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Obsessed: Ladyhawke, This American Life, and Wurstkuche

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Paging through the archives of Pictures for Sad Children, the ultimate bleak, existentialist webcomic. Also, the creator’s other project, http://hourlycomic.com/. Sheer genius.
- Ned Resnikoff…

Obsessed: Jay-Z, Battlestar Galactica, and Inaugural High Fives

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Inaugural high-fives. Extra points to Sen. Feingold for letting FunnyOrDie film in his Senate office.
- Dylan Matthews
Michelle Obama’s ball gown. Forget what the…

Obsessed: The Secret Service, The Daily Show, And The First Double Obsession

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

Laughing at the GOP’s inept attempts at social networking sites. Go GOP.com! Er, well, good luck with that anyway.
- Kay Steiger
The Daily Show!…

Gossip Girl Gay Eunuch Watch

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:32 am

Twice now.

How To Get a Job and Keep Your Facebook Profile

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

Slate has a piece today on the steps that wannabe-politicians can take to make sure that their Facebook pages don’t result in damaging revelations about…

The Pushback Holiday Mixtape

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

We’ve already told you about the holiday music that you’d best avoid –let’s be honest, some of it is really, really bad. But rest assured…

The Pushback Holiday Nixtape

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Christmas music. It’s pretty well inescapable by now: radio stations have been playing it 24/7 since the week before Thanksgiving, your mother puts it on…

Obsessed: Almond Butter, The Dream, and Strange Maps

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Never Mind the Buzzcocks. It’s this great BBC quiz show about pop music whose 15 years of episodes I am just beginning to discover. -…

Fashion in the Wild: Simple Shirts and Ugly Sweater Watch

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Every week, the best fashion from the parties you missed.

At the right party, sometimes all you need is a white t-shirt.

The Madoff Drinking Game

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Here’s an interesting Urban Dictionary entry:
1. Ponzi Crawl
A pub crawl that adds a new person to buy a round at each location. Each…

Won’t Somebody Think of Little Adolf Hitler Campbell?

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 16th, 2008 at 10:28 am

Cause: You name your kid Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Effect: You might have trouble getting a bakery to inscribe the name on a birthday cake.
Deborah…

Video: Grovesnor - “Drive Your Car”

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 16th, 2008 at 9:44 am

Close the Windows! You’re Air Conditioning the Whole Neighborhood!

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 15th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

File this under “conspicuous consumption despite worldwide financial meltdown”:
Versace (as in fashion Versace) is building a resort in Dubai. It will certainly be lavish,…

Obsessed: Student Government, Bag Raiders, and Our Dumb World

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Rest. Enough said.
- Daniel Strauss
This Mad TV sketch right here. It’s a few months old but I just found it and it cracks…

Everyone Deserves a Roof

By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 10th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

The E.D.A.R., for “Everyone Deserves a Roof,” is a wonderful idea–homelessness is one of those problems that can never be completely solved, but if we…