January 2008
im not sure what this says about me
Apparently the only people that go to the movies at 4pm on a Thursday are really old ladies and me.
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the...”
– Nelson Mandela (via quirk)
Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward - Why Do You Let Me Stay... →
nostrich: This just made my day. It’s another track from Zooey Deschanel’s collaboration with M. Ward, that they’re calling She & Him. I’d only heard this on on the unofficial MySpace account until now, and had had no luck whatsoever in finding an mp3. I can finally listen to this on repeat without having MySpace open in a tab. The post also has a tracklisting for...
“Anne Sexton killed herself because it is too painful to live in this world...”
– Erica Jong, the New York Times. Discovered by my friend Emily, who is actually not at all morbid, just sharp enough to realize that this is a really, really beautiful way of putting it. It being the way life can feel sometimes. Also, not sure when my tumblr got so Angela Chase depress-athon;...
“I had just been asked a question — I don’t remember which one — and Obama was...”
– Richardson’s Choice (via vertigo). That shows great character for Obama. Much better than Bush using a woman’s shawl as a tissue when he thought nobody was looking. (via marco)
“The loftiest poetry will not solve these issues. We need a president willing to...”
– Kennedys for Clinton - Los Angeles Times (via rickr)
“Did you know sending an amount of data that would cost $1 from your home ISP...”
– How Come SMS’s Cost So Much? - UneasySilence (via xstevemurphy) (via peterwknox)
Covering politics the hard way →
some people are just old school
“The debate isn’t security versus privacy. It’s liberty versus...”
– Bruce Schneier : Security vs. Privacy (via toldorknown)
“I often wear my camera around my neck when I’m on the lookout for a photo...”
– the butterfly effect on the awkwardness of taking photos in public. (via inky)
Instapaper →
jakoblodwick: marco, one of the Tumblr guys, created a new project. It’s worth signing up just to see the perfectly elegant handling of user accounts. “If you didn’t set a password, you don’t have one.” Oh, Marco! I’m ready to direct some traffic to my little side project, Instapaper. I’ve been using it for months and couldn’t live without it now. Here’s the basic...
Watchnickdouglas: Zach Morris Phone on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
it wasn't me
I dropped in on my alma mater this morning to catch up with a few old teachers and talk about my little sister’likely attendance next year. I failed to get a visitors pass, just as I have ignored this policy every other time I have visited in the last 5 years.
There was a bomb scare and the police found two intruders on the campus. I spent 2 hours standing outside on the outskirts of the...
“Agent: Hussein let world think he had WMD”
– CNN headline. “We thought his wallet was a gun.”
“It would cost Paramount a total of $4.6 million to give the writers everything...”
– USA Today: Striking writers crack jokes in Congress. One of the writers quipped: “Which half?”
“You’ve only been using $75 worth of Photoshop. This is gonna get you up to...”
– Donnie Hoyle about Eraser vs. Path Tool in “You Suck at Photoshop” v4 (see videos here).
“And what we’ve seen in these last weeks is that we’re also up against forces...”
– Barack Obama (via A VC: Can Obama Do It?; thanks blue) Goddamn, it’s good to hear somebody saying this while people are listening. His momentum is stripping away the apathy from so many left and middle voters. I hope he makes it!
Candidate Awareness →
There are a lot of sites on the web that help match the user with the appropriate presidential candidate. This site has the strongest interface (design) that I’ve seen so far which (to me) is almost as important as accuracy. Kidding. Sort of… — simko
“What a loss it is to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that...”
– Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
WatchFat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On This puff piece from the Onion News Network may be my favorite yet - not only because it so subversively cages its mean spirit in positivity, or because it is so convincingly-produced, but because they interview the Fat Kid (whose name is Brian Peete), and he is a star… a bright, shining, good-natured and pendulous-breasted...
Photos Found on the Street →
Superfluous: The photographs on this site were found on the sidewalk, in the park, or on the street. Each is a unique slice of history whose anonymity invites interpretation. We describe where and when the photos were found, note anything that is written on the back, and leave the rest to the imagination. — roamin — idreamed
Cloneburger - at a supermarket near you
Have you heard? The FDA recently approved meat and milk from cloned cattle, swine, goats, and their offspring as safe for food. And the FDA isn’t requiring that cloned products be labeled differently. Consumers will have no way of knowing what’s clone and what’s not (The FDA will consider “clone free” labels on a case-by-case basis. Though anything organic, and thus...
“There are many times that I wish I had heard that ‘just who you are at...”
– Fred Rogers, in Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers I need to remind myself of this everyday.
WatchDo you ever wish you hadn’t posted anything online for a week so the best thing you were finally posting would really stand alone? That’s true about THE BEST RANSOM NOTE EVER. — nickdouglas
Books That Make You Dumb →
Favorite books matched against SAT scores. I’m glad Vonnegut fared well, but I’m upset that The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons didn’t bomb like they should have. — syntheticpubes
WatchWill Ferrell Crashes Show Sometimes its the only way to keep things interesting. “This just in: GE is bankrupt.” — peterwknox
“I think it’s wrong for the government to discriminate against people...”
– Al Gore - Hear, Hear.
Do's and don'ts with babies →
This is the new LOLcats. — reverb
“Now that Sylvestor Stallone has endorsed me, I’m sending him over to take...”
– John McCain
Has any debate asked the candidates about * reducing oil dependence * living wage * environmental legislation * quality of life * fair trade Ya know, the other issues besides the war in Iraq and our shaky house of cards economy. — poortaste
Movies: The Guy From 'Heartbreaking Work of... →
Eggers is all over Hollywood. — peterwknox
“How many people can you love before it’s too much? she said & I said I...”
– Brian Andreas, StoryPeople
WatchAmir’s Birthday — jakeandamir
“Calling someone fat doesn’t make you any skinner. Calling someone stupid...”
– - Mean Girls (My response to this post and why I think publicly judging/humiliating someone (anyone, really) is unconstructive and proves nothing. If you think someone is wasting your time, shaming them for it is not going to get your wasted time back.)
Dear United States Government,
As an honest, loyal taxpayer I would like to register my complaint with this latest “economic stimulus” package. If you would like to stimulate the economy, then quit bombing shit. Take the $150 billion you plan to spend on the war in 2008 and invest that into some decent social programs. I’d rather you do that as opposed to you taking out a big fat loan in my name. Sincerely,...
“The fact that I myself do not understand the meaning of my paintings at the time...”
– Salvador Dali, the Surrealist
WatchA man asks anti-abortion protesters: If abortion is made illegal, how should women be punished for illegal abortions? via kaela via livejamie via gtmcknight — nickdouglas
“One of the environmental groups in the US just completed a very extensive and...”
– Al Gore, in his talk with Bono and Tom Friedman at the World Economic Forum. Check out this and other webcasts here.
Tumblr is not a CMS
If you think Tumblr is doomed because it’s missing your top hundred favorite features from x, you’re missing the point. — jstn
“I always wonder how different the world would be if kids knew there are a...”
– The Dilbert Blog: Your Job When You Grow Up
— organized-ignorance