I’ve gotten a lot of good emails from readers the last few days: A pretty solid Bobo impersonation (could be slightly better but the tone is dead on) from that new Onion NYT parody all the kids are talking about (from reader J) Sitting for hours a day is bad for you. This is …
Readership Capture
Karaoke and guilty pleasures
I’m busy refereeing a paper today, so I don’t have time for a real post, but I’d like to thank all of you for your karaoke suggestions. I have to say, though, that as much as I like Night Moves, Bob Seeger is just a bridge too far for me. Ditto Bob Dylan, at least …
Reader blogs
I haven’t done this feature in a while so here goes: Apocalypse Now: Redshirt’s Lament checks in on the optimists who think the world will last til May 21. You’re damn right I’ve got the blues: Ronni Bennett samples the music of Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker and Otis Spann. Blame it on Howell …
The ‘Heartbreak’ of Hyperlexia
Tom Scocca at Slate has an post examining Tina Brown’s gift for stoking the ever-flickering terrors behind Rich People Problems: Parents of small children! Is your preschooler able to read and write already? If you just nodded “yes,” with a little flicker of pride and satisfaction—well, Tina Brown’s Newsweek has a revelation for you. The …
But John, You Can’t Be This Stupid To Really Think He Flip-Flopped on Signing Statements
Yesterday, in the comments: Cole’s not stupid, so I suspect we’re being trolled. Yeah, that’s quite the flip-flop, the way Obama approached signing statements exactly as he said he would in the questionnaire. You’re not getting slaughtered in the comments because of their title, John, it’s because you don’t know what the hell you’re talking …
Tuesday Night Open Thread: Reading
Now that the inaugural Ballon Juice Book Discussion Chapter can see the light at the end of the tunnel for NIXONLAND (four more weeks! four more weeks!), I’d like to (re)propose Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present as our next book. (Or one of our …
Calling from the VOID
Ian Murphy, the guy who pranked Scott Walker, is the Green Party candidate in NY-26, the seat vacated by shirtless hunk Chris Lee. I don’t think Democrats have a chance in the special anyway, and I like what he has to say. Here’s his introductory video.