February 2012
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Who's On First for the 21st Century →
Just … awesome.
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“Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in...”
– Charles Bukowski, Let it Enfold You (via downthe-oubliette)
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A note about hashtags
Labeling any Tumblr or Twitter post with #notracist or #notaracist is a good indicator that your post is, in fact, racist.
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January 2012
12 posts
Adventure Capital - The Morning News →
I was cleaning up my Google Bookmarks and ran across this again.
Still love it. Still makes me crack up.
I am such a nerd.
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“For most privileged, professional people, the experience of confinement is a...”
– Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America : The New Yorker
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poetbabble:
But suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build.
- Anne Sexton, from Wanting to Die
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“What is writing? It’s the viscerally wrenching incapacity to decipher your own...”
– What is Writing? | Ideas, Footnotes & Revelations
December 2011
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“The reason Tim Tebow is ridiculed is because he has taken public Evangelical...”
– Is Tim Tebow Being Ridiculed for His Faith? (azspot)
(5) And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. (6) But when you pray, go into...
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“The story of how the for-profit colleges survived the threat of a major federal...”
– For-Profit College Rules Scaled Back After Lobbying - NYTimes.com
You know, I’d like to know whether that $16 million came from students who took out loans or got grants via federal financial aid assistance programs, because then the whole irony of using public money to support for-profit...
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Kodak's long fade to black - latimes.com →
Heres an idea that I’m giving to Kodak for free:
Buy Yahoo!. Kill everything but Flickr. Don’t change one damn thing about Flickr. Market the hell out of digital cameras designed to instantly upload every shot to Flickr.
Then send me a thank you note.
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WatchChi-i-chi-i-chi-i-WAIT MAKE IT STOP ARRRGH-kkktttang
What starts as the joyful sound of your child’s first unassisted bicycle ride soon turns to disaster when you realize that you forgot to teach junior how to use the brakes, and both cycle and rider are heading directly for a brick wall.
via The Morning News
(I know it’s sick, but I can’t stop laughing).
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Lamb with Dill Sauce (à la Raymond Chandler)
Lamb with Dill Sauce à la Raymond Chandler
1kg lean leg of lamb, cut into large chunks
1 onion, sliced
1 carrot, cut into sticks
1 tablespoon crushed dill seeds, or 3-4 sprigs fresh dill
1 bay leaf
12 peppercorns
Half a teaspoon salt
850ml chicken stock
50g butter
1 tablespoon plain flour
1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoons lemon juice
I sipped on my whiskey...
November 2011
8 posts
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“The bad lover, like the bad poet, perhaps because of a preoccupation with self,...”
– Stephen Dunn, Walking Light: Essays and Memoirs (via wwnorton)
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Calling James Patterson an author is like calling McDonald’s a restaurant.
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Omelas State University – Whatever →
John Scalzi dissects the Penn State problem with perfect clarity.
“We all know the old expression, “I’ll work my thoughts out on...”
– David McCullough, interviewed @ NEH in 2003
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17 More Ways In Which Metallica Might Want To... →
npr:
In the wake of a concert riot in India and on the eve of a new album with Lou Reed, some suggestions for how Metallica can continue to alienate its own fans.
Here’s a taste:
1. Starting to insist that all music, merchandise and concert tickets be purchased exclusively with special Metallibucks.
There are 16 other suggestions…
Actually, suggestion number 4 isn’t such a bad...
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“There’s no such thing as not playing. Music has rests in it. So you’re on a rest...”
– Tom Waits (via austinkleon)
October 2011
13 posts
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“And just as Steve loved ideas, and loved making stuff, he treated the process of...”
– Jonathan Ives, speaking at Apple’s October 19 celebration of Steve Jobs’ life.
(via Fortune.com)
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Klosterman on the Metallica/Lou Reed album "Lulu"
Just by existing, Lulu represents at least four things:
Two historically significant artists merging unrelated genres for no defined reason.
Adult, self-aware musicians following their own creative vision, devoid of commercial pressure or responsibility.
An attempt to produce something authentically different from anything we’ve ever heard before, motivated only by a desire to see what...
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“You see, I think he better than anyone understood that while ideas ultimately...”
– Quote of the Day: Jonathan Ive — The Brooks Review
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American Drink: Back to School Special →
americandrink:
At the end of a busy school day, kids need some love from a relaxed, supportive parent. At the end of a busy work day, some of us need a little help to become that parent. Here’s what to do when the closest mixer is a juice box.
Playground Vacation
1 box tropical fruit juice 2 oz. rum …
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Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
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