November 2009
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“They sound like a gay version of the Postal Service.”
– a friend talking about Owl City
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virtualephemera:
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Why They Love Her →
(via hellofriend)
As Ray Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) said in “Jurassic Park”: “Hold onto your butts.”
Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What... →
peterwknox:
In Wired issue 17.09, Evan Ratliff wrote a story about how people disappear in the digital age. Then he went on the run himself, with Wired readers trying to track him down. His story in Wired issue 17.12, Gone, tells what happened. This blog shows the history of the hunt.
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Emiliana Torrini - Today Has Been Ok...
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Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch
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“I’m taping toy guns to trees.”
– Al Gore on “Saturday Night Life” explaining how he’s bringing craziness to the fight against climate change
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An excerpt from my hometown's Wikipedia page
“There are many known legends of murderers and strange noises that center around a small wooded area just north of helen avenue and south 12th street. many myths tell of a killer clown living in the woods and many eye witness accounts support the myth. many residents also speak of hearing strange noises such as screaming and laughing coming from the area.”
(via Wikipedia via my pal Brooke...
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An Excerpt from the San Francisco Panorama
Sing to me, America, of stock-car racing! Of four hundred miles driven in four hours. Sing to me of Goodyear tires and Sunoco gasoline, of Gatorade Victory Lane and of ServiceMaster Clean, of the Sprint Cup and of Nationwide and Craftsman Truck, of Bud and Bud Light and Bud Light Lime. Sing to me of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, of Joey Logano and Juan Pablo Montoya, of Dale Earnhardt and Dale...
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“I love America, land of the brave … land where I can dress up as a hot...”
– Peaches Geldof - Nylon magazine, November 2009
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Did we know ...
that the guy who played Rusty from “European Vacation,” the girl who played Louise in the amazing campy classic “Teen Witch” and that hot blonde guy from my childhood favorite Disney show “So Weird” are Blake Lively’s siblings? I didn’t. Now I do.
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“We’re so used to finding anything in abstraction. If your mind wants to...”
– Julian Lethbridge, artist
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My Word of the Day
Brob·ding·nag·ian Pronunciation: \ˌbräb-diŋ-ˈna-gē-ən, -dig-ˈna-\Function: adjective Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift Date: 1728
: marked by tremendous size
— Brobdingnagian noun
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I Love You, Woman
Fellas get to have bromances and man crushes and engage in various forms of bro-on-bro love, but I’d like to say right here and now that I have a lady crush, and I’m going to let my lady-love flag fly. The object of my galfection: Shingai Shoniwa, lead singer of the British band The Noisettes. Not only have I been bouncing (recent lower back spasm notwithstanding) around my room to the tunes of...
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“If you’re old enough to drive a tank, you’re old enough to write a headline.”
– Frank D. LoMonte, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center in this article: Justice Kennedy’s Office Insists on Pre-Approval of High School Newspaper Article Following His Speech
(via savingpaper)
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I Need a Window
The room I have been living in for the past ten months - has it really been that long? - has no window. I never realized before, but I need one. Sometimes a gal just needs to have the ability to open the window for a breath of fresh air; and I’m sure some natural light would do wonders for my ability to apply makeup properly. I need a view. A brick wall will do; any like these will work,...
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“My advice for anyone wanting to write a zombie book or come out as a zombie fan:...”
– Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide, on “CBS Sunday Morning” show today 