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my mom was in town last night and i took her to a restaurant in brooklyn that i’d been dying to try called applewood, one of the magical trifecta (al di la and rosewater being the other two) of park slope establishments. i ordered the vermont rabbit in a pool of charred carrot puree, a combination […]
In the November 29th edition of The Wall Street Journal:
Quick Fix: Eliminating Pests
Problem: Getting rid of household bugs without harsh pesticides.
Solution: Many insects are naturally repelled by lavender, citrus and peppermint oils. Leaving soaked cotton balls around the house repels insect invaders and makes your home smell great. To protect sweaters and other winter woolens, […]
something tells me that it was seinfeld that put a label to the oft-used technique dubbed “the fade away.” larry david or not, the method is one that’s used more and more by my generation to disassociate from ill-defined and shallow relationships of the modern era.
now, i’m all for the casual fading of contact as […]
At the time, it didn’t seem so much to ask, picking up the prescription at the drug store. It was closer to him anyways, and I was stuck at work until 8, on deadline on the Upper West Side. “Prospect Gardens Pharmacy,” I whispered into the phone in the over-crowed newsroom. “It’s my birth […]
so normally, despite my massive intellect and hyper-active brain, i’m not the first person to notice political/pop-culture trends. i mean, also, it’s technically not my job to track these things, since i don’t work for the nytimes, slate, or any of the other innane blogs out there.
so it struck me that odd that no one […]
i was home sick from work for the past two days, and before that at a brain-deadening conference for speech writing in philadelphia. all in all, i’ve not been up to posting much in my tussin fueled delirium, apologies.
friday was a gray, drizzly november day, perfect for being sick and curled up under your comforter. around 3, […]
continued semantics rant:
if you are a boy, and you ask for my number, and then you text message me a few days later with “how r u? can i see u l8r?” i might forget that you were a 24 year old investment banking hunk and mistake you for the 12 year old girl i […]
i’m no expert linguist, but i find the semiotics of the oft-copied and insane posts on icanhascheezburger both disturbing and fascinating. it’s not like this site is anything new, but let’s take a few examples and analyze what exactly is going on in these amalgamations of microsoft paint text and people’s cat photos:
Example #1: Invasion of Inversions
one […]