Archive for March, 2010

Remember when we used to feature mix tapes from cool people doing cool things around the globe?  Remember how we put the project on hold until we redesigned our site to make it more user-friendly? That’s all out the window because next week we’re starting up again.  What better way to bring back the...
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What follows is an account of my 8-day spring break vacation, spent at the ski resort Whistler/Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada. It’s just me and my parents. I am 30 years old. Single. Depressed. God rapes us in mysterious ways. For those of you who may know me and my parents, I must say,...
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Probably the best novel ever written about Ethiopia and the overthrow of Haille Sallasie (not faint praise considering that the very talented Abraham Verghase also recently tackled this subject). Each character is interesting, fully formed and brings a different perspective to the historical events. Buy Beneath the Lion’s Gaze on Amazon or download the...
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Pancake syrup in the refrigerator?  Yeah.  Cut. Its syrup!  Why would want it cold?  Now its thicker, slower, and harder to distribute on breakfast.  It can’t go bad. Also, it’s morning–I’m lucky if I get out of the kitchen without setting my pants on fire.  I don’t have time to watch as the syrup...
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Completely mindless series, set in the serene, but never boring Boulder, Colorado, following a competitive girls’ teenage gymnastics team’s journey to the 2012 Olympic games. It’s my guilty pleasure – thanks to Hulu – and I cannot get enough of the tension in the gym mixed with the back stabbing, cheating with your best...
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By the end of this time-management game, you’ll wish there were more than 5 boroughs in which to sling subs. Boost up to turbo speed by doing multiple tasks in a row and making sandwiches, cotton candy, & coffee before the guests arrive. Download: Turbo Subs (iPhone app) or Turbo Subs Lite (iPhone app).
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You don’t often see a book written in the second person outside of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series, which most people have outgrown by the time they’re 20 13, but this one flawlessly drops you into heroin-dealing hot spots that are going to feel a little prickly.  O’Connor grabs you by the back of...
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When you take a ride on the crazy wagon, expect the young to fight with the old, people with bloody wounds to refuse treatment, and breaks slamming like another train cut your train off. Maybe just maybe the conductor will say, “You looook goood!” when they roll up at your station.
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Slight issue with the delivery order, to the point where you’re quaking with tearful rage?  Cut. Easy, there.  I realize they forgot the hot sauce.  That doesn’t require you to break the arm rest off the couch.  Buy a stress ball… or a cat… but for god’s sake, leave the furniture alone.  It’s just...
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A must read about one New Orleans family’s struggles before, during and after Katrina. One of those rare instances in which an author’s narrative and not his or her polemics allows the reader to feel deeply about the effects on individuals of injustice, hope and religion. Buy Zeitoun on Amazon or download audiobook from...
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