January 2012
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December 2011
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King Chris Coyne, Total Shams, and Shoeless Jed ...
“Because that’s the thing about Scooby-Doo: The bad guys in every episode aren’t...”
– Ask Chris #81: Scooby-Doo and Secular Humanism
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November 2011
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“Now picture the times of Vespasian, and this is what you will see: men marrying,...”
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
October 2011
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“My wife, my Mary, goes to sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So...”
– John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
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But I picture the poor crew stunned When the...
September 2011
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“Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal’s...”
– Albert Camus, “Reflections on the Guillotine” (via aspaceinvader)
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Great Lake Swimmers, “Unison Falling Into...
Watchthedailywhat:
Afternoon Snack: Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco, who you may recall from making music out of stuff, stopped by his local dry cleaners, and, naturally, couldn’t help but turn their machines into musical instruments.
[unlikelywords.]
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August 2011
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July 2011
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The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones. Long ago you kissed the names...
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June 2011
4 posts
“Tell me about it. This past school year, I worked as a public high school...”
– Garret Keizer, for the New York Times
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Life is too short to refrain
From eating jam...
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“I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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“There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a...”
– Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
May 2011
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The Avett Brothers, “I Would Be Sad”
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April 2011
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Mother: Hugo, what are you doing?
Hugo: Getting rid of it! All of it! The money, the houses, the livestock!
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March 2011
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Pet Peeve of the Day (Month? Year.)
When people call the Tea Party movement “libertarian” rather than “conservative.” Next time Michele Bachmann wants to embrace gay marriage and legalize marijuana, let me know.
Of course “conservative” is a misnomer as well. Going by definition, conservatives want to maintain the status quo and adopt change only gradually. Reactionaries want to roll back change...
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“The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...”
– John Maynard Keynes
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Ive Mendes, “Yellow”
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Ellie Goulding - Heartbeats (The Knife Cover)