2008

Dec

LOVE LOVE LOVE the hot pink cabs in Bangkok! These dream...
Dec 4th
350,000 Tourists Stranded In Thailand
Dec 2nd

well, looks like I'm stuck in Thailand!

American citizens travelling or living in Thailand should be aware that the People’s Alliance for...
Dec 1st

Nov

Listen Listen
Maxi Geil & Playcolt - Making Love in the Sunshine This kind of love is like Das Kapital: I know...
Nov 25th
Not gonna lie, I had the most perfect Sunday ever, sweating...
Nov 24th
Falling for Berlin, from the Irish Times
Nov 24th
utahrd: Cuvrystrasse, Kreuzberg
Nov 23rd
Listen Listen
The Slits - I Heard It Through the Grapevine A classic punk cover! I have a polaroid somewhere of...
Nov 22nd
Letters to God from Adorable, Misguided...
Nov 22nd
“…because love is a continual interrogation. I don’t...”
— Kundera, The Book Of Laughter...
Nov 21st
ultrasur1: Kim Jong-illness Dictators: Now In Technicolor!
Nov 21st
MTA to NYC: Pay More, Ride Less, Drop Dead
Nov 20th
Listen Listen
Zoot Woman - Half Full Of Happiness Private confusion now public view Problems in the way of...
Nov 17th
I just heard about this amazing service called BookSwim,...
Nov 17th
“He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its...”
— Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Nov 17th
Popular Science, November 1937. Found via Modern Mechanix...
Nov 17th
(via mollylambert)
Nov 14th
Listen Listen
Elastica - Never Here Then I started to worryI thought of our lives left on the shelves Too much TV...
Nov 14th
noraleah: I love a Russian doll: so simple, so timeless, so...
Nov 14th
The Emotionally Unavailable Alcoholic’s Guide...
Nov 13th
I picture this dance party taking place to “Rock...
Nov 12th
“This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and...”
— White Oleander by Janet Fitch...
Nov 12th
phantomoftheradio: FELINE PALS (via tonto—kidd)
Nov 12th
Listen Listen
Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up Scumbags and superstarsTell me your namesI’ll make a bet,...
Nov 12th
the single most disturbing article of 2008
Nov 12th
“My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of...”
— Amy Winehouse (via...
Nov 12th
Oh. Like a Joke Older mailman (in AOL voice): You’ve got mail!Woman (flatly): Yes.Older...
Nov 12th
(via smut-to-go)
Nov 12th
Listen Listen
Metric - Help, I’m Alive Metric is one of my favorite bands to listen to on public transport....
Nov 10th
Caitlin: kat williams does a white people joke
Caitlin: about how white people will say "let's get wasted" or "let's get drunk"
Caitlin: like we plan it
Caitlin: which is so true!
Me: hahaha
Me: and then we say "im so wasted!"
Me: like mission: accomplished!
Caitlin: also he says "you gotta watch out for your white friends because they drink EVERYTHING"
Me: i'd say we drink everything besides wine.
Me: cos we have a fear of it being fancy and off-limits
Me: unless it is twist-off. then it's fair game
Caitlin: he was saying like "oh a brother, if he drinks hennessy, he only drinks hennessy"
Caitlin: "your white friends will feed you four different drinks in one outing"
Caitlin: like as in white people drink all types of boozes, not, they will drink all yr boozes
Me: ahhh, i see
Caitlin: this is what happens when i try to repeat black comedians
Caitlin: hahaha
Me: LOST IN TRANSLATION
Nov 10th
“I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions,...”
— Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
Nov 10th
Foto Decadent just posted an absolutely insane collection of...
Nov 10th
God, I can’t wait for Thanksgiving with my sis in...
Nov 10th
ephemeron: There is something numbing about changing your relationship status to “single” on social...
Nov 10th
"Meta-contempt is the only evidence of love...
Nov 10th
Listen Listen
TV On The Radio - Crying Definitely my top-played track on Dear Science.
Nov 10th
(via risingtensions)
Nov 7th
32 Electric Light Orchestra Albums
Nov 7th
Listen Listen
The Billionaires - Cold Day
Nov 7th
“Something to look forward to in 2010: Film production will...”
— YESSSS! text by the Daily...
Nov 7th
Because one day I aspire to be a CNN hologram. Beam me to...
Nov 7th
Listen Listen
The Zombies - Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself Youtube: Dee Dee Warwick - Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself
Nov 7th
A flight from the US to Ireland for $12.70?...
Nov 7th
“Pledgers apparently gather strength from the sense that they...”
— Margaret Talbot for The New...
Nov 7th
It’s going to be unbelievably nice to have a U.S....
Nov 5th
Music Tastes Link To Personality
Nov 5th
Listen Listen
Xiu Xiu (ft. Michael Gira) - Under Pressure originally by David Bowie & Queen
Nov 5th
After Epic Campaign, Voters Go to Polls…....
Nov 4th
Images of books on shelves are seen projected on the walls...
Nov 4th
“Feelings can creep up just like that. I thought I was in...
Nov 1st

