July 2010
Yesterday in History: the First Penguin Paperbacks →
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Lisa Says - The Velvet Underground (from the 1969...
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The women who choose not to be mothers - BBC →
“More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do friends, family, colleagues and even strangers think it’s OK to question their decision?”
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Watchthedailywhat:
Slo-Mo Shot of the Day: David Coiffier’s super slow-motion shot of soda gushing from its bottle is completely straightforward and not at all suggestive of any adult activity that I’m familiar with.
[likecool.]
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BP Gets $10 Billion Tax Credit For Oil Spill →
Today in infuriating headlines.
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13 Beers in 13 Miles →
Several of you told me that I was “going to die” if I drank 13 beers while running the San Francisco Half Marathon. I did not die. I puked three times, blacked out for miles 11 and 12, and needed five hours to finish. This is my story.
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self-actualization →
nikography:
everyone should know what this is.
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WatchSuperchunk covering “In Between Days” by The Cure, from A.V. Undercover
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The Best Magazine Articles Ever →
I highly recommend Hunter Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. Good long-form magazine writing doesn’t seem to get much credit these days.
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“…I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and...”
– Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (no offense to my friends in advertising)
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As Slow As Possible →
readmorewikipedia:
Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) is a musical piece composed by John Cage and is the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken. It was originally written in 1987 for organ and is adapted from the earlier work ASLSP 1985; a typical performance of the piano piece lasts for about 20 to 70 minutes. In 1985, Cage opted to omit the detail of...
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The TIME 100 Best Novels (from 1923 to present) →
I’m slowly (read: very slowly) working my way through this list as a sort of belated literature education and don’t know/haven’t heard of a lot of these books. Recommendations or advice absolutely welcome (reply or email or askhole).
Books finished:
Animal Farm
The Blind Assassin
Catch-22
Catcher in the Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Crying of Lot 49
Grapes of Wrath
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Pew Research News IQ Quiz →
You should take it.
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