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nedhepburn:Kurt Vonnegut signature.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:06:11 -0800

nedhepburn:Kurt Vonnegut signature.

isay:(via joostlultwel)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:58 -0800

isay:(via joostlultwel)

you folded origami leaveshung them from the naked treesso when i...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:22:50 -0800

you folded origami leaves
hung them from the naked trees
so when i woke from winter
i’d have something green to see…

thedailywhat: David Thorne E-Mail Thread of the Day: Simon...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:58:24 -0800

thedailywhat:

David Thorne E-Mail Thread of the Day: Simon wants David to design a logo for him. With pie charts. For free. Naturally, David is less than enthused.

Read (and I do mean read) the entire threaded discussion here.

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"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so,..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:44:48 -0800

“You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?”

- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) (via rd67)

bruj: IT’s ALIVE! by Bruj (My Garden State) NOW 2009 jack’s...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:25:11 -0800

bruj:

IT’s ALIVE! by Bruj (My Garden State) NOW 2009

jack’s sweet potato beanstalk LIVES! IT LIVES STILL SHELLLZ! :-D

haha yay! i have a pretty gnarly avocado plant growing in some water on my kitchen windowsill! :) beanstalks are way better, tho…

"When I learn a word’s history, its meaning changes; there is no returning from that point. ..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:17:58 -0800

“

When I learn a word’s history, its meaning
changes; there is no returning from that point.
Of course, we all understand how it is
with moon, the liquid connection
between lunar and lunatic: this is
felt where the blood gutters nearest
the heart. But other words hide their pasts,
keep old selves locked in cupboards,
in medicine cabinets, behind heavy doors.
For example, take focus. This simple word,
only two syllables, that we have come to accept
as a central point. But focus conceals a fiery

precedent. In Latin, it is a hearth or fireplace,
cognate with bosor, Armenian for red.
Johannes Kepler used it in an astronomical text
as the burning point of a lens or mirror.
And as well, there is no going back
to the image of chameleon as lizard. No, now
it exists fierce and golden, Greek
chamailéon or ground lion. This
transition to mammal from reptile
is almost as great as the difference between
blood and the root that lies behind it:
the Old Germanic blodan, possibly to bloom.

”

- Jennifer Finstrom, “On Etymology” (Word origins taken from Chambers Dictionary of Etymology) (via witchwife)

Guilty pleasure #292: Etymology

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erickd:aspettandoellis:ak47:b0c:rob-art:avycko9:hetaremozu:to-fuy...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:17 -0800

erickd:aspettandoellis:ak47:b0c:rob-art:avycko9:hetaremozu:to-fuya:c-f-m:

Whale song art: dolphin calls turned into kaleidoscopic patterns...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:19 -0800

Whale song art: dolphin calls turned into kaleidoscopic patterns using wavelets - Telegraph

landscapelifescape: Saint Malo, France Only the penitent man...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:33 -0800

landscapelifescape:

Saint Malo, France

Only the penitent man by Stefano Broli

"Google Wave was built to show younger people how older people feel when they try to use the internet"

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0800

““Google Wave was built to show younger people how older people feel when they try to use the internet””

- (via randominternet)

rewbog:stewpit:COOOOOOKIE MONSTER… (via curiousgirl)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:39:46 -0800

rewbog:stewpit:COOOOOOKIE MONSTER… (via curiousgirl)

ourseattle:norapicklesphoto:seattle, washington.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:28:04 -0800

ourseattle:norapicklesphoto:seattle, washington.

kidskidskids:(via karlahack)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:22:50 -0800

kidskidskids:(via karlahack)

"i said i love the light the light of love hanging on with push and shove possession is the..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:55:16 -0800

“

i said i love the light
the light of love
hanging on
with push and shove
possession is
the motivation
hanging up the whole damn nation

looks like we always end up in a rut
trying to make it real
but compared to what?

”

- Roberta Flack - Compared To What/ Mainstream Isn’t So Bad…Is It? (via curate) (via poetrynews)

fuckyeahnewzealand: West Coast of the South island… on the side...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:05 -0800

fuckyeahnewzealand:

West Coast of the South island… on the side of the road. We were on the way to Punakaiki.

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"Lived to see you throwing Me aside. That fought Like netted fish inside me. Saw you throbbing In my..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:23:16 -0800

“Lived to see you throwing
Me aside. That fought
Like netted fish inside me. Saw you throbbing
In my syrups. Saw you sleep. And lived to see
That all that all flushed down
The refuse. Done?
It lived in me.
You live in me. Malignant.
Love, you ever want me, don’t.”

- “Hesitate to Call” by Louise Gluck (via aclockwithouthands) (via onebadapple) (via poetrynews)

findout: From the series Walking on Thin Ice For several months...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:21:31 -0800

findout:

From the series Walking on Thin Ice

For several months each year Baikal - the world’s largest body of fresh water, more voluminous than all the North American Great Lakes combined - freezes so solidly that locals drive their cars and lorries over it to reach towns that are only accessible by boats in summer. Baikal, near Russia’s border with Mongolia.

Justin Jin, photographer

curtismatthewemery:emmygrace:delacroix:lucretia:jager:seen in...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:45 -0800

curtismatthewemery:emmygrace:delacroix:lucretia:jager:seen in Madrid, Spain

findout:marsiouxpial: Unicorn (via renzodionigi)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:01 -0800

findout:marsiouxpial: Unicorn (via renzodionigi)