Oct

Listen Listen
Lou Reed - Halloween Parade
Oct 31st

Snow Leopard Is Next

dearoldlove: When I said you were the only boy I called Puppy, I lied. I’d been calling my...
Oct 30th
Broken English, a fantastic film I saw on my flight to DC,...
Oct 29th
Listen Listen
Bill Withers - I Don’t Want You On My Mind
Oct 29th
Warch Watch
Comic Gold : John McCain Accidently Left On Campaign Bus Overnight
Oct 29th
Now there’s a fad-flame that needs to be fanned...
Oct 26th
Antique gold clock from a long-closed Parisian hotel = best...
Oct 25th
Listen Listen
Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book
Oct 24th
Matt Taibbi, philosopher-dreamboat
Oct 24th
London.unlike.net makes me miss LDN something fierce. I...
Oct 24th
Gorgeous tulip fields in the northern Netherlands! From an...
Oct 23rd
Listen Listen
The Ronettes - He Did It
Oct 22nd
Oct 21st

musing du jour

Maybe coffeeshops would be more bearable if they didn’t insist on playing instrumental jazz...
Oct 21st

16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS...

by: Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping...
Oct 20th
Listen Listen
Wilco - Jesus, Etc
Oct 20th
rach: your moment of zen Wordvomit: (definition) Obama: You...
Oct 16th
unicornology: via goodtimescomics.com
Oct 14th
NYT: Frugal New York
Oct 12th
Patrick Leger (via unicornology: via nevver)
Oct 11th

LA Craiglist

Menace II Society meets Requiem For a Dream. This urban feature is looking for an accomplished...
Oct 9th
I totally bookmarked this two weeks ago, but couldn’t...
Oct 9th

asshat of the week

‘Horace Engdahl, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Prize selection committee, has revealed...
Oct 8th
Fashionable Technology
Oct 8th
(via corwood)
Oct 4th
via tylercoates: karion: toldorknown: the Daily...
Oct 3rd
Insecure Minds Wired for Pattern-Finding
Oct 2nd
Warch Watch
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove Alternate Title: When Black Icons Discover Cocaine Late...
Oct 2nd

tips 'n' tricks for bacon loverz

Ok, so the other night I made Jamie Oliver’s delicious Farfalle with Savoy Cabbage, Pancetta...
Oct 1st
echolot: Received a weird invitation for tonight’s opening...
Oct 1st

Sep

View of a sculpture by Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu...
Sep 29th
Photos by Akif Hakan Celebi. (via missmodular and we heart...
Sep 27th
I heart Jessica Hagy’s contributions to the...
Sep 26th
Bill Clinton: STFU Already
Sep 26th
Sep 26th

Nostalgia for kid lit

I just began watching Lost, and dammit if it doesn’t remind me of Gary Paulson’s...
Sep 26th
Last Night's Dinner
Sep 25th
Photo credit: Karen Kuehn, 1991, Gelatin Silver print Here’s an interesting passage from a...
Sep 25th
fek: Nina Simone covering Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl.” Word. From her Baltimore album, which was...
Sep 25th

Random trivia gleaned from Wikipedia

Weirdness!  January Jones (best known as Mad Men’s lovely Betty Draper) dated Ashton Kutcher...
Sep 23rd
What was the #1 song on the day you were...
Sep 23rd
“After over thirty years, a mug shot surfaced of David...
Sep 22nd

