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Happy Hanukkah!

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:52:01 -0500

For the first night of Hanukkah, we give you the greatest gift we know - our artistic director Kevin’s mom’s latke recipe!

The story is that every year at Kevin’s synagogue, the moms and dads would bring in latkes for a Hanukkah celebration. Holly, Kevin’s (ironically named, but only for the purposes of this story) mom had developed this recipe, which leads to pretty awful-looking pancakes. And inevitably, every year, other moms would bring in clean-looking, pretty things, some shaped like menorahs or 6-pointed stars, while Holly carried a tray of these lumpy, Jackson Pollack-looking clumps of shredded potatoes.

And every year, Holly was the only one with an empty tray to bring home at the end of the party.

We wish you all the best in the coming year, and hope your holiday season brings you unbridled joy.

2 cups potatoes shredded (the recipe says 4-5 potatoes — honestly, I just do a bunch until it looks like I have a good amount)

1 medium onion shredded (sometimes I add another onion, depends on how the mixture looks)

2 eggs

1/4 cup matzo meal

dash of salt /pepper to taste

oil

Mix potatoes, onions, eggs, matzo meal, salt, and pepper.  Heat oil in skillet.  Drop spoonfuls of potatoes into hot oil. Flatten and flip when brown and crispy.  Add more oil as you cook. (Let it heat up before adding the potatoes or they get mushy.)

It’s seriously that simple, kids. Serve with sour cream and/or applesauce. Yum.

We missed the chance to pass along our tofurkey recipe at Thanksgiving, so you can expect that in time for Christmas. People eat turkey on Christmas, right? Right?

Also, stay tuned for our holiday shopping guide!

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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:51:21 -0500

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More news about "Finishing the Hat"

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:52:59 -0500

drock:

fuckyeahsondheim:

Virgin editorial director Louisa Joyner has bought a two-volume memoir by giant of the musical theatre Stephen Sondheim. The deal was conducted with Sara Menguc, the British co-agent of Sondheim’s long-time agent Helen Brann, for an undisclosed sum. US rights went to Alfred A Knopf.

The first volume, Finishing the Hat - named after a song from Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” - will be published in autumn 2010, when the composer and lyricist turns 80, and Sondheim will be in the UK for publication. A second volume, Look, I Made a Hat, will follow in 2011.

The publisher said: “These two beautifully produced companion volumes will be rich with history, gossip and delightful details, bringing us back to a time when theatre was truly one of the pillars of culture.” Virgin said there would be “many personal photographs of Sondheim with his contemporaries and collaborators.” (source)

“Look I Made a hat!” is from Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony acceptance speech for Best Musical in 2008, right?

SO looking forward to these. Also, yes, it’s IN that speech, but that speech was quoting the song.

Rev. Bill preaches changellujah at the project revolution...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:31:47 -0500

Rev. Bill preaches changellujah at the project revolution kickoff. Woo!

Heh. Cool.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:02:47 -0500

Heh. Cool.

danmeth: We’ve got another T-Shirt for sale!For all the ultra...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:19:07 -0500

danmeth:

We’ve got another T-Shirt for sale!
For all the ultra music geeks out there: A Beach Boys/Black Flag mashup. If you’ve always liked hardcore punk but you really dig the oldies (or vise-versa!), than this is the shirt for you. Click on over to Miss Wit T-Shirts to purchase one! There’s also this other Beach Boys s hirt for sale based on my Pop Cultural Chart!

FUN FACT: Both of these bands started out within 5 miles of each other in the outskirts of southern Los Angeles!

OH. MY. GOD. I LOVE THIS SHIRT.

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:21:00 -0500

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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:25:27 -0500

rocketboom:

Subset.

