August 2009
17 posts
“But on “60 Minutes,” Vick took responsibility for his behavior and expressed his shame for what he had done so effectively that I wondered if he had hired an apology coach”
—heh: apology coach.
http://theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/michael-vicks-apology/
http://theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/michael-vicks-apology/
“Records are commodities; concerts are social events, and in trying to make a commodity out of the live experience you risk spoiling the experience altogether.”
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The Price of The Ticket, John Seabrook
The Price of The Ticket, John Seabrook
“Many in the media and elsewhere are trying to understand what tea partiers want. That’s a dead end. Mostly they just want to complain. This is not a group of listen and respond; this is a group of respond and respond. The worst of the Culture of My Opinion; Twitter in real life.”
—abe sauer
“Oh … and I’d like to mention that though Swan Oyster Depot does not appear in the show (because we shot a segment there for the previous series), I ate there almost every day while shooting in town. Mopping fat and roe out of those Dungeness crab backs with sourdough bread and washing it down with a cold beer? Perfect happiness.”
—tony b.
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HeyThatsMyBike [#500]
Your tech snafu resulted in one of the major victories of my working life. I complained to IT that several websites I use for “work” were not loading properly in IE8, so they put Firefox on my machine. AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO YOU! (Cue Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’ )
” —The Awl
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“It’s Leonello Borghi. I got it from Woodley & Bunny in Brooklyn, a designer store. Every season I buy multiple pieces from them. I’d spend $800 to $2,000 or $3,000 on a bag. I’ve been photographed constantly with this bag. People love it.”
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Derek Warburston, 34, Manhattan
I love this guy and hate this guy at the same time. So I thought I’d share.
