December 2011
1 post
You should go here now, please. →
…and thank you.
April 2011
1 post
Have a nice trip.
And remember, Merv Griffin loves you. Have_A_Nice_Trip.mp3 Listen on Posterous Posted via email from I’m Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff. | Comment »
August 2010
1 post
Why I decided to tweet my cancer.
We were hurtling down the 405 in the dark, in that section between Mulholland and Sunset where the canyon walls close in on both sides and the only illumination comes from the lights of the cars, when I turned to Jennifer and said: “I’ve been thinking about tweeting my cancer.”
There was a fractional pause. “Really,” she said — the kind of “Really” that...
April 2010
1 post
10 Names That Are Almost As Good as "Bombshell...
1) Gutshot DiNardo
2) Lunchpail MacGregor
3) Steamboat DeWalters
4) Cloudburst Spillane
5) Doorstop O’Dorgan
6) Hipcheck Woladarski
7) Spandex Fortensky
8) Pylon Kirkpatrick
9) Carwash LoTrulio
10) Gaspump Brocktoon
WatchSo, yeah. I misread the rules for the 5 Vignettes thing on Vimeo and did this. While I’m working on one that actually, you know, is eligible, I give you… “Le Mort du Ennui.”
March 2010
5 posts
1 tag
Okay. I’ll play.
The Stompers were (and,...
WatchHow is it possible I’ve missed “How and where not to do The Fishstick” for almost two years? I will never stop watching this.
via stuffparty.
Soft opening... Sssssh. →
So because you follow this not-very-active Tumblr blog, or because you stumbled onto it by accident, but in either case you’re very very special to me, I want you to be among the first to know about my new photoblog project, Pix365. I’m posting an iPhone photo a day, every day for the next year. It’s an exercise in creativity, or discipline, or creative discipline or disciplined...
Shopping.
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February 2010
6 posts
Ahora con más azucar! Mucho, mucho más azucar...
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Paws.
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WatchBIG QUESTIONS: A video update.
Better than TED
So I’m thinking my invitation to speak at TED this year got lost in the mail or something, but you know. Whatever. It’s like the third year in a row and honestly, the mail’s not that bad around here, you know? The LA County Clerk always manages to put the summons in my hand when it’s time to go sit in the jury box cooling my heels for a day, but, you know: Fine. Whatever....
2 tags
It's like jolly old St. Nick never left!
Thanks to my super-thoughtful across-the-alley neighbors, I can be reminded well into February of the joy that Christmas brings. The dead, brown joy. Salud! Posted via email from I’m Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff. | Comment »
November 2009
3 posts
Look... Shiny!
Hey, Tumblr followers (and there’s 23 of you, much to my amazement)! How you doing? Good, good. So I… Uh huh. Okay, look, I… Right. I… Look, I didn’t ask for your life stories, okay?
So if you like what I’ve infrequently been doing here, and again, against all odds, almost two dozen of you do, would you consider following my other Tumblr site, Big Questions?...
Big Questions goes multi-platform
Hi, Tumblr. I know you think I’ve been… well, absent for a while. I know, I know, you think I’ve been spending too much time running around with Twitter, and that Twitter’s shallow. Look, me and Twitter… ? That was totally a summertime thing. What can I say, I have a thing for short girls. But now I’m back, baby, and this time I mean it when I say...
September 2009
8 posts
What?... Yes. No. Maybe. I'm sorry, I just want so...
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AP headline or Flannery O'Connor story?
Insane by Bill Barol (4527 KB) Listen on posterous (Originally posted at True/Slant.) Posted via email from I’m Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff. | Comment »
Best gift idea ever?
Psycho by Bill Barol (2530 KB) Listen on posterous (Originally posted at True/Slant.) Posted via email from I’m Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff. | Comment »
Reconsidering the Beatles reissues.
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Oh, South Philly Experience truck... You had me at...
Dashboard dining from the South Philly Experience truck, parked today at Olympic & Butler in West LA. The roll is Amoroso’s, the beef is thinly-sliced ribeye, and the cheese is — well, there’s only one right cheese for a cheesesteak.
