there's a special surprise in this code switch ep.

for some reason "sneakers" was not listed...

i found something on the internet that i think you'll like.

there's more!

it's flapper friday!

thomas wilhelm just showed me this little internet list called the "flapper's dictionary." it is chock full of ripe nicknames, and we took the liberty of assigning a few:

thomas wilhelm : the cat's particulars (or the kitten's ankles or the monkey's eyebrows)
joel : a bun duster (or a cake eater or crumb gobbler, meaning a "slightly sissy tea hound"); also, a cancelled stamp.
starla : a blushing violet. (also, bank's closed.)
ms. danglez : a dingle dangler (she really is)
kylie : a crepe hanger and a bean picker
emilube : a gimlet.

if you'd like to know your flapper persona, just ask for one in the comments.

this is going to make winter so much more exciting!

the weather channel has decided to start namin' winter storms, just like they do tropical storms and hurrikinz!

god i hope we don't make it to xerxes!

in incredible nickname news:

This is Patriots RB
BenJarvus Green-Ellis.

His nickname is:

The Law Firm!




Look at him leaving that NY Football Shrimp in the dussssst.

congrats, meg and vomas!!

2Pz friends meg and thomas got married a couple of weeks ago. a little story:

five years (almost to the day) before this photo was taken, which features the now ubiquitous "VOM" face, our little thomas was visiting his friends in new york city. we took him to the tennessee alumni bar to watch what i believe was the first game after we moved here. needless to say, we overdid it.

in a particularly raucous moment, thomas lost his composure, and, well. he vom'd into a plastic cup. just a little. but it happened. he calmly excused himself and went to the bathroom to properly dispose of the cup. he is now and will forever be known as "vomas". the end.

gchatz w/ john

re: this.

me: i just did the unthinkable
and wikipedia'd "placenta" at work
John: i did too!
me: omg
so the umbilical cord
plugs into the placenta?
which is like nature's electrical outlet?
John: yeah
the placenta is the intermediate between the mother's body and the baby, via the umbilical cord
it's sort of a filter
me: its a magic blanket?
John:  it's also, as i would have imagined, tough and fibrous
at least with the macaque monkey
me: like a steak?
John: idk. maybe like horse meat
me: never had it
guess what your new nickname is
John: macaque monkey?
me: close
placental expulsion
John: no
that's emily
you know it fits her better
me: i dont care whom it is
as long as someone gets it
John: emily
me: done

i don't mean to beat a dead goat in the mouth, but...

...i just read this funny chat with amy poehler and aziz ansari in nymag. it's super-cute. it's about that funny list of funny food names that tom haverford recited on last week's parks and rec (which nobody watches even though its in the top 2 funniest shows on tv).

jess sent me this website a couple of days ago, where you can get more.

and they mentioned this in the article. someone made ron swanson's idea of a turkey leg inside of a grilled hamburger patty. "put ketchup on it if you want. i couldn't care less."

really great idea.

A second beaver has been found living in the Bronx River, and after a contest to name the local creature, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo has revealed the winner of its naming contest: 


Justin Beaver. (via)