December 2008
20 posts
The LD Five-Word Movie Review: Revolutionary Road
Angry angry yell nothing happens
fun with sponsored links
I’m in the middle of a 20-message email volley with my new favorite sparring partner which has touched on everything from New Year’s Eve plans to Tom Petty to my shredded paw to Revolutionary Road to “horseradish breath.” Here are the Google Ads that have been served up to accompany our back-and-forth. The Googlebot is wise.
«#1 Rule of a Perfect Body I Lost 42 Pounds...
yeah, I'm seeing this. →
Probably my favorite movie trailer in five years, not that I’ve been keeping track.
I’ve already done the best-of-year thing,...
More Bruce holidayishness, by request.
angry and to-the-point email of the week
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: you are an idiot
Bring back the Asbury Park holiday shows,...
happy Larry →
Very, very happy Larry. Very.
Since I only leave my apartment for Springsteen...
angry and not-angry emails of the week, from the...
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: The Boras thing. It didn’t work. Not at all. You claimed to have followed him and had all of this inside info. Two sentences in, I realized it was a bunch of bullshit. Had you written it as This must be what a typical day at the Winter Meetings must be for Boras, it changes everything. Bad job of execution by...
smile for the nice man with the camera →
Always, always, always one of my favorite end-of-year features.
While in the shower yesterday, I had a clever idea...
"...one break coming up..." →
I hope one day to be powerful and obnoxious enough to get away with requests like this. Van Halen v.1.0 remains the coolest band ever.
no especially angry email this week
The one below is the best I received, leaving me to wonder if I’m either suddenly competent or suddenly unread. There’s some wonderfully terse anti-Larryianism here, in case you’re worried about a surge in ego.
«”SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: Hey Larry, there is no miltary draft and has not been one in your lifetime. Anyone...
bummer →
The Hot Truck set up shop every night about 100 yards behind my freshman-year dorm. Tens of drunk-ass college kids descending on a single vehicle in the midst of the Ithaca winter at 2 a.m.? Nah, nothing bad could come of that. Bob’s civility and patience made it work, though. Never in the “few” times that I frequented the Hot Truck did I witness the presence of law-enforcement...
Among Freedy Johnston scholars, the songs...
Angry email of the week
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: Who is more sulky you or your column….geez