Melty Cheez Whiz explosion. The focus is a little soft because my hands were shaking. From happiness.
Right around here is where it...
Hey blogger friends: Help me figure out if... →
So, that just happened.
Okay. Gonna try auto-posting content from Posterous to Tumblr for a while. (See below.) Having said that, I do have mixed feelings about the wisdom of blasting the same content to various outlets. I mean, Flickr’s good for some things, Facebook for others, Twitter for still others, and I’m not convinced either providers or consumers of content are well served when it’s all an...
The world's most specific piece of labor-related...
Dear Sparkletts: If our fair and just contract demands are not met, we will leave ONE BOTTLE OF 1 LITER WATER UNCAPPED until you agree. What? No, not one bottle per case. Just one bottle, somewhere in the world, or at least that part of it that is served by Sparkletts home delivery. And you WON’T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
We await your timely return to the bargaining table.
Sincerely,...
I'm Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff. →
So, yeah. Been a while. How you been? Good, good. Me, I’m still over on the Twitter, mostly, plus blogging at True/Slant and HuffPo. But what I wanted to tell you is, Posterous is the new Tumblr, at least for me, as a link dump, at least until the next shiny thing comes along. So if you have any interest in the occasional freestanding bit of Web-based flotsam, or maybe I mean...
October 2008
13 posts
Blog break continues.
Doing most of my business over at Twitter for the moment. Join me there, don’t you?
“By keeping my mouth shut.”
– The late Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, asked how he managed to stay in such good shape.
"It used to be easy to recognize patriotism..." →
“…It looked white.”
McCain Staff Memo (not for distribution):...
1) This guy 2) The O-Man 3) Barry Barry Bo-Barry, Bana-Fana Fo Farry 4) That one 5) Capt. Happy, here 6) The Bar Mitzvah Boy 7) Stretch 8) The distinguished junior senator from Illinois {w/ eye roll} 9) Fonzworth Bentley 10) Joe Six-Pack… of Perrier! Hah? HAH? 11) Skeeter 12) Mr. “I heart domestic terrorism” 13) The Sepia Sinatra 14) Fakey Fakerson 15) Midge
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Donna Brazile at The New Yorker Festival. →
Blog break!
Everybody dance!
Cinematic Titanic's Frank Conniff on sobriety.... →
“…The fact that (Palin) might not flub every answer will give the cable...”
– Bob Cesca’s prediction for Debate Night in America
Your one-stop Sarah Palin shop. (Thanks, TPM.) →
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“I don’t know that I ever directed him; I cast him. And then I kept my mouth...”
– Director Robert Benton on Paul Newman.
September 2008
44 posts
You know those iPods that come pre-loaded with the... →
Paging Dr. Turing. Dr. Turing, call your office.
Q: What is your foreign policy experience?
A: I am so proud of his independent and strong decision he has made, what he decided to do and serving for the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not just let one party try to destroy not only their country, also. They understand the dangers of terrorists having a stronghold in regions of their country, but the world, of violent...
Hey, who's in charge all up in here?
I admire Rachel Maddow for her wit and humor and also her limitless selection of stylish jackets, but most of all for the rigor and clarity of her thinking. Here she asks what may be the essential question raised by the bailout fiasco: Who’s running the show in the GOP, anyway?
There! That settles it, dontcha know!
Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you’ve gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans have said you’re not prepared; you’re not ready for prime-time. People have questioned your readiness since that interview. And I’m curious…
Palin: Yeah.
Couric: …to hear your reaction.
Palin: Well, not only am I ready but willing and able to serve as Vice President...
Posts may be thin for a while.
The wifi is spotty here in the safe room, and the enormous stocks of bullets and gold bars I’ve laid in really interfere with the signal.
McCain's unwillingness to look at Obama: Ain't... →
“The candidate who wants to quash any suspicion that he is not quick enough, not...”
– James Fallows, The Atlantic, 9/25/08
This is a link to the latest update of Joshua... →