23 April 2009

ykwgmg : twitter. more like shitter.

blogger mc everyman wrote this post defending twitter when he should have been writing about architecture. it's a classic case of an elitist trying to not look like an elitist by standing up for non-elitists who are being criticized by other elitists. geoff manaugh went ape-shit yesterday after maureen dowd wrote a tongue-in-cheek op-ed column trashing twitter. manaugh characterizes dowd is an elitist who wants to stifle anyone whom she doesn't approve of...which is mostly true...but that has nothing to do with her (or other's) criticism of twitter. throughout the post manaugh labors the notion that every thought is significant, and that twitter gives a voice to the gagged masses who have been yearning for a creative outlet. oyr. he seems to confuse the technology itself with the manner in which it's most often used. no one is complaining about a note taking technology that allows users to post messages limited to 140 characters, or the possibilities associated with such technology. twitter detractors, twittractors, are annoyed that twitter takes the sort of inane thoughts that were once relegated to personal diaries and the private mind and posts them publicly with the presumed arrogance that anyone wants to know your every thought. for some, twittercism may be caught up in class-ism and gender politics, but for me, and i assume many, twittercism is about the ego of twitterers. i don't want to know anyone's every thought, not virginia woolf, not my own mother's, in fact, sometimes i even wish i could escape my own thoughts. and as for maureen dowd, manaugh needs to take his own advice and get the f over it. maureen dowd is a polemicist, and if you can't approach her writing with that in mind, then don't read what she writes.

P.S. as a facebook account holder, and someone who just wrote a blog entry, this argument is obvi on shaky ground.

P.P.S. this twitter is sort of interesting. and actually requires some thought!

thx _____!


THX LITTLE MACBREATH!!!

we hope your studies in poland are proving to be as valuable as the lessons you learned as our protege!

ps - the name of your server : "the network covers whole krakow area"

why the f not?



happy thursday.

slutty miata

"good girls go to heaven, bad girls go down"

seriously, you drive that car to you mother's house?

what is kismet doing?

little shit

careful. caaaareful.



thx g.

did everyone see sean martin on jimmy fallon last night?



jk, it's seth meyers, but who can tell the difference? am i right?

oulipo

could our language of abrev's and acronyms fall into this category? ihs!

gchatz w/ g.animalz

me: i wish we had an immersion blender
g.animalz: ?
me: i want to experiment with making hummus but i dont feel like i have the tools
g.animalz: to learn languages?
me: its like a stick
with a blender on the end
g.animalz: a juicer
me: no
not a juicer
g.animalz: for solids
me: an immersion blender
its like
a whisk
but a choppy blade
g.animalz: like when you learn a language in a foreign country?
me: electric
powered by electricity
g.animalz: like the silver bullet?
me: its like a food processor on a stick
like a magic bullet on the end of a stick
g.animalz: right food processor, juicer same thing
me: not really
g.animalz: like a mandolin
me: you dont know anything, about anything
g.animalz: are you describing yourself?
g.animalz: whoa. nsfw.

GOOP


you know that gwenyth paltrow has a weekly newsletter that she contributes to in some way (im not sure if we are supposed to believe that she writes the damn thing or what).

anyway, todays newsletter is a combination of recipes for summer entertaining. i was totally prepared to lambast her for her pretension or her snotty tude or something, but i cant. these recipes look good and i want to pass them on.

weve got artichokes with basil and mint, slow roasted tomatoes, grilled zucchini with mint and red chili, lentil and sweet potato salad, and bruschetta.

sounds wonderful, thank you gwenyth.

everybody hunker down.

here's a cute editorial about a recent trend in staying the f put:

"The number of people who changed residences declined to 35.2 million from March 2007 to March 2008, the lowest number since 1962, when the nation had 120 million fewer people." Perfectly understandable. I just moved, and do you know that movers want literally hundreds of dollars to move your stuff down one flight of stairs, and later, up another flight of stairs? I mean, everybody in New York is moving, because apartment prices are going down about a hundred bucks a month per month. But elsewhere, yea: just huddle up where you are. Moving expends energy, which requires calories to replace it, which ups your grocery bill. Stay still. (gawker)

thx g.

what the hell kind of gd boat is this?!?

will you look at this ridiculous thing? it's parked outside my house. turns out its a real life french battleship!

jicyww

a new director has been named for the third installment of twilight.

thx g.

do you like michael ian black?

me two! he has a blog where he writes funny stories like this one about hamsters.

thx joey.

dead pony update!

A veterinary pharmacy in Florida acknowledged Thursday that it incorrectly prepared medication used to treat 21 horses who all died around the time of an international polo match last weekend. The deaths of the ponies, witnessed in full view by spectators Sunday in a dramatic scene where horses collapsed one after another, have shaken the prestigious polo tournament at the marquee International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida. (cnn)

thx bun.

blog sneak attack

john: i would drug myself every night if it didn't cause my eyes to flash on the inside after three consecutive doses
 
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