Is the proposed bailout a good idea?

squashed: No. $700,000,000,000 is roughly the cost of the Iraq war. It is also enough money for...
Sep 22nd
missmodular: Juuuuust browsing. Not making any...
Sep 21st
Flying bunny, I dedicate thee to my three awesome friends...
Sep 20th
The 25 best UK exam blunders
Sep 20th
Why did the Italians get this gem while the German show...
Sep 19th
“I get leery when people base a large part of their identity...”
— Miss Information sums it up...
Sep 19th
sexxxy!  (via khlrqa)
Sep 19th
Black Comic Introduces McCain at RNC
Sep 19th
Excluding laziness about finding the remote control, this is the only week in history that...
Sep 19th
Inside Obama's Emails || The Onion
Sep 19th
DemocraticStuff.com is selling the most insane collection of...
Sep 18th
“[Fiction is] one of the few experiences where loneliness can...”
— David Foster Wallace
Sep 18th
Say what you will about Jeff Koons, but his exhibition at...
Sep 13th
The Nation hates 'racist' Amy Winehouse
Sep 12th
Wow, I LOVE the look of the new iTunes. On the downside,...
Sep 12th
I’m giddy about this new, perfect for apartment-decorating...
Sep 11th
Oh man, the Mini Rooftop in Hell’s Kitchen sure is...
Sep 11th
I would be unbelievably happy if one day, while walking, I...
Sep 7th
“This is a stunning moment in economic history: At one time...”
— Rich Man’s Burden, from...
Sep 6th
Harper’s Bazaar spread “Bubble,” photo by Melvin Sokolsky,...
Sep 6th
Peggy Hill, Sarah Palin About Sarah Palin: A Letter from...
Sep 5th

Aug

Gotta love when CNN comes up with Onion-esque headlines!
Aug 28th
Hernan Bas, Tapestry 2005, dyed wool 434 x 1 x 222 cm...
Aug 28th
Scientology's Crushing Defeat: A previously...
Aug 27th
thisrecording: A great overview of Gainsbourg’s key psych...
Aug 27th
thisrecording: The new album from Fujiya & Miyagi,...
Aug 27th
Wild dolphin "is teaching others to tail...
Aug 19th
“I’m the type who’d be happy not going anywhere as long as I...”
—  Andy Warhol (via...
Aug 19th
Warch Watch
presenting: the most adorable hedgehog ever, eating a baby carrot. i can’t even imagine...
Aug 19th
Tonight I watched the Sex and the City movie (bad day, gay bff, he had it pre-downloaded) and now I...
Aug 19th
Caitlin: i said it in may: this will be a 6month cringe fest
Caitlin: where we just have to swallow it while obama embarrasses himself pandering to the imaginary center
Caitlin: who are these fucking people who don't know who to vote for?!
Me: i dont know, but hopefully some of them are superficial and pick candidates like we pick wines: by the prettiness of the label
Aug 18th
Teaching English In Japan Is Awesome and Sometimes Hilarious
Aug 17th
Warch Watch
Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt once did a commercial for margarine? Neither did I. But it’s...
Aug 17th
Yesssssssss. Although I didn’t really need to be...
Aug 17th

Nothing's better than learning new words...

satyriasis: abnormally intense sexual desire in men In Which Sex Is Like Money In That Only Too...
Aug 17th
“Outside a handful of majors — engineering and some of the...”
— For Most People, College Is a...
Aug 16th
“People are always asking me in interviews, ‘What do...”
— Dolly Parton
Aug 5th
WIRED: New Study Promises Benefits of...
Aug 2nd
The paths of air traffic over North America visualized in...
Aug 2nd

Jul

“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do...”
— Oscar Wilde (via...
Jul 31st
Hamlet: Facebook Newsfeed Version
Jul 31st
Where Do People Still Use Cassette Tapes? The answer: in...
Jul 30th
Caitlin: if Germans mess up a form or some paperwork
Caitlin: then you never have to answer for it!!!
Caitlin: you will just simply have to present their incorrect papers to them and they will commit Seppuku in shame
Jul 30th
“The hunky romance novel cover model was riding a...”
— When Animals Attack...
Jul 30th
le musique automatique!
Jul 30th