January 2010
21 posts
zing!
Jon Stewart: How many followers do you have?
Bill Gates: Uh...how many do you have?
Jon: I don't Twitter! I'm busy!
bijan:
In The Sun - She & Him
Brand new...
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“How Bad For The Environment Can Throwing Away One Plastic Bottle Be? 30 Million...”
– THE ONION (of course)
Second Sun by Assembly of Dust (with Mike Gordon...
“Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s...”
– Any letter from Conan O’Brien opening with “People of Earth:” and ending with the above is worth a read. Look forward to seeing where he lands!
Susan Boyle is the Greatest Singer of All Time...
It is nice to see Susan Boyle succeed. Feel good story!
catnipforhipsters:
I chose to completely ignore the whole Susan Boyle phenomenon here at Catnip when it first hit the web, but I just found the numbers on Susan Boyle’s debut album too fascinating not to share. Here is how it breaks down:
• I Dreamed A Dream is the biggest debut on the Billboard charts since it started using...
“In 2008, 13% of graduating Seniors from Harvard applied to Teach for America”
– This NYTimes article reports on a study that people who completed Teach for America are less active in society than those who dropped out of the program or were accepted but did not enter Teach for America.
However, the part of the article I found most surprising is the 13% of Harvard grads...
Noisiest Places in NY →
Fun list of the noisiest places in NYC- people say New Yorkers are loudest but most of these locations are full of tourists…
1. 93 decibels: F, V, B, D platform, Bryant Park
2. 87 decibels: Corner of 42nd St. and Fifth Ave.
3. 83 decibels: West Side Highway
4. 78 decibels: Herald Square
5. 76 decibels: Times Square, near the military recruiting station
6. 74 decibels: Union Square,...
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