Thanks to hulu.com (which is awesome!), I have FINALLY had the opportunity to watch Kitchen Confidential. I remember it first airing, but I can't remember why I was never able to catch it. At any rate, it is awesome. It gets funnier every episode. Which, again, begs the question: Why does all the smart, funny stuff get axed while the crap just ( Read more... )

From a Chicago Street Guide from around 1948-1949, which also lists various ailments, their symptoms, and treatments:

We have never met a sane person who would look with indifference upon the failing of his own sexual vigor. We venture to assert that in many cases it is a better deed to restore to an impotent man the power so precious to every ( Read more... )

Grownup conversations as imagined by children

Also, is anyone else as excited to watch This American Life on youtube as much as I am?

Oh, what a book nerd am I that I inwardly chuckled for nearly 5 minutes over this!

Authorial Candy Bars, With Their Respective Tag Lines, That Weren't As Successful As The Oh Henry! Candy Bar.

Hardy har har!

http://www.amazon.com/Literary-Luminaries-Great-Writers-Umbrella/dp/B0007ODMC2?tag2=kimbogadgefor-20

Both UC Berkeley and Stanford University are offering free lectures and courses for download through iTunes. I don't know how you could ever legitimize anything you gained from listening/watching these lectures, but how can anyone deny the chance to take a class, however passively, from two fine institutions such as these? How fun would it be, in ( Read more... )

I have just spent my Friday night subscribing to Bloglines and organizing all my feeds. In an experiment in voyeurism, you can now view what I subscribe to (so far) here. Previously, I had been using Google Reader for consolidating my internet reading experience, but it's clear that Bloglines has more features and makes it easier to locate more ( Read more... )

Oh my God, the memories are painful:


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Stan: But then why does God give us anything to start with?
Chef: Well, look at it this way! If you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away! If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, it would have nothing to cry about! That's like God, who gives us life and love and health, just so that he can tear it all ( Read more... )