May 2009
141 posts
April 2009
161 posts
“The last thing one can say about Smith is that he lacked philosophical depth. A...”
– Why Adam Smith Still Matters | Standpoint.Online
“In a brilliant essay for The Guardian in 2006 in which he wrote about the...”
– J G Ballard: 1930-2009 | The Critics | Architects Journal
The Clash - Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
tonights the...
Great, now I'm a sexist
rorikatherine:
Even if you agree with the Republicans’ approach toward smaller government, you still can’t defend voting R because unfortunately they don’t know where to spend the pot or how to distribute it. Sure, let’s reduce useless agencies but I really don’t want my tax dollars going into defense unless the same amount goes toward public education, dollar for dollar.
Obviously that’s not...
pirat-
copping a page from raynor’s book of tricks, but I’ve long wanted to take advantage of my university’s free subscription to the Oxford English Dictionary Online. Here is a list of the words in the english langauge derived from “pirate” (first used by Trevisa, John de in 1439: Pirrus..was a rouere and robbed on the se..Off such robbyng be sclaundre & be diffame...
“My whole life is a rehearsal for my Charlie Rose appearance”
– Jared Geller (via ronen-v)
So is mine, Jared. So is mine.
(via themadeshop)
FLAMING LIPS' "Do You Realize" Becomes Oklahoma... →
“# AURAL means heard; ORAL means spoken.
# RAISE means erect; RAZE means tear...”
– Hearing Trouble | Futility Closet
“To date, neither a trailer nor even a still photo from the film, which tells the...”
– James Cameron’s Sci-fi Film Is Turning the Heads of Fans - NYTimes.com
“PARKERSBURG, IA—Forty-eight-year-old local farmer Eli Ridley is a real...”
– Mr. Pretty-Boy Farmer Still Has All His Fingers | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Every so often the Onion posts something with a first sentence that makes you laugh hysterically. This is one such story.
“Locke, in the seventeenth century, postulated (and rejected) an impossible idiom...”
– Funes, the Memorious - By Jorge Luis Borges - Athenaeum Library of Philosophy
one of my favorite short stories
Dr. Dre - Ring Ding Dong
this song is the...
Bacon Sandwiches Speed Up Hangover Recovery
yuckytuna:
bebelestrange:
Newcastle University researchers suggest that age-old remedy is rooted in how the protein provided by bacon and other meats is broken down into amino acids, which in turn replenish the nerotransmitters depleted by a long night of drinking.
I thought I was a moron in freshman year, but apparently I was doing one thing sensibly enough: every saturday and sunday morning...
English Russia » New Russian Girls Photo Trend →
I feel like this should be a mandatory profile picture policy on facebook.
The Last Modernist | Online Only | Granta Magazine →
fabulous little retrospective on Ballard.
“He turned a mirror on our super-Cannes world and revealed transparent...”
– Thom Yorke on J.G. Ballard
“There is an element of sadness as well as comedy to the spectacle. So much...”
– This month’s The New Criterion
I love this magazine. It’s my guilty pleasure. Is it bad that I read and posted this when I should be in my literary nonfiction class?
“As a teen-ager, I found that I was attracted both to serving Our Lord and to...”
– Shouts & Murmurs: Amen, Brother: Humor: The New Yorker
“The party’s time, Sunday afternoon, was chosen to “ensure that as few people as...”
– The Miscellany News - Main pool party will test waters of alternative programming
famous last words.
“BETHESDA, MD—A long, idiotic rant delivered by a demonstrably stupid man was...”
– Stupid Man Overshadowed By Louder Stupid Man | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“What the neoliberal novel likes about cultural difference is that it...”
– going boom - bookforum.com / in print
YES.
“Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho is a far better novel than most of the ones...”
– going boom - bookforum.com / in print
“The Obama Administration will put forth new peace initiatives only if Israel...”
– Lieberman: U.S. to accept any Israeli policy decision - Haaretz - Israel News
“Back at my old stomping grounds, Southern Miss fans didn’t turn out in...”
– X-rated, on-air dialogues not exactly the spring exposure Southern Miss was… - NCAA Football - Rivals.com
“One of the officials said he was familiar with the transcript of “at least one...”
– Lawmaker Is Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists - NYTimes.com
you can’t make this shit up.
“Alex remains enthusiastic about Adderall, but he also has a slightly jaundiced...”
– A Reporter at Large: Brain Gain: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
