Archive For February, 2010
I am currently obsessed with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ first album “Up from Below,” which came out last summer. After watching their Tiny Desk Concert I’m now determined to see them live. And it took about .03 seconds for me to develop a massive girlcrush on Jade Castrinos. I love the way she [...]
Generous portions of baked and fried catfish, vinegar slaw, green beans, hush puppies and onion rings from Holy Rosary’s fish fry. Lately I’ve noticed a few search hits to my 2009 compilation of Lenten fish fries, so I thought I’d post an updated version for this year. My last two trips to church were for [...]
With my iPhone, this blog, my Twitter and Facebook accounts, and now this handy little guy, I like to fancy myself as something of a citizen journalist. Of course, I’m a journalist “by training,” so says my diploma – but I always preferred the reporting part to the information-gathering part. In other words, I hated [...]
Because I have zero shame, here are some of the songs I have adapted to sing to my cats. Please tell me I am not the only person who does this. Catty Lee: Patty Lee – Les Savy Fav Penny Buddy Knows: Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohe… Penny Money: Plenty Money – Plies Your Trish [...]
I wouldn’t trade last weekend for anything. Here’s the aftermath of the Super Bowl condensed into 8 minutes. Post-Super Bowl celebration in NOLA from Jen Simmons on Vimeo. Sorry the video quality is kinda cruddy, either I picked the wrong compression settings or should have used a different uploading service. Beginner’s mistake.
I don’t usually use this space to promote my other projects, because frankly, I don’t often have other projects going on. But a couple of months ago I started a Tumblr called LUNCHBRAG dedicated to memorable lunches. For example: Gus’s fried chicken. It’s the only thing that’s kept you from the brink of despair at [...]
Dear guy at the gym who does not wipe the machines after use, Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I see you at the on-campus recreation center, prolonging your life with exercise. I know it can’t be easy, considering you look old enough to have sired most of the gym’s patrons, myself included. So, even if your [...]
Most celebrities have a shtick; a signature “quirk,” if you will, by which consumers can recognize them. Elton John in the seventies with the glasses, Flavor Flav with the clocks, for example. I get it. I see video of Madonna from the 80s and think, “Oh, that’s her thing, exaggerated sexuality, blah blah blah.” I [...]
