January 2010
52 posts
Why are you so terribly disappointing? →
“Where are the zombies? The ice forests? Where’s the tidal wave crashing over the Himalayas? I want my goddamn apocalypse, and I want it now.”
- Mark Morford, being a fucking voice of the world again
Were most of your stars out?
“Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It’s never been anything but your religion. Never. I’m a little over-excited now. Since it is your religion, do you know what you will be asked when you die? But let me tell you first what...
Air America: 2004-2010 - Air America - Gawker →
Holy crap
Swept off our feet - The Boston Globe →
“I’m going to need some Advil and a cold compress, please. I’m the Massachusetts Electorate, and I have what is bar none the absolute worst hangover of my entire voting life.
Seriously, I was so drunk on power, so caught up in the moment, so free of any of my usual inhibitions, I can’t remember what’s gone on these last two weeks. Think, Electorate, think. What did I do?”
Interactive Map, Election Results and Analysis -... →
A breakdown of where Massachusetts went so fucking wrong with this special election. At least Cambridge and Boston went blue. *Sigh*
NASA Giving Away Space Shuttle Engines For Free -... →
Think it’ll fit in my apartment?
LASHISSE -- Grow Longer. Grow fuller. Grow longer. →
“A FUN ADVERTISEMENT WITH LADIES IN IT”
Is Holly Golightly The Great Gatsby in drag? |... →
I saw a 7-hour play this weekend in which The Great Gatsby was read aloud in its entirety. I hadn’t read it since high school. And the whole time I was thinking, “Geez, this is a lot like Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Did Capote purposely adapt Fitzgerald? He even wrote a screenplay (that was rejected) for the 1974 film of Gatsby.
“The migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for...”
– John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Life is Hard →
Play this game! It is short and it will teach you about life.
In Which They Say I'm A Womanizer? I Haven't Met... →
“As a girl you grow up seeing yourself in male characters, because (unfortunately) the cool ones are still mostly men. One of the reasons I picked Adventureland as my favorite movie of last year is that it had fully fleshed out and well written characters of both genders. Chabon recognizes that his tendency towards seeing women as mysterious is wrong, but finds it very hard to shake. There...
The Beatles were awesome, reason #3 billion
Reporter: I’d like to direct this question to messrs. Lennon and McCartney. In a recent article, Time magazine put down pop music. And they referred to “Day Tripper” as being about a prostitute… Paul: Oh yeah. Reporter: …and “Norwegian Wood” as being about a lesbian. Paul: Oh yeah. Reporter: I just wanted to know what your intent was when you wrote it, and...
Kepler telescope discovers five new planets, all... →
Crazy-freaky-weirdo planets! I love outer space. My favorite is the Styrofoam Planet. Let’s all go live on that one.
Pentagram - What type are you? →
A very stylishly done quiz that asks—what typeface are you? I got Cooper Black Italic.
PS The password is: “character”
CETAPHOBIA: The Fear of Whales →
Yes, there is a serious website devoted to helping people who suffer from a crippling fear of whales. Because it’s really awkward for the whales.
