September 2008
“Alaska itself is an unusual state—85% of its budget comes from oil revenues....”
– Fareed Zakaria. (via keepinganotebook)
“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man...”
– Joanne Woodward (via beautifulordinaire)
“There are only two premises which are tenable as to the future. Either we are...”
– Memo from Dean Witter, May 6, 1932
For Reasons I Cannot Fully Fathom, There Is a... →
She’s a write-in choice for president, or financial adviser? Neither makes sense.
This Is Awesome: Google In Quotes Lets You Find... →
Really, senator? Really?
WFMU: Andy Breckman's 'Perfect Revenge' →
Ken and Andy discuss Andy and Frangry’s forthcoming WFMU show (starting Oct. 10!) at the top of this week’s “Seven Second Delay.” Fast-forward to the 2:40 mark to hear all the “archenemy” and “perfect revenge” talk.
Congrats on the Emmy, Andy. Next on the agenda: Victory at Marathon.
Our New Show Is Now a Reality
Frangry: omg we get the wfmu staff emails!
Andy: I just saw. We are *in*, baby!
Frangry: YAY!!!!
Watchverenasays:
If Democrats were Republicans, they would totally run this ad…
It’s not an “attack ad” if it’s true.
I Have Gooooood News . . .
frangry:
afdashjbfhjkamdahjksbfdahjksbfdasjklfbnadjkfnalkj coming shortly.
I wonder what it could be. She doesn’t even have a teenage daughter.
Dow Up Nearly 350 Points on News of 'Toxic Asset...
soupsoup:
I’m far from someone who can comment on what the hell that means, but the market is rallying, and apparently not from a dead cat bounce either. What the hell is an RTC-type solution?
Ooh, ooh, I know this one. For one thing, it should be punctuated “toxic-asset protection,” with a hyphen, because it’s protection from toxic assets (more damage from bad loans);...
Tonight's Topic on 'Shut Up, Weirdo'
Frangry: hahahahhaha nic post
Andy: the pic, I assume you mean?
Frangry: duh
Frangry: do i [ever] talk to you unless its about me?
Andy: um, no
Frangry: exactly.
Tomorrow on the Radio!!
frangry:
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 6pm, Andy and I return to the WFMU airwaves (91.1 East Orange! 90.1 Mount Hope! Live and archived at WFMU.org!) filling in again for Ken and Andy on ”Seven Second Delay.”
This time, we promise not to suck so much, and if we do, I promise not to point out the fact repeatedly on the air, over and over and over again.
I’m too lazy today to create...
Obama vs. McCain: Worst-Ideas Showdown
As judged by Foreign Policy magazine:
Obama’s 10 worst ideas are here
McCain’s 10 worst ideas are here
When Life Gives You Lemons, Cut Them Lengthwise to... →
Fun Fact: Alaska Still Wants Its Bridge to... →
Oof. →
(via frangry)
What the well-dressed Alaskan hockey mom will be wearing this season?
More On David Foster Wallace →
markcoatney:
Time.com’s brilliant and talented JT does the work of pointing us to some of DFW’s best pieces of journalism so I don’t, you know, have to. He smartly includes this bit, from a piece…
I agree. I was never a DFW acolyte, but when I was studying up on how to do a radio show earlier this year, coming across DFW’s April 2005 Atlantic cover story, “Host,” a profile of...
I Am Only Trying To Help You People
catbird:
Q: Are you posing for the cover of Italian Vogue?
If the answer is “no,” then you can probably stop this whole “pursing-your-lips-whenever-someone-takes-your-photo” thing, I think.
Next Week: Shut Up, Weirdo - Part III
Next week, Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 6pm, Andy and Frangry return to the WFMU airwaves (91.1 East Orange! 90.1 Mount Hope! Live and archived at WFMU.org!) filling in again for Ken and Andy on ”Seven Second Delay.”
This time, we promise not to suck so much, and if we do, Frangry promises not to point out the fact repeatedly on the air, over and over and over again. As a special treat,...
WatchJohn McCain Unplugged. Really, really unplugged. This goes on for more than eight minutes, and it is his first “media avail” since the GOP convention. Fortunately, he wasn’t asked about the Bush Doctrine.
On WFMU’s “Seven Second Delay”...
“It took only a few days for the saga of Sarah Palin to go from Frank Capra to...”
– Leon Wieseltier, in the current New Republic
Hockey/Fashion: I'd Prefer to See Guy Maddin's... →
“With the brouhaha over Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, here’s a plus no one’s...”
– Dr. Miriam Grossman, M.D., Townhall.org, Sept. 4, 2008
'Everyone's Into the Jaded City-Girl Thing,... →
“Most hockey moms I know don’t wear lipstick”
– My wife (a hockey mom who doesn’t wear lipstick)
Last night's radio show!
frangry:
Although it definitely wasn’t as good as the first, You know what? Fuck the haters, our show is awesome and you can hear it here. Next episode will be MY topic, I’m taking the power back.
xo, Frangry
I haven’t heard it yet. I was too much in the moment. Frangry blames my topic. I blame the GOP convention, for keeping my at work until 1:30 a.m. the night before. Others blame the...
How Did Warren Buffett Get So Rich? →
I got blank stares when I said on the radio that billionaire investor Warren Buffett would make a good president, but Andrew Tobias is thinking in the same direction.