Donald Hall's essay on growing old was great
― SELF DEPORTATION (Z S), Friday, 27 January 2012 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
what do u people think of the new tv critic, anyone is better than nancy franklin but she called dexter like intelligent and charismatic so basically i have decided never to read her
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i like her writing, i don't think i've watched any of the shows she's written about
― the American Enterprise Institute asks "How Thick Is Your (symsymsym), Friday, 27 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
"better than nancy franklin" is pretty much the most i can say for her.
read the Bosco football and the 13 year old kills grandpa, goes to jail for life stories this morning. It's a fucking hard time being young right now.
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 January 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
i find myself missing nancy franklin or like the idea of nancy franklin. i guess it was p lol that the ny had someone who p much totally resisted the default narrative abt tv's golden age or w/e and just seemed bemused and mostly indifferent to the prestige cable dramas and single camera sitcoms that most tv critics really love. i mean i cant imagine that nancy franklin even knew 'community' was a tv show never mind thought it was 'the smartest sitcom on tv' or w/e. i just wish she were a better writer or smarter or s.thing so that when she treated the sopranos w/the same breezy condescension w/which she wrote abt dance moms or w/e it wasnt just dumm
anyway the new critic is a better writer, i thought her piece in last week's issue was p good but its mostly just standard blog opinions i guess
― Lamp, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
w/e w/e w/e
― Lamp, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
w/e w/e w/e so excited
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 27 January 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes reading her on downtown abbey I thought to myself the nyer has hired a blog style writer how interesting
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
lol same
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
downtown abbey
for a long time i thought this was what the show was called, tht i was abt like cool nuns or s.thing
― Lamp, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
ha the iPad did that swear, but I have for sure thought abt how it'd be a good name for an olde timey prostitute
― lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
did nancy franklin die or something?
― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
she just like resigned w/o really having a new job/diff project iirc
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
For some reason I always mixed her up with the Sci-Ti weirdo who voices Bart Simpson. Cartwright, I know.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
It seems like every issue of Harpers or the New Yorker has an essay about aging. A gentle reminisce with a sting in the tail about 2000 words in. Boooring
― badg, Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
nuh uh, and nope
― SELF DEPORTATION (Z S), Sunday, 29 January 2012 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
v. good issue this week - sad but balanced article about rutgers suicide, chinese "work novels", cookie factory strikes; i even liked the classical pianist talking about his recording process even if he came off a little annoying. i think i read every article this week after a few weeks of skipping lots of stuff.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the last two weeks blew over me but the current issue is a grab bag. Putting it off until I have time to read it all properly.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
slight update to the don bosco article: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2012/01/on-youthful-indiscretions-and-high-school-football.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting, not to defend some of the words he was using in the least, but have some of those people never seen a teenager's Twitter feed before? Seems like such an innocuous thing to lost a football career over.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that seems like some pretty sanctimonious bullshit
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
it prob only happened cause it's a catholic school tho.
― iatee, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
"common fast food prank"?
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
I'm guessing the one where they throw a milkshake or drink back at the worker at the drive-thru window. Which, tbh, is completely indefensible no matter who does it. Like a minimum wage slave at McDonalds needs that shit to deal with on top of already having a horrible job.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
hurling food @ the ppl giving food 2 u is unchill
― markers, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
just EAT IT
open up your mouth and feed it
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
disgusting savages, completely unironically
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
people who deliberately make life harder for people in shit jobs are worse than Hitler
yeah I wonder how much of it is 'we're pulling a lol prank on a stranger' and how much of it is some micro-level power trip / status thing, 'at least I don't work in fast food'
― iatee, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
markers angriest about good snacks being wasted
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
idk -- i just think food should be EATEN
― markers, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
teenagers are the worst kind of ppl
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
that "prank" is called fire in the hole and people have been doing it forever and it is grounds for a beating imoyeah, that dude's tweets are just dumbass kid stuff. but u r a PRO ATHLETE at that level so he gotta figure it out.
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:35 PM (Yesterday)
so otm
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
that rutgers article was really good
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
Wouldn't feel TOO bad about the kid who got kicked out of Bosco, he got a scholarship from Colorado (lol pac12?).
― omar leeettle (Leee), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
yah srsly he missed one hs football game is what happened
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
not loving this week's cover
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/02/13/p154/120213_2012_p154.jpg
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 6 February 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
the picture is not loading, that is the actual cover
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 6 February 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
the article about suicide is really, really good, though. so strange, now, how our lives can be reconstructed through our online breadcrumbs.
― Z S, Monday, 6 February 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
Lol I like that cover
― max, Monday, 6 February 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
the face transplant article is amazing
― johnny crunch, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
I think the cover is really nicely done
― post, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
it looks terrible on a tablet i can tell you that
― ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
never loads completely
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
haa
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
so strange, now, how our lives can be reconstructed through our online breadcrumbs.
Yes, it reminded me of a book a professor of mine wrote recently about a murder-suicide that occurred on our college campus when I was a senior. Lots of details pieced together -- and psychological insights gleaned -- through e-mails and instant-message transcripts.
― jaymc, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
psychological insights, or pontificating?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 6 February 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link