January 2012
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December 2011
2 posts
Damn, Gina: A letter to 14 year old me about... →
This really does communicate a lot.
sarahb:
Dear 14 year old me,
Hey. What page are you at in No One Here Gets Out Alive? Cool. Anyway. I know you’re weirded out by the idea of marriage, and have some concerns about exactly what it might entail, so now that I’ve been married for exactly one year, I thought I’d give you a rundown of…
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
3 posts
September 2011
3 posts
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a bright wall in a dark room.: Real Genius (1985) →
brightwalldarkroom:
IT’S A MORAL IMPERATIVE
by Elizabeth Wilcox
I don’t know anyone who dislikes Real Genius. I’ve been trying to figure out precisely why that is. In keeping with the spirit of the movie, I’ve come up with a sort of preliminary equation/hypothesis:
[80s Nerd Revenge Narrative x (Val…
August 2011
4 posts
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July 2011
1 post
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense...
– Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut (via kateoplis)
June 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
3 posts
kung fu grippe: "no one can make up a rock" →
merlin:
The Rolling Stone Interview: Stanley Kubrick in 1987
And to make rubble, you’d have to go find some real rubble and copy it. It’s the only way. If you’re going to make a tree, for instance, you have to copy a real tree. No one can “make up” a tree, because every tree has an inherent logic in…
February 2011
4 posts
January 2011
4 posts
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare...
– Bill Watterson (via calvinnhobbes)
Bill Watterson, one of the best people ever.
(via seedsot)
December 2010
3 posts
November 2010
4 posts
October 2010
6 posts
sarahb:
I’m starting to feel like I should get a prize for every day that I go to bed without having tried Nutella on a tortilla chip, but I think we all know it’s inevitable.
September 2010
4 posts
sarahb:
I really liked this George Jean Nathan quote that Newman posted the other day. This bit is my favorite:
” …treat one’s enemies with polite inconsideration, avoid persons who are chronically in need, and be satisfied with life always but never with one’s self.”
songs you taught me: In which I get worked up abt... →
I got a stuck on this Letterman performance last night. Right around 1:05, when Robyn twists her hands upwards like she’s demonstrating a DNA helix, something happens. Her body starts to hear the music and Robyn begins to move differently, as if she’s perfectly happy to sing but would really…
August 2010
9 posts