June 2008
32 posts
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper...
– Robert Frost
The Secret News
"Announcer: Good Evening ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the secret news. Ssshhh. Here’s the secret news: All people are afraid. No one knows what they’re doing. Everything is getting worse. Some people deserve to die. Your money is worthless. No one is properly dressed. At least one of your children will disappoint you. The system is rigged. Your house will never be completely clean....
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that...
– Umberto Eco
Led Zeppelin: Zep never stayed in one place too long and while Jimmy Page had an...
– just thinking that maybe it’s a good thing to get bored with good stuff
screw them even if it means screwing myself
I am in contact ocassionaly through no desire of my own with a person who is the most miserable, mean, small person I’ve ever met
The tricky part is he isn’t evil mean, or even nasty mean (well he can be) but today I realized a bit more specifically what his onus is
There was a study of people in Switzerland playing poker, the game was set up so that EVERYONE was winning but one...
Hi, yes we’re ready to continue the sea turtles discussion in the conference...
– Overheard in the National Geographic Society building today. (via courtneyc)
Turtles!
(via seagull)
Notes I took while exploring Facebook for the...
jakoblodwick:
- I see the appeal - Defining yourself in a Facebook profile is a different type of self-focus (narcissism) than an uncaptioned photo of your face to Tumblr - There is more information than I want - It’s fun to look at new pictures of people you haven’t seen in a while - I feel guilty deleting friends - Everyone seems so normal; this is not the place to live a fantasy. Facebook = who...
one : lets meet and we can look at the problem outside the box
me : you let me know how that works for you
me : I don't think outside of the box like that
two : My box is really big its the whole thing
me : I'm on the edge of the box
two : on the fringe
me : stuck wanting to be out and jealous of those who fit so well inside of it
two : thats what I said, I don't even have a box
me : yeah write a book
Stream Sigur Ros' New Album at Last.fm →
tuneage:
If you love Sigur Ros as much as we do, you’ll be glad to know that their forthcoming new album, með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, is available to stream in full at last.fm!
The album will be released in full on June 23rd, but can be pre-ordered right now from their website.
(Thanks Erica)
I do not think polar bears are cute.
– There. (via mareen)
I would have to disagree I think they are hella sexy…
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is...
– JK Rowling (via guy)