January 2008
“It’s our country, we should take it back from these swine.”
– Hunter S. Thompson 07/17/02
December 2007
“Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story...”
– Rob Sheffield Love is a Mix Tape
Interesting post about Athiests and anger. →
[via Friendly Athiest]
“To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest....”
– Desmond Tutu on Forgiveness
“I would challenge anyone here to think of a question upon which we once had a...”
– Sam Harris
“Because of the tolerances of the mechanical parts, slight variation in the...”
– Typewriter - Wikipedia
WatchThe Jerk. Yeah, the whole thing. Isn’t Internet great? — jacobbijani
Is waterboarding torture? One man tried it out on... →
I have never been more panicked in my whole life. Once your lungs are empty and collapsed and they start to draw fluid it is simply all over. You know you are dead and it’s too late. Involuntary and total panic. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it. It would be like telling you not to blink while I stuck a hot needle in your eye. At the time my lungs emptied and I began to draw...
“…This is a real paradox for me: My entire life I’ve been told I...”
– Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody [via Jezebel]
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will...”
– Benjamin Franklin
Douchebag Defined →
“…Are you as confused as I am as to what the common denominator of douchiness is? Is it someone that comes off obnoxious? Self aggrandizing? Ignorant? Or is it just someone who exists out of another person’s comfort zone? And doesn’t that account for almost everyone in the world, celebrity or otherwise? Don’t most people, given the fact that they’re NOT US lie...
“perfect love is rare indeed, for to be a lover will require that you continually...”
– leo buscaglia
A list of the 50 most loathsome people in... →
A list of the 50 most loathsome people in America for 2007. #9 is “you” because: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system,...
72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life →
A Simple Living Manifesto by Zenhabits — idreamed
Evening
Witnessing two 18 year olds get married was surreal, to say the least. My world is complex and confusing and still taking shape. I do not feel even remotely prepared to commit to sharing my future with a single person for the rest of my life (or until I find someone else as is so often the case). I’m not ready and I am having a really hard time believing that they know what the world has...
“I can’t decide whether to get married this Christmas or come back and face...”
– “Overheard on the Barnard Campus” - from The New Yorker, November 1957.
“we do the best we can in a small town,
act like big city kids when the sun goes...”
– copeland, ‘coffee’.
Nathan, this is for you! →
omfg. — mch
NPR Music: The Top 10 Great Unknown Artists of... →
— didyouevernotice
I can't explain how upset this makes me. I am...
Z: My brother was baptized last Sunday.
A: What?!? Your pot-head brother found the lord?!?
Z: Apparently, and he told me I have cancer because I am gay. God is punishing me.
A: ???!!!??!!!@!/?!?
Z: Yeah, I know.
A: !!!!!!!!!!???????
etsy-love →
A blog highlighting great finds from Etsy. — joelaz — didyouevernotice
Heard the one about reading in dim light being bad... →
The Guardian dispels seven medical myths (via). — dailymeh
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to...”
– Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
The 10 Best Things To Happen To The Internet... →
My picks for the biggest assholes of 2007 by Bill... →
The Truth About Chuck Norris →
The Queen gets her own YouTube channel. →
“Happy birthday, Jesus. Sorry your party’s so lame.”
– Michael Scott
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and...”
– Dr. Seuss
WatchChristmas — jakeandamir
The NY Times' decent "new words of 2007" list →
— nickdouglas
“It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and...”
– J.K. Rowling
Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department →
“The soul selects her own society;
Then shuts the door.”
– Emily Dickinson. Someone quoted this to me today in such a positive light; about discovering what you like (and what you are like) and holding it close. And here I always thought it was a poem about being a loner.
Drive someone insane with Postcards. →
— blakewhitman
Borat: R.I.P. →
In a rare interview as himself, Sacha Baron Cohen tells John Hiscock about auditioning for Sondheim, the secret he kept from Tim Burton - and the pain of abandoning his comic creations — shawnblog
Happy Festivus! Enjoy not having to decorate the Festivus Pole. Enjoy the Feats of Strength. Most importantly, take delight in the Airing of Grievances. Thanks for reminding us incidentalthinking & herkamer! — livejamie
‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum, The [from NYT]
By REBECCA SKLOOT Published: December 9, 2007 Here’s a little-known and slightly terrifying fact: According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with a parasite that may migrate into their brains and alter their behavior in a way that — among other things — may leave them more likely to be eaten by cats. New...
FIRST!!!
…exam. It will feel good to be done.
“Do we need it? No one is making you buy this thing. No one is talking about...”
– -PeterWKnox I see his point.