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"I am happy to announce that my first race after winning the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be the..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:38:00 -0500

“I am happy to announce that my first race after winning the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be the NYC Half,” said Keflezighi.”

- 2012 NYC Half Announces Elite Athletes: Ritz, Meb, Goucher, Desi & more

I wish the course was 2 laps of the park instead of 1 so I could experience the thrill of getting lapped by world class elite runners.

For Champion Dogs, the Traditional Sardi’s Feast Will Continue

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:41:49 -0500

For Champion Dogs, the Traditional Sardi’s Feast Will Continue

"He became the most interesting of the great footballers. Pele is a performing doll for big..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:18:05 -0500

“He became the most interesting of the great footballers. Pele is a performing doll for big companies, Bobby Charlton a dullard, Beckenbauer a diplomat, and Diego Maradona an off-the-rails rock star. Cruijff alone is a great thinker about football. It’s as if he were the lightbulb and Edison in one.”

- Johan Cruijff saga continues

"This is likely to be an odd battle – fascinating tactically by virtue of the fact it won’t be very..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:37:28 -0500

“This is likely to be an odd battle – fascinating tactically by virtue of the fact it won’t be very tactical. In other words, these two coaches are quite inflexible, playing roughly the same system every week. The 4-3-1-2 v 4-3-3 match-up is very obvious – the former has an extra man in midfield, the latter is stronger down the flanks.”

- Milan v Arsenal should be an interesting battle of very different formations and styles

Adams & Henry

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:12:00 -0500

Adams & Henry

"The sport as it stands requires fifty men on a side just to be able to field a team once a week, for..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:22:33 -0500

“The sport as it stands requires fifty men on a side just to be able to field a team once a week, for a competition that involves a mere ten or eleven minutes of live action; and the news cycle between games is dominated by questions surrounding which players are “probable,” which “questionable,” and which definitively out of commission.”

- Football and the Concussion Crisis

"That stuff about people connecting with your brand on the Internet, we were just selling you a..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:33 -0500

“That stuff about people connecting with your brand on the Internet, we were just selling you a website.”

- @ftrain

COMPELLING BENEFITS “We make our gravy rich and creamy so when served with hot and fluffy...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:46:11 -0500

COMPELLING BENEFITS

“We make our gravy rich and creamy so when served with hot and fluffy biscuits, after one bite, you’ll know why some traditions should never change.”

“The Knicks shot just 25 percent in the first quarter and trailed 23-17. Lin missed all three...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:05:28 -0500

“The Knicks shot just 25 percent in the first quarter and trailed 23-17. Lin missed all three shots he attempted, and moments after the third, he was called for his second foul — a block against Wall — and sustained a gash and left the game with 4:06 to play.”

New York Knicks vs. Washington Wizards

I watched up until this point, then got bored. It is real actual work trying to like the Knicks, even with their new Taiwanese phenom.

Cutest little man-eaters around. And they’re in love....

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:11 -0500

Cutest little man-eaters around. And they’re in love. Don’t tell Rick Santorum.

Don’t Worry, There Are Only 1,575 Steps Left I’m the...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:51:00 -0500

Don’t Worry, There Are Only 1,575 Steps Left

I’m the kind of person who will get up at 6am on a 25 degree February Sunday morning, put on tights and a GPS watch, and take a 30 minute subway ride all so I can run around in a circle with about 5,000 other freezing people for 25 minutes, with a literally absolute zero chance of winning or even being close to the best even in my age group, before turning around and heading right back home, and even to me, this sounds stupid.

"He taps into the passions of Harvard alumni, Ivy Leaguers, New Yorkers and anyone anywhere who loves..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:22:00 -0500

“He taps into the passions of Harvard alumni, Ivy Leaguers, New Yorkers and anyone anywhere who loves an underdog.”

- Jeremy Lin Has Burst From N.B.A. Novelty Act to Knicks Star

His parents are engineers, he grew up in Palo Alto, he went to Harvard, he lives in New York City. He’s an underdog!

Mad Men Subway Poster Graffiti

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:45:05 -0500

Mad Men Subway Poster Graffiti

There’s a cat on the pitch.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 -0500

There’s a cat on the pitch.

"The Super Bowl halftime show is the Branson, Missouri of rock ‘n’ roll."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:01:27 -0500

“The Super Bowl halftime show is the Branson, Missouri of rock ‘n’ roll.”

- Madonna wins the Super Bowl | MetaFilter

"This is the one time of the year people like to talk about advertising"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:08:56 -0500

“This is the one time of the year people like to talk about advertising”

- Some Super Bowl Ads Being Seen Long Before the Game

I’m sorry, what?

Video

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:47:48 -0500

Video

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:44:36 -0500

"This course examines the history, theory, and practice of digital humanities, paying special..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:31:31 -0500

“This course examines the history, theory, and practice of digital humanities, paying special attention to the ways in which digital humanities are transforming research, disciplines, and even the academy itself.”

- LIS 697 Digital Humanities | Chris Alen Sula

Oh, look at that. Now my grad program has a Digital Humanities course.

1. Do you have an image in your head of someone with an undergraduate psychology degree? I sure...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:25:00 -0500

1. Do you have an image in your head of someone with an undergraduate psychology degree? I sure do.

2. Pics of women! Don’t mind that “In a relationship” checkbox I clicked. Wink, wink, ha ha AMIRITE?! DATA!

3. Some kind of picture of a mad vampire lady as an AD FOR ANOTHER AD for Audi.

4. Meatvideo.com. Whatever. Moving on.

5. AD FOR ANOTHER AD for Heineken.

6. AD FOR YOUR OWN ADS!

7. Ad for VA Half Marathon, which, OK, you noticed the NYRR content on my wall and took a decent guess. Except it’s not even an ad to enter the race, it’s an ad to BUY YOUR WAY INTO THE RACE AFTER ALL THE ENTRIES ARE FILLED.

I think Trump would find all these ads perfectly CLASSY. Just add a little gold embossing is all.

“But many analysts believe Facebook’s fortunes will rapidly multiply as advertisers direct increasingly more capital to the Web’s social hive.”