Sketchy Ice Creams
The video is fantastic, as is the sisters' commentary below.

Top 10 US steepest streets
#2 and #8 are in Pittsburgh. Chalk this up to yet ANOTHER thing that I did not realize was unusual about my home until I left. But I do remember coming to Boston and being surprised at some of the things they called "hills" around here.

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Did I ever link to PJ's bio page for work? I was really touched that he mentions Andy and me. Though I would never describe myself as a "Carnegie native." Jeez, Peeje ( Read more... )

I'm back from the cruise! Maybe I'll post about it tomorrow. I feel like there's a lot to remember, but also like not much of it is all that interesting to anyone other than me. Heard lots of good music, spent time with some of my favorite people, met a couple new favorite people... I'm still not much of a fan of the beach, but it wasn't terrible ( Read more... )

Does this mean Geek Love, or is someone calling me a geek?

Pitchfork Has Way More Reviews Written By Guys Named Mark Than By Ladies With Any Name
For some reason, I found this really funny.

Exploring The Matt Damon Problem
And then from Gawker's sibling-site, I enjoyed the Matt Damon love-fest in the comments here.

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Bizarro World
About the world record-holder in Super Mario Brothers, who worked really hard at it, and the world record-holder in Tetris, who didn't even know how good she was. And both of them are in the Boston area! (Both the story and video are worth your time, I think.)

Ok Go - Oh Lately It's So Quiet animation
This is just cute.

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Rufus Wainwright on Jonathan Ross interview part 1
Rufus Wainwright on Jonathan Ross interview part 2
He sings Going to a Town, too, but this interview had me laughing out loud. Someone get Rufus his own talk show!

Liam McEneaney, ComedianHow do you convince me to like you? Subtly correct an interviewer's affected/effected error. (Especially a ( Read more... )

Have I posted about this before? I always think about how two of my favorite lines completely contradict each other, but I still kind of believe both of them:

From The Wizard of Oz: A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

But from Jenny Lewis: You are what you love, not what loves you back.That song ( Read more... )

If you're a fan of The Beatles 'Love' album, you should definitely listen to Bob Boilen's discussion with Giles Martin. (It's that first audio link, which I found a bit confusing because it looks like that one's just to listen to the album itself.)

Check this out. This guy Tom Fontaine owns a logbook from a sailing trip John Lennon took in 1980. He says "It's an important piece and I want it to go to the right person." So how does he plan to screen potential new owners? Oh, he's auctioning it off. The article says "Some experts estimate it will be auctioned for as much as $43,000. ( Read more... )

But really, why shouldn't I have something uploading in the background while I work?

Today's thefridayfive is fun:
( Yeah, I got a little carried away. But there's some awesome music in here. )