it when I love a Kickstarter project.

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April 30, 2013
“ Club District = Meatpacking District. Don’t go there.

New York Elsewhere - The Morning News

I recorded some remarks on Toronto to this piece on the correspondence between NYC neighborhoods and other cities’.

(via michelledean)

We had a lot of great people (including Michelle!) contribute to this piece. I covered New Orleans (duh). Take a look? Tell us in the comments?

(via michelledean)

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