Archive for June, 2008

[George Carlin] Adult Language

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Comedy, Music, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

It's possible that there's a site someplace collecting all the web tributes to George Carlin out there, but I ain't gonna be the one. It would take years. I haven't ... Read more..

[George Carlin] Occupation: Foole

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Comedy, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | 2 Comments »

There are a million obituaries and recollections of George Carlin going around today, all of them heartfelt and richly deserved. He was a hell of a thinker, and a gleeful ... Read more..

This Week In Lovesickness

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

In Newburgh, New York, a man broke into a woman's house, cut a hole in her couch, and hid there until she came home and sat on the couch, discovering ... Read more..

I Know, I Know, Enough With The Match Game Updates

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Game Shows | Comments Off

I never promised I wouldn't overdo it with Match Game news, and two releases in one week is a good start. Besides, the full cast seems to be set, at ... Read more..

For Bloomsday, Which I Missed This Year

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Sports, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

I've taken the last few years to celebrating Bloomsday, though this year I've been wake-to-drop crazy this week, and it flew past me like an arrow aimed elsewhere. Tonight I'll ... Read more..

Match Game: Update

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Game Shows | Comments Off

Goodbye Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly, hello... Sarah Silverman and Norm Macdonald. Still no host or anyone else on the panel, but still, they needed to have those two chairs ... Read more..

Ono, Kittah Game Show Be Destroyn Mah Societeh!

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Game Shows, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

Just when I thought that we as a nation had finally pulled ourselves from the fetid, brainless ditch of "reality"-based game shows, and proud-of-our-idiocy PSAT-fests like Are You Smarter Than ... Read more..

Idlewild Books: A Brilliant Way To Lay Out A Bookstore

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in NYC, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

Idlewild Books is a new travel bookstore at West 19th Street and 5th Avenue, and their gimmick (if it's a gimmick - yeah, I guess it is) is that they ... Read more..

Don’t Call It A Hiatus

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, Housekeeping | Comments Off

I have a couple of apologies to make. Well, one big one. I let down a lot of people last weekend by letting the World Quizzing Championships slide. I really should ... Read more..

Drunken Smartass Olympics Trivia

Sunday, August 19th, 2007 Posted in Calendar | Comments Off

Dempsey's Pub, 61 2nd Avenue @ 4th Street, East Village, 7:30-9:30pm, no cover, 2 drink minimum. 51 Questions on popular culture, history, sports, music, science and geography, for prizes ranging from ... Read more..

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