August 2009
14 posts
July 2009
8 posts
“It’s going well. We’ve had a lot of crime, so we’re going to...”
– Online manager, Overheard in the Newsroom.
What I'm listening to today:
- The episode of This American Life that was taped live at the Skirball Center at NYU - we were given tickets by the awesome staff of WNYC. They’re great people.
- God Help the Girl - a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist yet by Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch.
- The brand new record from Those Darlins, who are playing at the HiTone in Memphis on Saturday night.
June 2009
6 posts
The one where I get mustache envy. →
Goings on
I’m trying to make things happen, to set my new plan in motion, but it keeps getting stalled out. I’m hoping self-imposed deadlines, discipline and hope will help.
It could be that my house is still full of boxes. It’s tough to decide which work is more important sometimes - the work that ups your skills and brings in cash, or the work that makes your life livable. Doing both...
Patients Remember Dr. Tiller →
This is a link to some of the stories of Dr. Tiller’s patients. Reading these broke my heart.
May 2009
6 posts
Oooh, this made me mad. →
This is a very poorly written article about roller derby that appeared in Metropulse, Knoxville, Tenn.’s alt-weekly. Dude that wrote it has clearly never been to a bout. If you’re a derby girl, ref or fan, I encourage you to comment as well.
Here’s the comment I left:
There is nothing “behind the scenes” about this article. It’s not even well researched....
Twitterball →
taterhead:
sloganeerist:
Out Clause: When I started writing this, it was meant to be a medium-length-ish Tumblr post. I had no intention of spending 2000+ words and most of my Sunday on it. But it was raining, the…
doubtful i have any followers who don’t follow the eerist of slogan but just in case…this is a must-read.
April 2009
30 posts
We just got back from seeing the live broadcast of This American Life. As in, the one that was being broadcasted to movie theatres across the country. It was a last minute gift from some very lovely people (hi, Staff of On The Media- y’all are the coolest people ever!).
other than the part where accidentally abandoned me on the f train, this has been the most awesome vacation ever.
I’m feeling so discouraged. Gah.
Oprah won't kill Twitter. She'll just use it...
Oprah signed up for Twitter and made her first post today (in all caps, natch). She’s devoting her entire show this afternoon to the microblogging service.
Oprah’s tweeting will no doubt inspire a ton of her legions to sign up for for accounts. There’s been a lot of talk today about how that will affect the rest of us that use the service (most obviously, the increase in traffic...
$5 Cover Night Out Contest →
The Commercial Appeal is having a photo contest for $5 Cover. The winner (chosen by your votes!) wins two tickets to the local premiere of $5 Cover and two VIP passes to the Indie Memphis Film Festival.
Well, what are you waiting for?
The Case for Obedience School
Right now, my dog is having some spring cleaning in his crate. He’s dragging all of the towels and toys out (along with a bunch of random torn up paper) and building a pile on the other side of the room. He just shook out one of the towels, sending bits of stuff flying everywhere.Nevermind that we just cleaned.
Earlier tonight, I made really delicious-looking catfish tacos. I say delicious...