2008

It’s not funny when I know you well enough to know...

Valley Girl, the movie, is going...

My aunt must be so proud.

"The Hammer is my penis."

Just in time for Salsa.

Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:FDA REMOVES TOMATO SALMONELLA WARNING, NOTING THAT POTENTIALLY...

geography is hard (for john mccain)

urg: Dear John McCain: When I was in 4th grade some people in Eastern Europe took it upon...

omg CBS just sent me GOD spam!

urg: via Feministing

From the "I just turned into a walking...

Dept of Health and Human Services is proposing that most forms of birth control be classified as...

Holy shit this is amazing and everyone...

Our office got a soda machine. Not like a fountain soda machine, but a machine that looks like a...

This was kind of exactly what I needed today. Thanks,...

jessicacoen: Friend: I moved to Park Slope.Me: Did you have a baby?Thing is, I wasn’t trying to be...

I think papayas taste like throwup.

I mean am I wrong on this? I need to just stop eating them, because each time I do I am unpleasantly...

Why staring at my chest in a meeting is...

“Hi, hi thank you for coming all the way in today. Hope your commute wasn’t too rough. Yes yes, it...

New novel loosely accuses Laura Bush of...

Just in time for the beach — Curtis Sittenfeld is about to come out with a new novel based on...

The sundress as a tool of resistance.

Via broadsheet – Turkish women took to the streets in sundresses and spaghetti straps, to protest...

News news news!

Did you hear? Admitting gays into the military to die alongside all the straight people doesn’t...

...and, here comes Bruno!

Sacha Baron Cohen: Genius.

Menu planning.

I was just brainstorming possible foods to make for the 4th of July, and am posting it in case...

Bob Barr totes read The Elements of...

Joy originally signed me up for all of the republican presidential candidates’ AND the libertarian...

See? I *told* you anti-abortion...

Case in point: These tshirts with the slogan “Anti-abortion, pro-date-rape.” Thanks to...

Flashback: flannel

Quick thought – has Mary Kate Olsen been wearing so much flannel lately in a guerilla attempt to...

When publishing picked the president.

Flashback: 2000. It’s pre-9/11 America and a bumbling cowboy is running for president. He’s someone...

Because it’s friday. And it’s been one of those...

John McCain just joked about beating his...

Joy:  MAYBE THATS WHY SHE WEARS SO MUCH MAKE UP (Via urg:)

John McCain just joked about beating his...

From an interview with McCain by Jon Ralston in the Las Vegas Sun today: (Maybe it’s the...

Actually, fashion *won't* win this...

OK, so. As much as I love Michelle Obama, and would prefer her as a role model over Cindy any day...

Green Party is now the racist party?

Nader’s just jealous because he still hasn’t learned how to talk interesting.

In addition to Democrats, did you know...

Ok ok, to be fair it was *regional* Fox news in Richmond but still — the station hired some...

Want. Shirt. [sale starts June 28]

Oh shit.

Gothamist: Con Ed Workers Threaten to Strike on Sunday As someone who has seen the street outside...

Paparazzi To Rumble With Surfers In...

This is awesome.

dont tell me to get of your fucking lawn...

urg: goddamnit, gen-xers, stop writing lists about how to deal with us and get to work. Also, this...

Spencer is now at Firedog lake! So. Freaking....

ABC just won back my heart.

Via ABC’s The Note this morning, Rove is baaaack, and trying to paint Obama as too...

Oil price drama played out through...

Did anyone else hear the NPR story this morning on the Congressional oil pricing debate? I’m not...

I’m sorry, there’s just something creepy about...

If McCain gets elected, will we start...

Eric Altman has a great piece in the Nation on how the U.S. media seemingly gives John McCain a free...

Sigh. Obviously Mike Madden has yet to...

In Salon.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha.

Tinsley Mortimer’s reality show got cancelled because she was too boring.

News news news.

In five years, only hedge fund managers will be able to afford to live in Manhattan. But don’t...

