My Favorite Thing Today

Air band + Boston = fantastic

myfavoritethingtoday — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:12:38 +0000

I can’t help it, but whenever I hear “More Than A Feeling” by Boston, I think of this scene from Scrubs. (Ted’s air band!)

Mash ups strike again… and I LOVE it

myfavoritethingtoday — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:27:48 +0000

A mash up by DJ Earworm of the top 25 pop songs of 2009 (as reported by Billboard).

AMAZING.

Sally Mann

myfavoritethingtoday — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:14:55 +0000

My favorite thing today is this photograph from Sally Mann:

Her photos are all along this grain, most of them featuring poor, Southern children. This one’s probably amongst most famous shots:

Clish here for Google Image search results

He’ll save children but not the British children

myfavoritethingtoday — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:15:06 +0000

One of my (oldest) all-time-favorite YouTube videos: George Washington. He’ll kick you apart, ooh!

(Also, it’s been more than ten months since I first posted I’m On a Boat, so it deserves an honorable mention here. Because I was THAT obsessed with it. And kinda still am. …Just watch it, okay?)

More of what we already know but what doesn’t hurt to hear again

myfavoritethingtoday — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:12:14 +0000

An opinion article posted today on CNN regarding why, despite our (comparatively) good health care in the US, so many Americans still die early.

Article: “Unhealthy habits are what’s killing us” by David Frum

iPhone ringtones are easy to make!!!!! omgz

myfavoritethingtoday — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:37:06 +0000

I have an iPhone and this article on eHow.com is the easiest guide to making your own ringtones from iTunes music files! Yes, love it!

Rachel tells Ross

myfavoritethingtoday — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:53:59 +0000

FRIENDS is my all-time favorite TV show; no shame, no shame! I’ve recently been re-watching season 8, which is the one where Rachel is pregnant. One of the best episodes of the season is when she tells Ross she’s going to be having his baby. Here’s a clip:

Who hates Christmas? Irving Berlin, that’s who.

myfavoritethingtoday — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:20:42 +0000

Ha! The songwriter responsible for ‘White Christmas’ actually hated Christmas. Now that’s a Christmas miracle. No, really, do you think you could write something so memorable, famous, hopeful, and happy about something you hate?

Article: “‘White Christmas’ Songwriter Irving Berlin Actually Hated Christmas”

I’m Gordon.

myfavoritethingtoday — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:30:22 +0000

The Office is one of my all-time favorite shows, and Ben Franklin is one of my all-time favorite episodes. It’s just genius, beginning to end.

Michael Scott: “A guy’s night out; a G-N-O if you will; a gno. Actually it’s more of a guys afternoon in; G-A-I; a gai. Not… that’s a… not gay. It’s a bridal shower for guys; a guy shower — an hour long shower with guys.”

Michael Scott: “Wow, Ben Franklin, you’re really kind of a sleazebag.”

You can probably find the full episode on the awesome site SideReel.com.

David Jones

myfavoritethingtoday — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:14:19 +0000

Stumbled upon a cool site called Letters of Note, which is a collection of letters, postcards, and other correspondence of famous people. One I liked was from David Bowie: