2008

introducing spence and the...

Sometimes I feel like Erica and I are am just trapped in this never-ending wanna-be spencer paradox....

Spencer's sign off.

ericasavestheday: [15:43] ackermanspencer: i hate everything about your life[15:43] ackermanspencer:...

The bears are back.

alexbalk: And they’re adorable. I’m sad Moe’s not joining Radar, but I am pretty pumped...

on being a good friend

My amazing and talented friend Riikka is trying out for Law Review at her law school. Very big...

This morning I thought maybe The Salt Lake Tribune was taken...

and the music played on

Yesterday Spencer “memed me” to list my top five most embarrassing songs on my iPod. And after a...

'Grey Poupon' antic leads to pointed...

From the Salt Lake Tribune: Sandy man took offense to a motorist, who, after getting him to roll...

Here is why the Vanity Fair take on the New Yorker covers...

the state of the world

Ian asked me to write something about this article, but I just cant pull to utter any word but,...

the stages of love

My friend Lisa has these theories about the stages of a relationship. As first, I laughed a little...

104 members of Congress do not consider...

The other 431? They arent so sure… Also, loving HRC’s comment on the issue: “The...

spencer explains the internet to me

Spencer: tag
Spencer: http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/22/musicmemed/
Joy: wait, why?
Spencer: because that's how memes WORK
Joy: explain to the internet illiterate, please?
Spencer: ok so there is something called a "meme"
Spencer: it is an internet game -- answer a certain question, and then pass it along to five friends
Joy: and now I have to answer it?
Spencer: yes
Joy: and pass it along to 5 friends?
Spencer: otherwise the internet will be mad at you
Joy: ahhh, je comprende
Joy: and I tag 5 people, not including you?
Spencer: that's right
Joy: also -- I don’t think I know 5 people with blogs
Spencer: HAHAHAHA
Joy: yeah
Spencer: you are fucking AMISH
Joy: I know. I have the bonnet and everything
Spencer: i could never live your life

Können Sie langsamer sprechen?

Dear German Next-Door-Neighbor: I had a really shit day today. So shit that when I came home tonight...

Oh, yeah, we hired someone.

alexbalk: This should be fun. Oooh, Mr. Spencer Ackerman I cannot believe you didnt tell this to me...

and I'd name him sparky

Momma: Your father and I are thinking of getting a dog. Joy: Really? Suffering from empty nest...

on west coasters

I will never understand how blatantly inefficient people don’t get fired. I need to move back...

maybe I was wrong

So, I was thinking about all that I said about those Mommy Bloggers, and maybe I was a little harsh....

proud of the pappa

Yesterday my amazing dad swam the peaks-to-portland, an annual swim race held in our town. Now, my...

sign of the times

Dear Boy, Telling me that you miss part of my anatomy is not the same as telling me you miss...

Considering the fact that BlogHer and Netroots Nation are...

So I am at BlogHer this weekend for work. And, I’ll admit that I went into it with a little...

"The Hammer is my penis."

I think I see a Martian!

on wordsmithing

So everyone has their panties in a twist over the fact that Jesse Jackson called Barack Obama the...

Just wondering

doree: Why do you get a tax credit if you buy a hybrid car, but you get no tax credit if you don’t...

I am going to have nightmares about this photo for the rest...

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me...”
— Nick Carrawy in The Great...

efstein: Its 1:29 am and Im at home with two buddies STILL watching the MLB All-Star game. This is...

Things you should know about John McCain...

He has voted agaisnt choice lesgistation 125 times.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Go here. Now....

geography is hard (for john mccain)

Dear John McCain: When I was in 4th grade some people in Eastern Europe took it upon themselves to...

trollops of the world, unite!

Kate: well, I don’t see what you’re so concerned about, we were already...

via Feministing

i. just. give. up.

The Department of health and human services is moving to define all forms of contraception as...

Holy shit this is amazing and everyone...

ericasavestheday: Our office got a soda machine. Not like a fountain soda machine, but a machine...

on boys, and their excuses.

Boy in the Middle East: When I went through the security check point yesterday, my bag was either...

Chalk it up to a different kind of...

Things Republicans find funny: Global Warming Domestic Violence Killing Iranians (with lung...

Dating in 2008

It’s the person who was reading your blog on his iphone while waiting for you at the bar in the...

things you should know about John McCain...

“John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as...

“Test missile launches always seem like the ten million...”
— Jezebel

things that make me mad

“Abortion reduction” platforms

on european travels

Joy: Obama’s kids? amazing Emily: awwww!!! i love them! it’s like i almost forget that...

on being a logcabin Republican

So if Florida Governor Charlie Crist isnt chosen to be VP, is this marriage actually going to...

On being cottled

Momma: I really don’t think you should be worried about NSA considering you “a person of interest.”...

from the people who brought you Ms....

Its left vs. right. OF COURSE Republicans are represented by a hot blond chick.

Ms. Dewey.

I dont know how i feel about Ms. Dewey. She’s kinda hot and knows all the answers, but scares...

dating is more complicated than...

Kate: i frankly think structuring judicial systems Palestine might be easier than dealing with men.

See? I *told* you anti-abortion...

ericasavestheday: Case in point: These tshirts with the slogan “Anti-abortion, pro-date-rape.”...

on Texans

When I was little I loved Diane Sawyer. I wanted to BE Diane Sawyer. She was this, like, beacon of a...

on faith in the nation

Joy: Boy is traveling in Palestine and Jordan and calling me from those countries. Do you think I am...

As you may remember, I have issues with my wrists from typing so goddamn much. So I have been...

the second "shove it" of the day

Here’s the thing that’s really getting my blood boiling (and I should be careful, because as a...

