Monthly Archives: November 2008
A playlist’s worth a thousand words
My iTunes Top 25 Most Played (as of 12:30 AM, 11/24/08) You should know that I resent all my playcounts in mid-July, otherwise, Juvenile’s “Slow Motion” might still be number one.
Filed under iPod Shuffle Discoveries, Music, Self-awareness, Uncategorized
As American as saucisson: Elena’s Top Chef Recap (Week 2)
Friends, Elena outdoes herself with this week’s Top Chef recap: After a entertaining but not delicious dinner at Mastugen on Wednesday night and some cable malfunctions on Thursday (don’t worry, the DVR was safe, but the remote wasn’t working so … Continue reading
I’m dedicating this one to Unmarried Brother
…and also all my FB friends from the Philadelphia-area who used to only care about musical theater but were suddenly the biggest Phillies fans EVER (Via GraphJam)
Filed under Baseball, Philadelphia, Sports, Superfan, Uncategorized, Unmarried Brother
Just asking…
Why is that cops on TV and in the movies are always handsome men in great shape in their early 30s, and yet the ones I always seem to stand behind at Duane Reade are old, bald, overweight, and have … Continue reading
Filed under Eating Disorders, Just asking, Law and Order, Uncategorized
Perfect medicine for an uncomfortable Friday
So if you talked to me at all on Friday, you know that it was a day filled with sad news, anxiety, miserable foot-in-mouth moments, and major and shocking scandal. Fortunately, Andrea had had tickets for us for a jazz … Continue reading
Filed under Friday, Jazz Hands, Music, Uncategorized
The thing formerly known as “Flowchart”
It’s particularly lame when your memory of a Prince song stems from your high school a cappella group and not ever hearing the song on the radio. Not that this is the case with me, just tossing it out there… … Continue reading
Filed under Charts and Graphs, High School Musical, Music, Nerds, Uncategorized
It’s apparently more than just one foot in front of the other
Video blog: Article I mentioned.
Just how weird is my family?
Unmarried Brother brought an offline argument with Mommy regarding gourmet/gourmande on to the family listserve… it’s been 24 hours of out of context emails and nerdy banter culminating in Married Brother’s response: In Howard Cosell voice: [Unmarried Brother], the pugnacious, … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Married Brother, Nerds, Uncategorized, Unmarried Brother
I think Magdalena Bors is super cool
Check out some of her work: And: More here. (Via neatorama)
But who really loses?
In case you haven’t heard, Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz had their kid and named him Bronx Mowgli Wentz. Is Bronx Mowgli the biggest loser in this situation? Surprisingly not, here are some other people getting the short end of … Continue reading
Love it
For some work-related reasons, I’ve been into Mary J. Blige lately. While I obviously really enjoy: I’d forgotten how much I loved her on:
Filed under Bono, Drama, Music, Shamelessly using my blog for job stuff, Uncategorized
I kind of need someone I know to get these nails… any takers?
(Via Molls)
Filed under Fashion, Obama, Things I Want to See, Uncategorized
Semi-celeb sighting of the month, but only by default
Evan and I went to Otto tonight and had a mini-celeb sighting. Pete Hornberger was there: I refrained myself from asking him about MILF Island. Not my best sighting, but I think it counts more because we saw him the … Continue reading
Filed under Great TV, I'm in love with Tina Fey, Stalking, Uncategorized
I can’t believe I almost forgot!
New Flight of the Conchords coming in January!
Filed under Countdown, Great TV, I don't wanna wait, Things I Want to See, Uncategorized
My milkshake brought all the EpiPens to the yard…
Reading this article on EpiPens made me think about the time I was a camp counselor, and this menace to society camper, Lily, brought her cousin to camp and no one told me the cousin was allergic to milk. Long … Continue reading
With friends like mine, who needs enemies?
Ellie has submitted her proposals for photos for a life-sized cut out of me below. Not sure she understood the directions that it was supposed to just be of me. Me with Ellie, my Facebook wife (Ellie would these be … Continue reading
“My individualism takes precedence at all costs, if not at all times.”
Some how, I missed NYMag’s round up of the Ayn Rand Fan Community’s personal ads, which, agree with them or not, are highly entertaining. Highlights (including the comment above) include, but are DEFINITELY not limited to: dpvabc, Edmonton, Canada My … Continue reading
Filed under NYMag, Online dating, Relationships, Uncategorized
It takes a village to get me to stop drinking diet soda
Kiddos, it’s time to come clean. I have a major major addiction to diet sodas. I mean, 4 cans a day, bad. Some of you may be thinking “Oh, Karen, we know exactly why you and Diet Pepsi aren’t friends … Continue reading
Filed under It takes a village, Rando, Self-awareness, Soda, Uncategorized
Maybe I don’t want that cut out…
Yesterday I sent a plea for an awesome photo of me to be turned into a cardboard cut out. Here’s Boots’ suggestion: Wow…
Filed under Bootsy time, College, Photography, Self-awareness, Things I Don't Want, Uncategorized
