Archive for the ‘links’ Category

Friday, September 12, 2008

Hurricane Ahoy

Thanks to everyone who’s sending us good wishes to weather the storm. Yes, we’re staying home. I think it’ll be okay. Worst-case scenario, in my mind, is my neighbor’s palm tree falling onto the roof of my garage. …

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Posted in Houston, links on 09/12/2008 09:48 pm
 
 

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Linkelodeon

From Ashley: “The Website is Down: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude”, which is a video about an IT guy dealing with a sales dude

If you hated Showgirls (or if you liked it), it can be …

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Posted in links on 08/17/2008 04:30 pm
 
 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Linkelodeon!

From Ashley: The New Republic interprets Barrack Obama through his writing. I was surprised to find them compare Obama to Henry James, with whom I am lately semi-obsessed.

Also from Ashley: The NY Times profiles Rush Limbaugh and …

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Posted in links on 07/09/2008 05:26 am
 
 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

linkelodeon!

Project Runway‘s Jay is super candid, and that’s why I love him.

If you don’t know who Julia Allison is, it’ll be hard for me to explain this, but I’ll try. She’s a Star editor and supposed …

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Posted in Aspergers, links, writing on 03/12/2008 08:34 pm
 
 

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Linkelodeon

1. Zadie Smith cohosted a short story contest. Eight hundred and fifty people entered. Then, Ms. Smith informed the entrants that none of their stories were good enough to win. Ouchies.

No, I didn’t enter, because I didn’t hear …

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Posted in links on 02/12/2008 06:01 pm
 
 

Friday, February 1, 2008

Friday Linkelodeon for People Who Are Bored

1. How to Make an Earbud Cord Caddy. I showed this to my boyfriend and he was like, “We could make those and sell them!” and I was like, “No, too sweatshop …

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Posted in links on 02/01/2008 06:04 pm
 
 

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Linkelodeon

Tom Cruise promotes Scientology in a scary way, in a video that is apparently exclusive to Gawker right now. (Remind me to post later about my varied experiences with cult members.)

I didn’t want to let this happen again, …

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Posted in links, pop culture, wedding stuff on 01/16/2008 12:05 am
 
 

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Sighz lol!!!1!!

Remember how I told y’all, a while back, a few thousand times, that I had a novel coming out in Spring of 2008? Well, I just found out that it’s been pushed back for a second time, to …

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Posted in links, pop culture, work on 11/06/2007 12:37 pm
 
 

Friday, August 31, 2007

Lindelodeon! Again!

Tucker Carlson has a violent brush with gayness, and Gawker commenters put it into perspective.

An artist’s rendering of Britney Spears endorsing Photoshop in a Can.

M. Giant discusses The Man with the Yellow Hat’s incompetent monkey

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Posted in links, pop culture on 08/31/2007 06:08 pm
 
 

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Linkelodeon
(i.e., Sending You Somewhere Funnier or More Interesting)
(i.e., what I’ve been emailing to my friends lately)

This Onion article supposed to be satirical. And, in general, I prefer Banana Republic’s and Ann Taylor Loft’s “classic” style to that …

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Posted in flame war, links, pop culture, writing on 08/22/2007 11:55 am