January 2009
24 posts
For someone who has this tattoo, it isn’t often I get to say, “This is the geekiest conversation I’ve had all day” after 6 pm.
“Do you know you’re the best brother in the world ? Do you know you’re very...”
– Capucine, best little sister in the world cheering up her older brother. Sometimes I feel she comes from planet Love. (via capucha)
Upcoming Supreme Court Cases →
Agreed to clarify how long a suspected criminal’s request for a lawyer during police interrogation should be valid. The court will hear the state of Maryland’s appeal of a decision throwing out child molester Michael Shatzer’s confession. Shatzer asked for a lawyer almost three years before admitting to the abuse.
This is going to be interesting.
WatchSaw this coming home from the Alamo Drafthouse. Another reason I love Austin.
“Faced with two valid choices, go with the more interesting option.”
I Like the New Pope →
Benedict welcomes as a “gift” new technologies such as social networking sites, saying they respond to the “fundamental desire” of people to communicate.
But he also warns that “obsessive” virtual socializing can isolate people from real interaction and deepen the digital divide by excluding those already marginalized.
He urges producers to ensure that the...
In which Jill describes my musical tastes
“[14:43] Jillian: ha, sorry, twee and mashups and danielle ate the taco”
Work on Stuff That Matters →
So much to quote here, but here’s just one:
Some of you may succeed, and some of you may fail. I want to remind you that financial success is not the only goal or the only measure of success.
I Do Enjoy My Job
Jillian: i hope i never work at an office that has a free for all food system like that.
Jillian: because i might find myself eating nilla wafers with funfetti frosting :)
Jillian: and once you've worked at a place like that, workplaces will never look at the same
Being Human: Love: Neuroscience reveals all →
Poetry it is not. Nor is it particularly romantic. But reducing love to its component parts helps us to understand human sexuality, and may lead to drugs that enhance or diminish our love for another, says Larry J. Young.
copycats:
“In Your Eyes” by Sara Bareilles ...
Almighty who makes exceptions, which we call miracles, make an exception of the children of Gaza.
if+d Austin and photography: Friday →
We will have music by the incomparable DJ Chicken George. You should know that he makes really good guacamole. I doubt he will bring any because it makes the turntables all green and sticky. Instead, for refreshment, we’ll have the always-classy kiddie pool of cheap bear and probably something delicious (or at the very least, semi-delicious) to eat. There may or may not be bear claws. I...
Child elopers' Africa plan foiled →
The young couple were “very much in love” and had decided to get married in Africa “where it is warm”, police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.
From Carmina Burana
If I could hold the girl I love
In the forest under the leaves,
I would kiss her with joy. Sweet love!
He who is without you in this season Is worthless.
“You’re a cutie-patootie!”
– Woman passing me on my way to Mohawk, Friday night.