April 2008
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The most refined lady bugs do it
When a gentleman calls
Moths in your rugs...
– Cole Porter, “Let’s Do It”
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Spam is Poetry →
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March 2008
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Unused Audio Commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam... →
By Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell
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The rest of the world doesn’t deserve our president and they certainly do...
– Ian MacKaye, 2008
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Undark and the Radium Girls →
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Someone once told me that, these days, adolescence lasts until thirty. I believe him. Occasionally I catch myself doing something very immature; other times, I feel very, very adult. I imagine that my grandparents were at twenty-six what I will be at thirty-six. You know, being part of the greatest generation and all.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything...
– John Muir
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The History of Nutella, the Tastiest Foodstuff... →
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The GQ&A: Keith Richards →
I’m not a fan of the man or his band, but Keith Richards is suddenly entertaining. A must-read. Excerpt: You should sell your body on eBay. Yeah, I think so. Apparently, I do have an incredible immune system. I had hepatitis C and cured it by myself. How? Just by being me.
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DIY Invisible Floating Bookshelf →
For when I buy, not rent.
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Where to Invade Next, ed. Stephen Elliott →
From McSweeney’s: On February 27, 2007, during an interview with Amy Goodman, General Wesley Clark described a 2002 Pentagon conversation in which he was told that America was planning to invade Iraq. From the same source, he learned of a classified memorandum listing six other countries the United States intended to “take out” over the next five years. Most of us will never get...
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There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that...
– BenoĆ®t Mandelbrot
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I am Judith, destroyer of insect life. Take me to your leader.
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True friends stab you in the front.
– Oscar Wilde
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