January 2010
December 2009
I walk past the heart-healthy vegan spread and go right to the lard: new year tamales FTW!
“A friend of mine told me that when his sons were five and three years old, they...”
– Gretchen Rubin, in The Happiness Project, a great book on how to live you life with more happiness in it (via fred-wilson)
Hm. Since the 2yo has been waking me up to play at 5:30 AM every day for months, I guess I’ve accumulated a fair number of extra hours of happiness. Too bad I...
Just looked at my inbox after disappearing for a week. It makes the six hour drive we’ve got queued up for the day look appealing.
I95 southbound in MD is a parking lot filled with suck right now.
Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber
It builds well;...
Terrorists also usually sit crammed into uncomfortable little coach class seats: why aren’t we banning those? Security benefits identical.
Boris - 16:47:52
Note: not actually sixteen...
2yo nephew vomited while opening presents yesterday and locked himself in the bathroom today; totally upstaging 2yo son.
There is no legal way to get an mp3 copy of the John Waters Christmas Album. What a world.
Epic couple of days and more to come, but we made it to PA and the house is filled with the SQUEEEEE of festive 5 year olds.
Okay, my mayorship of VBar may come to an end: overhearing “vertial,” “compete in the marketplace,” and (worst) “criterias” kills the vibe.
We live in Brooklyn and the guy at Raffetto’s just asked me how my wife is doing. Weird and somehow comforting.
If your nose is buried in the “not for tourists” guide to NYC, I do not think that word means what you think it means. Sorry.
Guy in car at Sullivan & Bleeker, heading north: “42nd is this way, right?” Me: “well, yeah…”
“I’ve worked in music for a long time — part of my identity has always been...”
– Yancey, pigeonholed at this particular point in time as one of the Kickstarter guys.
Sure, yes, I’ve already reblogged the post from which this quote is extracted, but I’ve got to call out this snippet anyway. When it comes down to it, is there anything more frightening than the...
I should be working, but instead I’m reading Yancey’s “year end lists” post. For the third time. So, so good: http://bit.ly/8RorUy
Year End Lists
I am going to be reblogging this every December from now on.
yancey:
Though I haven’t been a real rock critic for years (if I ever was), this was the year that I finally shed the last vestiges of it. From 1998 to 2009 that was how I made my living. I never liked it. It’s not a world where thoughtfulness is particularly prized; instead the game is reacting strong and faster (better is...
Akron/Family - River
I’m incapable of...
Stuck thinking about OpenID and OAuth (the former is aspirational, the latter serves a just-in-time function, discuss). Someone punch me.
Wife and 5yo sewing presents for friends and family. Little house on the prairie comes to Brooklyn.
Linus & Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie...
Didn’t get a picture of 2yo making out w/Mr. Potatohead. Too bad: I put it online now and he could be a meme before he’s in grade school.
An opportunity
Seems like Hunch [link goes to their “what NAS solution should I buy” question] is trying to do a lot of what you want.
The difficulty with wanting to be told what you should buy without having to spend an afternoon at it is that nobody else has any idea what you should buy until you invest some time in giving them input regarding what aspects and details of the product/service are...
In preparation for his birthday party today, 2yo opted for tantrums in place of sleep last night. Whole family in tip top party condition!
Was thinking about Twittering live coverage of the NYC blizzard, but can’t fit all the air quotes I’d need into 140 characters.
5yo’s first ballet recital today. Awaiting the arrival of two grandmothers bearing many, many cameras.
If it doesn’t snow soon, 5yo is going to stop believing in Meteorologist Claus.
The local news channel is in the midst of “live coverage” of a snowstorm that hasn’t actually started. This would be why I don’t watch TV.
Oh, man…the rush of wheredoyougo.net pictures today just gave me the best idea ever. Seriously: best. Idea. Ever.
Tune-Yards' Bird-Brains makes Pitchfork Top Albums...
Hells, yes. Plus you all should buy it.
jenrobinson:
I’m super glad to see this album make the list of record.
Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2009:
44. tUnE-yArDs BiRd-BrAiNs [Marriage/4AD]
Originally released on cassette (!) last year, the debut album by Merrill Garbus’ solo project made bigger ripples this year in this slightly expanded edition. Garbus is a fantastic...
