http://www.banterist.com/ A weblog that tends to be a shade wittier. en-us banterist@gmail.com 2009-06-29T11:29:18-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000655.html Banterist Department of Corrections 655@http://www.banterist.com/ Grammar Cop 2009-06-29T11:29:18-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000654.html For this, we wandered around Bryant Park with a tiny camera and a karaoke microphone, giving us a nice... 654@http://www.banterist.com/ Work 2009-06-23T10:43:17-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000653.html I suppose this is exactly the kind of quote we should expect to see in an article about how 60%... 653@http://www.banterist.com/ In The News 2009-06-18T12:57:56-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000652.html Banterist Department of Corrections 652@http://www.banterist.com/ Grammar Cop 2009-06-12T08:21:10-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000651.html I saw this ad on Facebook and it made me think of starting a marketing consultancy. I would sit... 651@http://www.banterist.com/ Marketing 2009-06-11T10:27:41-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000650.html My violent, swear-laden mafia comedy screens Sunday, June 7th at Laemmle's Sunset 5 movie theater in Los Angeles. It appears in Competition Block 4 as part of the Dances With Films festival that I am accidentally not at. 650@http://www.banterist.com/ Banterist 2009-06-07T11:43:49-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000649.html In 2005 my wife dragged me, kicking and screaming, to China. I did not want to go because I had a picture in my head that I was quite comfortable with and didn't feel like challenging it. But, since my wife is almost invariably right it turned out to be one of the most amazing trips of my life. I still talk about the asparagus. Best asparagus ever. No doubt it was farmed in melamine-tainted soil with carcinogenic fertilizers - but it was truly delicious. 649@http://www.banterist.com/ History 2009-06-04T11:38:18-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000648.html iAvoid Utilizes dynamic GPS to route you past annoying sidewalk representatives for Greenpeace, Children International, ACLU, Human Rights Watch,... 648@http://www.banterist.com/ New York 2009-06-02T12:14:00-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000647.html The unicycle is a form of transportation for people who really need attention.... 647@http://www.banterist.com/ Thoughts 2009-05-20T12:36:48-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000646.html We're blessed to live in a country where each and every individual (not you, felons!) can participate in the justice system. A trial by a jury of our peers is one of our inalienable rights, and serving as a juror is not only a privilege but a civic obligation. That said, jury duty can be a dreadfully tedious ordeal that you'd really like to get the hell out of - like if the trial will last a month and is about rich people suing other rich people over a bent building. 646@http://www.banterist.com/ Satire 2009-05-19T14:36:45-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000645.html Banterist Department of Corrections 645@http://www.banterist.com/ Grammar Cop 2009-05-15T09:38:10-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000644.html A new auction for eBay. And marketing. And a charity.... 644@http://www.banterist.com/ Marketing 2009-05-12T14:38:39-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000643.html In the United Kingdom, the 1977 TV program with Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada was called CRiSPS?... 643@http://www.banterist.com/ Miscellany 2009-05-06T12:28:51-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000642.html The paperback version of In the Event of My Untimely Demise also has a new cover design. The book is no longer red like a fire engine. It looks like a lockbox. And they got rid of the subtitle "Twenty Things My Son Needs To Know" ironically, citing the same exact argument the author made for not having a subtitle in the first place: The information in the book is for more than a son - it's universal. 642@http://www.banterist.com/ 2009-04-28T08:22:14-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000640.html I know Michael will have to live with the fact that he helped a gully kill his best friend via remote-controlled helicopter. I hope the memories of this will knock on the door of his consciousness like a Jehovah's Witness coming by with copies of Watchtower magazine. 640@http://www.banterist.com/ Satire 2009-04-24T09:03:44-05:00