February 2011
144 posts
Did The Gap Steal This Image From Flickr? →
In February 2009, Chris Devers took a picture of an old Jaguar, and posted it on his Flickr photostream. Yesterday, someone contacted Devers, writing: “This photo is on an outfit my wife bought at Baby Gap.”
Region preps for 7-12 inches of snow Tuesday night... →
I love how frantic everyone gets every time we get more than a couple inches of snow. We live in Michigan! You should know how to deal with it by now, people.
With that said, I just realized I will be driving home from work tomorrow night just as the snow is supposed to peak. Too bad newspapers don’t get snow days. At least I get the Wrangler back tomorrow before work (I hope) with almost...
January 2011
132 posts
'Hooker Overcomes Illness, Slaps Beaver' →
Today in inadvertently funny headlines, there’s this high school basketball piece from Kansas’s Leader & Times. Sadly, the article does not tell the tale of a hard-luck working girl overcoming the odds to issue her traditional mating sound.
Baker's sold, to remain a jazz club | detnews.com... →
This is fantastic news.
“Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, one of the most historic jazz clubs in the country, sold today in a bankruptcy auction in downtown Detroit, for $295,000.
The new owners, Hugh W. Smith II and Eric W. Whitaker of SB Media, plan to keep Baker’s as a jazz club, but give it a much-needed cleaning and freshening.
“She’s 77 years old, she needs a new...
Home Depot Adds Martha Stewart to Help Woo Women -... →
“Still, she said, home improvement stores in general could make even women who are adept at home improvement feel unwelcome.
“Sometimes they seem to feel like you’re just a girl, you don’t know what you’re doing, you need to get your husband in here,” said Ms. Butler, 24, who lives in Loxley, Ala. “It’s intimidating for any female to walk into a home improvement store.”“
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Hear the album: Detroit's Dirtbombs whip up a... →
More Young Americans Identify as Mixed Race -... →
This is a really interesting Sunday morning read.
“The faces of mixed-race America are not just on college campuses. They are in politics, business and sports. And the ethnically ambiguous are especially ubiquitous in movies, television shows and advertising. There are news, social networking and dating Web sites focusing on the mixed-race audience, and even consumer products like...
P Diddy sued for $1 trillion and accused of... →
Yes, let’s blame Diddy!
Lady Gaga Creating Fragrance That Smells 'Like... →
aaahh, what?
Design*Sponge » Color Explosion: Brita Sweden... →
SO MUCH GORGEOUS COLOR AND PATTERN.
Brow Beat : David Carr, "Page One," and the Future... →
Reporter David Carr is the star of the new film Page One, the documentary about the New York Times that premiered at Sundance this week. There are others in the film, but it is Carr who represents the paper itself, the printed word made flesh. As such he does not disappoint. Strapping on his telephone headset like a soldier putting on a helmet, he sprays obscenities at sources and antagonists...
Sundance Film Festival 2011 : Page One: A Year... →
I would like to see this:
“With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source, newspapers going bankrupt, and outlets focusing on content they claim audiences (or is it advertisers?) want, Page One chronicles the media industry’s transformation and assesses the high stakes for democracy if in-depth investigative reporting becomes extinct. The film deftly makes a beeline for the...
Tracy Morgan’s Sarah Palin comment: a moment of... →
I don’t know, I think this woman’s argument is pretty weak. I don’t think he was trying to make some big statement, he just answered the question in typical Tracy Morgan fashion. If you’re going to ask Morgan “Tina Fey or Sarah Palin?”, clearly you’re looking for some sort of comedic/offensive response.
“I suspect that when Tracy Morgan says...
WatchHear Adele Cover Cheryl Cole’s ‘Promise This’
“British pop break: Adele (whose 21 we’ve had on repeat all week) does Cheryl Cole, the WAG Queen responsible for the excellent “Fight for this Love.” Predictably, her cover is better than the original (unless you’re looking for a dance party, in which case, Team Cheryl, clearly)”
I love Adele’s voice so...
