NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Having conquered her incompetence regarding all things technological, Nicole returns with the triple crown of her pseudo-anthropological investigations into city life: three How-To lists, which should come in handy if you plan on visiting NYC this summer to attend free concerts, rescue your friend’s misplaced belongings, or eat for cheap. But first, Break Out the Oreos pays its respects to a native of West 121st Street in “White Harlem” (also known to your co-writers as their beloved Morningside Heights): groundbreaking comedian George Carlin, most renowned for his famous 7 words routine (which led to a Supreme Court decision that the “Filthy Words” schtick was “indecent but not obscene”), died on June 22, 2008 of heart failure. As Carlin mused on his fame (or notoriety, depending on whom you ask): “My name is a footnote in American legal history, which I’m perversely kind of proud of.” In honor of his death (since Carlin preferred direct language to such euphemisms as “passing”), the BOTO team mourns his loss and chants, “shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits.” Those who enjoy free events, heroism, and inexpensive meals should see what lies in store for them after the jump:
DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Don’t worry, neither of Break Out The Oreos’ writers have been kidnapped.
We’re still getting the kinks ironed out after having moved to our new server; there have been a few technical issues with getting the necessary software installed, which interferes with our updating. It also doesn’t help that Devon’s summer job has him in meetings all day.
We’ll hopefully have new posts up tonight (not necessarily Eastern Standard Time). In the meantime, you can spend your day procrastinating elsewhere on the interwebs; BOTO strongly recommends reading the entirety of Questionable Content or watching each installment of Ask A Ninja. We’re college kids–using the Internet to avoid work is a life skill.
DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Our first order of business: Break Out The Oreos has intended for a while to give another shout-out to Jeff Deck, whom we originally mentioned in an Ivy League Round-Up on April 11th. In case you don´t remember, Mr. Deck is a Dartmouth graduate who now travels the nation as a member of the Typo Eradication Advancement League, eliminating errors in spelling and grammar through the age-old method of property defacement.
Well, it just so happens that Mr. Deck stumbled upon our humble blog to correct us on a fine point: it appears that Dartmouth´s notorious frat culture did not, in fact, contribute to his willingness to correct storeowners on the suitability of their signage. BOTO regrets the error, and as such would like to make Mr. Deck our BOTO Pick in the category of “Greatest Protector of the English Language”. The honor is ours, Jeff.
Devon demonstrates that you cannot, in fact, build a fence to keep the Mexicans out of Hawaii, after the jump:
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NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
The recently-sweltering New York City heat and Devon’s return to the United States have prompted Nicole to update the readership on selected goings-on of her favorite metropolis. But first, we pause and remark that several new blogs of interest seem to have cropped up lately. This post singles out I Ate My DVD Collection, which features music and movie reviews ala Break Out the Oreo’s most faithful Obie. (Note: here, BOTO refers to the first definition.) As always, links of interest are provided on the right-hand side of the screen, on the main page.
BOTO Pick for Most Awkward Encounter and general impressions of a summer in the city await after the jump:
DEVON GRANDY (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
While Jason Giambi and his arguably distasteful slump-breaking method have been well-documented both here and in the more mainstream media, one thing is certain after yesterday’s day epic game between the Yankees and the Blue Jays: Giambi knows how to win a game in style. For those of you who didn’t see or read about the game, Jason Giambi, the (formerly) struggling, often-booed, golden thong-wearing Yankee first baseman, hit a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off, upper-deck, hyphenated-adjective-defying homer in the bottom of the ninth on an 0-2 count.
The best game of the season, an analysis of Giambi’s thong-wearing effectiveness, and a huge Red Sox brawl, all after the jump:
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