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Photo

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:27:33 -0400

RIGHT FUCKING NOWS

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:15:22 -0400

RIGHT FUCKING NOWS

Amazing AND adorable?! Unfair.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:46:43 -0400

Amazing AND adorable?! Unfair.

rocketboom: Monorail...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:39:01 -0400

rocketboom:

Monorail Cat florencio:kkkyndollwood:hidekiryuga:charmyourwayout-:sayeverything:wellimgabrielle:laurandlime:setthestage:allhopedeleted:(via exclusivee)

I found the urge to reblog this immediately irresistible.

jenbee: Gee programming really IS just for dudes. Nice going...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:04:09 -0400

jenbee:

Gee programming really IS just for dudes. Nice going Vimeo.

You might wanna check with HR before you publish your next job posting… Or are you bros just so cool that your above the law?

superamit:

pile:

Are you a bad enough dude to work for Vimeo? The brogrammers are looking to swell the ranks with the finest minds this nation has to offer. Working at Vimeo is like a 24-hour birthday party on the moon (non-dark side). Are you:

Able to work in NYC?

A hot-shit application developer?

A hot-shit Flash developer?

Grab your hat and set sail for jobs@vimeo [dot] com. No jerks.

Would have reblogged for crazy-good copy alone.

Oh, shit! As cool and hipster as the Vimeots may be, Jen Bekman kills in the cool staredown. This is like seeing Miles Davis call out Mr. T. Or something.

That said, I’m pretty sure they didn’t mean only men can apply. As cool as Ms. Bekman is, she’s clearly not up on her NES sidescroller prologues.

Hey be an extra!

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:07:22 -0400

joshruben:

heyitseva:

Hiiiii do you want to be an extra in a CollegeHumor video?

I’m working on a music video on Friday and we a few more people to come hang out.

Email me if you’re interested! eva@collegehumor.com

- Shoot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- 1PMish to 6PMish
- $40 cash
- Snacks

Come on, man, you know you wanna work for us

mnik: shaneblog: Yay Everyday!: Anders Oinonen Sometimes...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:57:48 -0400

mnik:

shaneblog:

Yay Everyday!:

Anders Oinonen

Sometimes you open up your dashboard, and there’s a picture of EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL AT THAT MOMENT staring right back at you. Le sigh. Hooray for art.

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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:39:55 -0400

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jenbee: Jenny Holzer+ Twitter = Perfect Together! If...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:17:50 -0400

jenbee:

Jenny Holzer+ Twitter = Perfect Together!

If you’re on Twitter, you should be following Holzer by now.

Holy shit did you see PROTECT PROTECT?

mnik: strutting: FFFFAIL! Thank you. Someone had to say it,...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:23 -0400

mnik:

strutting:

FFFFAIL!

Thank you. Someone had to say it, and this image does it better than I could have.

vincentpeone: Pat, Josh, and I discussing the look of National...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:31:02 -0400

vincentpeone:

Pat, Josh, and I discussing the look of National Fart Hearings.

Just got around to watching this - about 1:15 Josh points out my anachronistic sneaks. Very kindly, he says “we” instead of “that idiot,” even though he probably wasn’t wearing sneakers, but he’s just that kind of guy.

I genuinely didn’t think I’d be on camera.

This, by the way, was the first shoot I was EVER late to. AND I was wearing stupid shoes. AND I was walking with a god-damned cane. Not my day.

jenbee: Ellsworth Kelly Hacked My Twitter “Ellsworth Kelly...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:16:00 -0400

jenbee:

Ellsworth Kelly Hacked My Twitter

“Ellsworth Kelly Hacked My Twitter is a real-time chart of postings from people I follow on Twitter. I have manually reduced the individual avatars of those I follow to a single, representative color, and each block shown represents an individual tweet that has come through my Twitter feed…the grid is being generated in real-time, with the top-left square representing the most recent post. The remaining squares are presented left-to-right, top-down in reverse chronological order. A viewer can actively change the composition of the grid by simply changing the size of the browser window. Rows and columns can be added or removed, causing the individual squares to shift and/or wrap, thus creating a new composition.”