November 2010
133 posts
1 tag
Perfect
Peggy Hill: What does that John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt do again?
Bobby Hill: He goes out, people shout... not a whole lot more is known about him.
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“According to Campion, the lack of options in University retail locations causes...”
– After week’s delay, voting on Sabra hummus referendum opens - The Daily Princetonian
Jesus, shouldn’t Princeton students be more focused on who to fuck at the next eating club event and less on chickpea paste?
“Princeton University students are weighing in on a Middle Eastern issue with a...”
– Hummus Brand a Palestine Vs. Israel Battle at Princeton | NBC Philadelphia
“Homework sucks” will win in a landslide.
Problem? Solution.
Justin Bieber should shave his head. It will force us all to stop talking about Wikileaks.
“Actor John Slattery, who plays Roger Sterling on AMC’s hit ad-industry...”
– ‘Mad Men’s’ John Slattery Joins ME Conference Nov. 30 - Advertising Age - News
He’d better be hawking copies of Sterling’s Gold.
“Ergo, you can kill (unkill? rekill?) a Zombie, secure in the knowledge that you...”
– The Halachic Zombie Survival Guide
I’d suggest you not even inquire as to how I ended up researching this.
And in that shining moment, I realized that the...
There’s advantages to both…
Bio
Leah is another chronicler of the Jewish-American experience. She’ll eat your gefilte fish if you don’t want it.
Harvard vs. Hopkins
Finally seeing The Social Network with my dad.
#breakingnews
Mom: You don't understand, The Beatles changed the world.
Leah: Yes, I saw the iTunes commercial.
Next year in Philadelphia
It’s not Thanksgiving in my house without gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, and challah.
“There is nothing as pathetic as solitary borscht.”
– Memories of borscht : Aleksander Hemon : The New Yorker (subscription-only, sorry)
One band. One sound.
“One ticket. One person. One seat.”
This is the motto on NJ Transit today. Hey, I paid $4.75 for a 12-minute, two-stop ride in an unheated, slow-moving carriage, populated exclusively by people bellowing into their phones. My small duffle can take up a seat for a few.
Especially considering my car is only 2/3 full.
“Mr. Peanut is a 2010 novel about a man who dreams of killing his peanut-allergic...”
– Mr. Peanut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That’s cold.
Oy
Had a conversation this morning with a Septa conductor that turned to the subject of Chris Christie. I can’t tell if we were both being sarcastic about how much we hate him, or if the conductor wasn’t being sarcastic at all and actually loves him.
Fuck Chris Christie.
Nevermind
I’ve decided that nothing involving Dippin’ Dots can ever be sad.
Poll!
What’s sadder than me sitting alone in the lobby of the Franklin Institute, eating Dippin’ Dots, and waiting to get in line to see Harry Potter in wraparound IMAX?
No punchline. I’m genuinely curious.
The Twitterverse Reacts to Its Inability to... →
This is a real New York Times headline.
“Because everyone agrees that Penn Station is a failure, nobody has ever tried to...”
– Miracle on 33rd Street - NYTimes.com
The worst part of Penn Station are the passengers. Yeah, the building is gloomy and if you’ve never negotiated it before, I guess maybe it’s confusing (though, quite frankly, there is plenty of signage — more, in fact, that one would find in...
“I often find myself debating feminists, arguing about feminism and how it has...”
– All-American Cornucopia of Gratitude - Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review Online
Ugh, so why aren’t you off being any of the following: a nun; a wife and mother; pretty?
I wouldn’t normally say such things, but what an asshole.
“China is furious that dissident Liu Xiaobo won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize....”
– Why Is Iraq Boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize Award? - By Michael Rubin - The Corner - National Review Online
Hey, let’s invade again over this slight to the Nobel Peace Prize committee!
(I’m so confused.)
“We’re approaching the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Ronald Reagan:...”
– The right way to honor Ronald Reagan - CNN.com
Ughghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh
Oh, really? Well, it just so happens I teach a...
Justine: may I ask why you are reading about New Zealand's time zones?
Leah: oh i was reading about antarctica and it's taking me to some weird places
Leah: wikipedia mazes happen
Leah: tim and i watched a werner herzog documentary about antarctica today
Leah: that might be the most pretentious sentence ever
Justine: hahahahahahaha
Justine: maybe
“What high school student doesn’t like ice cream and chocolate? Students at Emma...”
– Emma Willard School Becomes Nation’s First Fair Trade High School « EmmaNow
Oh, high school.
“High school teen Duncan Rosenblatt is the son of divorced parents — a...”
– Firebreather - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why is there a comic book about a socially awkward, Jewish(?) half-dragon from a broken home?
“No self-respecting man of 2010 would be caught dead in a humanities major. As...”
– Defend the Humanities? Or Allow the Market to Run its Course? - By David French - Phi Beta Cons - National Review Online
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The Worst
All I ever seem to read about Family Guy (ugh) involves the show making Star Wars (ughghghghgh) parodies to sell.
How is this need not yet filled?
