25.1.09
“Step one: You start running. There is no step two.”
—Barney Stinson on running a marathon, as heard on the How I Met Your Mother episode “Lucky Penny”
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24.1.09
Say Something Legal
I can’t even begin to say how much I loved Rachel Getting Married. It’s definitely one of the most beautiful films I’ve seen, right up there with Before Sunset and Waitress. (BTW, I’d advise against watching the trailer, if you can help it.)
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20.1.09
Fact
17.1.09
“If you get on a plane now and you hear, ‘Hey, it’s Sully Sullenberger,’ you’re like, ‘We’re good… I’ll just put the Xanax back; we’re alright.’ I am in awe of your skills, sir, and congratulations on your heroic work today.”
—Craig Ferguson, as heard on The Late Late Show
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It’s only January, but I’m just gonna to go ahead and call it now. Badass of the year: Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger. Seriously.
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16.1.09
“As a comedian, when people laugh it’s very exciting… and when they don’t it feels like you’re performing jazz – they’re kind of bobbing their head, looking to the side – and sometimes that’s okay; I like jazz! But then I get worried, because sometimes jazz sucks. What if I’m the Kenny G of comedy?”
—Mike Birbiglia, as heard on “Ruining It for the Rest of Us”, an episode of This American Life
15.1.09
14.1.09
Suit Up!
When you watch quite a bit of TV and you see something really good, you just want to tell everyone about it. Well, having just binged watched seasons one and two of How I Met Your Mother, I recommend it wholeheartedly.
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6.1.09
NYTimes.com design director Khoi Vinh drops excellent insight into the inner workings of a big news website like the Times’.
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