January 2012
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“Night is a room
darkened for lovers.”
– William Carlos Williams (“Complaint”)
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All analogies break down after 5 a.m.
A: How bad on a scale of 1 to 10 would it be to booty call N these days?
S: I'd say a 3, as long as you don't start to feel for him. Practice safe cuddling - wear an emotional condom!
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“That is precisely how I feel when I consider my own journey, my own...”
– Eric Liu (“Notes of a Native Speaker,” The Washington Post, 1998)
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A good pillow is hard to find.
S: i'm thinking that ... i might re-fwb because i like cuddling
A: yeah! do it
S: i mean a human is nothing more than a self-warming pillow right?
A: yes
A: i miss my pillow
A: good pillows are hard to find
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“A Romantic is someone who asks when you would like to see them. When you answer...”
– Stephen Elliott
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“I like the right side, in the back corner, when the elevator becomes crowded. It...”
– Jimmy Chen, (Elevator Emotions, Thought Catalog)
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On Pennsylvania and its merits.
W: My life is stupid, I'm ready to leave Cleveland now.
S: where would you go though?
W: Pennsylvania? I don't know. Somewhere not-Ohio.
W: I have this ideal image of Pennsylvania in my mind, with characteristics such as SERIOUSLY NOWHERE NEAR OHIO listed.
S: pennsylvania borders ohio, you realize
W: Shut up and leave me alone.
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My new goal is always to be around someone who has...
Y: There are still some noodles left. Who wants to do the noodle thing?
Y: [with wine bottle to mouth] I don't drink wine. Wine is for losers.
Y: [walking briskly past people at bus stop] HAHAHAHA shut the fuck up!
(Two hours later)
A: Lolll he passed out in his dorm, my friend tells me.
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“I imagine many of you grew up prisoners of public radio? Trust me, your parents...”
– Michele Norris (speaking at Duke University; January 18, 2012)
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How 'Radiolab' Is Changing the Sound of the Radio... →
poptech:
Love this bit in particular:
Radiolab is actually post-blog and post-livestream. It’s not aping the oratory of old or the raggedness of the new. It’s a hybrid that takes lessons from the past, recent and deep.
For a bit of a different take on this, watch Radiolab host and producer Jad Abumrad (PopTech 2010) as he shares examples of how sound has been used not only to tell stories...
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“A girl with a book is innately attractive; men understand that if she can...”
– Jack Cazir (“Dating In A Ghost Town,” Thought Catalog)
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The Circumstantial Breakup | Thought Catalog →
“Would that all your future relationships could end in hate. Blinding, final hate — fiery like Cortez and his ships. Permanent. Something so explosive it propels you forward. Means it’s too painful to look back.”
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“In the face of the Communist challenge we must examine honestly the weaknesses...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (How Should A Christian View Communism?)
As well as remembering all that he did, today is about recognizing what remains to be done. (via superfluidity)
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“My God, there have been more tears shed on reality TV than by all the war widows...”
– John Jeremiah Sullivan (Pulphead) (via millionsmillions)
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“In music, the E chord is “supposed” to lead to an A chord, so when it leads to...”
– Joshua Cody, [sic] (via wwnorton)
I don’t know what this means, but I wish I had enough musical knowledge to understand it.
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“Jerry nodded. “Some people use honesty like a weapon.”
“Like a switchblade,” I...”
– Kim McLarin (“Race Wasn’t an Issue to him …”, Modern Love, New York Times)
I’ve been going through Modern Love archives, thought this was casual but true.
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Old Robert Krulwich Clips | Transom →
“Designer Blue Jeans”
So if you listen to the first NPR clip on this page — featuring Robert Krulwich from 1981— you’ll hear … people singing statistics about blue jeans. More than once.
It really interests me how much quirkier public radio used to be — reminds me that Radiolab isn’t the only cool-sounding thing that has ever happened.
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awesomaticeric:
1.PLUG IN YOUR HEADPHONES
...
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The Iowa Caucuses Drinking Game →
14. If someone questions the relevance of the Iowa caucuses, 1 Drink
15. If someone is broadcasting from or being interviewed in a pizzeria or coffee shop, 2 Drinks
This reminds me of the time when I tried to play a drinking game to Sideways. We drank whenever they drank, and also whenever they were being assholes.
Easiest drunk of my life.
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Watchpopculturebrain:
Also, here’s the aforementioned HIMYM “Puzzles” song.
Note the obvious Cheers reference. They really need to put out an album of the show’s original music ASAP, they’ve certainly done more than your average sitcom.
At Puzzles, we all fit together!
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Does Florence know her lyrics are being used as...
S: i get to say it semi-seriously now: worst worst D:
E: so shake him off. oh woah
S: i hate you
E: what. those songs are fitting for, like, new year renewal etc
S: ... he's my DAD
S: he's not a devil dancing on my back
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The First Myth of Patriarchy: The Acorn on the... →
This is a beautiful, beautiful thing. I’ve spent a lot of winter break reading this sort of writing, and this is the first piece that has not left me hating someone.
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Wise words for the new year from Dear Coke Talk. →
“Greatness is nothing but the surface tension on the spit bubble of human endeavor. On a geological time scale, our measurable effect on the planet is a greasy burp.”
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