Don't worry. The post-doc is a walk in the park compared to the anxieties of tenure track.

Easy to say when you've got your own tour bus to, err, travel in.

Heh, in Germany I wouldn't have a tenure track to be anxious about. At least I'd be making minimum wage in Euros!

I know he was Korean. No, I don't have anything to say on behalf of the Korean community. No, really.

If she's so worried about paper, why doesn't she just install one of those toilets that has a bidet in it as well?

I prefer air drying.

It gets sillier. Crow's "Dining Sleeve"

"I also like the idea of not using paper napkins, which happen to be made from virgin wood and represent the heighth of wastefullness. I have designed a clothing line that has what's called a "dining sleeve". The sleeve is detachable and can be replaced with another "dining sleeve," after usage. The design will offer the "diner" the convenience of wiping his mouth on his sleeve rather than throwing out yet another barely used paper product.. I think this idea could also translate quite well to those suffering with an annoying head cold."

Right...walking around with a sleeve covered in snot.

More here

1) The bus is bio-diesel.
2) Here is the direct quote from her blog:

Obviously, she's cracking wise. Link [Edit: same copy as yvonne's link]

What is the big fucking deal? I'm not a particular tree-hugger, but do I think we can all be a little less wasteful? The obvious answer is hell-ya. I'll use all the frigging toilet paper I need, but it's about awareness, people. No need to mock people who are trying to do a little something about it.

Sorry but I always mock people who preach from tour busses.

Anyway I'm more worried about wasting water than TP.

Sheryl Crow was joking, wasn't she? I think it's put on.
Dining sleeve?

She hasn't been the same since she broke up with Lance.

To be fair, she's had a rough go of it, what with the breakup and breast cancer. Maybe she's looking for a cause or something.

I still think the Dave Matthews tour bus has the edge on Cheryl's.

What?! C'mon, foodie, that is utter poop. She's successful, talented and gorgeous, and even if I hated her guts I would never portray a woman as devastated by a man ... unless I knew FOR A FACT that it was true. A little googling reveals she was dating someone soon after Lance, and she looks pretty damn happy in the photos I've seen.

All those ideas were jokes ... washing a square of toilet paper? a napkin sleeve? awarding the greenest person a recording contract? She even joked about only taking a shower once a week, like she did as a kid. And it was a JOKE. [Edit: Didn't you get the hardy-har-har reference to the June Taylor Dancers at the end?]

All she's doing is playing gigs as usual, and telling college kids to reuse grocery bags and keep their tires inflated. This is not revolutionary stuff; just common sense.

i dont know about the dining sleeve, although i do think paper napkins in restaurants is terribly wasteful.

it reminds me of the latest chinese movement to reduce the number of disposable chopsticks. many students simpy carry their own chopsticks that they pack in and wash after every meal. the 'bring your own' movement is also catching on in japan and with plastic bags etc in the states. [url=http://bringyourown.org/]
bringyourown.org[/url]

i like the idea.

It's the heighth of wastefullness and gives new meaning to Greensleeves.

I can't believe you used the word "poop" in your response.

I don't really know what to say about this other than OUCH.

Understatement of the week:

This year, Siemens are holding their users group meeting in E-Werk, a former techno club. Wonder if they'll provide the E.

You're near all a lot of the tourist stuff. The Potsdammer Platz evening food options are awful, but I think there is supposed to be a cornwall pasty shop around there somewhere which I wanted to try but didn't get around to.

I think this video would appeal to Ms. Crow. See here.

The above article was clearly a joke.
She hasn't been the same since she broke up with Lance? What does that have to do with Crow being involved with a music/environment tour aimed at college students?
I really don't understand all the mockery towards Crow. She's actually trying to do something about the environment, a worthy and noble effort.

ok

Tyra Banks.
Was I napping when she happened?

Shrrrrrrriiiiiiiiieeeeekkkkkkkk!!!!!!

Would you prefer a kangaroo outside your window?

So long as it's not the screaming delayed reaction loon.

i like that the one bimbette saw "the human side of tyra" only after she got into a kangaroo outfit.

It is awesome to see the human side of Tyra.
Not quite as awesome as seeing the backside of Tyra,

but awesome nonetheless.

(And, yes, the title of that webpage is "Tyra Banks's Butt Cleavage." Note the appropriate use of the possessive apostrophe.)

She is not looking like that anymore dude.


Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich died yesterday. Fellow Russian superstar, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, was one of those whose reaction was quoted by the press today. I was absolutely certain that Solzhenitsyn had been dead for at least 20 years. He is alive at 88.

She has been happening since at least February 1997 (SI cover), Rip Van Gordo.

Why is so much of the Tribeca Film Festival taking place in Chelsea? Especially bizarre are the American Express drones parked on my corner the last few days and giving away popcorn.

At a client's facility, one of the laborers from the workforce on-site working during a maintenance shutdown is the guy who was married to Britney Spears for a day a few years ago.

Too many events for too few screens in Tribeca.

71-year-old grandmother busted for weed:

http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/30/cancerstricken.php

Try to catch the footage of this lady if they repeat it on the 11:00 ABC news. She makes you want to stand up & cheer.

Turns out the ex from CA is in town for a few months. And judging from a letter I received from him the other day more than a bit crazy, which I don't believe was the case when I was hanging out with him. Or maybe my perceptions have shifted. Or I have lost a taste for the unhinged.

And here I am believing you care for me!

I went to a child's birthday party. The mom thought it was a terrific idea to have a cake made with the child's face on it. They take a photo and do something that involves airbrushing. Anyway, the top of the cake had a photographic likeness of the child on it. The mom started freaking out when the cake was cut. She acted like her child was actually being cut into. She was moaning, groaning and practically crying.

You need new friends, girl.

does wilfrid really have a blog? and is he really offering shill deals to restaurants from it?

She's not my friend!

God, the people I've met through my kid's school and activities.

So you're not going to sleep with him?

Behave. If that's possible.

I tell you what--you keep supplying me with smoked meat and I'll keep you posted.

No, because I am not being paid (not even "in kind") to promote the restaurants, nor do I have any commercial interest in doing so.

But you for suggesting it.

i'm just excited at the possibility of someday having our own psaltis/mix controversy.

It excites me too. The first thing that needs to happen, if I am to be at the center of it, is that restaurants have to start feeding me for free. That will be cool.

have you learned nothing from the history of more significant food communities? you have to first proclaim these people the most important and infallible chefs in the world (which means manhattan) and then hire one of their twin brothers to be your literary agent for your new book (suggested title: "porking the tables").

Will you please PM me your secret for that?

Surfeit?

You mean I shouldn't have mentioned the floppy fries again? Shit.

I tell you, one or two more pieces like that and I will fucking own Chinatown.