Friday, February 25, 2005

- the warren harding error -

From Malcolm Gladwell's Blink:

Of the tens of millions of American men below five foot six, a grand total of ten in my sample have reached the level of CEO, which says that being short is probably as much of a handicap to corporate success as being a woman or an African American.

(snip)

Not long ago, researchers who analyzed the data from four large research studies that had followed thousands of people from birth to adulthood calculated that when corrected for such variables as age and gender and weight, an inch of height is worth $789 a year in salary. That means that a person who is six feet tall but otherwise identical to someone who is five foot five will make on average of $5,525 more per year.

Thursday, February 24, 2005

- definitely maybe -

I know it's still very early, but I'm gonna stick with my initial prediction: your next American Idol will be either Mario Vazquez or Nadia Turner (with Carrie Underwood as the possible dark horse).

Of course, Gary Brolsma is still my American Idol.

Monday, February 14, 2005

- channeling mary katherine gallagher -

My feelings would best be expressed in Alanis Morissette's 1996 hit single, Head Over Feet, from her multi-platinum album, Jagged Little Pill:

You've already won me over in spite of me
Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it, it's all your fault

Thursday, February 10, 2005

- why i love new york: reason #44 -

Random celebrity sighting du jour: Isabella Rossellini at MoMA -- infinitely cooler than yesterday's random celebrity sightings (Conan O'Brien and Josh Groban).

Tuesday, February 8, 2005

- why i love new york: reason #21 -

You can actually find 28-inch waist G-Star Jeans here.

Friday, February 4, 2005

- hater friday -

Napoleon Dynamite: Am I the only one who thought this movie was painfully unfunny? It tried too hard to be wacky/off-beat and just ended up being annoyingly self-conscious and over the top. I laughed exactly once in the entire movie -- when Napoleon got hit in the face with a steak.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The show really should be called "Murphy's Law" because everything that can go wrong *does* go wrong. The first couple of seasons were tolerable in small doses, but now it's just flat-out irritating. If I want to hear petty people scream at one another, I'd just go hang out with some Korean people.

Debra Messing: She's not pretty, she can't act, and her hair gives me a headache. I might watch Will & Grace if they killed off her character and renamed the show. I hope her new movie bombs (which it almost certainly will).

And just to prove that I'm not a complete player-hater, I'ma show some love for Ben Lee. I used to diss him mercilessly back in his Noise Addict/early-solo days ("hey, at least Silverchair can play their instruments!"), but I've been kinda digging his new release which has been getting heavy airplay on KEXP lately. He can actually sing in tune now!