April 2011
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Epiphany
I don’t like clowns because of their painted smiles on their faces. Mirthless, insincere smiles creep me out because it implies that something is afoot and I’m not aware of it (which scares me because I’m a control freak).
Is this what they call a breakthrough?
(Footnote: please do not take advantage of my coulrophobia and send me photos of clowns or actual clowns.)
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“It might not be illegal to arm the Libyan rebels at this stage, but it would be...”
– Steve Coll warns against arming the rebels (via newyorker)
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"If I should have a daughter..."
geales:
Every girl should hear this from their mother:
Here’s the transcript:
If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B, because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, “Oh, I know...
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Rape is not a compliment | Hadley Freeman |... →
An article I think merits at least a brief glance.
March 2011
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“The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.”
– Samuel Beckett (Endgame) (via stay-beautiful-4real)
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
onthebrainoffthewall:
Plato: For the greater good.
Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.
Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration,
as a chicken which has the daring and courage to
boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom
among them has the strength to...
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Urban Dictionary: brain boner →
urbandictionary:
When you are so intellectually stimulated your brain gets a boner.
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Drumbling
Tumblring while under the influence of alcohol.
-Coined by my BFF Kristina
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Watchrachelmercer:
Love this Ikea spot. Especially considering that I want to dance to that rhythm.
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WatchWOO HOO. This is mai future, y’all.
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Clarkson: So, can someone name something that is better hard than soft?
Hammond: Oh, you made that awkward mate.
Audience Member: ICE!
Hammond: Thank you for getting us out of that one!
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“They’re fucking gross, man. Look, I love beautiful girls too. I think everyone...”
– Amy Poehler on American Apparel (via tulletulle)
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“I do not do any full frontal nudity. Kermit, on the other hand, is always full...”
– Jason Segel, writer/star of the new Muppets movie. (via entertainmentweekly)
I have no other plans than to grow old with Jason Segel.
(via bbook)
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I just got an offer
to intern at an ad agency for the summer and I’m more excited that Prince William and Kate Middleton are tying the knot at the end of the month.
(She might be wearing McQueen.)
(Anderson Cooper will cover it.)
Priorities.
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On the Brain / Off the Wall: The Fine English... →
onthebrainoffthewall:
Here are some words I believe should be used more often.
Alas, Betwixt, Wizard [adj.], Partake, Alack, Huzzah, Lamentably, Methinks, Nigh, Galumphing,Smite, Wrought, Ace [adj., Bade, Whence, Hither, Woo [vb.], Pray Tell, Slew, Yonder, Anon (soon,shortly/immediately,forthwith e.g. i’m just going…
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“Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the...”
– J.D. Salinger, For Esme, With Love and Squalor (via foals-)
You the man, J.D.
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“Perhaps my task as a poet is to describe the landscape of loneliness.”
– Anna Kamienska (via awritersruminations)
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“I believe the last twenty years has been the most desperate search for artistic...”
– A character in An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin (via hydeordie)
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Reign's Tumblr: King Arthur: I am your king.... →
reignsreign:
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn’t vote for you.
King Arthur: You don’t vote for kings.
Woman: Well how’d you become king then?
[Angelic music plays… ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the…
I love this movie so much!
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Future Firefighters Could Fight Fires With... →
reignsreign:
“It’s certainly an established fact that electricity can cause fires, but a group of Harvard scientists have presented their research on the use of electricity for fighting fires. In a presentation at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Ludovico Cademartiri told of how they used a unique device to shoot beams of electricity at an open...
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“What I realize now is that the path isn’t necessary always clear ahead of you....”
– Anderson Cooper
(via Chill down, I Got This:)
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Seven Deadly Sins That Choke Out Innovation →
stepa:
1: Thinking the answer is in here, rather than out there 2: Talking about it rather than building it 3: Executing when we should be exploring 4: Being smart 5: Being impatient for the wrong things 6: Confusing cross-functionality with diverse viewpoints 7: Believing process will save you
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Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Woody Allen’s latest annual rom-com, Midnight in Paris.
The film, which stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni, Michael Sheen, and Adrien Brody, is set to premiere at Cannes on May 11, followed by a limited release on May 20. [yahoo.]
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