And... it's on.

They just ran a promo for Chris Matthews’ show for tonight on MSNBC. The title? “If...

Fuck. Or don’t rather.

Remember when high schools had condom vending machines in the bathrooms? And we used to laugh that...

on being yentas

urg: Erica: I am on this horrible conference call where we are trying to reframe what it is to be a...

In case you had doubts about how...

My good friend Ashley Harness has an amazing piece today in the Minnesota Star-Tribune (her hometown...

It’s like rebuilding New Orleans using...

NYT: Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back; Rare, No-Bid Contracts. Because the way to...

jessicacoen: Andrew 1: Knock knock.New York: Who’s there?Andrew 1: 9/11New York: 9/11 who?Andrew 1:...

Katie Couric starts to really scrape the...

There’s a lot going on in the world today – the upcoming Olympics and how they effect...

Vote for Michelle! If for *no* other reason than because...

Dammit, pop culture *will* win this...

Michelle Obama is on the cover of Us Weekly! (Via Daily Intel)

BBC delves into officespeak.

Once, when I mentioned problems with the phone system, she screamed ‘NO! You don’t have...

Fun with Profnet / how to...

11. NON-EXPERT: ‘Anorexercise’ — Freelancer If you have battled...

Food.

. . . . . Did you know? I have another blog! That I never ever post to. It’s called Broke...

When fashion won the election.

Call me crazy, but I think this is a sign that Obama’s winning. Because who wants to dress up...

Hypochondria is…

For the past few days I have been convinced that I have gotten salmonella poisoning from eating a...

Fuck McCain: linguistics edition.

Just so everyone knows, I hereby put an official ban on the word “Maverick” when describing John...

The Choice

alexbalk: I am a white male in his mid-thirties who makes a more than comfortable living doing...

Pesky Pesticide Perusal Prices Present...

The USDA will no longer monitor pesticide use on crops. Why? Because it was too expensive (or...

Humans once again think they have the...

The Milky Way (our Universe) has two arms, not four. And its stars move slower than we’d originally...

Stop the open season

OK, let me just say this. Yes, it’s great to finally have a democratic nominee, and yes, I am...

Hey so I *think* something kind of major happened last...

The most amazing sex ed video I've ever...

It’s not embedable, but Jezebel today has a post on the most amazing sex ed video I’ve...

Never going to complain about a "dry...

The Weird Sisters Olivia Judson examines the reproductive life of bdelloid rotifers: tiny,...

Postcards from Your Papa, part II

Erica, I don’t know what floor they’re on. Maybe you could check the mailboxes or the intercom? As...

Postcards from Your Papa, part I.

Erica, Carol works with [redacted] (who just published a book) who has a friend: [redacted], who’s...

Ironic value vs. you’re a fucking idiot:...

Last night I sat next to a girl on the subway who had an exact replica of the Nicole Richie rosary...

“It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean...”
— Amazing NYTimes Essay by Dr....

Working Mother Magazine mysteriously decides that...

New York City can be an ugly, ugly place. It can also be...

Is Barack Obama a Muslim?

You know Gen X is still in charge when Starbucks is...

The weekend of compulsive oversharing.

Do you know what gets gum out of cotton jersey sundresses? Dryer sheets. No seriously. Run that gum...

And you know the problem with only...

There are no promos/teasers/ads/whatevers to let you know when the current season for your favorite...

See Carrie. See Carrie’s friends. See blogger IM...

Kinda awesome

Jane’s day in brands (via Gawker). My favorite is the half a condom at the end (click to see...

In honor of the Texas ruling. And, um,...

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you one of my favorite websites: feminist mormon housewives.

A reader writes.

alexbalk: balk, as someone with a big audience and influence on the internets, you have an...

Ellen to marry McCain?

haha, no, just kidding. But she did have this cute little quip with him on her show about gay...

yeah, I’ve got no idea either.

