I think (if you want to buy my dumb theory, which might be nothing!) it was just a lucky coincidence that that particular song that bid farewell to Birdie also was shot on a blue background. It made that song, and that shot, the exact perfect death harbinger for that character. Read more

Why make that specific song the centerpiece of an entire arc about advertising in the first place? Other songs from the musical Bye Bye Birdie— “We’ve Got a Lot of Livin’ To Do,” for example— are much more ad-friendly. Read more

Maybe blue is the death color. Read more

I went to school in South Bend. I get this. Read more

It’s a federal case. Read more

I got into a debate with a Gawker staffer whose name rhymes with Bohn Book the other day about whether it matters for a candidate to be "principled." I feel like O'Malley is more "principled" than others in the race, that his evolution has been more linear and less of a zigzag. Read more

I have the same tee shirt. It’s now hipster gold. Read more

Some argue that he laid some of the more recent groundwork for the racial injustice still pervasive in Baltimore. Read more

“Sources” “close” “to” “me” were at an event where he was present the other day and he looks a lot like how my grandma would want a President to look. Not sure if that will serve him well or poorly, but it’s interesting that we’re talking about a male candidate’s looks in this way. Read more

Nice try, JONATHAN. Read more

True, but in addition: she has a killer writing staff. Read more

It seems a little bizarre to me that anybody is implying that the current team is any way connected to the actions of a single person who nobody on the current team knows. Read more

Sarah you are very funny, but you’re wrong. WRONG! Read more

Definitely cheaper than they were in Chicago. Read more

Kelly-With-Rage-Hives is my favorite Kelly. Read more

That was deliberate :) Read more

The GOP just needs a woman to yell at Hillary Clinton for optics. Read more

I like you because of your vintage teen dick Spader icon but you’re on thin ice. Read more

What’s that from? Read more