T-Pain Got a Facebook 'Like' Button Tattoo →
The Secret Bubble Cars Of Detroit →
Tucked away in an obscure warehouse in Detroit sits the almost inaccessible Transportation Collection of the Detroit Historical Museum. Lacking facilities and money to display them, the museum keeps its classics entombed in protective bubbles. Here’s a rare look inside.
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Washington Post - The story behind the ice cream... →
This is such a great story behind the photo that ended up above the fold on the front page of the Washington Post:
The man racing across 15th Street NW is in mid-stride, his striped dress shirt is untucked and splattered by sleet and snow. His left fist is clenched and his hair is speckled with snow. The look on his face says it all: focus, determination, pain.
Like a super-hero carrying a...
Watchemilybuckler:
perpetua:
Sleigh Bells “Rill Rill” At long last, a “Rill Rill” video! They pretty much nailed it. Nice bandolier, Alexis!
It’s out! Dusty highway drops, school photos, bloody telephones, and lots of denim.
Love it.
UCLA Sex Survey Results - Los Angeles News - The... →
The “highly scientific” results are surprisingly hilarious. The Weekly asked 175 UCLA students to fill out a sex survey. Click the link for the complete results. Here are a few highlights:
What’s the best date movie to watch before having sex?
I call shenanigans! Who the fuck says Shrek?! And The Notebook is No. 1? Followed by Titanic? Seriously? What kind of girls did they...
Bud in a Bottle: New Marijuana Soda to Launch in... →
How about a refreshing Canna Cola? A company based in Soquel, Calif., has created a new line of soda pot — or, marijuana soda — that it plans to launch in Colorado in February.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/25/bud-in-a-bottle-new-marijuana-soda-to-launch-in-feb/#ixzz1CILIYxkH
“Roseanne Morrison, who predicts fashion trends for The Doneger Group, says...”
– It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before We’re All Dressing Like True Grit Characters
Cut Copy - Need You Now by cutcopymusic on... →
I love Cut Copy! Listen to this.
I guarantee you won't miss the meat in this stew.
I made this along with cornbread muffins for an all-soup potluck at work a couple weeks ago. I got the recipe a few years ago from someone I don’t know (and never saw again) who brought this stew to a dinner party and I never made it until now. I remembered how much I loved it so I searched old e-mails for the recipe and couldn’t find it until I realized I was searching for soup and it...
WatchHow visual effects were created in “Black Swan.”
Inside the Hot Business of 'Glee' →
shortchange:
“The new Hollywood Reporter goes deep inside the war room with cast and execs to look at the forces that have made Fox’s hit show a half-billion-dollar franchise, as they also open up about looming cast salary negotiations, that Kings of Leon snub (everyone’s mad!) and an eventual future without creator Ryan Murphy.”
Don’t be mad about Kings of Leon....
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The Minimalist Chooses 25 of His Favorites -... →
I can’t believe Mark Bittman is ending The Minimalist. I’ll miss this column.
At least there are hundreds and hundreds of great recipes to make in the archives.
She ate 162 school lunches -- and blogged it -... →
This is really interesting. I suggest going to her blog and clicking on the 2010 archives and reading from the beginning, starting with January 2010. Here’s a link: http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
“After a year of eating school lunches, Mrs. Q survived to blog about it.
She works at an urban school in the Midwest, where she ate bagel dogs (yes, ...
Fake blueberries abound in food products -... →
WHAT? As a big fan of food with blueberries in it, I am outraged.
A range of fake blueberries are in a number of retail food items that contain labels or photos suggesting real blueberries were used in the products, according to an investigation. Sigh. As if it’s not hard enough to include fruits in your diet. Now you have to watch for fraudulent food. The nonprofit Consumer...
Bangable Dudes In History: Would-Be Assassin Lewis... →
I have actually thought this to myself many times about Mr. Lewis Powell. It’s nice to know I’m not alone.
Who Likes Grammar? Jesus Do[es] →
HAH. Perhaps it was a hand-me-down sign and this gentleman decided to correct his predecessor’s error.
