February 2011
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January 2011
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NPR Fresh Air: Public Radio Themed Valentine's Day... →
publicradiointernational:
nprfreshair:
I have absolutely no artistic skills whatsoever, but I think it’d be really hilarious to make some public radio-themed old school Valentine’s Day cards. I’ve come up with these slogans but I’m sure there are better ones:
Valentine…you’re like a breath of Fresh Air
If I told you how much I loved you, I’d violate Rule 47 CFR Part 73 of the FCC Radio...
We found each other in the cosmos
fyexistentialism:
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me- it still sometimes happens - and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The...
making deviled eggs
Gloria: ugh they look like velociraptors helped me peel them
Mom: you could do an egg salad and serve it on small round things
Mom: velociraptors are one of the few dinosaurs with opposible thumbs
Mom: you were lucky to have them help you!
Mom: they did the best they could
Mom: it's not easy being extinct
Pro-tip
Getting flustered and getting on the metro in the wrong direction at 11:30 pm on SOTU night= an extra million minutes getting home.
Ughhh, come on DC.
When rooms at Windsor Castle burnt out a few years ago, the Queen asked Maurice to make a new set of spindles for her staircase and invited him to tea to thank him for it too. “Did you grow up in the East End?” she enquired politely, and when Maurice nodded in modest confirmation of this, she extended her sympathy to him. “That must have been hard?” she responded with a empathetic smile,...
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coketalk:
“Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, and affirms a fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I am committed to protecting this constitutional right. I also remain committed to policies, initiatives, and programs that help prevent unintended...
Elliott Smith, Angel in the Snow
Let me start off...
The Kickstarter Blog: Creator Q&A: Ben Fama of... →
kickstarter:
Supermachine Poetry Journal is a indie literary publication endeavoring to give young writers and readers a place where they can voice their thoughts, collaborate, and share their work with the world. Now, after releasing two issues to much critical acclaim, they’ve turned to Kickstarter to…
My best friend’s brother was interviewed by meaghano! The internet is so small...
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Send Huck Finn to College →
enormouschanges:
Lorrie Moore on how to get boys to read and reader sensitivities.
Once again, Lorrie Moore is the voice of reason and civility.
I will never understand some people. →
justsayjolie:
Hey you, yes you! Go read about how John and I aren’t drinking in January and why that makes us so much better than Alex Balk!
This conversation/article is a delight and just chock full of bon mots.
My favorite:
John: What’s the opposite of “alcoholiday”? “Alcoholocaust”?
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sometimes a great notion: Proposal, Tom Vaughan →
sometimesagreatnotion:
Let’s fall in love - In our mid-thirties It’s not only Where the hurt is. I won’t get smashed up Should you go Away for weekends - We both know No two people Can be completely All-sufficient. But twice weekly We’ll dine together Split the bill, Admire each other’s Wit. We will Be splendid…
Grover: Ok, the way I see it, if we were an old couple, dated for years, graduated, away from all these scholastic complications, and I reached over and kissed you, you wouldn’t say a word, you’d be delighted, probably, but if I was to do that now it’d be quite forward, and if I did it the first time we ever met you probably would hit me. Jane: What do you mean? Grover: I just...
“Somebody said of email, “It’s the place for hope in life.” It reminds me of how...”
– Author of “Alone Together” on our compulsion to check our email. (via somethingchanged)
That chocolate sauce lonliness
One night, when Andy and I had just started living together in our little studio apartment in Missoula, we got in a fight about chocolate sauce. I can’t remember the details, but I know there was a jar of chocolate sauce heating in a pan of furiously boiling water on the stove when I walked out the back door. I walked in the dark down to the river path — basically, the woods. It was...
Watcheceu:
Wake & Be Fine - Okkervil River (live on Jimmy Fallon)
Their new record, I Am Very Far, will be out on May 10th!
Yessss! The best part about Okkervil River having a new album is that they’ll have to tour for the new album and then I can see them againandagainandagain and they’ll be mine forever.
Also, this song is pretty good.
Literal New Yorker Captions, pt 2
themonkeysyouordered:
Don’t give money to that Dolphin! He’s just going to use it for Dolphin drugs.
I love this one too.
Literal New Yorker Captions, pt 1
themonkeysyouordered:
The experiment to dress the mice up as scientists turned out perfectly.
Mike, who should blog more, sent me this link today. Who knew literal New Yorker cartoon captions would be so funny? No one, that’s who.
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