this is the tumblr of Eric Spiegelman ericspiegelman (at) the gmails Pals:AaronBashir & DialloDanaDaveMarkMogleMollsTumblr (3.0; @spiegelman)http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstbzet7DW1qz7x4so1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/237419998http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/237419998Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:01:46 -0800<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/the-public-option-fight-continues--but-whats-in-the-actual-bill.php">So, what passed tonight? TPM breaks down the House healthcare reform bill for you.</a>: <p>Josh Marshall says, “you’re welcome.”</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236662153http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236662153Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0800suck it CNN you lazy fucks<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrx6ttImR1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hey, <a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236637524/house-passes-healthcare-reform-bill-cnn-relegates">CNN</a> — this is why you’re losing to the Internet.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236640798http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236640798Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:53 -0800<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrx0zwLWO1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>House passes healthcare reform bill, CNN relegates story to sidebar while Jenny Craig mom gets center billing (plus bigger headline and twice the column width).</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236637524http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236637524Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:00 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/?search?q=meteor">Apparently a giant meteor just lit up the sky along the central California coast</a>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236582239http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236582239Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:39:21 -0800<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrqty8Ogt1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236522114http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/236522114Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:27:34 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/235372461/tumblr_kspntkCcFr1qz7x4s&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>I fell asleep on a train once traveling through the Main Line, Pennsylvania.  Supposed to get off at King of Prussia, but missed it by six stops.  Hitchhiked back.</p> <p>Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, <i>Act Like You Know</i></p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235372461http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235372461Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0800<p>Also, I’d never before heard Monterey Park referred to as the “Chinese Beverly Hills.”  Gotta love that.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235279863http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235279863Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:28:05 -0800“The difference is that in New York they’re cooking for us. Here they’re cooking for themselves.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jonathan Gold, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/11/09/091109fa_fact_goodyear">quoted in this week’s New Yorker</a>, talking about the difference between Chinese food in New York and Los Angeles.  Add that to your arsenal of cultural comparisons next time you get sucked into that old “NY vs. LA” debate.  New York gets the American Chinese food.  Los Angeles gets the Chinese Chinese food.</em>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235277456http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235277456Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:00 -0800<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/oldjewstellingjokes*">Old Jews Telling Jokes: The Gift Shop</a>: <p>A wise man once said, “Moichandising!”  That man was Mel Brooks.  He was dressed as a Jedi master.  We took his advice to heart. These are the gifts you’re looking for.</p> <p>We have hats and mugs and aprons and mousepads.  The mousepad has a joke about a mouse printed on it.  It’s very meta.  Our audience is sophisticated, they appreciate touches like that.</p> <p>Only 35 shopping days until Hanukkah.  Why wait?  Buy now.  Make us proud.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235210931http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235210931Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:52:31 -0800<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp95bApgm1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235139610http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/235139610Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:23 -0800<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnjdpN8GO1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You thought we’d stop at <a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232151210/old-jews-telling-jokes-the-mug-coming-soon-to">mugs</a>?  No, sir, we do not stop at mugs.</p> <p>These hats are rabbi-approved to wear in temple during the high holidays.*</p> <p>*not really.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/234168104http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/234168104Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:13 -0800<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslp5xXAQZ1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Viktor Koen for the NYT, in re <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/dining/04iron.html">Michelle Obama’s cameo on <i>Iron Chef</i></a>.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/233139861http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/233139861Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:05:00 -0800obamalogos<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjwu7gcW61qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Old Jews Telling Jokes: The Mug!  Coming soon to an online merchandising discount retailer near you.</p> <p>Coming soon thereafter: Old Jews Telling Jokes: The Breakfast Cereal!  With a prize inside.  (Fiber.)</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232151210http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232151210Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:56:30 -0800<a href="http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/01/05/the-art-of-the-porno-burrito/">The art of the porno burrito</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://twitter.com/thejgold/status/5400627251">Jonathan Gold</a>, which makes it more awesome)</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232136189http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232136189Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:36:14 -0800<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksimt3zUA51qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Unintended victims of the Google Street View <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9943140-7.html">face-blurring algorithm</a>: Medusa mural, Blair Underwood.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232020370http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/232020370Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:52:14 -0800<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksic6gce0p1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/231269697http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/231269697Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:32:43 -0800<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksi4p3ntxQ1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’ve taken to calling it the “Charlie Rose of Horror.”  First guest: Robert Englund, who is <strike>due on set in an hour.</strike> standing outside my office!</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/231132406http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/231132406Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:51:00 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6609077&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6609077&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6609077&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Two fantastic things:</p> <p>1) <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/">Kickstarter</a></p> <p>2) The<i> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simplescott/designing-obama">Designing Obama</a></i> book, by the “Design Director” of the Obama campaign, that you can finance/order via Kickstarter.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/230921960http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/230921960Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:01:29 -0800<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksgf7pRuUh1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/230184979http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/230184979Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:42:59 -0800surreal Obama