On Deck
...wherein we listen to what Lawrence's movers and shakers are moving and shaking. to.
- Einstürzende Neubauten, "Haus der Lüge"
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Let Love In"
- Bjork, "Vespertine"
- Interpol, "Turn on the Bright Lights"
- Akira Rabelais, "Caduseus"
Tubers
...wherein local TV connoisseurs intimate what keeps them on their couches.
- "The Office" "It's a show about a handful of employees at an office that sells paper and a shitty boss that doesn't know what he's doing. The boss has an ass-kiss who's a real asshole but he's a great character. It's f*cking hilarious. Steve Carell's comedy is great and John Kasinski is very pretty-he has eyes that draw you in. He's beautifully man pretty."
- "Scrubs" "it's the most amazing show in the world-I can't explain it. The fact that they take such slap stick and comedy out of a dramatic situation is amazing. It's like 'ER' meets 'Caroline in the City,' and I didn't even like 'Caroline in the City.' Another reason I like it is that there's nothing else on at 1:00 in the morning."
- "Family Guy" "It makes my nipples hard every time I watch it-every time."
Bound Up
Currently reading: "An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales From the Top of the Naughty List" by Laurie Notaro "They're non-fiction stories that she's put together of her life. She's a former whiskey drinker/smoker who figured out that real life had to happen at some point. One of the anecdotes is about her neighbor, who hangs up these crazy Christmas lights every year with a different theme. One year, of course, somebody steals the lights. I enjoyed that because I hate Christmas. My Mom gave me the book because she knows I like whiskey. I've learned from the book that, at the point where you stop drinking whiskey, life isn't fun anymore. Life can still be fun, but not nearly as amusing."
One book everyone should read: "Ready, Okay!" by Adam Cadre "It's about coming of age in high-school during the late nineties, with a narrator who's a quirky outsider. It talks a lot about the drug and sex culture of the time. Some of the terminology is difficult to grasp at first, but you figure it out. I think the themes are relatable. I read it at 14, but it speaks to you in a common language. It's definitely one of my favorites."
Top 20 Things You Could Buy With A $700 Billion Bailout
1 Universal health care
2 Shitload of Häagen-Dazs
3 Nationwide, high-speed wi-fi
4 Charles Barkley's gambling debt
5 A laptop for every child on the planet
6 A bridge to nowhere for every child in Alaska
7 Higher education for millions of Americans
8 A pretty boss jet ski
9 Much needed infrastructure repair
10 A Playstation 3 plus one game
11 Research and development for curing disease
12 Love
13 A renewable energy grid
14 Mexico
15 Social Security solubility
16 Another middle eastern war
17 Clean drinking water in developing nations
18 Lipo and tummy tuck
19 Reconstruction and preparedness for natural disasters
20 Toxic debt stemming from exploitative and arrogant business practices, made possible by years of deregulation meant to enrich wealthy political donors, for which the perpetrators will bare no responsibility
-assembled by Gavon Laessig
Naked Data
Amount of money donated to the John McCain campaign in June and July by retirees: $8.1 million
To the Barack Obama campaign: $4.5 million
To McCain by lawyers: $1.7 million
Obama: $3.2 million
To McCain by people employed in real estate: $1.7 million
Obama: $650,000
To McCain by educators: $328,000
Obama: $2.3 million
To McCain by health professionals: $1.1 million
Obama: $1 million
Percent of people who say they'll vote for Barack Obama who think the economy is in a "recession" or a "depression": 73
Percent of McCain voters who think so: 45
Percent of Obama voters who think the economy is growing, or, at worst, slowing down: 26
Percent of McCain voters who think so: 53
Percent of Americans who think the economy will be growing a year from now: 47
Percent who think it will be slowing down: 16
In a recession: 15
In a depression: 13
Sources: Center for Responsive Politics, Gallup Poll
