June 2011
1 post
Lost wallet
Dear TriBeCa cabbie, please somehow return my wallet.
Xoxo
Peg
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
12 posts
Everyone from nyc needs to stay away from dc. I don’t want swine flu.
– Vicki - screw you! You’re just jealous that we eat so much bacon in the big apple. (via jeremyk)
love is in the air, NOT
Vru: are you supposed to say, "I dont think we should see each other any more" to signify that it's over?
me: nah i would just not reply to anything
me: [redacted] hasn't even bothered to gchat me in the past 2 days to see how i am
Vru: like you said. selfish people.
Vru: i've decided that the only way i will find a good man is if i date a christian holy roller
something about this is telling me i need to get in shape…
craigslist for dummies
Christopher: how does craigs list work?
me: what? you post things and people can buy them
Christopher: hahaha, im trying to buy something.. what is the proper course of business?
me: you email the address listed on the posting and ask them about it
Christopher: and then they reply to my email?
me: correct
Christopher: i see....
thank you for sharing your hard earned wisdom
Someone should buy me this apartment...
$515000 / 2br - WATERGATE APARTMENT USED IN NIXON SCANDAL
Reply to: hous-2pj3c-1110675006@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-04-06, 11:32PM EDT Apartment 310 at Watergate West has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and overlooks Virginia Avenue. Its real estate value, including an underground parking space, was appraised at $515,000 in April 2006. It has been refurbished but...
AWESOME
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Plans Show With His High School Jazz Band
Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon really seems like a good dude. Like a guy who’ll drive your drunk ass home and then bring over a dozen bagels at 2 p.m. the next day because he “was in the neighborhood.” A good guy to know.
Proof? Well, there’s all that overflowing empathy in his songs, sure, and he...
Hate to admit it, but I like Camille's column.. →
March 2009
6 posts
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
– I kind of agree with this. But at least Jewish psychosis doesn’t end with vomit all over you. (via jeremyk)
I just saw that you stole this from me jer, and the Irish don’t vomit; they fight.
TARP Money Being Used For Political Contributions →
soupsoup:
hilker:
“While a few big firms, such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase, have curtailed their campaign giving, others are quietly doling out cash to select members of Congress, particularly those who serve on committees that oversee TARP.”
why is this surprising? congress & the obama administration have demonstrated an utter lack of foresight throughout this entire process. but...
my money at work →
Boy, my Senator sure does spend a LOT of time online rather than saving my tax dollars…
St. Pat’s Day!
February 2009
7 posts
The 20 Male Poses of Facebook: This is just effing... →
meghanasha:
(via juliaallison)
I thought that all kids were a part of...
STUDENTS QUESTION OBAMA’S PLAN Thu Feb 19 2009 09:46:55 ET EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE Tim Hacker A Dobson High School Advanced Placement government class with strong opinions about Barack Obama watched the president’s speech Wednesday on a small, grainy TV in the corner of their classroom. Some of the students attentively watched the speech, giving questioning looks and...
I hate the idea that someone out there hates me. I even hate thinking that Al...
– Pam, The Office (via soupsoup)
"I thought the awakening would take six months. It... →
Why is money bad?
In an AP article linked from the Drudge Report, Fred Wertheimer of Democracy21 (a “nonpartisan” group) is quoted saying:
“The best way to limit the influence of wealthy special interests, Wertheimer said, is to increase public funding for presidential elections and restrict the amount that private business can pump into campaigns and politics. That could pave the way for tighter...
January 2009
19 posts
There is something vaguely embarrassing—even narcissistic—about our new era of...
– Farhad Manjoo on Slate, regarding “Put the camera down and enjoy a moment for once.” (via soupsoup)
I couldn’t agree with this more. I find myself wildly annoyed by over-documentation. Although if I was at the inauguration, I’m sure I would have had my camera up just like everyone else. Moments...
OMG
April 8 at DAR Constitution Hall:
Death Cab
Ra Ra Riot
Cold War Kids
I may wet myself.
bush twins speak to obama girls—this made me cry, i love you georgie
last name coveting.
mascarah:
Patrick T. Stokes. Chairman, Anheuser-Busch Companies.
Controls all marketing operations for the corporation. He is the first CEO in 142 years who is neither an Anheuser nor a Bush (4/2002). He has been with the compay since 1969. Took over as Chairman in December 2006 replacing August Busch III.
Adding Busch and Anheuser as last names I would love to have (along with Vanderbilt,...
Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of...
– Kurt Vonnegut (via irishmexi42) (via afghanistanbananastand) (via soupsoup)
December 2008
11 posts
elf yourself