April 2009
37 posts
katiestapleton:
so i’ve kind of realized that i’ve made very few new [girl] friends since i’ve moved to new york. most of the people i see on a regular basis are either friends i already had from high school or college, or were friends [and girlfriends of friends] of tony’s first. but once you’re working, it’s hard to meet new people, especially in a small office where there are only a few...
notarobotbutaghost: Andrew Bird - Masterfade
This...
“Prerequisites
Students must have completed at least two of the following.
...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview. (via bookowl)
“On Tuesday, Little, Brown and Company publishes a book version of “This Is...”
– David Foster Wallace’s Best Advice (via bookowl)
new beginnings
Easter is the time to sow new seeds and to plant about a few cuttings. If Calvary means putting to death things in your life that need killing off if you are to flourish as a Christian and a truly human being, then Easer should mean planting, watering and training up things in your life (personal and corporate) that ought to be blossoming, filling the garden with color and perfume, and in due...
Watchpaulrudd:danhacker:
Paul Rudd on Sesame Street
It is impossible to dislike this charming man.
Your NPR Name →
booksarebetterthanboys: liana:
Eric and I recently discovered a shared fascination with the slew of impossibly named NPR hosts we listen to every day: Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Corey Flintoff, Korva Coleman, Kai Ryssdal, Dina Temple-Raston.
In fact, we’ve often wondered what it would be like to be one of them. A Nina Totenberg or a Renita Jablonski. A David Kestenbaum or a Lakshmi...
“Just watch the executive producers do something crazy for the very last episode...”
– (via kellylove) (via f***yeahlost)
Actually, my ultimate fantasy is that on the last episode of LOST, everyone dies except the Smoke Monster and Polar Bear. They become best friends and frolic through the jungle together, with some cute twee music playing in the background. I’m pretty sure I...
Thee we adore
Thee we adore, O hidden Savior, Thee, Who in Thy Sacrament art pleased to be; Both flesh and spirit in Thy presence fail, Yet here Thy presence we devoutly hail. In this memorial of Thy death, O Lord, Thou dost Thy body and Thy blood afford: O may our souls forever feed on Thee, And Thou, O Christ, forever precious be. Thou, like the pelican to feed her brood, Didst pierce Thyself to give us...
“Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to...”
– from Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White.
“There’s no shame in changing your mind about things, it’s just more clearly...”
– from Getting Better: A Pep Talk for Graduating Design Students by Frank Chimero.
Vegetarian for Just One Day
suzywire: inspirings:
If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:
● 100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months;
● 1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year;
● 70 million gallons of gas—enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined...
“What We Know Now
• Something Otherly happened to Boy Ben, but hey, he’s...”
– an analysis of this week’s episode of LOST, from nymag.com.
The Crazy Genius of Peter Arnell →
“The meeting quickly turns weird, however, as Arnell, chomping oranges and spitting out seeds, starts expounding on Magritte’s “Ceci N’est Pas une Pipe,” dadaism, Meret Oppenheim’s fur teacup at the Museum of Modern Art, the way Martha Stewart examines the leaves of a flower, the logo for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, the style of Yves Saint Laurent dresses, wristwatches, polar bears stranded...
