March 2012
Who said it: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah... →
Look at Foreign Policy having some fun.
February 2012
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Kummerspeck, German for "grief bacon" →
from Cracked’s “9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs”
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"Make Your Thing" by Jesse Thorn →
This is phenomenally great. I won’t throw some giant excerpt at you, just read it.
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“When you’re twenty you worry what people are thinking about you. When...”
– Stephen Elliott, The Daily Rumpus
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"How to Do What You Love" by Paul Graham →
I already quoted part of this but the whole essay is dynamite.
Is there some test you can use to keep yourself honest? One is to try to do a good job at whatever you’re doing, even if you don’t like it. Then at least you’ll know you’re not using dissatisfaction as an excuse for being lazy. Perhaps more importantly, you’ll get into the habit of doing things well.
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First Listen: The Magnetic Fields, 'Love At The... →
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“What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond...”
– Paul Graham, founder of Y-Combinator
“Human intelligence is a local, contingent, temporal, practical and expendable...”
– Colin McGinn
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Infrequently used threats:
itspumpkininny:
iena:
I will take these mittens RIGHT OFF, mister!
Do you WANT me to make an example out of the thermostat?
So help me God I will REMAIN. SEATED.
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Saturday
John: Funny or not funny? Photoshopping the frame from Say Anything where he holds up the jukebox and instead replacing it with a sign that says "olives don't belong on nachos."
me: Funny.
John: It's going to be funny when I die and someone has to sort through my personal effects and they'll get to my computer and find a bunch of bad photoshops and file names like "john nutsack.jpg" that's just a picture of John Cusack.
"One evening about a year ago, staff members at... →
bthny:
New life goal: get a job in which “Daily Lego Disassembly” is part of my job description.
A+ article.
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"Americans, despite having access to the same... →
No shit.
Hear the 13 minute version of Andre... →
(hint hint: anyone willing to dig through some HTML can download the mp3)
Poetry FAQ →
What is poetry?
Poetry is clumps of words that make people feel something.
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Old Fashioned 101 →
Useful primer by Martin Doudoroff
1811 "Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue" →
FLOGGING CULLY. A debilitated lecher, commonly an old one.
COLD PIG. To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes from them, and throwing cold water upon them.
TWIDDLE-DIDDLES. Testicles.
TWIDDLE POOP. An effeminate looking fellow.
ROUND ROBIN. A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board...
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nesbittslimesoda replied to your photo: GPOYW: new glasses edition. The Preston frame from… Oh hey look a fetus in glasses.
Sexy fetus.
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