(via alexbalk) Dammit, when did the cuttoff year get moved...

Campaign 2008: a preview

I’m not sure if it’s a result of listening to the primary results on NPR while half asleep this...

real girls fight back

urg: I was a huge fan of Buffy. I remember in high school my mom and I used to make popcorn and...

McCain won’t be brought down by his...

He will be brought down by HDTV.

Part II of that conversation

me: I think you need to find a better euphemism
Joy: okay
Joy: what should it be?
me: nutsack?
me: Chicken necks?
me: ding dongs?
me: Johnny Rottens?
Joy: lol
Joy: I am 12
Joy: because i am sitting here gigilling
me: boing boings?
me: scrotums?
me: scrums?
me: danglers?
me: floppy bits?
Joy: FLOPPY BITS
me: hahaa
me: I am sitting here
me: alone in the office
me: laughing out loud in my pathetic assed hoarse voice
Joy: hahahaha

Why I love my friends

Joy: Hey Joy: can you read this and tell me if I should just come right out and say penis and...

I'm really glad she didn't die and all,...

The girls, many wearing purity rings, made silent vows. “I promise to God and myself and my family...

Cough cough what? Sorry Terry, has that...

“It’s also good for me,” said Terry Lee, 54, who attended the ball for a second year, this time with...

Caught between abstinance and Paris...

omg omg OMG. The NY Times had a HUGE feature on a purity ball that happened over the weekend in...

Posts I would have done on Spencer’s...

Why, vegan cupcakes, why? Jezebel is awesome. If I wrote a children’s book it would be called “Are...

Media whore, you know you want more.

Yeah, I never post over the weekend. But in the spirit of making sure my friend doesn’t hate...

Adventures in subway riding.

This morning I was reminded of why I both love New York and hate it at the same time. It’s 9am and...

The Wall Street Journal wants you to...

True to its free market ideology, the Wall Street Journal ran an op ed today by a Dr. Sally Satel on...

Love is universal

And a great piece in the Huffington Post on what this decision means. I am so proud of California...

This just made me cry, in the absolute...

Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to...

...But my hangover is for the...

There are some great wite ups of last night’s event — my favorite is the Grub Street...

John McCain still has his left blinker...

Though not as funny, a little more ageist and way more pc-pandering liberal than the original, John...

If my posts seem a little long today......

me: does this post make any sense?
me: http://ericasavestheday.tumblr.com/post/34904551
Joy: it makes sense
me: yay!
me: and what do you think of this?
me: http://ericasavestheday.tumblr.com/post/34908915
Joy: i just reblogged it
me: haha
me: ok
me: thanks
me: I'm really just too hungover to tell

In defense of prostitution

In case you’ve been living under a state-controlled media dictatorship for the past few days...

NYT article on parking is kind of like...

I don’t know if this article appeared on the front page of anyone else’s New York Times,...

This just sold for $15 million.

 I mean, there’s kind of nothing more to say (via Gawker)

because she wont market herself

Sigh. Once again Joy decides I’m the man in this relationship. But that’s ok. I love her...

Yes, I told the world (including my...

But it was for a higher purpose. Also, my original title was a Shot in the Arm is a Shot in the...

I'm in a pre-food coma

So not so many posts today, as I am leaving for the most amazing food event in the world a/k/a Taste...

Blog Rules

Are hilarious. Read them

Old man walking.

File under not new but new to me: Things Younger Than McCain Highlights from the list of things that...

John McCain definitely *won't* be caught...

Why? Because when he wants a woman to work, he wants her to do it for free. Or at least for less...

Wait, in addition to the first Black...

ew.

It’s Business Time

Flight of the Conchords, I love you. I love your silly song lyrics, painfully awkward interactions...

Stalkers, WTF?

So, there comes a special time in any woman’s dating life when she encounters that fateful creature,...

Never thought I'd say it but

I really really really wish that I was sleeping with someone right now and we had a pregnancy scare,...