December 2011
2 posts
“My parents actually threatened my little sister and I with Krampus tales on...”
– Austria’s Krampus Parade celebrates Santa’s child-eating monster, io9
“Entertainment Weekly hired a fancy research company to figure out what shows...”
– Republicans Watch The Worst Shows on TV, Gawker
November 2011
6 posts
“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
– Epictetus (quote via Jess)
“Man… I remember when when I was a teenager, “Cyber Monday”...”
– Ben Rhine’s Facebook status
“….I look like a Korean pop star. A *male* Korean pop star.”
– Kim-Thao, after trying on my Daria wig
“So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is...”
– Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times columnist and journalist (via nakedslate)
“You guys are awful— disco has been great to me. Without disco, if I rub my...”
– Fez, That 70’s Show
“It was then determined that running for any distance longer than half a mile was...”
– Why Women Runners Are Punk Rock, Erin Gloria Ryan for Jezebel
October 2011
1 post
“This is Obama’s protest to counter the Tea Party,” Limbaugh said....”
– Rush Limbaugh, an obvious library of evidence-based facts (My eyes just rolled so far back into my head I think I saw my skull)
September 2011
1 post
“The copyright runs through 2012. Conclusion: THIS WEBSITE IS FROM THE FUTURE AND...”
– Ben Novack, while discussing this ridiculous website.
August 2011
4 posts
“Not only do other people no longer smell the urine on me, but I can’t even...”
– Jezebel, Worth It: Pads for Pee-Pee Pants (about the author’s urine leak problem when she was pregnant)
“It seems that most of the gays—or at lest gay couples—are found in vacation...”
– Gawker, The U.S. Census Declares the Gayest City in America
“My mother called recently to tell me that an online dating survey revealed that...”
– Weight In Vain blog
“And if running has taught me anything, it’s that it’s important to keep moving...”
– Weight In Vain blog
July 2011
2 posts
“China wants its people to be more fertile now! Okay first let people have two...”
– Gawker, Internet Addiction Just as Bad as Real Addiction, But Not Cool
“So a kid’s more likely to turn Republican if she partied on the Fourth...”
– Gawker, WARNING: The 4th of July Could Make You A Republican
June 2011
1 post
“Pretty much no one in Congress wants to be buddy-buddy with Rep. Anthony Weiner...”
– Gawker, Charlie Rangel Is Anthony Weiner’s Only Friend in Congress
May 2011
1 post
“It’s hard to say no to Yoo-Hoo. The name literally beckons.”
– Dr. Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
April 2011
2 posts
“Loud person Donald Trump, who is running for president from the Insane Internet...”
– Max Read, Gawker
“They’re fucking gross, man. Look, I love beautiful girls too. I think everyone...”
– Amy Poehler on American Apparel
March 2011
1 post
“Natalie Portman says she stayed away from comedies for years because she didn’t...”
– The Frisky, 12 Female Stars Who Say There’s A Serious Lack Of Good Roles For Women
February 2011
10 posts
“If you prefer it in non-graph form: “Wisconsin public-sector workers face...”
– Ezra Klein, Are Wisconsin’s state and local workers overpaid?
“Under the guise of a budget deficit, Walker just put forth a bill that would...”
– Josh Healy, Warfare in Wisconsin: 10 Things You Should Know
“In Mionske’s view, justice for cyclists is often invisible, handled with...”
– Tom Vanderbilt, Rage Against Your Machine
“Diop, who dreams of returning to Africa to build a hospital, says she has...”
– Laura Sessions Step, What Happens When Mean Girls Grow Up?
“The centers often won’t give women their results in writing, which they...”
– Cienna Madrid, Six Pregnancy Tests in One Week
“Well, that sounded great until we sat down to try and decide how to depict a...”
– Susana Polo, Geekosystem article
“I have said many times,” he said, “that I will do everything that I...”
– Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
“The Jews— we love that Icelandic electro pop!”
– Linzy, commenting on my lone shiksa status in a crowded car ride to a Robyn concert
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
– Oscar Wilde
“This move had been opposed by organic farmers and consumers because of the...”
– The Atlantic, Why You Should Care About Genetically Modified Alfalfa
January 2011
4 posts
“An American-led military unit pulverized an Afghan village in Kandahar’s...”
– Wired.com
“Every once in a while, I am pleasantly reminded that Americans are smarter than...”
– Broadsheet on Salon.com
“Weird things appear to be happening with global fauna. In the past few days...”
– mediaite.com article
“The expanse of land owned and operated by oil refineries here is long, desolate...”
– A.D. Amorosi, The Big Chill - citypaper
December 2010
9 posts
“Some demographers, however, argue that plummeting fertility rates and a rapidly...”
– NYT on China’s one-child birth limit
“I didn’t carry my wallet with me just in case, but I can’t exactly leave my...”
– Article on TheFrisky, discussing rape.
“As I was saying, the thing I love most about America is that there’s always...”
– Thomas L. Friedman
“You see, the embalmed head—which was just confirmed by scientists as that of the...”
– Gawker
“C’mon out! Pittsburgh is a magical city where they put french fries on...”
– Jonny
“Holiday sweaters!? Oh god. You do know I don’t own any of those either,...”
– Ben
“Battlestar is almost like a disease, where everyone has their own unique story...”
– Nicki Clyne (Cally) on BSG
“Though Bristol appears to have absorbed her mother’s martyr complex, it is...”
– Gawker
“Well, Get Out Philly is hosting a game of Flashlight Tag this Saturday, December...”
– Eric Smith, blog post promoting flashlight tag at the park
November 2010
10 posts
“After an awkward introduction to his ongoing live Q&A at Facebook...”
– Gawker (never change, never!)
Colin and I discuss... rap
Colin: *sends link to rap song*
Bianca: Oh geez, will this get me in trouble at work?
Colin: I don't know, does your office frown on white boys rapping about NPR?
Bianca: No, but I frown on white rappers that aren't Snow.
“So how are you, my dear? I’ve come down with laryngitis, but won’t...”
– an email from Julianne, one of my favorite people ever
“Justin Bieber played the Wells Fargo Center last night, and the tweens of...”
– Philebrity
“Good thing for the future of the United States, deans of Ivy League universities...”
– Gawker, hysterical review of a Gossip Girl episode
“The Oxford American Dictionary announced today that Palin’s Twitter malapropism...”
– Gawker