January 2012
1 post
“There is no such thing as the past. It exists only in the memory. There is no...”
– Damien Echols
December 2011
8 posts
November 2011
13 posts
Infographic: 100 Years of Great Toys →
From the folks at @cabedge.
“When The Beatles were depressed, thinking, the group is going nowhere, and this...”
– John Lennon
Animals Talking In All Caps →
New favorite.
“That’s the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
“Human beings crave neat endings. It’s as true of life as it is of books...”
– Mary Schmich, “Last Words That Wow,” The Chicago Tribune
October 2011
13 posts
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of...”
– e. e. cummings
The Ethereal Weirdo
From Mindy Kaling’s “Flick Chicks,” The New Yorker:
“The smart and funny writer Nathan Rabin coined the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl to describe this archetype after seeing Kirsten Dunst in the movie “Elizabethtown.” This girl can’t be pinned down and may or may not show up when you make concrete plans with her. She wears gauzy blouses and braids. She likes to dance in...
NJ Has A Quiet Festival
From @SouthwestAir’s magazine, Spirit:
Ocean City, New Jersey: Quiet Festival
With incessant phone rings, email pings, and text message dings, it’s enough to make a person want to scream, “Shut up already!” Mark Soifer, Ocean City’s public relations director, has founded a rather hush-hush event for those tired of the world’s racket. For nine days (November 10 through 19), the sounds of...
“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision....”
– Kathryn Stockett, The Help
4 tags
September 2011
22 posts
Favorite News Story of September
This was reported the week of my birthday. I consider it a birthday present from the universe. Thanks, cosmos.
from “Gumby Botches 7-Eleven Robbery”:
The man in the costume — complete with Gumby’s trademark steeply slanting head and cheerful, yellow-and-red facial features — then replied that he had a gun and began struggling with the unwieldy suit, as if trying to...
Recipe: Pamplemousse
My friend Scott created this recipe, and it’s my favorite cocktail ever. It tastes like taking a bite out of the most amazing grapefruit you can imagine and feels like you’ve been kissed by a unicorn! Enjoy.
Ingredients:
Juice of half a lemon
2 oz. gin
1/2 - 1 oz. St. Germain
Ice
Directions:
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a glass.
Repeat.
“The more coffee women drink, the greater we reduce our risk of depression,...”
– Patti Neighmond, “Caffeinated Women May Be Fighting Depression With Every Cup,” NPR
“RIP: Arch West, best remembered as the former Frito-Lay marketing exec who gave...”
– “RIP Arch West, at 97,” The Daily What
Netwiches →
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“Slowly, slowly, even an egg will walk.”
– Amharic Proverb (via @liz_ott)
A Majority of Icelanders Believe in the Existence... →
What she said.
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do—and that doesn’t leave...”
– David Tennant as Peter Vincent, Fright Night
