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Best heckle ever! (via Idolator)

Because Lionel Richie's "Hello" is probably my favorite video of all time, I absolutely love The Hello Experiment.

A read-through of the wikipedia page for Infinite Jest--in particular, reading about the wonderful, wonderful characters in the book--makes me want to read the book again. Someday, I will.

Reach of a Chef

The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity

A couple of weekends ago, I finished Michael Ruhlman's Reach of a Chef, which makes me three for three on the "* of a Chef" series. There's so much great stuff in Reach of a Chef that it's difficult to choose a favorite part, but this passage from the amazing chapter on Grant Achatz is probably my favorite:

... it explained more than anything why Grant, for all his Midwestern humility and PBS elocution, commanded a deep respect from the kitchen staff: Not only did he run this restaurant, not only did he do the hiring and firing, not only was he a nationally respected chef and culinary innovator, Grant Achatz could, at any instance, take over your station and work it better and faster than you could do it yourself on your best day.

Speaking of Ruhlman--who has a great blog on TypePad, btw--he has a great post up about Ratatouille, which we saw recently and absolutely loved.

"You always end up in the city..."

New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour

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The New Pornographers' "Myriad Harbour" (a Dan Bejar-penned tune, naturally) is just so gorgeous.

The breathiness of the harmonies; the way it just sort of explodes into the chorus, & all the time with that insistent guitar refrain; the "I said to John, d'you think the girls here ever wonder how they got so pretty? Well, I do".

It's so clever & fun & beautiful.