he took a cello and a piano and put them together at the same time iirc
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 11 January 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
other recent hilite was the long piece about the engineer that had worked in silicon valley
Libertarian venture capital guy, or have I really fallen ?
― sunn o))) dude (Leee), Saturday, 12 January 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
... behind?
― sunn o))) dude (Leee), Saturday, 12 January 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
William Trevor story in the latest. Anyone read it?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 January 2013 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
Patricia Marx on personal outsourcing actually made me lol in a gentle and predictable way
― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief is out (or nearly out, in my time zone).
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Thursday, 17 January 2013 06:36 (eleven years ago) link
wait how is this book not from the same project as Paul Haggis' article discussed upthread, how did I get so confused, that's not relevant to this thread at all now
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Thursday, 17 January 2013 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
>:(
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Thursday, 17 January 2013 06:38 (eleven years ago) link
oh lol I'm all confused. Yes, this book is the book by the writer who wrote that article. Hooray!
i don't really want to be mean, but roz chast *sux*
why won't maira kalman grace us with her works more regularly
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 January 2013 07:09 (eleven years ago) link
sex offender piece was wrenching, almost vertiginous to me.
St. Francis piece is gold. It's gonna get my highest accolade (tearing it out to save in my files).
― consistency is the owlbear of small minds (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm looking forward to reading both of those this weekend
― fiscal cliff paul (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 January 2013 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
Gods! Last three issues all seemed to arrive within the last 1.5 weeks, plus my bedside pile has officially become "unstable."
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 18 January 2013 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
Unless said pile involves issues dated 2010, I don't want to hear about it.
― quincie, Friday, 18 January 2013 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
Only goes back to 2011. ._.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 18 January 2013 06:08 (eleven years ago) link
Thankfully the Jan 21 issue (obomber hearding cats on the cover) was unusually uninteresting (to me).
Much catching up to do, which can be accomplished in a couple of weeks thanks to lolunemployment.
― quincie, Friday, 18 January 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
Nussbaum only mentions six other shows in her Justified piece. Progress!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I've been saying this for years.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
love the mongolian dinosaur article
Procedure required that an arrest warrant be issued against the dinosaur itself, so the action became known as United States of America v One Tyranosaurus Bataar Skeleton.
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
xp Actually, I kind of chuckled at this one from a few months ago:
http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/65/6527/OJ84100Z/posters/roz-chast-a-woman-stands-in-front-of-a-bookshelf-of-memoirs-in-a-bookstore-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg
But 99% of her stuff is lame.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
i like roz chast
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
The Remnick story on the far right in Israel was a good terse account.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
roz chast = too many words
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
early roz chast is fine, she's just been doing the same thing for like thirty years and it's exhausted
― an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Haha:
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― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:47 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Roz Chast: C/D
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
i was otm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
JessiRoz Chastain
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
I finally got around to that Elizabeth Kolbert piece on the Dutch wilderness preserve. Like a lot of New Yorker articles, it seemed to take something that was interesting, but probably not worth more than a page or two, and stretch it severely. I think I also just don't usually love her pieces that much.
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
I thought the Kolbert was interesting for being part of the zeitgeist in conservation that sez maybe preserving native species shouldn't be the end all be all.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Thursday, 24 January 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
three fb friends posted borowitz report abt republicans demanding Obama resign over beyonce lip synching thinking it was real like they've gone too far this time, oof
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 January 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
all Canadians lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 January 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
well there you go
― k3vin k., Friday, 25 January 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
I uh thought the Tom Cruise S&M was funny.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Saturday, 26 January 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
Dr. Oz piece was unsatisfying.
― quincie, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Does it address the fact that wearing surgical scrubs at every appearance makes him look like an idiot?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
Or that going to medical school does not make you an expert in everything?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
No! Which is part of my disappointment! He should have been a totally intriguing subject, and instead it was just a very meh article. There was a little glimpse of a difficult father-son relationship, but it just scratched the surface.
TBF he did mention that the scrubs looked as though they had been tailored on Savile Row, but did not adequately capture how they, and he, are straight-up repugnant.
It was just really, really weak from a science/medical write of his stature.
― quincie, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
it was pretty funny how they kept implying that he's totally controlled by his nutball wife
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/01/the-awful-recess-appointment-ruling-in-canning-v-national-labor-relations-board.html
Have never read Toobin opine this candidly.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
The Oz article is more about exposing him as a quack than telling any sort of intriguing story about Oz. Specter writes about science denialism and really has no interest in delving into the root cause of Oz's transition from respectable surgeon to believing in homeopathy/reiki and other bullshit.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
I think we know the root cause: Oprah, or more specifically, TV. Same thing with CNN's Sanjay Gupta. If you become an iconic, well-paid medical expert, then it's only a matter of time before you actually do think you're a Medical Expert and not just a doctor. And I bet it's just one step beyond that to believe you have, you know, magic powers.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
i watch dr oz on the tv sometimes at the gym (sound off), and i was always like, well maybe he's ok, but then on monday he was doing some whole homeopathic thing and i was like fuck this dude
― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/izc3k8.jpg
― Z S, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
i'm really glad that my mom watches dr oz and oprah and dr phil all of the time, they are the holy triumvirate of knowledge
― Z S, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
they have so many great tips
Oz not fighting to vaccinate his kids because Reiki-mom don't wanna is :/. I guess I wouldn't marry/procreate with anyone who questioned vaccination or practiced Reiki anyway, but I'd stage an epic fight over that shit.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
Thought the Dr Oz article was nicely done, a subtle takedown that leads you easily to the conclusions Specter wants you to draw.
― Plasmon, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
i had never heard of dr. oz before : /
bits of the window-washer piece were great; i had not considered the window washers on 9/11, alas
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
I always roll my eyes when people make jokes about how New Yorker articles are all like "the cultural history of the paper clip," because really? Have you ever actually read the New Yorker? But I have to admit, when I opened up this week's issue and saw there was an article about window washers, I was like, OK, maybe you have a point. (I'm sure it's interesting, though.)
― jaymc, Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
i havent read that yet but i think window washers are fascinating
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:08 (eleven years ago) link