Archive for the ‘Monday Medley’ Category
21
Dec
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: around the horn, bill plaschke, brittany murphy, clueless, david simon, gossip girl, great taste less filling, happiness, hitfix, Jalen Rose, miller lite, netflix, new york, New York Magazine, nude scenes, pardon the interruption, roger ebert, Slate, social networking, the aughts (obvs), The Wire. Leave a Comment
What we read while frantically pushing Clueless up the Netflix queue:
Once again, Slate is about three weeks too late in asking, “What should we call this decade?“
Way back in October, Tim celebrated the anniversary of Pardon the Interruption by praising the show as a standout among sports debate shows, especially its [...]
Continue reading »
14
Dec
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Sports, new york times magazine, behavioral economics, Health Care, contrarianism, the millions, Food, menus, blowouts, martha nussbaum, Al Gore, Sarah Palin, climate controversy, climategate, Atul Gawande, Health Care Costs, Year in Ideas, close games, restaurant menu analysis, cat ownership, empirical data, russian literature, richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. 1 Comment
What we read while looking for a more suitable sponsor…
Has this climate controversy been blown out of proportion? But then what will Al Gore and Sarah Palin have to argue about?
With a few exceptions, we’ve more or less stayed neutral on this health care disaster. Well, Atul Gawande thinks the new [...]
Continue reading »
30
Nov
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Alan Sepinwall, Aziz Ansari, Bill James, Chuck Klosterman, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Food, Funny People, infographics, j.d. drew, Jason Woliner, Judd Apatow, jurassic park, lord of the rings, Michael Lewis, moneyball, movie graphs, movie maps, movie reviews, Randy, star wars, thanksgiving, the blind side, the cfl, the millions, The Wire. 2 Comments
What we read while hiding our golf clubs…
Food is a big part of Thanksgiving. Which food that is, though, depends in part on what region of the country you’re from. Check out this “infographic” which shows where search queries for different Thanksgiving foods came from geographically.
Excellent news on the horizon for [...]
Continue reading »
23
Nov
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: bcs propaganda, buffalo bills, Don Draper, Eating Animals, How dare Miley Cyrus not like Twilight?, inside the bcs, interim coaches, Jason Segel, Jason Segel singing, jonathan safran foer, Justin Bieber, Mad Men, Malcolm Gladwell, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus bus crash, Miley Cyrus doesn't like Twilight, mother's basment, New York Times, perry fewell, steven pinker, Twitter, what the dog saw. 1 Comment
What we read while trying to get into Justin Bieber’s Twitter account….
Here’s an interview with Jonathan Safran Foer, normally a great fiction writer, whose new book Eating Animals tries to get people to stop eating meat. Hasn’t he read Josh? In 100 years, this whole discussion will be moot.
Last week, we [...]
Continue reading »
16
Nov
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: a discussion of underdogs, Aziz Ansari, black musicians, college football, comedy, david gates, Hannibal Buress, john beilein, Kumail Nanjiani, Malcolm Gladwell, Michigan Daily, New York Times, new york times book review, new york times magazine, rap, stand-up comedy, stephen pinker, the future of television, the originals of laura, wall street journal. Leave a Comment
What we read while going for it on 4th-and-2…
It’s been a few weeks since we had an NY Times heavy medley, so we figured we’d catch up on old tricks all at once. Here’s Stephen Pinker’s review of Malcolm Gladwell’s newest collection of essays, which does to Gladwell kind of what [...]
Continue reading »
9
Nov
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Slate, The Wire, new york yankees, comic strips, the onion, John Sterling, jacksonville jaguars, mcsweeney's, jane austen, doonesbury, jaywalking, in defense of, camille paglia, scientology, christmas, the onion and the jaguars, fox news, pbs, sesame street. Leave a Comment
What we read while forgetting to vote:
We would enjoy Jane Austen if she had written more about “foot-ball” or if Doonesbury were more appropriately referred to as the “Fiefdom of Metonymy.” And we also wonder what issues arise for a male author with the unfortunate last name of Paglia these days.
We’ve [...]
Continue reading »
2
Nov
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Avatar, bears, bears and minivans: a love story, Chuck Klosterman, congressional involvement, deadspin, Eating the Dinosaur, football injuries, James Cameron, Joe Posnanski, Malcolm Gladwell, michael oriard, mike tanier, minivans, misfigured fingers, movie trailers, new yorker, philadelphia sports fans, poltical philosopy, Ryan Longwell, The A.V. Club, the fun theory, the new york times. Leave a Comment
What we read while celebrating Ryan Longwell’s return to Lambeau….
We linked a few weeks ago to Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker analysis of football and head trauma. Gladwell’s article brought to the fore some issues that have been latent in football for some time (Wait…you mean this is a dangerous sport?), as [...]
Continue reading »
26
Oct
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: aggregators, charles montgomery burns, chris christie, dining tips, Food, giant mucus-like sea blobs, gps, jim mcgreevey, mayoral elections, monty burns, national geographic, Slate, the big money, the walrus, the wnba, tyler cown. 2 Comments
What we read while incubating ourselves from the threat of flu…
This is easily our favorite campaign website. You know, Mike Bloomberg does remind us a little of Mary Bailey.
John S talked about the problem of aggregating sites way back in August; now, Craig Fehrman of The Big Money wonders why sports [...]
Continue reading »
19
Oct
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: balloon boy, Catherine Keener, concussions, Dave Eggers, halloween, head trauma, January Jones, Malcolm Gladwell, Max Records, oh betty indeed, slutty costumes, Spike Jonze, Stephen Colbert, the big lead, The New Yorker, the star-ledger, Where the Wild Things Are, white running backs. Leave a Comment
What we read while making sure OUR balloons were properly secured….
In case you missed it due to its very subtle and low-key promotion, Where the Wild Things Are came out this weekend and did quite well. Here’s an interview with writer Dave Eggers, director Spike Jonze, and actors Catherine Keener and Max [...]
Continue reading »
Tim
John S
Pierre Menard
Josh
NPI