….where we rip off the best of the internet and present it to you as a precious gift-post, topped with a bow we bought pre-tied from CVS and attached with an adhesive strip, ready to go and be consumed with your first coffee/tea/quickie of the day. Voila! Morning magic! On rotation.
thank you to Becca for the tips.
- The whiteygate continues: vote for the new white racial slur on Gawker today. Hang your head in Osmonds shame tomorrow.
- 100 reasons (shame non withstanding) why you can't sleep including: Because if you don't live-blog the 3:30 a.m. M.A.S.H. rerun, who the hell will?
brought to you by faithless:
- Which means you will need this: HOW TO NAP: EXPLAINED
- Dave Eggers, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Chabon, and other liberal authors who don't write about politics have put together the latest nerd sensation.
- "Pathetic of the day" award goes to: Man Robs Little Girls' Lemonade Stand fo $17.50 and then PROMPTLY gets arrested after the little girls chase him down into a neighboring house. Would hate to see what happens to him when he gets to prison.
- 7 Reasons Segways suck. GOB BLUTH NOT BEING ONE OF THEM. OK?
- Somehow (and trust me I am more ashamed of this than anyone else), DCist keeps beating us to the punch with all the dirty summer intern stories Behold: M4Intern.com
- emusic has their Pitchfork festival sampler 08 up. It is free to download, you don't have to be a member to take it and it has everything in it from Jarvis Cocker to Animal Collective to Cut Copy to Spiritualized to Mission of Burma to High Places to Boban Markovic Orkestar and Dinosaur Jr. You want it, need it, can have it this very second. Available through August 11th
- and finally for the clip of the day: last night Verve announced that their long awaited new album will be out August 17th. Try to get Richard Ashcroft's cheekbones or this chorus out of your head. You will fail.
Previously in Misc/Awesome:
- 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
- 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
- 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
- 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
- 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
- 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
- 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
- 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
- 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
- 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)
God loves a cheerful giver.
That Gob Bluth medley just made my day. "Come on!"
Did the Rollingstones win their inevitable lawsuit? Also, Ashcroft could pass for a Jagger stunt double--there's pasty then there's British pasty.
whilst checking my myspace, i saw an ad for sugardaddie.com
out of hilarious curiosity, i clicked
let it be the new douchebag site of the internets
also, Cyd Charisse died today
Fred Astaire named her, Beautiful Dynamite
the world has lost another great dancer
she was my favorite after Gwen Verndon, only 5'6" but you'd never know the way she danced and showed off those, to quote Fits "uncanny limbs", of hers
RIP Cyd Charisse, some of her best work:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/17/charisse.obit.ap/index.html
I didn't know where else to put this:
The moon is going to be really fucking huge tonight. Ok, it's an illusion, but look for it around 8:30 to 9:00 pm. You won't be able to miss it unless you're indoors. If you know someone who likes to hump, do it outside and you can become werewolves or something.
Cyd post coming up in 20 minutes exactly.
Michael already wrote it.
Hold your horses.
thank you S&M
seriously, i just came up with that right now
everyone should watch this lady
who gets my vote for best female journalist since Christiane Amanpour (yes, another Persian)
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=173871&title=lara-logan