John McCain just joked about beating his...

ericasavestheday: (Maybe it’s the governor’s approval rating and you are running from him like you...

John McCain beats his wife.

shove it

I have a new mantra. Its called: Shove it. I have been saying it a lot lately in the “real...

know your target audience.

Dad: I want to get a pedicure. Can we do that when I come out to visit? I don’t want to get like pink polish or something; I just want to get cleaned up.
Me: Sure, but the place I go to is called “the pampered girl.” I don’t think that’s where you want to go.
Dad: hmm, maybe I should open up a nail salon for men. Something strong and masculine. We could call it Male Nail.
Me: Just a reminder that I live in San Francisco, and I think that opening a shop with that name might not get your desired clientele.
Dad: Pampered Girl it is.

Scarlett Johnasson likes Barack Obama...

Hmm, ScarJo… maybe he’s just not that into you?

joy went to the opera

Lisa and I went to see Ariodante last night, and while it was totally lacking in horny gnomes, it...

I live in never-never land.

Check out this article about how San Francisco wants to rename one of its sewage treatment...

youth guff

fek: keithgessen: I’ve been getting a lot of guff from the youth recently. It’s been a regular...

Happy Birthday, Spencer's Momma!

So... I agree with the Supreme Court

Now, I think that what Patrick Kennedy did (raping his eight year old step-daughter) is atrocious. I...

Miles to go? Yeah, to Canada, which is...

Confession of the day: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. In New Hampshire. I know, I know, I am the...

the sworn virgins of Albania

Check out this powerful article about how women in Albania used to enter into a pledge of chastity...

dont tell me to get off your fucking...

goddamnit, gen-xers, stop writing lists about how to deal with us and get to work.

proof that spencer is more important...

Spencer: i *need* to get the mccain camp’s position on Guantanamo and first they hung up on...

on pop culture

is it bad that I am thinking of getting cable just so I can watch showtime’s secret diary of a...

Spencer is now at Firedog lake! So. Freaking....

how very 'when harry met sally' of me

Like many fellow millennials (don’t worry, you’re a millennial in my book, erica) I don’t really...

on being yentas

Erica: I am on this horrible conference call where we are trying to reframe what it is to be a good...

a baby for Jamie Lynn

I give it about ten years before this one self-destructs, too. Am i being too generous?

on guilt

Joy: The Father’s day gift I sent got sent back to me, do you know why? Momma: Well, did you get the...

and the best story of the day goes to...

doree: (via alexbalk)

“When you’re doing the work you’re meant to do, it feels...”
— Um… yeah, that’s...

How I plan on saying goodbye to Spencer...

Spencer: i will ttyl, bye Joy: bye, dont touch underage girls

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

alexbalk: Jesus Christ, if my dad somehow goes before I do I’m going to bawl like a fucking baby for...

On Fashion Choices

I hung out with New Guy last night and since it was kind of late when we parted ways New Guy...

file this under, "yet another person who...

I just hope he votes for Obama (and never...

“If I have to hear anyone else talk about their babies, I...”
— Emily

tgimf

As we already discussed, I have the day off tomorrow. That means today is my Friday, people. (tgimf...

like i would ever actually do that.

Joy: i just posted some photos of me in bondage on my tumblr
Spencer: oh snap
Joy: consider it a late birthday present from me to you
Spencer: hahahaha
Joy: I think it makes me look badass
Spencer: ok lets check this out
Spencer: OH WHAT A GYP
Joy: hahahaha
Spencer: you suck
Spencer: i got drunk with an ex-dominatrix last night
Joy: Of course you did.
Joy: what, and you thought this was going to become some sort of theme of your week?
Spencer: just an amusing coincidence!

Earlier this week Ian was bugging me that I haven’t really...

stomping out evil doers.

So I don’t want to get all Joshua David Stein on you, but Antonia was ROBBED last night on Top Chef....

facebook studies

So I have sort of fallen out of love with facebook. I don’t know how it happened, exactly. It seems...

Stop the open season

ericasavestheday: OK, let me just say this. Yes, it’s great to finally have a democratic nominee,...

postcards from my momma

Momma: What are you doing with your day off tomorrow? Joy: Cleaning my apartment and doing like 3...

culture whores, we are not

Lisa: I am going to be in major danger of falling asleep tonight at the opera Joy: Should we...

Obama clinches nomination

“It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean...”
— Amazing NYTimes Essay by Dr....

This is why I hate sex and the city. because...

on birthday wishes

If you know anything about me, you know that I have two internet soul mates in my life: Erica (the...

Is Barack Obama a Muslim?

postcards from my momma

this is my momma. and i love her.

Blogs to books blah blah blah

doree: So Newsweek ran a story in their print edition this week about this crazy new...

alexbalk: Yes, yes, go ahead.  sad/funny/amazing/balky

the world is burning.

I cannot form the words to even comment on this. Read and be disgusted.

letter to senior citizens

Dear 60 Minutes, Last night I watched your program for the first time in probably fifteen years. I...

does it make me a bad person

… that i just want McCain to break his hip? I dont want him to die, or to get more cancer...

read this

New Yorker did a piece on the fall of conservatism. Its long but its juicy ;) Consider it your...

open letter to my friends

Dear lovelies, Since this seems to be the week of over-sharing, I thought I’d take a little turn...

just respect the integrity of my IM...

Spencer: if I was a lichtensteinian archduke, I would totally run this guy’s play. I’d get my...

“I fought you, I lost, I had a drink, I took a shower....”
— Amy Gardner 

pretty much stolen from radar

Dear Generation X, I am really sorry that you are starting to feel threatened by me and my...

even his employees are walking away

John McCain’s Chief Media Advisor stepped down this week because “sending Obama to the White House...

file this under “sad but true”

my friends are awesome