I’m Not Going to Do This Every Day

Who knew that the secret to unlocking Jon Arbuckle’s comedic ennui was to remove that damn cat who’d been holding him back? Seriously, this is fantastic.

The latest from the Improv Everywhere folks (h/t Gothamist)

from gothamist.com posted with vodpod

Honestly, words can not express…

from www.groovygrooves.co posted with vodpod

Today in the Housing Crisis:

This, from the new issue of the Atlantic Monthly, is interesting–an argument that the coming slums in the U.S. will be located in the suburbs. Yet another reason why I’m going to be kicking myself for not buying a place in Manhattan.

This, from NPR, makes the case for ditching those slum houses before it’s too late.

This

which is down the street from me, is finally getting some repair, and is both a fascinating story and a reminder that there are still places in Manhattan where you can have a roof (sorta) over your head for $100 a month.

Watching Clemens before congress today, I have no idea whether he’s guilty of anything or not. Honestly, though, I’ve not been able to stop laughing after viewing MSNBC’s cutting analysis from a Body Language Expert, who in all seriousness told us that ‘the feet don’t lie.’

When we all know it’s the hips.

Lori Gottleib’s essay, “Marry Him!”, is just the latest in The Atlantic’s long line of pieces about Being A Woman Today that are guaranteed to irk a good chunk of the public. But my favorite response so far comes from the excellent Old Hag: “Fuck You, Atlantic, and You Sucked in Bed Anyway.”

Some bloggers are making much of this British radio interview Antonin Scalia in which the justice discusses his views on torture. And while it does give a good insight into his positions, the most interesting part to me is that Nino clearly gets his torture scenarios from the show ‘24′ (ital mine):

In the interview with the Law in Action programme on BBC Radio 4, he said it was “extraordinary” to assume that the ban on “cruel and unusual punishment” - the US Constitution’s Eighth Amendment - also applied to “so-called” torture.

“To begin with the constitution… is referring to punishment for crime. And, for example, incarcerating someone indefinitely would certainly be cruel and unusual punishment for a crime.”

Justice Scalia argued that courts could take stronger measures when a witness refused to answer questions.

“I suppose it’s the same thing about so-called torture. Is it really so easy to determine that smacking someone in the face to determine where he has hidden the bomb that is about to blow up Los Angeles is prohibited in the constitution?” he asked.

“It would be absurd to say you couldn’t do that. And once you acknowledge that, we’re into a different game.

The brilliant p. stack once did a post about songs that you would make you look hard while listening to them on your iPod walking down the street. Sadly, I can’t find that post now. I can, however, say that this song somehow fits the bill…

from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod

I never thought you could make a comedy out of Photoshop; for me, it’s always been closer to tragedy. How wrong I was:

If I ever leave depart this fair city to someplace where I’d have to come in by train, I’d make sure that my train ended up in Grand Central Station, a lovely place that almost by itself makes commuting worthwhile. This, from the group Improv Everywhere, is a fun bit:

though it doesn’t match the inspiration of the bit from The Fisher King: