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jeffdbaum at gmail  com</description><title>Jeff Baum</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @jeffbaum)</generator><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Autotune the news live is as amazing as it sounds.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdztoSrid1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Autotune the news live is as amazing as it sounds.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/250329171</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/250329171</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:03 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>playhimoffkeyboardcat:

 
 

Keyboard Cat, Isiah...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkgdKDCDkEI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkgdKDCDkEI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/post/247062626/keyboard-cat-isiah-thomas-via-kidtelex-thanks" target="_blank"&gt;playhimoffkeyboardcat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Keyboard Cat, Isiah Thomas via &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kidtelex" target="_blank"&gt;kidtelex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;b&gt;vjkim!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The key to a latter day keyboard cat video is the shot of him waiting to start playing interspersed into the video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Amazing Happens music is just gravy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/247205968</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/247205968</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:04:25 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets Could Use a Wang</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HotFoot/~3/qO_9aDK_3f8/"&gt;Mets Could Use a Wang&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hotfoot.tumblr.com/post/245925851/mets-could-use-a-wang" target="_blank"&gt;hotfoot&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;According to many reports, such as Joel Sherman’s in the &lt;a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/damon_pursuing_jeter_like_payday_UAsknBm7ldSc0AKzcWs59L" target="_blank"&gt;New York Post&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like the Yankees will non-tender RHP &lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="Click here for Chien-Ming Wang's career statistics." href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wangch01.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;Chien-Ming Wang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. According to his agent, Wang will be ready by…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;No! NO! This is how it always goes! A hard luck season exposing some faults, and the team overreacts to get a guy who everyone’s heard of, but actually sucks. If the Mets rotation would actually improve by adding a dude with a 9.64 ERA &lt;i&gt;before&lt;/i&gt; arm surgery, we’ve got far bigger problems…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/245997881</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/245997881</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Is that…a thing?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksx8rsUSRH1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is that…a thing?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/239713820</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/239713820</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:43:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksup24GGxw1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/238191241</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/238191241</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:42:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I don’t know how people deal with these crowds down here.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp98mHZu81qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t know how people deal with these crowds down here.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/235141065</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/235141065</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:25 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Lovely.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslwj6fcXi1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lovely.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/233262436</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/233262436</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Bam.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjfujg2Yq1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bam.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/231889518</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/231889518</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:49:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Heh</title><description>&lt;img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksbz58xw6k1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heh&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/227939047</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/227939047</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:05:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Hey.
(via KG)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7kfnE0Hm1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href="http://photokyle.com/photoblog/2009/10/photos-paramore-mtvs-ulalume-festival/" target="_blank"&gt;via KG&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/225608952</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/225608952</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:57:23 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>23 years ago today.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a-GgbP9C9Zk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a-GgbP9C9Zk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;23 years ago today.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/222724127</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/222724127</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>kellyreeves:

memeparty:

Happy HallowMEME Party announces its...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krs3tmgPds1qzdu8no1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kellaroot.com/post/218242276/hallowmeme" target="_blank"&gt;kellyreeves&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://memeparty.tumblr.com/post/217428498/happy-hallowmeme-party-announces-its-location" target="_blank"&gt;memeparty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Happy HallowMEME Party announces its location! We’ll be getting our LOLs on at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fontana’s Bar&lt;br/&gt;105 Eldridge Street&lt;br/&gt;between Grand and Broome Streets&lt;br/&gt;LES, NYC &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSVP on &lt;a href="http://newyork.going.com/hallowmeme" target="_blank"&gt;Going&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151682068883" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Hi friends! You’re invited! Would love to see you there.&lt;/p&gt;
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I recently saw David do stand-up a little while...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krs05we96X1qz778no1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sharingtime.info/post/217370761/i-recently-saw-david-do-stand-up-a-little-while" target="_blank"&gt;sharingtime&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I recently saw David do stand-up a little while back and couldn’t have had a better time. So it was a little disappointing to be a little disappointed in his first book. Not to say there weren’t funny moments, but all the pieces kind of bled together for me. No one essay really stood out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe his material just lends itself better to stand-up. Nothing wrong with that, but I’m not sure I would read another of his books unless he came over to my apartment and read it to me.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; I got this as an audio book and seemed to enjoy it much more than most of the people who’ve read it. This despite his constant adlibs ribbing the listener about being too lazy to read. So I think you’re on to something.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, Les Savy Fav perform a chapter, which was unsurprisingly awesome.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/217502865</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/217502865</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:11:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I don’t get it, but heh. (via)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krqf869j4R1qz81buo1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t get it, but heh. (&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ShawnElliott" target="_blank"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/216639446</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/216639446</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:45:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Antelope! Best!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbw7rn4ar1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Antelope! Best!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/209732262</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/209732262</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:28:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Antelope! Best!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbvaoRQ5f1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Antelope! Best!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/209717414</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/209717414</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:08:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>nationalfootballleague:
If you aren’t watching Deadspin’s Gerbil...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr7o4phXz01qa1apeo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationalfootballleague.tumblr.com/post/207761732/if-you-arent-watching-deadspins-gerbil-vs-frog" target="_blank"&gt;nationalfootballleague&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;If you aren’t watching Deadspin’s &lt;a href="http://deadspin.com/tag/gerbil-vs%27-frog/" target="_blank"&gt;Gerbil vs Frog&lt;/a&gt; NFL Highlights, you’re missing out on life.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Wow. Just…wow.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/207766123</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/207766123</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:50:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Battle of NYU</title><description>&lt;a href="http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2009/10/06/an-open-letter-to-wsn/"&gt;The Battle of NYU&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://interweber.tumblr.com/post/206148037/the-battle-of-nyu" target="_blank"&gt;interweber&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/206141908/the-battle-of-nyu" target="_blank"&gt;soupsoup&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;A rising upstart NYU blog takes on the established NYU school paper.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; This is a joke, right? The blog is claiming that they regurgitated a couple press releases faster than the newspaper did? And that the paper, who went ahead and actually followed up on these stories to post complete articles, should somehow credit the blog for FIRST!ing the story? Good god. NYU kids are the worst.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/206165425</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/206165425</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:19:18 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>hotfoot:

mknell:

Now that the Mets are done, what’s next for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr0gjt36xE1qz7s1bo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hotfoot.tumblr.com/post/204529311/mknell-now-that-the-mets-are-done-whats-next" target="_blank"&gt;hotfoot&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://log.tagsmith.org/post/204527927/now-that-the-mets-are-done-whats-next-for-citi" target="_blank"&gt;mknell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Now that the Mets are done, what’s next for Citi Field? Well, professional football of course! The first football game ever at Citi Field will be on Wednesday November 4th, as the &lt;a href="http://www.ufl-football.com/" target="_blank"&gt;United Football League’s&lt;/a&gt; New York Sentinels battle the Las Vegas Locos at 8pm.  Tickets are &lt;a href="http://www.ufl-football.com/press/2009/10/04/united_football_league_announces_tickets_for_november_4th_game_at_citi_field" target="_blank"&gt;on sale tomorrow at 10am ET&lt;/a&gt; and start at $11.  Be sure to be one of the first, and few as soon as the NFL sics it’s lawyers, marketing power and antitrust exemption on it, to see NFL washups and outcasts play professional football actually played within the New York City limits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’ll probably go just for the novelty of it all.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If I wasn’t going out of town that day, I’d totally be there. The NY team has Simeon Rice, Koren Robinson and a guy named, I shit you not, &lt;a href="http://www.ufl-football.com/teams/new_york_sentinels/players" target="_blank"&gt;Craphonso Thorpe&lt;/a&gt;. Go Sentinels!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/204673956</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/204673956</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:50:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I just turned old.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyp65JfUf1qz81buo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just turned old.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/203721357</link><guid>http://jeffbaum.tumblr.com/post/203721357</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:27:46 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
