Mostly Semantics

Friends, (both of you) the time has come. The writing is on the wall; it is decidedly not on the blog. Rather than continue to linger in this awkward wordless limbo, we are pulling the plug. Oh, things started out well enough. We were funny, at least we thought so. Witty, certainly, on occasion. (I won’t admit to how long we bandied about with potential names.) We had the grand ideas. Food! Music! Ennui. Yeah. It’s hard to pinpoint where things went south. We were never prolific, but we had a good thing going for a while there. Somewhere along the way, though, it seemed to have run its course. It’s not that we don’t still have things to say and stories to tell. But if we are writing things down, we definitely aren’t writing them here. So this is it. Farewell, gentle readers. We’ll see you on the flip side.

As a follow-up to our ‘greatest game’ last week, Bobby McObvious asked in the comments who was going to make the official youtube playlist. I have taken that liberty. Here is the link. I took some liberties with it, cutting out stuff I just personally didn’t want to hear (since I actually will listen to this), but uh, 130 classic 90s tracks. Please do enjoy.

It started simply enough. A casual email thread, making plans with friends. I used the word “hooch” in passing and immediately got this back:

Becca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBp7lqoyrok

Jess: OMG that’s exactly what i was thinking! relatedly, somehow i heard this TWICE this weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5MjVyqByzU. and one of the times was on someone’s ipod.

To which I replied: do not claim to have not sung along, at least for the chorus, for we know it to be impossible. this is a good game. what is next? I’ll offer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAXltfj8-Y

Eleven dozen tracks/links later and I think I can safely say this is the most addicting game I’ve ever played. (more…)

While watching SportsCenter this morning before heading into work, I heard maybe the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard on the show. I realize, considering the “expert” “analysts” they have on every day, this is quite a statement, but read on and see why I’m not being hyperbolic. (more…)

I was just having trouble explaining to B-Flux the other night how I think the press treats Obama with kid gloves. I know it’s not exactly an original insight, but it’s nice to see the Onion picked up on it. This is pitch-perfect. H/T to AwesomeFactory for the link.