May 2011
45 posts
“But the only way the eighties indie community could flourish was if everyone...”
– Paris Review – Michael Azerrad on ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’, Dawn Chan
“When you are mourning someone, any automated reminder about their death from a...”
– This is difficult for me to say, but getting it out in the open might help: I hate Maciej Cegłowski.
He’s an accomplished painter, a crackerjack programmer and system designer, a runner, an adventuresome China enthusiast, and, killingly, the sharpest and funniest analytical writer on the...
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“Mr. Malick’s work has long been discussed in philosophical terms — his...”
– ‘Tree of Life’ - Terrence Malick Behind the Scenes - NYTimes.com
This right here is why Terrence Malick doesn’t give interviews.
“I am also sorry because your father, who is me, is a professional writer.
Now...”
– John Hodgman’s Apologia to his Second Child
This hits uncomfortably close to home.
(via pegobry)
Same here. When my parents had my older siblings, my dad was a junior officer, and at sea half the time. By the time I surprised my forty-something parents, they were much more settled, and had...
“…what I want to avoid is the temptation to stop thinking in certain ways,...”
– Text Patterns: sunk costs
If I could, I’d slap post-it notes with this phrase on every single human institution and artifact.
“For those who oppose abortion, this is mass murder. For those such as this...”
– The war on baby girls: Gendercide | The Economist
“A lot depends on the circumstances,” but the “carnage” must be stopped? I guess this is what it looks like when The Economist tries to take a moral stand.
“The Horten brothers were involved in the flying disc crash in New Mexico. And...”
– Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base
By Annie Jacobsen
Uh… not sure where to go with this.
“It’s possible that you are a parent with amazing kids. Every moment that...”
– What Andrew WK’s Twitter Taught Me About Life
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“Long-form journalism can be an excuse for just about anything. You might work...”
– The Moral Superiority of the Streetcar (Ftrain.com)
“In a hundred different ways,” [said Mike Rowe], “we have slowly marginalized an...”
– Mike “Dirty Jobs” Rowe and conceptions of work
“Everybody knows by now that there’s a gazillion books on me either out or...”
– To my fans and followers | Bob Dylan
“We believe that people who generate data through their own day-to-day activities...”
– Michael Zimbalist, vice president and the director of theTimes’ Research and Development Lab, who shared his thoughts on the implications for shutting off users’ access to their data, what can be gained from all this information and why the Lab decided to pursue openpaths.cc. (via poptech)
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cvillecity:
City goats helping us clear brush are the proud parents of a new baby goat…make that three baby goats, another goat just had twins.
My town.
“And, really, what can one say about Objectivism? It isn’t so much a philosophy...”
– Article | First Things
“Some people reacted (rightly) to communism with such horror that they failed to...”
– Truth from Michael Brendan Dougherty
“The real test is this. Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the...”
– From Mere Christianity, of course.
“The most striking feature of Fajardo’s approach was his plan to erect...”
– Half a Miracle - By Francis Fukuyama and Seth Colby | Foreign Policy
“I spent the day in Owings Mills, Md., with Louise Toler, 43, a onetime...”
– More women have ADHD … or is it the stress of modern life? - The Washington Post
This will not end well.