2008

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Oh, come on.

Buyer Beware or Korean Komplaining

For one reason or another, I haven’t gotten a long, uninterupted, decent night’s sleep...

http://acontinuouslean.muxtape.com/

Rapper DMX was arrested in a Phoenix mall.

brianvan: “Tom Brady, tell me how my ass taste!”

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Monitor110: A Post Mortem

Michael Jordan and Tony Romo MJ has kind of let himself go.

Killing time before dinner.

So I was on the Julia Allison team’s website Nonsociety, and the only real question I had was...

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Digg Comments From When They Announced...

jeffrubinjeffrubin: (almost two years ago to the day) While I will attempt to not compare him to...

Alan Richman's list of the 5 best burgers in...

I imagine it's Roy like the Canadian...

My biggest problem with Jessica Roy— and I want to say that I actually somewhat empathize with...

Reblogging Someone Else Reblogging Balk

natashavc: alexbalk: but NO. I am WAY SEXIER THAN BLAGG. I will concede Neel...

I’m pretty in love with this sample for the Jordan...

“Jay-Z does it for the love. That’s different. When...”
— Timbaland explaining...

Holy shit, hugo: Hurley at one point played a drug dealer on...

Just saw ‘The Dark Knight’ in IMAX and it was...

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Larry David's bringing back 'Curb' for one...

F the Hyperdunks, buy the actual prototypes made by Nike for...

This day.

cho: you should have seen cechin when you were gone
cho: dude was stressed
balk: It is really not a job for one person.
balk: He's doing all the finance stuff right now and I'm on top of the site and I'm already like FUCK THIS
cho: yeah i just read that on your livejournal
balk: hahahah
balk: it wasn't TL, DAVID?
cho: i just thought you buried the lede
cho: or whatever it is those people say
cho: it's no jay-z muxtape
cho: i'll tell you that for usre
balk: That's the whole point! it's about buildup
balk: Because you kids today are so impatient, you have no appreciation for timing
cho: i'd like to see the twitter version of that post
cho: 'went on vacation, nyc makes me grumpy :('
balk: heh
balk: http://twitter.com/alexbalk

http://hov.muxtape.com

(click to enlarge) I don’t know why I love this...

“I’m completely naked, tube in my penis. I see my wife...”
— The late Rocky Aoki (founder...

Ugh.

I like Kanye West and I like hoodies, but his new Pastelle...

A quick word on the hamburger from Peter Luger pictured below: this burger is made from the ground...

Luger burger: Amazing, I don’t think I can eat the...

“Nike is fucking itself in the ass.”
— From a friend at the ARC...

Louis Vuitton x Comme des Garcons, six one-off LV bags...

NYMag is trying to buy MenuPages?

After reading Leitch’s item on NYMag about the girl...

makeout: via img124.imageshack.us This is amazing,...

The gayest, most uninteresting and...

Denton: Hey, Maer — where's your Jesse Jackson "nuts" piece? (In the same place as all the Burkle coverage?) ;)
Maer: Actually, it's in the same place as our item on you going down on a go-go boy at Urge on Thursday night.. But while we're on the subject, have I missed Gawker's coverage of the Jezebel fiasco?
via Gawker

It's almost safe to eat tomatoes again!

Pile's pretty funny.

Especially when complaining about airlines and idiocy.

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If there’s not a word to describe someone who you can’t really say is your friend (I...

Neel shah is f-ing disgusting: As is his work space Sent via...

I probably would have just named myself...

