CROMULENT NY LA TIMES PRE-SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY 2008 RECAP
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean."
GOV. PHIL BREDESEN of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.
In Seized Video, Boys Train to Fight in Iraq, U.S. Says
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
The footage is believed to be part of a propaganda tape made by Al Qaeda.
Patty Stonesifer
“Lipstick Jungle” is centered on three rich, fashionable career women in Manhattan juggling high-octane jobs and perfidious men in the mid to late afternoon of their lives.
Opinion
Greatest show on Earth
By Timothy Garton Ash
Right plot, great cast -- the White House run has the whole world watching.
If Hillary taps Antonio
By Patt Morrison
Villaraigosa may leave early for a Clinton administration post; Rudy Giuliani would be the perfect replacement as L.A. mayor.
A national mood swing
By Rosa Brooks
Change isn't just a political slogan, it's a national yearning that's put the Democrats back on the offensive.
The Vanishing Point
By GUY TREBAY
While everyone worries about thin female models, designers embrace the skinny man.
The Beta Male’s Charms
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
A no-budget Web series based on the ups and downs of three former college roommates has become a cult hit and attracted mainstream media attention.
STATE OF THE ART
A New Generation of Digital Picture Frames
J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it had acquired Irving Penn’s “The Small Trades.” The series includes 252 full-length portraits of workers.
Honesty is in, at least in design (think wood grain and visible handwork).
So is fantasy, in surreal, over-the-top creations.
“I want what we had,” they function as “little flags of ambiguous dread or sorrow,” Penelope Green writes. Existentialism: always in fashion.
“Putting Trend Spotters on the Spot,” by Sabine Rothman
“Hotter than Hot Pink,” by Marianne Rohrlich
“To Darken Someone’s Doorstep, or Perhaps Your Own,” by Penelope Green
DORKITUDE
Add It Up
Zombies, math, infinity: that’s the lineup at tonight’s installment of Nerd Nite at Angels & Kings. You know the geeky drill: you drink while various and sundry experts expound on topics like “The Magical Mathematics of Music” or “Zombies Are Real: Actual Zombies of the Natural World and Why You Might Be One.” The more you drink, the more persuasive they sound. Hey kids, science is fun!
Op-Ed: You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter
We should hasten the enfranchisement of Generation Y by lowering the voting age to 16.
Naomi Klein’s “Shock Doctrine” or “The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities.”
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/travel/escapes/25ski.html?ex=1217480400&en=3d377e6cce78157f&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M031-ROS-0208-L2&WT.mc_ev=click&mkt=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M031-ROS-0208-L2
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/06/style/0207-SHOP_index.html?8ur&emc=ur
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/garden/07trend.html?_r=1&8ur&emc=ur&oref=slogin
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-word7feb07,0,1700698.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-martin7feb07,0,2553882.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-martin7feb07,0,2553882.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nusecretweapon7feb07,0,7673723.story?track=ntothtml
"The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean."
GOV. PHIL BREDESEN of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.
In Seized Video, Boys Train to Fight in Iraq, U.S. Says
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
The footage is believed to be part of a propaganda tape made by Al Qaeda.
Patty Stonesifer
“Lipstick Jungle” is centered on three rich, fashionable career women in Manhattan juggling high-octane jobs and perfidious men in the mid to late afternoon of their lives.
Opinion
Greatest show on Earth
By Timothy Garton Ash
Right plot, great cast -- the White House run has the whole world watching.
If Hillary taps Antonio
By Patt Morrison
Villaraigosa may leave early for a Clinton administration post; Rudy Giuliani would be the perfect replacement as L.A. mayor.
A national mood swing
By Rosa Brooks
Change isn't just a political slogan, it's a national yearning that's put the Democrats back on the offensive.
The Vanishing Point
By GUY TREBAY
While everyone worries about thin female models, designers embrace the skinny man.
The Beta Male’s Charms
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
A no-budget Web series based on the ups and downs of three former college roommates has become a cult hit and attracted mainstream media attention.
STATE OF THE ART
A New Generation of Digital Picture Frames
J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it had acquired Irving Penn’s “The Small Trades.” The series includes 252 full-length portraits of workers.
Honesty is in, at least in design (think wood grain and visible handwork).
So is fantasy, in surreal, over-the-top creations.
“I want what we had,” they function as “little flags of ambiguous dread or sorrow,” Penelope Green writes. Existentialism: always in fashion.
“Putting Trend Spotters on the Spot,” by Sabine Rothman
“Hotter than Hot Pink,” by Marianne Rohrlich
“To Darken Someone’s Doorstep, or Perhaps Your Own,” by Penelope Green
DORKITUDE
Add It Up
Zombies, math, infinity: that’s the lineup at tonight’s installment of Nerd Nite at Angels & Kings. You know the geeky drill: you drink while various and sundry experts expound on topics like “The Magical Mathematics of Music” or “Zombies Are Real: Actual Zombies of the Natural World and Why You Might Be One.” The more you drink, the more persuasive they sound. Hey kids, science is fun!
Op-Ed: You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter
We should hasten the enfranchisement of Generation Y by lowering the voting age to 16.
Naomi Klein’s “Shock Doctrine” or “The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities.”
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/travel/escapes/25ski.html?ex=1217480400&en=3d377e6cce78157f&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M031-ROS-0208-L2&WT.mc_ev=click&mkt=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M031-ROS-0208-L2
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/06/style/0207-SHOP_index.html?8ur&emc=ur
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/garden/07trend.html?_r=1&8ur&emc=ur&oref=slogin
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-word7feb07,0,1700698.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-martin7feb07,0,2553882.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-martin7feb07,0,2553882.story?track=ntothtml
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nusecretweapon7feb07,0,7673723.story?track=ntothtml
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