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Saturday, Dec 06, 2003
ye olde bloggewatch
bump in the beltway
gruntline
"For several weeks, here exclusively on FRONTLINE's website, we're presenting an inside, behind-the-scenes look at the making of an upcoming FRONTLINE documentary on Iraq."
mallow
"Most cartoon characters spend their lives falling off cliffs, running into brick walls, and chasing small creatures that are lower on the food chain. The animated antics of the cast of Homestarrunner.com seem to be limited to standing around, eating marshmallows, and writing emails--and that’s just how their fans like it."
Friday, Dec 05, 2003
major leaguer
bill simmons is consistently the funniest person writing about sports. it must be as a result of all that boston fan angst.
hot stove beleagured
"The Rangers remain open to trading MVP Alex Rodriguez to the Sox, and the Dallas Morning News reported yesterday that Texas would accept Ramirez on the condition Boston "ante up a significant portion" of the $95 million balance of Ramirez's contract over the next five years.""According to several reports, the Mets will sign Japanese shortstop Kaz Matsui."
class consciousness
"While students tend to experiment with various identities during their college years, Vanderkamp's peers said the accelerated pace of his process of self-discovery is alarming. Since the beginning of the fall term, Vanderkamp has aligned himself with no fewer than nine social groups, and has adopted a new wardrobe and a distinct set of speech patterns to accompany each identity."
Thursday, Dec 04, 2003
missing ewe
"Some of the newly discovered fossil mammals represent the last holdouts of species thought to have gone extinct millions of years earlier while others mark the first evidence for the few truly classic African species that survived the Eurasian invasion and evolved into today's famed beasts, such as the elephants."
blag
blogging.la
Wednesday, Dec 03, 2003
children of the corn
this is an alltime favorite for gawker stalker, or maybe its the second one.
"On 115th and Broadway, Prof. Robert Thurman (father of Uma) explaining the origins of Thanksgiving to a Buddhist monk.""i saw jennifer connelly with hubby and baby at blue ribbon brooklyn. she's hot. they were wearing t-shirts. he had fried chicken, she had salmon and breast-fed at the table, which was awesome. they cooed over baby and each other. i want in."
land mess
Quote Of The Night:
"As Jalen and Donyell joined the Raptors, they both had to buy their numbers from current Raptors. Jalen bought his no. 5 off of Michael Bradley, and Donyell purchased his no. 42 away from Mengke Bateer. Neither would say how much they paid, but Donyell "Geography" Marshall did have this to say: "Those Europeans, they know how to negotiate". Bateer is from Mongolia"