how gawker is saving clio's sanity, episode 5

[jlh]

We have Bill Kristol to blame for Sarah Palin, apparently. Rove wanted Romney; McCain wanted Lieberman but no one else did.

Idolator doesn't think much of the proposed cover of D.Cook's record and I have to say, neither do I. It makes his head look like an ICBM.

Justin wants you to put something else in the box. Ryan played this on E!News last night and then went on and on about the mustard scarf JT is wearing and the importance of proper accessorizing.

Defamer shows that movie critics are kind of white dumbasses. I want to know what Elvis Mitchell has to say about it. I very much do not want to know what Ben Lyons has to say about it.

I link to this post on Christie Brinkley's ex's possible sex tape less for that and more for the vintage 80s GQ cover. And they wonder why Gen X women keep trying to date gay men.

Gawker calls bullshit on small differences in Playmates having anything to do with economics. I think that stupid skirt theory was disproven, too.

Christopher Buckley, son of the original neocon God William F. Buckley, decides to endorse Obama because McCain ain't no neocon. After all the hate mail columnnist Kathleen Parker got for calling on Palin to resign for the good of the party because she was bringing McCain down, Buckley puts his endorsement not on the website of the National Review, that stalwart conservative magazine founded by his father at which he is still an editor, but at Tina Brown's brand spanking new website. Hate mail arrives anyway, and eventually a pink slip from said National Review. One wonders what Buckley pere would have said about all this.

Jezebel doesn't have a lot of time for that stupid New York Observer cover story about how what career women really want is Don Draper. However, I think I need to get my hands on the first season, don't I, as apparently season 2 is available on On Demand.

Thanks to Jezebel I found out that Katy Sparks, the chef from my old favorite Quilty's, is back to restaurant cooking in New York at Compass on the UWS. It's a little pricey, but not save-for-months pricey, so I'll be putting my loose change toward that $35 tasting menu, I think.

Finally, from late last week, Jezebel breaks down the social dynamics and political economy behind The Long Winter. A fascinating read.

Comments

[adjudicated.livejournal.com]

S1, yes!

[jlh.livejournal.com]

yes, but do you have? It might need to wait until after the move and maybe I'll get a netflix account and watch it that way!

[adjudicated.livejournal.com]

How imminent is the move?

I have it, but I bought it from iTunes and I don't think I can share purchases from iTunes, right?

I could get it for you, though, if you'd like. *shifty eyes*

[misscake]

Thanks for the link on The Long Winter. I'm going through all of the Fine Line posts about other beloved books from my youth and loving them!

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Wait til you find Little House in the Big Woods! Also, I hadn't realized that Hangin' Out With CiCi was written by the woman who created the Babysitters Club! I loved that book and that Afterschool Special!

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I think we found another Manzo/Cap shipper!

[jlh.livejournal.com]

hahahaha, totally! Poor Cap.

[adjudicated.livejournal.com]

Cap Garland FTW!

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

I'm not terribly fond of the D.Cook album cover either *sigh* I think they attempted (and failed at) "Cookie Neutron" (Top 2) hair. His face does look like they stretched it. I'm enthused about the actual contents of the CD though, because the titles on the track list are interesting.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will be great, but yeah, not a great pic chosen there.

[soupkills.livejournal.com]

We went to Compass for restaurant week and felt that food wasn't a good representation. Let us know what you think, as it is pretty near us.

[lillijulianne.livejournal.com]

mad men is amazing. but yeah, jezebel makes good points. i thought the observer stretched ridiculously for that piece. above all else the actor inhabiting the role is stunningly beautiful and sexy and charismatic; when i hear that women are flipping over the pete campbell character, i'll accept that it's all about being an unreconstructed 50s dick, which pete is, far more than don. second, finding alpha makes erotic is just part of the problematic programming, but then i always i always think of evolutionary biology and original sin as the same thing, really. most mportantly, for me, it's just silly to make the kneejerk equivalency between household structures and oppression. i grew up with tons of housewives who were strong and breadwinner husbands who were diffident and gentle. it's all too simplistic.

[lillijulianne.livejournal.com]

makes? males? typos?

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

This article (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14800.html) reminds me of some of what you've been saying for the next few weeks.