My relaxing morning spent making coffee and watching Beach Boys live in 1964 on YouTube. Yep.

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O’Hare makes LaGuardia look like a KMart

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Went to Wrigley field today!

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Slurping Turtle, Chicago

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Went to Intelligentsia today in Chicago. Got the Kenya in the Chemex. My life is complete.

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Chicago first night: Guthries Tavern

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Originally Posted By wildernessbound

jerriann:

themattsmith:

wildernessbound:

Currently watching for the 9000th time.

I will find someone to do this with someday.

Someday.

You have to see this video. Who wouldn’t want to do this after watching this short film? It makes you feel guilty for every crime you’ve committed against the Earth.

As well conceived as it is executed.
“powered by solar power”

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Originally Posted By paperworktodo

fluorescentdaysandnights:

Wes Anderson.

Essentially combining all his movies into one.

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Yup.

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Originally Posted By givemesomethingtoread

Who Pinched My Ride?

Stolen bicycles have become a solvent in America’s underground economy, a currency in the world of drug addicts and petty thieves. Bikes are portable and easily converted to cash, and they usually vanish without a trace—in some places, only 5 percent are even reported stolen. Stealing one is routinely treated as a misdemeanor, even though, in the age of electronic derailleurs and $5,000 coffee-shop rides, many bike thefts easily surpass the fiscal definition of felony, which varies by state but is typically under the thousand-dollar mark.

My friend’s bike got stolen.

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Originally Posted By inothernews

inothernews:

Honestly, members of the mainstream media who are still posing this question — rhetorically or not — need to fucking stop. Because it should be clear by now that Colbert is using this very fucking joke of a system to show others how fucking stupid and shitty and ass-backwards everything is. And learned members of the media are either very well aware of this and don’t give a fuck and keep writing stories like “Oh, lookee here, Stephen is running for President, or testifying in front of Congress, or starting a SuperPAC, or this or that and the other, IS IT ALL A BIG JOKE IS IS HE ALL SERIOUS AND STUFF??? WHAT DO WE DO NOW???!!!!!!” or they really just don’t give a fuck, period.

Shut the fuck up and do a real God-damned story for shit’s sake, starting with how a Supreme fucking Court decision and mindsets like Mitt Romney’s “Corporations are people too, my friend” are allowing this all-fucked-uppedness to happen.

Fuck.

Subtlety is lost on the very audience it’s supposed to hit. Sad.

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Great weekend to be flying to Chicago and back. #notreally #andthatswithoutwindchill

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Originally Posted By millionsmillions

lauraemily:

millionsmillions:

Monologuist Mike Daisey was once devoted to Apple products. Then, one day, he “started to think, and that’s always a problem for any religion.” He began to question how his favorite products were put together, so he traveled to China with hopes of finding out. What he saw was shocking. If you own an Apple device (which I’m betting you do), you need to listen to this episode of This American Life. [Image]

I just listened to this episode of TAL on my commute today and I can’t recommend it enough. I stopped at one point on my walk from the subway and looked at my iPhone, took it out of its case, turned it over and read “Assembled in China” on the back. Listening to Mike Daisey’s account in my headphones and I realized I hadn’t a clue what that truly meant before now.

“More things are made by hand now than ever before in history.”

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Mac & Cheese (and cilantro, spinach, onion, and breadcrumbs) night at my place, excited for MTV Challenge at 10, my only reality show handicap.

Also? MAC is an abbreviation for MACaroni AND it’s also an acronym for Macaroni And Cheese. Yes.

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Originally Posted By pitchfork