February 2009
“You pretend you’re sorry,
and I pretend words can mend
But you’re not
and...”
– W.C. Pelon
“Lets stop pretending these Guantanamo guys are all super villains, they’re thugs...”
– Jon Stewart, on the fear of moving the Guantanamo detainees to the United States.
January 2009
30 Rock
Tracy: So how bad is diabetes, really?
Dr. Spaceman: Its quite serious, if left untreated you could loose a foot.
Tracy: Could I replace it with a wheel like Rosie from the Jetsons?
Dr. Spaceman: I suppose, but then you'd have to register as a motor vehicle.
You know what I hate...
I hate when people detail to me just how drunk they were the night before. It drives me nuts.
Feist - Let It Die.
Feist’s voice is so...
Spoon - Vittorio E.
“I want you to stay, of...
indierawk:
Stars - Window Bird. (windowly...
Dictionaries needed.
Me: Yeah, it's an omen.
Blondie: A what?
Me: An omen.
Blondie: *cue confused stare*
Me: A harbinger?
Blondie: An omens a hamburger?
Me: No, it's like an indicator.
Blondie: I still don't-
Me: A flashing red light of warning.
Blondie: Huh?
Me: Weee-ooo-wee-ooo. *simulating car alarm*
Blondie: But-
Me: *sigh* A notification on facebook.
Blondie: OHH!
Me: Your incompetence astounds me.
Blondie: My incompa-wha?
Me: ....
Me: It means your pretty.
...I laughed out loud.
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
One of my...
“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft...”
– Woodrow Wilson
“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;— it is disposition...”
– Jane Austen
it's no real pleasure in life
mermaidofthesoil:
“She would of been a good woman,” The Misfit said, “if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.”
- from one of my favorite short stories, “A Good Man is Hard Find” by Flannery O’Connor. if you’re interested in reading it, you can find it here.
I like this story as well. Right there, J. Right there. ALL THE TIME.
mermaidofthesoil:
“Lovers’ Waltz” by AA Bondy
...
Bush shoe attack spawns artwork →
steptimeeditor:
“A sculpture of an enormous bronze-coloured shoe has been erected in Iraq to honour the journalist who threw his shoes at ex-US President George W Bush.”
I couldn’t be happier myself….
Santogold - Say Aha (Tepr Remix)
I love...
A thing I miss
rach:
Personal blogs where people write A LOT and it is VERY GOOD. Does anyone know of one that I maybe don’t that I should be reading? I’m all for Tumblr’s brevity, but someone please point me to excellent longform writing online. Thanks.
My website. I don’t know it isn’t any good, but here you go: www.readersquill.com
It’s mainly about books.
“Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.”
– Casablanca
“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the...”
– The Road by Cormac McCarthy (via reluctantbuddha)
Desperate Man - The Black Keys
Also, an unhealthy...
ronniebruce:
alexbaca:
City & Colour -...
“Love all. Trust few. Do wrong to no one.”
– William Shakespeare
