October 2008
September 2008
“The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the...”
– Elizabeth Bishop (via ericanicole)
Most impressive her commitment to the villanelle, the most difficult structure in all of poetry.
Watchroadsbetweenus:
jakehurwitz:
I really like the way the new Hardly Working turned out.
Jake Hurwitz from College Humor is seen in their latest episode of Hardly Working wearing a Homage t-shirt - made by Ryan Vesler - a Columbus native, and Ohio University graduate. Hell yeah!
Oh my. Great performances from many fine Tumblrs. Josh really delivers his big line and I think Streeter should be in...
I think I am going to change my major to English.
(via breannajai)
It should never have been anything but English in the first place. Best thing you’ll ever do. Sometimes I feel as though there’s nothing more important than reading a book and being able to talk about it.
“If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work: “Hello. Can’t...”
– Seth Rogen (via livesophia) (via sparo) (via thenightdances)
“Obama said the bill has been “misunderstood and poorly communicated.”
“When...”
– (via washingtonpost.com, spintree and robot-heart)
This is what I call acting presidential.
(via gregbrown)
To Tweet or not to Tweet?
Just how official and credible is the word “Tweet”? I don’t really do Twitter all that much, but, like do people actually say “Tweet”? Is it endorsed by Twitter itself? No one really knows around here.
“If a blog post is like an essay and a tweet is like a haiku, then a tumblelog is...”
– details (via alla1)
240. You will have a love life one day. Be...
thedailyfiona:
(via rulesformyunbornson)
Good advice.
Indeed.
Seven Pounds Trailer →
I hadn’t heard about this, but if you’re looking for the next Will Smith change your life feel good emotional journey vehicle, this is it. Plus Rosario’s in it and she makes you fall in love with her no matter what role she’s in. (thanks Horner!)
“Risk’s a nasty ulcer, but it’s got nothing on regret.”
– PhilaLawyer.net | Three Questions
“Beth and I are sitting in a booth at the restaurant where I work, taking our...”
– Ronald Currie, from “If Natalie Portman were my Girlfriend, Life Would be like the Movies”
You're doing it wrong. →
I really hate college. Everything about college just blows. I’d pack up and fucking leave right now if I had a place to go, believe that.
“Try writing, sometimes, it does wonders for your appearance.”
– Fek
IT BEARS REPEATING: Rushkoff on the credit crisis... →
djgroovyslug:
Easily:
1. the best description of how the economy all went to shit
2. the best description of how to deal with it
holiday movie mania.
mascarah:
joshruben:
So many good movies coming out…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Synecdoche, New York
Valkyrie
Milk
Doubt
W
Not mentioned…
Body of Lies
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Somali Pirates Tell All: They’re in It for the... →
jennifur85:
“We just saw a big ship,” the pirates’ spokesman, Sugule Ali, told The New York Times. “So we stopped it.”
The pirates’s spokesman!?
Brilliant.
Sex Diaries -- New York Magazine →
Today, the Single College Girl Obsessed With a Yale Law Student: 20, female, East Village, straight, single, and looking.
Is this complicated?
mikehudack:southpol:mikehudack:wiesen:
If the credit markets fail entirely, some bad things will happen.
Consumers won’t be able to have credit cards (including the ones they already have).
Consumers won’t be able to borrow money to buy a car or truck. Neither will small businesses. Or large ones.
Students won’t be able to borrow money to go to college.
Large companies who have...
NYC Tumblr Paintball - 10/25 (tentative)
nickmcglynn:
nycmeetups:
So, nudawn and I were thinking of shooting some people for fun, and since Streetwars is over, we figured it’d be better to shoot with something more painful than a squirt gun, but less lethal than a Glock. So, we agreed paintball guns were a fair compromise.
We want to ride out to a nearby course for an afternoon session (cost: $69 gear, clothes and everything...
fek:
The String Quartet Tribute to Fall Out Boy...
So, I'm a little busy today, but this is the most... →
(via katiebakes)
Late last week I got the PI, Steven Brown, on the phone. He didn’t seem particularly happy to hear from me, despite his innate curiosity in me. When I first asked him why he was using a lie to ask around about me, he said “I don’t really know.” That made me laugh. Then he said, “Well, it’s not something malicious.” That made me laugh...
“House Republicans reject the plan. This is either very smart or (more likely)...”
– (via wiesen)
“Well! The economy was fun while it lasted. You can watch exciting live footage...”
– Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip » Blog Archive » World Collapsing Rapidly (via robot-heart) (via notthatkindagay)
P.J. O'Rourke has cancer →
muppetpants:
My favorite political writer. Good news, 95% chance of survival.
I have, of all the inglorious things, a malignant hemorrhoid. What color bracelet does one wear for that? And where does one wear it? And what slogan is apropos? Perhaps that slogan can be sewn in needlepoint around the ruffle on a cover for my embarrassing little doughnut buttocks pillow. Furthermore, I am a...
Banned Books Week
ardenashley:
Events around the country
Most frequently challenged books
How to Support Banned Books Week
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Honorary Doctor of Divinity
As you may have seen, I’ve just recently decided I should be conferred upon a doctorate degree. But I won’t work for it. And just as Hunter S. Thompson mailed a five dollar bill to a “church” he saw listing such services in the back of a daily paper only to receive an official certificate making him a Doctor of Divinity back in the sixties, I turned to the internet today to...
$600 makes you a Doctor of Divinity →
I would soo do this. Now I just need 600, but I WILL be a doctor before 30.
Dr. Peter W. Knox, or Peter W. Knox, D.Div.
