this is the funny bmw commerical we were talking about the other night…it makes me giggle every time.
I went to a rully good school December 22, 2006
So I was reading a totally random article in the Times and I read something that I had to share with the IAYM reading public.
The time it took David Lee to lift the Knicks over the Charlotte Bobcats with a tip-in Wednesday night was but a blip on a basketball clock. But a tenth of a second can seem like an eternity in other sports, and it can be enough time, too, for nature to put up some gaudy numbers.
Sports like luge, track and field, swimming and auto racing are timed to the hundredth or thousandth of a second, and even that does not always produce a clear-cut victor. In the world outside sports, a tenth of a second is enough time for a beam of light to cover nearly 19,000 miles or for a hummingbird to flap its wings 10 times.
“A tenth of a second is a real lot,” said Geoff Chester, the public affairs officer at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington. The observatory runs one of two atomic clocks in the United States; the clocks track time to better than a billionth of a second, or a nanosecond.
“A real lot”? Is that, like, the technical term for it?
Worst/Best Holiday Special Ever December 21, 2006
So I have never heard about this Christmas Special because I was exactly 1 when it came out. And because George Lucas sent out the storm troopers to keep this from surfacing. But here is part one of the Star Wars Christmas Special. Do yourself a favor and watch at least the credits. Special guest star Bea Arthur, anyone?
As discussed last night . . . December 20, 2006
Unforch, this is censored and crappy quality. For the uncensored version, go to http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/.
Anyone up for a little theater? December 20, 2006
Ho Ho Hubbard
“A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant,” Ben Brantley says, is “exactly what its title promises: an elementary-school-style entertainment, cast entirely with children, that explains the teachings of the Church of Scientology in the manner of a homespun Christmas pageant.” Based on the writings of L. Ron Hubbard - and his critics - the musical put the downtown theater troupe Les Frères Corbusier on the map when it was first performed in 2003. Its pint-size stars help balance out the adult irony, for a “sweet show with hidden fangs.” And there are TomKat hand puppets, of course.
7 p.m. tonight; various show times through Jan. 7, New York Theater Workshop, 4th Street Theater, 83 East Fourth Street (Bowery), East Village, (212) 239-6200; $32.
I’m Not an Alcoholic; I just ReallyReallyReallyReally like to drink and do blow December 19, 2006
Miss USA Agrees to Rehab to Preserve Reign
He characterized her choices as “very, very bad.” But in the end Donald J. Trump magnanimously announced today that he would give a second chance to Miss USA, Tara Conner, the beauty pageant winner who has been the subject of numerous published reports of alcohol and drug use and wild partying.
Miss Conner, who just turned 21, fought back tears as she appeared at a news conference with Mr. Trump, a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization. Wearing a light blue shirt under a dark pinstripe suit, Ms. Conner acknowledged drinking alcohol while under the legal age, but said that it would be “pushing” it to say that she had a drinking problem.
“I would not say that I am an alcoholic,” she said, though at times, she said, she was unable to resist drinks offered free to her. “We all have personal demons that we all have to face at some time or another,” she said.
Ms. Conner and Mr. Trump refused to answer any questions from reporters about reports alleging drug use or drug testing. Mr. Trump said that he went into a meeting with Ms. Conner this morning expecting to terminate her reign as Miss USA. But he said the meeting showed him someone with “a good heart” who had “left a small town in Kentucky,” only to be caught up in a “whirlwind” in New York.
“It’s a story that has happened many times before, to many women and to many men that came to the Big Apple,” Mr. Trump said. (more…)
Joey Toney December 19, 2006
Just wanted to wish little Joey Toney a happy birthday (well, it was yesterday). And, congrats to Noelle and Jim on beginning the next generation of Mod28A.
Last Minute Gifts — Good Ones. December 19, 2006
Hey– anyone looking for some last-minute gift ideas?? WSJ has a list of websites & blogs with great stuff for everyone on your list.
