January 2011
If you burn the Liverpool shirt, what does that... →
octobones:
Because I figure that’s you saying, “Fuck this shit, I’m a Chelsea fan now.” You’re burning our crest, plain and simple. How dare you do that? It’s not funny, it’s not cute. If you don’t want it, then sell it to somebody. I’m sure a Manc would be happy to buy it off you. I’m not…
“Coworker #1: The Black Eyed Keys. They have a song in the Super Bowl.
Coworker...”
– On the difference between the Black Eyed Peas (not today’s guest) and the Black Keys (today’s guest)
What happened to CNN? →
In 1991, I sat glued to the television watching Bernie Shaw and Peter Arnett broadcast from a hotel room in Baghdad while the city was being bombed. At that moment, I thought CNN was the most incredible thing that had happened in my entire life. Time magazine went on to name Ted Turner Person of the Year, in no small part because of that broadcast.
This weekend, I am traveling. Cairo is...
“Many families in Egypt are fast running out of staples such as bread, beans and...”
– Okay so this is pretty bleak. Egypt imports a whole lot of its food supply, and people living in urban areas acquire basically all their food through shopping, so there’s a whole complicated supply chain upon which everyone is relying, and that’s breaking down. This probably puts a time limit of...