people sell the darndest things

plenty of snark about expensive products at The Worst Things For Sale

time travel

there was a version of this story on TAL a few years back. but this movie looks gooooooood.

mariah carey throws mad shade

WTC1 just keeps getting worse and worse

What the city ended up with as a replacement to the original World Trade Center towers is safe and bland, and while you might have thought it couldn't get any worse, it will.  In an effort to save 20 million dollars, The Durst Organization and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have decided to discard the steel and fiberglass shell, designed in collaboration with sculptor Kenneth Snelson, encasing the broadcast antenna atop Tower One.  The Durst Organization has claimed that maintaining and repairing the antenna enclosure would be too difficult and expensive.  Architect David Childs said:

“We are disappointed that a decision has been made to remove the sculptural enclosure at the top of 1 World Trade Center...Eliminating this integral part of the building’s design and leaving an exposed antenna and equipment is unfortunate. We stand ready to work with the port on an alternate design that will still mark the 1 World Trade Center’s place in New York City’s skyline.”

Not only will this change take away the only mildly interesting element of the design, it will also likely negate WTC1's status as the tallest building in the country since the unclad broadcast antenna will not be classified as a spire, and therefore cannot be included in the total height of the structure according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.  The Council will wait to make a final ruling on the height of the structure until it is complete on 2014, but if they ultimately decide the antenna cannot be considered, the total height of Tower One will be 1,368 feet (see below, C2E).

Here's what some idiot commenters over at the Wall Street Journal had to say:

 

While someone at the New York Times insisted it's not too late to get back on the right track and just rebuild replicas of the original towers in the two remaining empty lots.

[NYT]

i need a babysitter

my name is isabella, i live in nashville
and i am very well behaved (just look at that braided bone on my nose for chrissakes) and i need someone to take care of me from may 24-28.

for kylie

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w2g phil!

Phillip Fulmer was a first-ballot selection Tuesday for College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement.

Fulmer becomes the third University of Tennessee coach to be selected in the coaching category, joining Robert Neyland and Doug Dickey.

Johnny Majors and Bowden Wyatt were inducted as players, along with 17 other Vols.
Fulmer coached the Vols for three games as interim head coach in 1992 then took over full time in 1993.

He went 152-52 as head coach, a .745 winning percentage, until he was forced to resign effective at the end of the 2008 season.

Induction criteria require a coach be retired for three years. Fulmer was one of eight coaches on the ballot. Coaches have to have won 60 percent of their games over a career of at least 100 games.

Fulmer’s most celebrated season was 1998 when the Vols went 13-0 and won the BCS national championship. (via)

108 days!!!

kimbra - vows

kimbra, of 'somebody that i used to know' fame, has an album coming out soon. stream it here.

melissa melton, horse murderer.

“Well done, jock,” a fan said to Crowley.

The jockey nodded and pointed to his horse. “Not me, all him,” the gesture said.

And it was. Arcadius seized the day, winning with the biggest, best effort of his life. The humans lined up, the horse was led in to the winner’s circle. Catching his breath now, he stood for the brief ceremony — a sweaty, dirty, hot, victorious athlete. It was as if he knew he had won. Arcadius stared regally to the distance, ears at attention, and everyone else paused, soaking in the victory. The cameras buzzed. Crowley jumped down, unbuckled the elastic girths, removed the leather saddle, breastplate, black and red cloth with the white 3 on it. The jockey folded it all up on his arm, patted his horse on the back, one more reward for the effort.

Two minutes later, Arcadius was dead — steps from the finish line he had crossed with so much power, so much life. (via)

she was there. after that incident with the deer, i just can't help but be suspicious.

not your kind of people - garbage

stream the full album here
buy it on itunes today
it will probably be on spotify after it is released next week.
read an interview with shirley manson

if you love terry gross (and you do) then you'll love this

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new r. kelly

leave it to r. kelly...

the mindy project

coming soon to a television near you

you can uncross your fingers. the season is over.

cross your fingers for the grizzlies tonight

game 6 tonight in LA. if we lose, we are done. if we win, we come back home for game 7 on sunday. tough.