October 2008
23 posts
“If John McBush and Bible Spice win we have to find a way to come together as a...”
– Alec Baldwin (via dawnowar:peterwknox) (via electriceye)
The utter disconnect between the first six words and the rest is mind-blowing.
1: I think I'm going to kiss her tonight.
2: You sound like a twelve year old
1: I feel like a twelve year old.
“When I was young I knew everything
She a punk who rarely took advice”
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“I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like...”
– Margaret Atwood
100 Most Influential Books Ever Written →
I’ve read eleven and started two more. Next up:
Martha Mitchell Effect →
Even paranoids have enemies.
“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story....”
– Emil Ludwig (via kari-shma) (via jaim) (via tikayiyay) (via dilaudid)
My brother says the only sure-fire way to make someone more than friends is to kiss them. If you miss that chance, you’re just friends. Forever.
(via sleepanddream)
Late Bloomers →
Late bloomers’ stories are invariably love stories, and this may be why we have such difficulty with them. We’d like to think that mundane matters like loyalty, steadfastness, and the willingness to keep writing checks to support what looks like failure have nothing to do with something as rarefied as genius. But sometimes genius is anything but rarefied; sometimes it’s just the thing that...
Joe the Plumber...
inothernews:
FYI, Joe the plumber is a VERY real person, who DID confront Obama during a campaign stop. What needs to happen now is for the media to track him down post-debate and get his reaction to being made a centerpiece of someone’s presidential campaign.
jgh:
…Is a losing meme for John McCain. Also, John McCain’s jack-o-lantern esque smile is a losing meme for John McCain.
On a...
“You remind me that I’m never going to be twenty-two
listening to the...”
– The Promise Ring
“Trying to find the perfect match between pretentious and pop
Some crappy...”
– Los Campesinos
Power Laws, Emissions, and LA →
I’m taking the uShip blog to an entirely new level.
Five Guys is Coming to Austin
One of the best burgers I’ve ever had will soon be available without a major schlep.
This is the best news I’ve heard in months. Now can we get an H+M, please?
“He did not know he could not fly
So he did”
– Guy Clark
Imogen Heap - Hallelujah
When you stand for something →
To really stand for something, you must make difficult decisions, mostly about what you don’t do.
