December 2008
85 posts
There's no shame in snail mail. →
I’ve been trying to bring back hand written notes for years - sending them for friend’s birthdays, as thank yous, just to say hi, etc. I’m singing a little “Woooo!” to myself for this article.
Improv Everywhere's next prank - a repeat but it's... →
Ani DiFranco, “Talk To Me Now”
“In this city self preservation is a full time occupation.”
– Ani DiFranco
North of the Delaware the Township remains much as it looked in the 1700s. The rolling fields and picturesque barns belong to farms that have changed little in the last two hundred years. (http://www.delawaretwpnj.org)
“Oh yeah, you blend.”
Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered... →
(via alohanico)
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within...
There is NO ONE at the office.
"I just called to say that now I know I really am...
-my sister, who called me as she turned onto the road my parents live on
…Jersey country, honey.
rulesformyunbornson:
REQUIRED LISTENING: Gayla...
Rachael Yamagata, “Elephants”
Throw...
(via)
Amtrak's Snowflake Maker →
NY Times: Year of Ideas 2008 →
Flight Of The Conchords Season 2 Online Premiere →
Watch. It.
Now!
(Crazy dogs!)
mascarah:
Duet by Rachael Yamagata featuring...
Is it just me
or does anyone else wonder how the beat up roses & petals get all over the entrance to the downtown Spring Street C/E station? Does someone have a rose fight every few weeks? Not that it’s troublesome (roses are better than the smell of urine), but what gives?
3
If you can’t eat you got to
smoke and we aint got
nothing to smoke:come on kid
let’s go to sleep
if you can’t smoke you got to
Sing and we aint got
nothing to sing;come on kid
let’s go to sleep
if you can’t sing you got to
die and we aint got
Nothing to die,come on kid
let’s go to sleep
if you can’t die you got to
dream and we aint got
...
The William Haines sconces are stunning.
“Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.”
– Mary Wilson Little
Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon”
WatchLive-in Fembot (Project Aiko)
This man has entirely too much time on his hands.
I think it's worth noting that $50 Billion is more...
Former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Maddoff has been accused of the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The psychology of someone who could get so deep into a mess like this fascinates me.
(WSJ)
Betty Paige Dies at 85
“She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality,” Mr. Roesler said. “She is the embodiment of beauty.” (WSJ)
VIII
your little voice
Over the wires came leaping
and i felt suddenly
dizzy
With the jostling and shouting of merry flowers
wee skipping high-heeled flames
courtesied before my eyes
or twinkling over to my side
Looked up
with impertinently exquisite faces
floating hands were laid upon me
I was whirled and tossed into delicious dancing
up
Up
with the pale important
stars and the...
"Ho-ho-ho" is good. "Publicity ho" is lame.
Santa looks like Santa. HOLIDAY APPAREL IS MANDATORY. A Santa hat is not enough. Get a Santa suit. Buy a Santa suit. Make a Santa suit. Steal a Santa suit. Get creative: be a Secret Santa, a Santasaurus, Candy-cane, a Reindeer, a Chanukah Chicken, a goddamn latke, Stewardess Santa, Knight Rider Santa, Crusty Peace Punk Santa, the occasional Legless Reindeer, Chanukah Squirrel, Emo-Elf, or the...
Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
upsider:
Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Culacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Sgriob: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. ...
Don’t get too crazy with the names. If your name was something like ,”DJ Commander Transverse Pyjama Anthro-Hippopotamus* Foxy Thingy-Dingy-Flingy Simon Reeve (the Fifth)”, people will never take you seriously and it is not at all catchy.
(via WikiHow’s “How to Find a DJ Name That Isn’t Taken”)
WatchChristmas with the Jews! Very cute.
haha! →
Because I'm slightly obsessed with bokeh...
(via www.allthingschristmas.com)
Watchbrieflynoted:
Over the past year, In A Dream has been a popular documentary film within the festival circuit, however it has yet to be seen widely to even an indie house crowd. The film tells the story of Isaiah Zagar, an artist who has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with mosaic murals. The film chronicles his work, mental instability and his rocky relationship with his...
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, free, online →
alextypical:superboreal:unalone:If you haven’t read every single strip, quit work tomorrow and read this.
Death is No Barrier to Vanity →
Ewwww.
A 7 year old wrote this book -- and just sold the...
(via Gawker)