Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
John Hodgman addresses the POTUS
Inarguably the nerdiest speech a sitting president of the United States has ever been asked to perform the lead-in to.
John Hodgman headlines the Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner*, where he contrasts the current "nerd" White House with the previous administration of "jocks", and also outs President Obama as a Star Trek fan.
His performance is a brilliantly deadpan nerdcore triumph, complete with references to typeface nerds, Conan comics, and the David Lynch movie adaptation of Dune.
YouTube link
*A room filled with nerds, all old enough to remember when that wasn't cool to be AT ALL. Meaning: too old to find Hodgman especially funny.
John Hodgman headlines the Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner*, where he contrasts the current "nerd" White House with the previous administration of "jocks", and also outs President Obama as a Star Trek fan.
His performance is a brilliantly deadpan nerdcore triumph, complete with references to typeface nerds, Conan comics, and the David Lynch movie adaptation of Dune.
YouTube link
*A room filled with nerds, all old enough to remember when that wasn't cool to be AT ALL. Meaning: too old to find Hodgman especially funny.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Obama writes girl a note for missing school
At one of Obama's health care town halls, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a man asking a question mentions that his ten-year-old daughter Kennedy has skipped the last day of school to attend the event.
"Do you need me to write a note?" the president asks, then pulls out a pen to write:
"Please excuse Kennedy's absence. She's with me. Barack Obama."
He steps down off the stage to deliver the note before continuing the town hall meeting.
THIS is the Obama who as the junior Senator from Illinois killed (twice) on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
Link
"Do you need me to write a note?" the president asks, then pulls out a pen to write:
"Please excuse Kennedy's absence. She's with me. Barack Obama."
He steps down off the stage to deliver the note before continuing the town hall meeting.
THIS is the Obama who as the junior Senator from Illinois killed (twice) on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
Link
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
When our local market becomes news
Berkeley's a small town. When one of the grocery stores management gets shaken up, especially if that grocery store has its own foodie fan base, word gets around. I had heard that people were gathering at Monterey Market to say farewell to the couple that ran it. I didn't know the back story. Today, locavore blog The Ethicurean gave it to me: Fujimotos’ departure from Monterey Market a tough blow to local food chain
In other local news: the new Berkeley Bowl in West Berkeley has opened, and Black Oak Books in North Berkeley has closed its doors.
All of these stories, though hyperlocal, are getting more Twitter buzz than Shahrukh Khan in San Francisco. Apparently the intersection of those who Twitter in San Francisco and those who obsess over the Badishah of Bollywood have a very tiny insection. (Sigh)
In other local news: the new Berkeley Bowl in West Berkeley has opened, and Black Oak Books in North Berkeley has closed its doors.
All of these stories, though hyperlocal, are getting more Twitter buzz than Shahrukh Khan in San Francisco. Apparently the intersection of those who Twitter in San Francisco and those who obsess over the Badishah of Bollywood have a very tiny insection. (Sigh)
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