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Posts from May 2007

Insecurity

When I got to the airport on Tuesday for my weekly commute to Burbank, there were a lot more people in line for the security screening than there usually are. I mean, a lot. Maybe it was because of the looming three day weekend, or maybe people just wanted to get out of […]


Save The Deli » LA Delis

If I must be in Los Angeles, I want to eat at all of these places. My new friend David Sax has a blog all about the fading art of the delicatessen. Fascinating.


Happy Birthday, Über!

Dear loyal readers,
Today marks the 7th anniversary of the launch of Über.nu, the web zine I started in Y2K with Adam Mathes, Andy Pressman, Andrea Spencer and Anne Sussman. Über published on an almost daily basis for 5 years - 992 essays, skits, weird poems, short stories, and a variety of things that had […]


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22 May 2007 @ 10am

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Esquire Best Dressed Real Man 2007

Vote for me! I know that I wear the same pants every day, but I do it for fashion!


Posted
21 May 2007 @ 5pm

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travel

I LOOK JUST LIKE I FEEL

My friend Shoshana told me that I have “the hip or homeless” look she loves so much. I just got off of a plane from Utah where I spent the weekend drinking whiskey with Jews on a mountain top. I think it is really helping my look come together.


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17 May 2007 @ 11pm

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links

just a little bit like high school

OMG, Michael Sippey linked me! And he used a picture of me from my high school prom to illustrate some point he was making about … something. I don’t get it either, but OMG, Michael Sippey linked me!


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17 May 2007 @ 7pm

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links

Google Book Search becomes more comprehensive

Adam announces an upgrade to Google Book Search. “We’re doing this because we want to offer users the most comprehensive book search in the world.” And to impress nerdy chicks at academic conferences!


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17 May 2007 @ 5pm

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travel, work

The Ben Brown Index - May 17

Percentage of hits to this site that come from people searching for “blowjob” - 25%
Days since I launched Über - 2552
First shower of the week: Tuesday afternoon after lunch
Income since leaving CNET Networks in April: $20,885
Trips on planes so far this month: 3
Coda sites: 10
iPod playcount for Peter, Bjorn and John’s “Amsterdam”: 10
Subscribers to the […]


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16 May 2007 @ 10am

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music

Peter, Bjorn and the other guy behind the drum kit

Katie and I went to see Peter, Bjorn and John last night. The show was great. This band knows how to kick out the rock. Plus, they are Swedish. I heart Swedes. I felt bad for John, though. Not only is he physically behind the rest of the band […]


Introducing Offsprung!

To the approximately 100 people who read this site, 50% via feeds and 50% the old fashion way, I say ACHTUNG! How are you? It has been so long since we chatted! Oh, it is just so good to see you. Isn’t this weather crazy? I mean, statistically speaking, you […]


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