Connie explains to me how she got her name and gives a glimpse into what it's like to have excessively Asian parents-- (I know it's long, but I promise it's worth it)
dcho: OH COME ON CONSTANCE
conniewang: ehheh
conniewang: it's actually just connie
dcho: yeah
conniewang: i got to name myself when i was a kid
dcho: asian parents dont know what they're doing a lot of the time
conniewang: thank god i chose connie
conniewang: and not michelangelo
dcho: i'm going to start calling you xiao kang (ed: her Chinese name)
conniewang: teenage mutant ninja turtles was my second favorite show
dcho: what was your first?
conniewang: the nightly news with connie chung
conniewang: unfortunately
dcho: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
dcho: STFU
conniewang: i was a really unfortunate child
...
dcho: do you have any siblings?
conniewang: one
conniewang: sister
conniewang: younger
dcho: what's her name?
conniewang: julia
conniewang: she came to visit a week ago
dcho: julia childs?
conniewang: haha
conniewang: actually
conniewang: i got to name her
conniewang: so uh
conniewang: yeah
conniewang: unfortunately
conniewang: we are both named after horribly unattractive and lame tv stars
dcho: wait
dcho: she's really named after julia childs???!
conniewang: ...
conniewang: i told you
dcho: OMFG
conniewang: i have terrible taste
dcho: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHA
conniewang: it started young
dcho: wow
dcho: what kind of child has two favorite shows of connie chung and julia childs?
conniewang: we didn't have cable

Holy shit, locke has a mustache: Apparently he is luke...

New sneakers finally: I was really due Sent via BlackBerry...

Biggest waste of money?

NetJets TV ads during Wimbledon, is anyone purchasing charter jet services based on a commercial...

The original Microsoft team in 1978 (l) back together again...

“He wanted it, but I needed it.”
— Joey Chestnut on how he...

Wall-E Catcall

ksklut: While I was walking to work today I swear a construction worker whispered “Eveeaa” in my...

Pug dressed as an expresso machine This picture is part of a...

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“I always try and keep it 100% – I’m not like these other...”
— Rapper The Game explaining...

Deal with it: I like Rachael Ray and I'm...

Wow, I guess dreams do come true: The dancing bear video on...

Judd Apatow is producing a Sherlock Holmes...

DIGG THIS VIDEO* PLEASE?!

I give Cho a lot of shit.

alexbalk: No apologies, just a statement of fact. And all of it’s deserved. But I do have to say...

The Marty McFly Hyperdunks are releasing at Undefeated in...

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“Jesus was persecuted, and I’m going to get persecuted,...”
— Heidi Montag explaining the...

Oh god this is uncomfortable: They switched to an angle from...

Watch all of Hov's Glastonbury set at...

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Holy shit, they're going to start selling...

The menu at Matsugen is online now.

alexbalk: Conbon writes: “Your message is spreading. I kept...

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The first Nike sanctioned promotional picture of...

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HuffPo is starting to cover local news by...

Popcorn ice cream and Richard Blais? Hm. I won’t not...

Sometimes there’s a brief moment when you realize that...

Hovie and Ricky Gervais watching Chris Martin and Coldplay...

“Led by the unstoppable Alex Balk, Radar’s Web site has...”
— MediaBistro hits the nail on...

There's a new Burger King commercial...

“maybe this is just me being “all asian people...

Looking to start an LLC with little-to-no...

jakehurwitz: Me and Amir are in the latest Us Weekly! I...

Top Chef fliming in NYC this summer

Facebook to get rid of the wall, replace it with the...

“I seem to be stalking Alex Balk today. The best writing on...”
— Michael LeDuff (via alexbalk)

I am obsessed with this picture. via Amanda’s flickr

“He had more problems dealing with Voldemort than what we...”
— Kobe comparing the plight of...

If you thought I was wordy and convoluted...

LET FREEDOM RING!

Market Table gets rid of the market in the...

“Now Hitch, there’s a funny movie… if...”
— Jeff Van Gundy is great and...

“Lisa’s wagyu steak wasn’t up to snuff. But it may have been...”
— Bruni waxes poetic about the...

Def Jam recording artist Young Jeezy (white people: you may...

Oops. Some dude got drunk and drove into a...

80,000 Koreans participated in an overnight vigil in Seoul...

Video chat with some nerds: I took my laptop to work today...

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Grumpy Old Man.

I normally leave the ranting about marginal office discomfort to Balk (honestly, the drilling was...

The many iterations that came before google’s new...

Hey stranger, If you were stalking me via IM you probably won’t be able to do that anymore...