November 2008
102 posts
SHAKING HAND
Construction on Bronx expressway. Entire highway closed next to LaGuardia. Fucking idiots, the DOT are.
tosserectomy
anewnadirshouldjumpoffacliff:
What’s the deal, are we still making fun of this kid?
‘We’? It took more than one of you to come up with this flaccid spark of mediocrity? I hadn’t intended on dignifying one chattering nincompoop with a response. But because you are technically (“technically” operative here) a multitude, I will play the part of imperial...
THERE’S ONLY TWO THINGS I WON’T HAVE IN BLIGHTY: HALF&HALF AND YOU.
GUTTURAL CRITICISM
LECHERATURE
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APHORISM
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PLEIADES
The Battle Over Greenwich Village’s Washington... →
Whiners.
the 60’s (it was fun, you had to be there)
breast implants (sexy)
xeriscape lawns (saves water)
misogyny (I love women, I hit women)
Star Wars (self explanatory)
World War II (we knew who we were fighting)
U.S. influence is on the decline, report says -... →
DECLINE.
holy fucking shit is it cold outside. It is as cold as bone.
New Statesman - Tribes of clutter →
This looks like an interesting read. I was easily captivated by the idea that vapid consumerism would erase all sense of personality and community. This anthropologist does a good job showing how society is changing but our love of possessions still expresses some universally human tendencies.
TAINT
“Do we still flinch from turning our valor into deeds?
Or fear to make our home...”
– Virgil
DID IT HURT WHEN YOU CUT THEM? DID THEY BLEED? OH WAIT AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
Threat of physical violence, allusion to subject’s homosexuality, resolution to ignore, &c.
“To me, at least, (and I can only follow my own nose), happiness presents itself...”
– H.L. Mencken
This is to commemorate my first ‘hater’. Internet, America: I salute you.
anewnadirshouldjumpoffacliff:
anewnadir:
LIKE COKE IN THE NOSE OF THE NOBLES
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT IM SAYING, BUT I LIKE THE SOUND OF IT, BECAUSE ITS MY VOICE
In Hegelian dialectic, this would put you in the “slave” office. ’anewnadirshouldjumpoffacliff’ is probably a Democrat.
Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake →
Off with her head. I voted Obama for ACCOUNTABILITY.
“Secretly he realized that he was a businessman by accident and that HIS...”
– Nabokov, King, Queen, Knave
“The modern age is a time when art is content with daubs and seeks its...”
– Karl Kraus, Writer. 1874-1936, Vienna.
“And the dogs came back. If there are lines of power among themselves, loves,...”
– Pynchon - Gravity’s Rainbow
“Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.”
– Bertrand Russell (via laura9)
His logical abilities were surpassed by Moore and Wittgenstein; he turned instead to matters religious and political.
Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things but 3 things on one page re-blogged without links back is too much. find something new or (at least try to) trace the source.
taking the credit away from a “fuck you for not giving me credit” item is like dividing by zero.
We’ll spend time profligately, drink hardily, then condemn this chapter of our relationship to the history books on such a day as befits it: a monday.
I’d like to maintain some semblance of platonic affection/affliction, rather than fucking like the world’s about to end
DEVOTION
I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT: I AM THE CRITIC AT LARGE, REVIEWING YOU FOR THE NEW YORKER.
LIKE COKE IN THE NOSE OF THE NOBLES
We always look for blame. If you know who to blame for a cigarette addiction, do you sue her for reparations when you get emphysema in 20 years? She’s my medicare plan, she’s also my lover.
For Barack Obama, a Scouting Report on Athletic... →
BIGGEST. FLUFF. PIECE. EVER.
“Hit a drum, wander to the piano, hit a few notes … and then we put a bit...”
– Carnival of Light: McCartney wants world to hear ‘lost’ Beatles epic | Music | The Observer
Naturally, this song will be summarily deified by the teeming masses…Nevermind that by the description it sounds like jam-band music at its worst. Can’t wait to see how the...