From the fantastic toomanycommas.com
By helping other people look happy, Facebook is... →
Maybe it’s just because I’m having a really shitty week, but I agree with this. I started using Facebook on a regular basis in the last few weeks after a long hiatus (automatic links to my Tumblr don’t count), and I decided today to go on hiatus again. Why? Because it’s a time-suck and I have gained nothing by using it regularly again other than learning random crap about...
WatchKatie Holmes’ new movie, The Son of No One, may be Sundance 2011’s first bomb. According to the Hollywood Reporter, when the New York crime drama was screened to press and industry, some left long before the lights came up. (One observer called it an “exodus.”)
Woman runs over cousin twice over Facebook feud →
A Long Island woman allegedly mowed down her cousin twice with a minivan after a Facebook-fueled catfight over a man — leaving the victim helpless in the middle of a busy road on a freezing night, sources said.
After watching the Jets game at a bar, Spanopoulos — whose Facebook page notes that her favorite activities are “getting drunk” and “speaking ...
Detroit Make it Here | Artists could soon overrun... →
This is pretty cool.
“A young married couple from Oxford is preparing to turn the vacant Old Navy shop at Nine Mile and Woodward in Ferndale into a business for artists to sell their works.
Chris and Tiffany Best have been molding the idea for the space for a year, talking with artists and forming a business plan that just this week has become official.
The Rust Belt Market would...
Historian accused of altering Lincoln document at... →
This is insane.
“It was the largest find in Civil War history in a generation: Hours before he was gunned down at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln pardoned a Union soldier court-martialed for desertion and saved him from execution.
The Archives on Monday accused Thomas Lowry of altering the pardon in plain view in the agency’s main research room ...
Yes There Are Grocery Stores in Detroit by James... →
This is true: “What surprises most people who’ve heard that there are no grocery stores in Detroit is that there are actually independent stores far more appealing than any chain. One of the nicest grocery stores in Detroit is Honeybee La Colmena (I wrote an extensive profile about the store here). Honeybee is owned and operated by individuals who grew up and still live in the...
Audrina Patridge (MTV reality TV star) wants to... →
I don’t really know how I feel about this. (Oh god, WXYZ said “up-in-coming”. No budget for a copy editor?)
(WXYZ) - A reality TV star wants to make Detroit the new “it” city, and she’s looking for co-stars.
A new web series will feature Audrina Patridge from “The Hills” and “Dancing with the Stars” as an up-in-coming talent manager...
The Food Lab: A Better Way to Caramelize Onions... →
This is a great piece on how to get perfect caramelized onions. I bet they would be great on a pizza with feta cheese and eggplant, which sounds so good right now I might have to make just that tomorrow.
Jersey Shore to shoot Season 4 in Italy →
You cannot unleash these idiots in Italy. MTV is just giving Europeans even more reason to ridicule Americans. I refuse to watch this garbage. I REFUSE.
And the birthplace of their culture?! Seriously?
“While the stateside ‘Jersey Shore’ locales have become iconic for our audience it’s really the constantly evolving dynamic amongst the cast that keeps them coming back...
Watchemilybuckler:
Listen to this Times New Viking song and then tell me they don’t totally rip off, whether consciously or not, the main riff from Love’s “Always See Your Face.”
I was listening to the former just now and thought, “Where have I heard this before?”
Flavor Flav Wants To Compete With Colonel Sanders... →
It’s official. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of FFC, Flav’s Fried Chicken, took place Monday. Hip-hop and reality star Flavor Flav is a partner in his first-time venture as a restauranteur.
The menu includes the Public Enemy hypeman’s specially seasoned fried chicken recipe, ribs, greens, and macaroni and cheese.
Wet Seal's "Your Single" Shirt Makes Illiteracy... →
Despite the fact that a grammatical error doesn’t make one illiterate (Jezebel isn’t always good with headlines), this makes me sad for today’s youth.
Everyone makes a typo from time to time, but according to a Redditor, Wet Seal demanded this shirt go on sale even after an employee pointed out the error. Maybe we should just be happy it doesn’t say...