March 2011
31 posts
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We understand your need to excel, but right now it’s holding you back. You...
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Independent, Dependent Clauses Seeking Punctuation... →
Commas, semicolons, periods…goodness, even dashes! Where have you all gone? Dear apostrophes, you used to represent ownership, possession. Yet you’ve disappeared, gone the way of the dodo and yielding to pedestrians. I think that’s plenty. I’ll admit it: I’ve had a bum day. So I’m resorting to this slight venting of frustration on Craigslist. Sad. Self-aware...
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You won’t believe how much ham I have. Enough to share for sure!
– text from my mother.
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the longest photographic exposures in history →
“you can actually see the passing of time.”
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I just received the news that I’ve once again been elected Chair of...
– my father, eagle scout.
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tabs left open in chrome
good morning, computer. oh, this is what i’d been doing with you when last we hung out?
—a. leo stevens parachute medal page on wikipedia —outside magazine’s “chernobyl, my primeval, teeming, irradiated eden” —“replaying evolution reveals the benefits of being slow and steady” from discover magazine —google doc master list of...
we are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
– kurt vonnegut
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involuntary parks →
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L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation,...
– words that don’t exist in the english language
The Civil War - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com →
an interactive walk through the events of the civil war as it unfolded. very cool.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-13) →
Gayngs (10)
Arcade Fire (8)
Neko Case (7)
The Dirtbombs (6)
The Pogues (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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longtime friends
the conversation began when longtime friend’s roommate (jokingly) insinuated that longtime friend was at her best when not provoking said roommate to murder her. longtime friend said it was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to her.
me: sweeter than when i asked you to go to rehab with me?
longtime friend: haha rehab or murder? im not sure which is sweeter. also, i told people you...
Mapping the Nation's Well-Being - Interactive Map... →
if i zoom in to a level where i can see both minneapolis and my hometown in west virginia, i’m feeling very lucky to have made it to where i am today.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-6) →
Joanna Newsom (22)
Neko Case (8)
Pavement (7)
Lookbook (6)
The Magnetic Fields (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“In the Antarctic there are no time zones, so it... →
my favorite excerpts from the article that so kindly/terribly informed me of the gift shop located at the south pole:
—When Avery reached the pole, he was the youngest person to get there on foot, following a 45-day, 700-mile trek. In interviews, Avery’s father praised his son’s “stiff upper lip” - a lip that was extremely stiff since he was suffering from...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-27) →
Arcade Fire (32)
Vivian Girls (29)
Neko Case (22)
Dizzy Gillespie (9)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz