July 2011
2 posts
May 2011
4 posts
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
Maxistentialism: Philosophy Bro summarizes Martin... →
maxistentialist:
Philosophy Bro:
Philosophy lost its way a long fucking time ago. They treat ‘being’ like some trivial thing, instead of the most important fucking question of our time, the one that matters most of all. What does it mean to be? Plato ignored it and went about his merry fucking way, and now…
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
kim jong-il looking at things →
I feel like kind of a horrible person about it this, but I can’t stop laughing. My excuse: Kim Jong-il is a seriously strange dude, and seeing him looking at corn and wearing hilarious hats just gets me. Whatever, I do what I want.
November 2010
1 post
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
2 posts
“The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences...”
– It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, Robert Fulghum (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Haven’t ever read this— maybe I should.
July 2010
4 posts
“‘There are no atheists in foxholes’ isn’t an argument against atheism, it’s an...”
– James Morrow (via maxistentialist)
June 2010
5 posts
BBC News - 'Sea monster' whale fossil unearthed →
Oh hell yes.
1) This thing’s scientific name is Leviathan melvillei because “The authors of the report in Nature, who are all whale experts, are fans of the novel Moby Dick, which involves a ferocious white sperm whale.”
2) “And it’s interesting to note that at the same time in the same waters was another monster, which was a giant shark about 15m long. It’s...
The Associated Press: Iceland PM weds partner as... →
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May 2010
3 posts
“Hello. How about increasing your weight by eating this?”
– random guy in Carpe Diem offering me some tiny cookies……….. (via wildindigo)
Well, how about it? Just a little, you know.
“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...”
– Children of the Mind, Orson Scott Card (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
April 2010
6 posts
Salt & Fat: Durham goes local →
I love this New York Times story about local food in Durham, North Carolina. I grew up a few hours west and went to school in nearby Chapel Hill - reading this made me ache for some buttermilk biscuits with country ham or Crook’s Corner’s shrimp and grits.
Mostly, though, I love the…
Funny thing, this. Also being from Chapel Hill, I like this story, but it bugs me too. Admittedly,...
“You have peace,” the old woman said, “when you make it with yourself.”
– The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
today,
kateinjapan:
standing on the street corner in the so-freezing-it-might-snow (in April!!) weather, holding a hot can of milk tea in my previously cold hands, thinking about how much I hope and suspect my future-son will be like one of the kids in my previous class, I thought, there have been few times I’ve been as simply happy as this.
A) Love it.
B) I am currently drinking my much-discussed...
“We are nothing but a view of the world.”
– Merleau-Ponty (via maxistentialist)
South African fossils could be new hominid species... →
(via wildindigo)
“So I called my dad over and about five metres away he started swearing, and I was like ‘what did I do wrong?’ and he’s like, ‘nothing, nothing - you found a hominid’.”
3 tags
February 2010
1 post
“Young French lady: We are gonna weaponised a pumpkin! —French Consulate,...”
– Overheard in New York | One-Liners Mean What Wednesdays Say They Mean
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands
wildindigo:
radicalquaker:
letmeworryaboutblank:
The XX Blog enthusiasts who thought wearing a keffiyeha was awesome.
Passion Pit Bros vaguely interested in listening to music and very interested in having sex with their girlfriend.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Girls who bought checkered sneakers in the 8th grade.
Fleet Foxes Hopelessly patchy beard growers.
TV On The Radio Politically-correct...
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
1 post
1 tag
September 2009
4 posts
'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo...
fuckyeahfacts:
Because ‘buffalo’ can mean the large bovine, the city in New York state, or a verb meaning ‘to bully’. It was first created by linguist William J. Rapaport - from the University of, naturally, Buffalo.
(source)
WHAT
August 2009
8 posts
“Devil’s avocado here, Larry. I think people should freak the geek out. Withdraw...”
– Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock
“Leave It to You to Put Things Into Perspective
Hobo #1: Man, god never did...”
– Overheard in New York | Leave It to You to Put Things Into Perspective
