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heavybrowsing: Just the Tip: Online CouponsIt happened.  You’ve been online shopping for three hours and 27 minutes, and you found it.  That perfect Helmut Lang blazer for your job interview that says, “I promise, I’m a capable human being.  My English degree was not a total waste of time.  My parents hate my life decisions.”  You’re all jacked up like a teenager in line to see The Hunger Games, and ready to hit “Confirm.”  STOP (collaborate and listen).  Before you complete your purchase, ask yourself, “Is there a coupon code out there?”  Sure, there are plenty of sites that can help you track one down, like Retail Me Not, but your approach to locating a site’s coupon codes should resemble the way you stalk your ex’s new girlfriend: Facebook, Twitter, Google searches, and renting the apartment next to hers (you know, the usual protocol).  We know the idea of couponing makes you feel like a suburban housewife saving 50 cents on off-brand laundry detergent, but when that 30% discount code you discovered saves you a ton of cash, you’ll be so thrilled that you’ll forget you’re interviewing to be a receptionist at a glue factory. If you can find me another fashion blog that can flawlessly reference Helmut Lang and glue factories, well, I’ll buy you a drink (kidding, no I won’t).

heavybrowsing:

Just the Tip: Online Coupons

It happened.  You’ve been online shopping for three hours and 27 minutes, and you found it.  That perfect Helmut Lang blazer for your job interview that says, “I promise, I’m a capable human being.  My English degree was not a total waste of time.  My parents hate my life decisions.”  You’re all jacked up like a teenager in line to see The Hunger Games, and ready to hit “Confirm.” 

STOP (collaborate and listen).  Before you complete your purchase, ask yourself, “Is there a coupon code out there?”  Sure, there are plenty of sites that can help you track one down, like Retail Me Not, but your approach to locating a site’s coupon codes should resemble the way you stalk your ex’s new girlfriend: Facebook, Twitter, Google searches, and renting the apartment next to hers (you know, the usual protocol). 

We know the idea of couponing makes you feel like a suburban housewife saving 50 cents on off-brand laundry detergent, but when that 30% discount code you discovered saves you a ton of cash, you’ll be so thrilled that you’ll forget you’re interviewing to be a receptionist at a glue factory.

If you can find me another fashion blog that can flawlessly reference Helmut Lang and glue factories, well, I’ll buy you a drink (kidding, no I won’t).

(Source: heavybrowsing)

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This is a nail polish for sale at Sephora.  The color is called “Load.”  When you’re giving yourself a manicure, make sure not to get Load all over the place.

This is a nail polish for sale at Sephora.  The color is called “Load.”  When you’re giving yourself a manicure, make sure not to get Load all over the place.

somuchfunithurts: jessethorn: There’s a great profile of Todd Barry in the NY Times. Todd was one of the comics who was nice enough to come onto TSOYA several times in the early days, and there’s really no one funnier. He also once complained about my car for 20 minutes straight while I was giving him a ride somewhere. Todd Barry’s the best. Great read. Fantastic article about a fantastic comic, Todd Barry.  He’s one of those comics whose delivery is on par with—if not more refined than—his excellent joke writing.  He can do more to point out ridiculous things with just his voice than most skilled comics can with punchlines.  I watched him read an Esquire article and he brought down the house mostly with inflection, he barely editorialized and he still made it hilarious.  If you’ve never seen him, make a point of doing that as soon as you can.

somuchfunithurts:

jessethorn:

There’s a great profile of Todd Barry in the NY Times. Todd was one of the comics who was nice enough to come onto TSOYA several times in the early days, and there’s really no one funnier. He also once complained about my car for 20 minutes straight while I was giving him a ride somewhere. Todd Barry’s the best.

Great read.

Fantastic article about a fantastic comic, Todd Barry.  He’s one of those comics whose delivery is on par with—if not more refined than—his excellent joke writing.  He can do more to point out ridiculous things with just his voice than most skilled comics can with punchlines.  I watched him read an Esquire article and he brought down the house mostly with inflection, he barely editorialized and he still made it hilarious.  If you’ve never seen him, make a point of doing that as soon as you can.

slacktory:

“How to take roll of tape out of shoe without touching it using an apple” by HowToDoAnythingTV

Have you seen this series? It’s nothing but short, ridiculous tutorials. Popular videos include:

That last one includes bloopers(!!!) and it’s 12 seconds long. It’s all the times he put a piece of cheese on a tire and it went wrong. It’s so bizarre that I had to reread that last sentence because it sounded like madness. “He put a piece of cheese on a tire and it went wrong.” Jesus. Did I just have a stroke?

I guess the next thing for you to do is watch more How To Do Anything TV

Task: Find a way to waste time.  Success!

So this super awesome thing happened: the hilarious women of Go Fug Yourself have  read Heavy Browsing, and like it, and mentioned it on twitter. Be right back, I have to go hyperventilate in my office bathroom (in a good way)! 

So this super awesome thing happened: the hilarious women of Go Fug Yourself have  read Heavy Browsing, and like it, and mentioned it on twitter. Be right back, I have to go hyperventilate in my office bathroom (in a good way)! 

Fiona Apple. New Music. OMG.

Fiona Apple played new songs at SXSW this week.  I can barely contain myself.  I need a new album from her more than I need an unlimited supply of Diet Coke and tahini hummus (those are the two things I live off of these days).

You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue.

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John Updike, Rabbit, Run (via mindsawandering)

Tomorrow: excerpts from John Updike’s many appearances on Fresh Air

(via nprfreshair)

I’ll have to tune in tomorrow, seeing as I had the pleasure of meeting John Updike before he passed away.  I was working at Random House and my boss asked if I ‘would mind’ helping out with a book signing.  Helping out required passing books between the author and a mountain of boxes so they could be sent to stores who would sell signed first copies.  It’s a bit of a snooze, unless the author in question is one of the writers responsible for shaping contemporary American literature.  Mr. Updike was warm and friendly and we spent three hours on the 24th floor of 1745 Broadway talking about the pros and cons of owning a car and why, when you are an author with enough celebration to need to sign hundreds of books at a time, it’s nice to have a short name (sorry, Joyce Carol Oates).

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