February 2009
28 posts
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urg:
The best grammatically-correct sentence in the English language. Followed closely by. “James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.”
Lexical ambiguity gives me a deep nerd thrill.
I spent more than a day a few weeks ago just repeating this over and over again. I tried to explain to a friend, but she said that just because I was changing my...
Watch Braddock, PA mayor John Fetterman on the Colbert Report last night. Braddock is 2 towns over from where I grew up, and I attended 4th grade at Ben Fairless Intermediate school (which, because of the general awfulness of the school district and the neighborhood prompted my parents to move my brother and I to Catholic school). My mother would tell me how nice Braddock had once been, but I never...
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-22) →
Eddie Sauter;William Daniels;David Vosburgh;Henry Le Clair (11)
Warren Zevon (4)
William Daniels;David Vosburgh;Henry Le Clair;Eddie Sauter (1)
Kelli Rae Powell (1)
Kanye…
emilyelisabeth:
The Egg (and the Eaglet) from...
Warren Zevon - Accidentally Like a Martyr
I...
“Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate,...”
– Alright Bobby Jindal. I’ll admit, I’ve hated you since I first heard your name uttered, but this… this is just too much.
The stimulus might create 50,000 jobs for Louisiana. With an unemployment rate hovering around 6%, a deficit of $3 or so billion and who knows how many people on welfare (easily...
Another day, another citizen killed by a police... →
(via azspot)
By protocol, the taser is only supposed to be used in extreme cases - a case where you WOULD use your weapon but instead you have this useful little device that has the ability to stop someone but not kill them. Instead it’s used to “subdue” people, even when no real force is necessary at all. This proliferation of taser use is what lead to the BART officer...
A Zen student sat in meditation day and night. His master asked him, “Why do you sit so hard?” The student replied “So I can become a Buddha.” At this the master picked up a tile and began polishing it with a rock. The student asked, “What are you doing, Master?”, and the master said, “Polishing this tile to make a mirror.” The student asked,...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-15) →
The Mountain Goats (5)
The Long Winters (4)
Chicago Public Radio (2)
The Doors (2)
Lack (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
Wheatus- Teenage Dirt Bag
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“If you know anything that’s hurtful and untrue, don’t say it. If you know...”
– Ayya Khema, Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
Regina Spektor - The Genius Next Door
This was...
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very...”
– Niels Bohr (via whatcriscilikes)
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized With... →
apsies:
(via notthatkindagay)
They don’t have much information in the article, but this is a very sad turn of events.
sufjanssteven:
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Beat me to it...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-1) →
Josh Ritter (1)
The Wailin’ Jennys (1)
Nick Drake (1)
Dar Williams (1)
The Dubliners (1)
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