February 2012
31 posts
NYT's Photo 'Morgue' on Tumblr →
Really smart idea by the New York Times to put their photo “morgue” on Tumblr. It offers prints for sale. Perfect merger of old and new technology.
Whisky From Islay, Scotland — Spirits of The Times →
By ERIC ASIMOVPublished: December 6, 2011, nytimes.com
From Scotland, Fog and Smoke and Mystery TASTING whiskies can be a clinical, prosaic task, nosing and assessing, jotting notes, reconsidering, lips compressed in concentration, brow furrowed. Yet, as the spirits panel tasted 20…
Scotch from my favorite part of Scotland.
San Francisco Giants: Pitchers warming up in the... →
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Pitchers and Posey report for first full day of Spring training.
San Francisco Giants: One of the perks of #Sprin... →
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Heee’s baaaaacccckkk ….. Wahoo!
Whitney Houston - NAACP Image Awards 2012 →
yolandaadamstribute, youtube.com
Print Out Vulture’s Downton Abbey Paper Dolls --... →
By Kyle Hilton, vulture.com
Downton Abbey wraps up its second season this weekend, when the stellar Christmas special airs on PBS on Sunday night. (Seriously, this Christmas Special. It may even make you forget the stranger-from-the-past…
Because I can’t go a week without posting something about “Downton Abbey.” So sad the finale is Sunday.
Viola Davis Says Her Mother Has Not Seen 'The... →
Jorge Rivas, colorlines.com
Viola Davis revealed Wednesday on CBS’ “This Morning” that she believes her mother is part of a generation of women who would rather forget some of the racial themes in “The Help.” “My mother has yet to see the movie… I think it’s just…
San Francisco Giants: This reminder brought to y... →
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Hear Aretha Franklin’s Emotional Tribute to... →
By Eliot Glazer, vulture.com
PREV NEXT See a Sneak Peek of Celebrity Apprentice See a Poster for the New Season of Game of Thrones Watch The Video For Jack White’s ‘Love Interruption’ Listen to Usher and Diplo’s Collaboration, ‘Climax’ Watch…
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker →
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Why does Adele’s “Someone Like You” make everyone cry? Science has found the formula.
An excellent explainer on why we cry when we hear Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Seems SNL was on to something.
San Francisco 49ers family mourns the passing of... →
By Daniel Brown dbrown@mercurynews.com, mercurynews.com
Standout receiver helped lead 49ers to its first two Super Bowls and mentored many of the franchise’s greats
Sad day for Niner Nation.
"Phony" (A Song for Mitt Romney) →
Jay Smooth, illdoctrine.com
A song for Mitt Romney by my alter-ego Republican Jay Smooth. After Jay-Z recorded “Glory” to welcome his new daughter into the world, I wondered what it would sound like if Republican voters made a song to welcome Mitt Romney…
Jay Smooth strikes again. Brilliant.
Whitney Houston Videos: Top 5 Performances →
I did this list for The Root.
Radio Play of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Is... →
By DAVE ITZKOFF, nytimes.com
Live performances of the play, with a cast that features Phylicia Rashad and Leslie Uggams and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, will be recorded for a planned national broadcast in September.
Another Reason Your K-Cup Coffee Machine Is a... →
gizmodo.com
I think the coffee that comes out of single-serving coffee pod machines is not very good. But, putting that aside, it can be obscenely expensive, as Oliver Strand points out in the NYT: For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for…
Love my Aeropress. K-cups are evil.
How Don Cornelius Got His Start →
Henry Louis Gates Jr., theroot.com
The Root’s editor-in-chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote this about Don Cornelius — who died Wednesday morning at the age of 75 — in his book, Life Upon These Shores: Don Cornelius badly wanted his own radio show, and he took dramatic ste…
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