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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 occurred to me that I was a middle-aged man sitting alone in his car photographing his food. Then I finished the sandwich, licked the cheese from the paper and drove home.

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Hey blogger friends: Help me figure out if autoposting is good or evil.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:12:25 -0700

Hey blogger friends: Help me figure out if autoposting is good or evil.

So, that just happened.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:26:50 -0700

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 indiscriminate hash, spooned up wholesale onto a bunch of different platters. (Which is, yes, a lovely image.) But Tumblr and Posterous are similar enough in functionality, and in what I want to use them for, that this seems like an experiment worth trying. We’ll see. Thanks for reading, wherever you are.

The world's most specific piece of labor-related sabotage.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:16:00 -0700

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,
Amalgamated Cappers Local 22

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I'm Bill Barol. This is where I dump stuff.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:42:49 -0700

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 “jetsam,” come visit me there… won’t you?

Blog break continues.

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:57:19 -0700

Doing most of my business over at Twitter for the moment. Join me there, don’t you?

"By keeping my mouth shut."

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:47:00 -0700

“By keeping my mouth shut.”

-
The late Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, asked how he managed to stay in such good shape.

Obama attempts post-debate high-five; McCain, unfamiliar with...

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:15:11 -0700

Obama attempts post-debate high-five; McCain, unfamiliar with the gesture, startles and shies away.

"It used to be easy to recognize patriotism..."

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:21:00 -0700

"It used to be easy to recognize patriotism...":

“…It looked white.”

Light blogging continues, but I’ll be back soon. (To...

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:12:00 -0700

Light blogging continues, but I’ll be back soon. (To explain: I recently found out that as an American taxpayer I’m now the part owner of some banks. So I’ve been out shopping for new and appropriate clothes, which you can see me modeling above.)

McCain Staff Memo (not for distribution): Dismissive Obama References Still in Play for Wednesday

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:31:00 -0700

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

Cross-posted at HuffPo.

Donna Brazile at The New Yorker Festival.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:52:39 -0700

Donna Brazile at The New Yorker Festival.

Blog break!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:26:50 -0700

Everybody dance!

Cinematic Titanic's Frank Conniff on sobriety. (Happy anniversary, Frank.)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:18 -0700

Cinematic Titanic's Frank Conniff on sobriety. (Happy anniversary, Frank.)

"…The fact that (Palin) might not flub every answer will give the cable news people reason to..."

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:35:54 -0700

“

…The fact that (Palin) might not flub every answer will give the cable news people reason to praise her. She didn’t totally screw it up. She’s awesome! And those zingers! Fun-neee! That’s the kind of crap that’ll send me into a rage. Probably not the debate itself. The ignormus post-debate whole-cloth invention of stupid. That’ll do it.

Buchanan will love her. Hannity will soil his pants. Matthews will compare her to a movie character. Alex Castellanos will punch Paul Begala. Begala will pummel Castellanos with a folding chair. Roland Martin will figure-four-leg-lock Bill Bennett. And Gloria Borger will accidentally swallow a coin.

”

- Bob Cesca’s prediction for Debate Night in America

Your one-stop Sarah Palin shop. (Thanks, TPM.)

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:20:49 -0700

Your one-stop Sarah Palin shop. (Thanks, TPM.)