Local Blogosphere Roundup 05.17.09 In the blogosphere this week …KNME posted an archival 1983 piece on everybody’s favorite fantastical architect Bart Prince, featuring a peek inside his [...] Jerry Cornelius \ May 21, 2009 Read More
Ghost (With Cello) Japanese psych unit Ghost haunts the Launchpad this Tuesday. I already wrote about this, but what I didn’t know then was that the [...] Jerry Cornelius \ May 21, 2009 Read More
The Bought Women I’ll start with a confession. I watch The Real Housewives of Inanity on Bravo. I wouldn’t call it a guilty pleasure, because I [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 21, 2009 Read More You would never know it, but this woman got a lesser planet for her birthday. She saw it in a window display, and her husband noticed her admiring it, and the rest is astronomical history.
Alec Baldwin Might Get His Ass Kicked On "The Late Show" with David Letterman, Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin joked he was "thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this [...] Simon McCormack \ May 21, 2009 Read More
“Why We Apologize To No One.” Because We’re The Fucking Us Of A, Motherfucker! If you’re like me, you have a dyed-in-the-wool, ex-military-contractor, right-wing Republican uncle who re-forwards various pieces of not-so-carefully-vetted propaganda designed to make other [...] Jerry Cornelius \ May 21, 2009 Read More
My Dogs Are Barking I am house sitting for my mom while she’s visiting her new grandson in San Diego. Here is a list of the things [...] Simon McCormack \ May 21, 2009 Read More Carl here takes a baby on adventures that both Carl and the baby enjoy.
Not Your Kid Brother's Tree House Not Your Kid Brother's Tree House Remember when you were eight, and you drew up elaborate plans for your mansion with a cotton candy machine and a room with [...] Sarah M. Kramer Fearless Intern \ May 21, 2009 Read More Does home owner's insurance cover deforestation?
New Mexico Has A Multimodal Vision In Taos New Mexico’s unfolding adventures in the world of mass transit take a trip to Taos beginning June 4 th . A new nonstop [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 21, 2009 Read More Possibly New Mexico’s most psychedelic public transportation yet.
Hot Polling Action #58 You Inherit Five Million Dollars The Same Day Aliens Land On The Earth And Say They're Going To Blow It Up In Two Days. What Do You Do? This question is lifted from a lunchtime poll in the 1988 dark teen comedy, Heathers. What would you do with unlimited funds at [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 21, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: The Shackles Of Love In honor of my impending wedding, here’s an eye-opening (and austere-looking) true/false quiz on marriage statistics from the New York Times archives. In [...] Laura Marrich \ May 21, 2009 Read More
