Archive for February, 2008

A Quickie

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Trivia | 4 Comments »

On this day 48 years ago, what establishment opened, featuring employees wearing the first service uniform actually registered with the United States Patent Office? Read more..

A Little RTFO For Your Two-Twenty-Nine

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Music, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

In which Ernie and Bert of the Sesame Street Performance Collective perform "A Divine Proclamation to End the Present Existence," from the band Last Days of Humanity. [via] Read more..

Not That Innocent

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Music, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

Mister Resin pointed me to this Rolling Stone profile of Britney Spears, which paints kind of a bleak picture of her present and future: More than any other star today, Britney ... Read more..

I’m Talkin Ovah Heah: The End Of The New York Accent As We Know It

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in NYC, I Found This Interesting | 3 Comments »

Toity poiple boids Sittin on da koib A-choipin an' a-boipin An' eatin doity woims. Between the creeping cosmopolitanism and constant stream of new inhabitants, it's amazing the so-called "traditional" New York accents haven't gone ... Read more..

[Saturday Night Live, Kate & Allie, Third Rock From The Sun]

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

Each of the following actors has played a principal role (at least two years' worth) in at least three different series. Can you name the three series for each? (Some ... Read more..

DSO Trivia Podcast #21: The Feel-Good Movie Of The Summer

Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, Podcast | 2 Comments »

I have no doubt that you noticed last night that my trends are finally starting to take root in the lofty corridors where the stylemongering really happens. Lots of shaved ... Read more..

DSO: A Sample Name 3s Round

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Samples, Trivia | Comments Off

I never do this, but I've been asked to often, so... This will be the first of a few sample rounds I'll post just to hint at what the Drunken Smartass ... Read more..

Adeste Fideles, Castr(at)o

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

On the occasion of Fidel Castro stepping own, and for no real other reason than because I can, here are a few images from the Official DSO Tumblr blog stream, ... Read more..

Best of the Booker Prize

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Lit/Writ/Crit | Comments Off

Note: Edited for my getting the Irish Roddy Doyle and the Scottish Irvine Welsh mixed up, which of course makes me an inveterate racist. I hope one day to become ... Read more..

And Those Things Are Nasty, Too

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Sports, I Found This Interesting | 2 Comments »

Two of the shining lights of the IFOCE, Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas and Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi, are starting to get the big endorsement bucks: [via Brian Kane, via Presurfer] Read more..

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