To add to today’s Norah Jones lovefest, here she is singing “Don’t Know Why ‘Y’ Didn’t Come” on Sesame Street.
3 days ago • 0 notesThe Norah Jonestown Massacre
While listening to Norah Jones’ great cover of Jesus, Etc. this morning, I remembered a textversation I had with Crumbler earlier this week.
Me: How underrated is norah jones’ don’t know why?
Crumbler: Very. By hipsters anyway. I have a secret crush on her and think she’s great.
Me: It’s one of the few instances in which the mainstream got it right and the hipsters fell in a fail pool.
Crumbler: Good essay topic.
Me: Don’t know why it wouldn’t be /pun
Crumbler: Just threw up in my mouth /truth
Me: Not the first time bodily fluids found their way into your mouth /hate crime
3 days ago • 1 noteFile this one under Things That Should Have Worked But Didn’t. Malcolm Gladwell and Stephen Colbert have absolutely no chemistry together here. Part of the blame lies with Gladwell, who seems to be impersonating a frozen fish. But Colbert doesn’t help matters any by maintaining a manic energy when it’s clear that Gladwell would do better here just given time to tell an anecdote or two.
3 days ago • 0 notesDept. of Football Departments
I came across this line in a Buffalo News story about the Bills firing Dick Jauron (Bears fans: “We told you so. Also, we suck, so *sob*):
The Bills’ collapse last year, along with questionable in-game management decisions, made Jauron a target of fan displeasure. At the end of last season, fans favored Jauron’s dismissal by a 90 percent to 10 percent margin, in a Buffalo News poll.
Nevertheless, Wilson opted to retain the coach in part because he wanted to maintain continuity in the football department.
Now that I’ve had a few minutes to think about it, it makes sense — a football team also has to take care of advertising, ticketing, promotions, etc. But it just seems to weird to think of the 55 man-beasts ripping each others’ heads off every Sunday as part of an organizational ladder.
4 days ago • 0 notesVeterans Committee, it is time to end our long national nightmare
My namesake is up for a spot in the baseball Hall of Fame this year. Fingers crossed!

If only there were some sort of trend to be gleaned from this data … (From this paper (via))
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