A tired and underprepared Monday

- Were you really surprised that Apple is, um, the only company making money right now? It’s probably because they know how to market to Bostonians.

- This thing looks ridiculously dangerous.  

- Loved Slate’s headline for this post about Travelers stealing their logo back from Citigroup: “You can stand under my umbrella.”

- Apparently I loved everything Slate from this past week. When good rappers collaborate with lame rockers: Did the Roots just trick me into liking a lame emo band?

Upon searching my soul, I realized that I had to admit that I in fact liked almost all the songs that I named earlier. “Let Me Blow Your Mind” is an unjustly forgotten club grinder; “Homecoming,” “Heard ‘Em Say,” and “Sacrifice” all get stuck in my head from time to time; “Numb/Encore” is a staple of the various Workout Mega-Jam mixes that I’ve made over the years. I was a bit taken aback; cultural snobbery is such an integral part of my personality. I’d have to rethink a lot of things if it turned out I liked listening to Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, and Linkin Park.