January 2010
33 posts
I've successfully repressed the urge for years,...
piscesinpurple:
Something’s getting pierced.
Hell, yeah! It’s seriously cathartic.
Excuse me while I go all English major
jamiek:
Salinger hasn’t published in more than 40 years. In the few interviews he gave, he said that’s because once you publish something, readers feel that you owe them, but when you write only for yourself, it always belongs to you.
He’s right, of course. Once it’s out there for people to buy, someone else can interpret the work how they want (see Chapman, Mark David). But to steal a Zen...
glueslabs-deactivated20110220 asked: What's the best thing about your new town and what's the worst? You did move recently, right?
I'm bored
Does anyone want to know anything?
Guys, I don't actually want to _look_ at geriatric...
milkglassmao:
Nice try though. Nice try.
Uh, then maybe you should be careful checking the mail in a few days. No reason.
The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress
Don’t tell the...
The National - Start a War
You were always weird...
Okerville River - On Tour with Zykos
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Warning, Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous To Your... →
azspot:
EARLIER THIS WINTER, I met an investment banker who was diagnosed with a brain tumor five years ago. He’s a managing director at a top Wall Street firm, and I was put in touch with him through a colleague who knew I was writing a story about the potential dangers of cell-phone radiation. He agreed to talk with me only if his name wasn’t used, so I’ll call him Jim. He explained that the...
My phone is full of picture-text announcements of...
piscesinpurple:
Good thing l don’t know any virgins.
I dunno, there are still lots of missed opportunities for over-shares there. “Our first trip to the strip club as a married couple” “Conception” “Baby’s first diaper” I need to stop going down this road, I’m grossing myself out.
A little taste of the IT climate in my new...
This is the reasoning behind not approving the Kindle DX as a piece of equipment authorized for purchase:
7/16/09 - Not Approved. Amazon Kindle is a removable mass storage device that provides none of the security protocols necessary to protect sensitive information. There is no password or other unauthorized use protection. Additionally, there is no protection of the wireless communications...
#1. When handing me my change at the drive-thru,...
(via thehandbook)
Oh, wow, this is so totally wrong. You put the change in their hand first so it doesn’t slide off of the bills. Otherwise, especially at a drive-through, you have a recipie for change falling out of people’s hands and them being upset.
Misleading the poor socially awkward people like that…
Hey, you guys
hurtling:
Are any of these Haiti donations on Tumblr worth a shit? I’m always skeptical of this crap, and generally go out of my way to find my own beneficiary, but I’ll be honest, I’m really drunk right now, so if you can offer any guidance, that’d be great. I don’t want to make a meaningless contribution. Empty gestures are not my thing. Thanks.
Medecins Sans Frontieres does good work....
Tomorrow I start my new job
It’s my first “gown-up” job, one that’s on a path to a career. I’ve had a “real” job before, but I wasn’t really expected to know very much when I started, I never had too much responsibility, and I went into it knowing it would be something I did while I figured out grad school. I started that job almost eight years ago and the last six years...
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nickdouglas:
kayfabe:
secondgradefresh:
niki:
When aliens come, they will judge us for this.
Absolutely amazing.
Damn you, García Marquez, you ripoff artist!
My brother lent me a book called “The Dancing Plague”, which describes this outbreak. Really fascinating stuff.
I think what I love most, though, is the way that is seeped into Germanic culture in really weird...
There is a weather alert in Little Rock today
People are running late to work, the roads are clogged, general panic fills the air.
Why?
Between 0.8” and 0.1” of snow in the area. This is going to take some getting used to.
I got to Little Rock today and moved into my...
All of my worldly possessions just called me - they’re apparently hanging out on the Navy Pier and seeing a show in Chicago, then stopping in St. Louis to see the Arch and have some BBQ, and will arrive whenever they damn well please, despite how much I would like to have my bed back.