February 2009
Knock over a garbage can
Just because you can
There’s a silver lining in every open
Hand
They say
Live for today
But I’m still dreaming
Most of my life away
Looking for forgiveness
In a glass of champagne
Music in every street sign
And your taste
Fever
Coconut
Lime…
January 2009
“In the empire of the senses
You’re the queen of all you survey
All the cities...”
– Sting, Love is the Seventh Wave (via thebronzemedal)
“You can tear a poem apart to see what makes it tick… You’re back with the...”
– Dylan Thomas, Poetic Manifesto, 1961(via imperiousrex)(via tuesdayslove) (via unicornology)
“We have a bunch of idiots on Wall Street that are kicking sand in the face of...”
– Sen. Claire McCaskill who introduced a bill to cap compensation for employees of any company that accepts federal bailout money to the salary of the president of the United States. This $400,000 limit would include salaries, bonuses and stock options. (via pilnick)
“Action is character.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via literateandstylish) (via f1shnets)
kings of leon
watersigninstincts:
last night i watched the fam from tennessee seriously rock MSG here in chilly NYC. i was skeptical going in because their latest album didn’t hit me as hard as because of the times and aha shake heaartbreak, but man i thought they fuckin brought it. it was a ballsy as hell performance because a pretty solid portion of their set was old tunes that a lot of the people who found...
“Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.”
– Salman Rushdie (via reluctantbuddha)
Academic Earth →
maybeitsallok:
“This is incredible, and doesn’t cost $160,000. Free lectures from Harvard, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale, covering a ton of subjects, for absolutely free.
More than lectures, AE offers entire courses. This Yale course on the American novel, for instance, spans 25 lessons.
Also of note: the @Google series of lengthy interviews, including a month-old one with Chris...
Floating rubbish dump 'bigger than US' →
(via azspot)
“Our president’s approval rating is somewhere between pictures of baby pandas on...”
– Maddow (via uoma) (via newsandbooze) (via butnotmine) (via apsies) (via think4yourself) (via borednyc) (via danielholter)
The Omnomicon: how to make a rainbow cake! →
via the dailywhat
Watchpilnick:
Chain of fools: cuffed escapees’ run in with pole
Two New Zealand prisoners who were handcuffed together as they fled a courthouse foiled their own getaway when they ran to opposite sides of a light pole, slammed into each other and fell to the ground.
The video takes a minute to start after clicking play (it will look like it’s not doing anything) but it’s oh so worth it. (via...
Greasemonkey Tumblr Dashboard Marker
pilnick:
I was bored today so I wrote a greasemonkey script that allows you to mark your position on the dashboard then automatically search backwards to find that post again later allowing you to resume right where you left off. Not the fastest thing in the world but it seems to work pretty well. Once I make some usability tweaks I’ll release it for public consumption. Expect the first version...
“He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who...”
– Chinese Proverb (via reluctantbuddha)
