BANANA GRABBR: Archive

Jan 1st

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Dec 21st

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SATURDAY NIGHT IS ALSO ALRIGHT FOR DEBATING THE SPELLING OF ALL RIGHT, AS IT PERTAINS TO CORRECTNESS VS. THE SPELLING IN ELTON JOHN’S SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, WHICH I WAS BRILLIANTLY PARODYING IN MY PREVIOUS POST

Oct 30th

SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR LESSON PLANNING

Oct 30th

Oct 2nd

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Aug 28th

College First Reads →

This caught my eye because these choices always catch my eye. I wasn’t thrilled with my undergraduate school’s choices (I read Voltaire’s Candide for my Freshman year), not because they were terrible but because they never tried to invigorate the incoming student community. I’ll be on the other side of things this Fall as I’m partly responsible for teaching the...

Aug 14th

Strand's Curated Collections →

Very cool idea — Strand gathers “curated collections” of favorite/influential books from notable working authors. Currently available: Jennifer Egan, Gary Shteyngart, Art Spiegelman and others, with more coming soon.

Aug 14th

Relief

I’ve been binging on Breaking Bad for the past week, and I was so knee-deep in it at one point that I thought I might catch-up in time to watch tonight’s new episode live. I’m not there — not close, but also not far* — but it’s a weird feeling to be relieved that I didn’t accomplish something pretty ridiculous and pathetic. On top of that, I also have...

Aug 14th

Aug 8th

Let's Ride Bikes →

I can’t believe I haven’t posted this earlier! My good friend Jamie-Lee is biking across the country with her man-pal Darryl. The ride alone is impressive and blog post-worthy, but the writing and photography she’s done is great as well. Read, catch up and join me in waiting to see if Darryl blogs at all while on the road with her.

Aug 8th

MySaver →

Kickstarter link for a nifty little iCord protection project.

Aug 6th

10:15

There’s still a cheap thrill in being an adult who decides, “Yes, I think I’ll stay up for the west coast ballgame.” Take that, 10-year-old John

Aug 5th

Identity Crisis in 2011

Which web browser should I use today?

Aug 2nd

Auto-Correct

My dog’s favorite toy is a Mallard made by the American Kennel Club. It’s a pretty fantastic item — satisfies her urge to “kill” and is pretty tough. It was her first toy, and despite being used every day, it has lasted much longer than some toys that have arrived since. The dog is so popular that it has a name: Ducky D. Duckerson. Ducky is short for Duckard, of...

Aug 2nd

P.S.

I guess that raises the question of why this Tumblr is still called BANANA GRABBR and not JOHNPCRRLLJR. Let me toss the issue to my branding committee and see what they say.

Jul 30th

FYI

You can follow me on Twitter @jpcarrolljr. I had to retire @bananagrabbers because, let’s face it, we’re reaching a point where more people saw that handle and thought “pervert web dude” rather than “Arrested Development fan” or “member of the legendary Philadelphia Quizo team.” If you already follow me, nothing changes. Aside from the name. Duh.

Jul 30th

Jul 18th

“It’s been…long-assed. But fun. I think the project may be a bit dead in the...”

– From an interview with George Saunders, in response to: “I recently heard an interview with Ben Stiller where he talks about his long-ass trek towards turning CivilWarLand in Bad Decline into a film… what’s that process been like for you?”

Apr 30th

Apr 26th

Mia Per Day →

My wife’s first blog: she’s drawing our cat every day.

Apr 26th

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“You start talking about a social compact between the people at the bottom of the...”

– David Simon

Apr 18th

Going for a Beer →

Mar 29th

Spring Break

Here’s what has consumed my Spring Break: Clearwater, FL and The Larry Sanders Show.

Mar 14th

Mar 6th

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Feb 26th

The King of Limbs

So many people were tweeting about the Grammys last night that I put aside my better judgment and tuned in. The show was awful. But I saw a great joke online about how the anti-piracy speech was happening as hundreds or thousands of people were downloading the Best New Artist’s album via BitTorrent as he spoke. Indeed, the speech followed the award, and that joke was probably spot-on in...

Feb 14th

The Complete Oral History of Party Down →

Feb 10th

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Feb 6th

Benefit to being on AT&T for 2 years

I now know I never need to use phone and data at the same time.

Feb 6th

Froggy's Fog Juice →

Should I go with the Charred Corpse or Mojito Mint?

Feb 2nd

Internet activity

I’ve recently discovered the Download Helper extension for Firefox, which has led me to find all of my favorite YouTube videos and rip them onto my computer. No, I’m not sure why I’m compelled to do this, as most of my favorite stuff isn’t the kind of stuff that’s taken down for copyright violation. I guess I’m just comforted by the fact that, should my power...

Feb 2nd

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