Matt Yglesias, “The Rent Is Too Damn High Now Available For Preorder,” Slate, February 28, 2012
Relevant to Sydney.
(via screwrocknroll)
I am very much looking forward to this book.
I have a friend, who shall remain nameless, whose current Facebook status is a passive-aggressive comment directly toward GOD. And said person is a pretty committed Christian.
I really wish I could share it with y’all without causing problems. It’s pretty funny.
Romney is the nominee.
Really, it was over weeks ago, but with a 3% lead in Michigan and a resounding win in the winner-take-all state of Arizona, it’s time to stop pretending this is a contest and start talking about the General.
Venn diagrams of the people who are fans of Presidents/Presidential candidates.
Sufjan is coming back to Sydney the week after I run the half marathon.
Coincidence?
I think not.
I think it will be my reward.
While the full line-up will be announced on March 15, we can now reveal that Vivid LIVE will feature a “special commission” of new works created and performed by Sufjan Stevens, composer Nico Muhly (Björk, Philip Glass) and Bryce Dessner (The National). Linehan describes the trio as “the defining creative minds of New York’s current music scene”. He said the performance was facilitated with the help of the Barbican Centre in London and the Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven.
Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House is part of Vivid Sydney, which runs from May 25 to June 11.
HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY
5.5kms after work. Not a bad run.
3 Rounds and a Sound on Hart of Dixie! Josh Schwartz cliche! Drink!
- football season
Things that are out of season:
- football
National state of emergency, I’d say.
Get into Australian Football. It’ll keep you going til September.
Oh, and it is TOTALLY AWESOME.
I think that’s also right. It seems like there’s a few factors joining in a confluence of awful.
I said to Jonathan the other day that I’m not actually opposed to Ann and Tom in theory. For some people, there is a time in life where they become willing to settle in ways that are, frankly, uncomfortable for those around them. Who hasn’t had a friend who you know is settling for someone completely wrong for them out of loneliness or desperation. It’s horrible to witness. And I can only imagine in a pretty small town, it would be even worse. There’s real narrative gold there, if they were willing to mine it.
But they’re not doing that. They’re not using this as a way to explore that- which they could really do with humor and grace- they’re just keeping Ann busy. And that’s pretty lazy writing from a team who are excellent, and who have never shown themselves to be lazy in the past.
The problem with the Tom and Ann subplot in this season of Parks & Recreation is that it’s forcing viewers to confront the unpleasant fact that if they actually knew Tom Haverford in real life, they would hate him so, so, so much.
This is true.
