February 2010
52 posts
January 2010
83 posts
My angst, a poem
It’s 8am
I’m sitting at work
waiting for an angry phone call.
The New Yorker has posted all of J.D. Salinger's... →
britticisms:
I am still not a fan of The Catcher in the Rye (and I sort of tore it apart for my thesis), but Salinger’s short stories are some of my favorites. You should bookmark this link immediately!
Passing these along
“When that chute opens you feel like you’ve done something kings and queens can’t...”
– — Gary Busey, on skydiving (via kevin)
File under “Sentences I wish I’d have thought of and will more than likely rip off later”
Look out, here comes the GOP
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who famously shouted “You lie!” during the President’s last speech to Congress, sat stonefaced for most of the the address and even rose to applaud at times.
Later he gave a live video response on Facebook to more than 350 viewers. (Italics are mine)
via msnbc’s coverage
iPad? How are employees at the Boston and Chicago...
section9:
lawlsen:
moltingredleaves:
pie0:
teawithlemon:supertruestory:danigaga:leothegreat
HAHAHA, amazing!!
BEST THING I’VE READ ALL DAY. Hands down.
so i was totally getting fed up of ipad jokes until i read this
maha…
Nicely. Done.
Hey Everybody, let's play a fill in the blanks...
I woke up this morning with a _________________?
Watcholdtobegin:
fleetfootedfox:
classicmcconnell:
(via annicka)
this used to be my stop.
it’s my stop, too. what up east logan square!
I have OFTEN wondered what the hell was up with east Logan Square. Yessssssssss
Watch(via annicka)
indierawk:
Daft Punk - Something About Us.
“It...
Gross →
“WARM SPRINGS, Ga. - A Georgia woman is in jail after being accused of forcing her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.”
“when hair falls off and eyes blur And
thighs forget(when clocks whisper
and...”
– (via eecummings)
I call dibs on “pills for ills” for my twee band’s name.
First single: A recipe against Laughing Virginity Death
Snakes are the single biggest threat to the... →
“He said the Burmese python and the other ‘alien snakes’ are diestroying some of the nation’s most treasured — and most fragile — ecosystems.”
Diestroying.
DIEstroying.
Like the creation of Penecillin, this accident has created a thing of beauty that will benefit all mankind.
Office debate
oldtobegin:
classicmcconnell:
Just had a small, terribly uncomfortable talk around the water cooler about evolution. On of my very intelligent coworkers, who is adjacent to science every day, believes that evolution is a lie and that god created us via adam quite literally.
Another coworker was shocked and acted like an asshole and tried to ‘correct him. He continued to be cool, saying he...
Office debate
Just had a small, terribly uncomfortable talk around the water cooler about evolution. On of my very intelligent coworkers, who is adjacent to science every day, believes that evolution is a lie and that god created us via adam quite literally.
Another coworker was shocked and acted like an asshole and tried to ‘correct him. He continued to be cool, saying he didn’t want to push his...
Massachusetts
You stupid, stupid assholes.
stupid ASSHOLES.
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It is a scientific fact
In these more blatantly adult years of mine, I am ashamed and left sad by the lack of time I devote to thinking about abstract topics. My brains are like a very boring rap video. Cash money, weapons and women. But it’s like a savings fund and a new set of steak knives I bought and a lady on the bus who has a lovely sweater.
The soup needs more spice.
It's a Gary Snyder afternoon.
How Poetry Comes to Me It comes blundering over the Boulders at night, it stays Frightened outside the Range of my campfire I go to meet it at the Edge of the light
(Thanks, Gary)
“when faces called flowers float out of the ground
and breathing is wishing and...”
– (via eecummings)
Following eecummings saves my day at least once a week.
It is a scientific fact.
On this day, January 16 2010, I am Nug nuts. What a classic McConnell.
Shiny
Have a look at this:
“Titan Books is putting out an anthology of original Firefly stories, and Jane Espenson is writing one of them — a 2,000-word tale about Kaylee and Wash. (So, presumably, not all of the stories take place after the movie.) No clue yet who’s writing the other stories — but any new Firefly is better than the drought we’ve been enduring, even if it’s not...
