February 2012
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“Silicon Valley has been good to Mr. DeLeon, a former lawyer, who said he sold...”
– Silicon Valley has been good to Mr. DeLeon, a former lawyer, who said he sold $275 million worth of homes last year, and who is finishing up a memoir about overcoming illness, injury and loss that he calls “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Sexy People?”
““The popularity of cupcakes directly tracks the rise in cultural narcissism that...”
– The psychology of cupcakes - The Washington Post
I am in awe.
(via mwfrost)
The race is on.
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The Picture is the Most Important Part of a... →
chiaraatik:
One day, not too long ago, Brian and I were looking at some girl’s profile on the site, and all her pictures were SUPER (purposefully) goofy, like she was hamming it up. She was posed next to a giant wedge of cheese, or something.
And I was like “omg she’s so cute!” at the exact same time that Brian was like “What is this girl doing?! Doesn’t she know she has a love life to figure...
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“If what’s always distinguished bad writing— flat characters, a narrative world...”
– If anything, this is too generous.
Food Carts and Liquor
samadamspdxor:
Oregon Department of Justice tells Oregon Liquor Control Commission that it must grant liquor licenses to food carts in Portland. I am a BiG foodcart fan but for safety reasons will STRONGLY OPPOSE this change.
Love you, Oregon.
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Can you find the most depressing detail in this story?
Bond has been set at $3 million for Daniel Olaska, who has been charged with stabbing schoolteacher Shaun Wild to death in a Naperville nightclub over the weekend.
Olaska has been described by family and friends as an “Eagle Scout who’s active in his church’s youth group when he’s not working his job as a manager at Schaumburg...
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Alex Balk: Weirdest fortune cookie ever. →
markcoatney:
alexbalk:
“Years later you will realize that Mike’s crazy girlfriend was a person just like you, and maybe the things that you and your group snickered about and gave Mike shit for were just signs that she was as damaged as everybody else and had the basic insecurities that we all do, and actually Mike was kind of a dick and may have exaggerated some of his stories for effect and...
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John Jeremiah Sullivan & Wells Tower →
modernrambler:
Wells Tower and JJS talk at the NYPL. Worth a listen. They talk about Pulphead fairly extensively. Both are quite good writers, and with a bright future books ahead of them.
Oh and they talk about “Feet in Smoke,” the best piece from Pulphead that nobody seems to talk about.
muppetpants:
rendit replied to your video: This is my second favorite version of Crosseyed…
I liked this just reading Crosseyed and Painless and Stop Making Sense and then I read more and realized it’s Phish so I am retracting my like.
If you actually listen you might enjoy it. The problem with listening to Phish is you need to be a person who listens to Phish.
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“In terms of instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.”
– John Mulaney (via poopsadaisy)
January 2012
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“French culture and rock do not go well together. It’s like English wine.”
– Electronic pop vets Air talk to us about why they could never be proper rockers in our latest 5-10-15-20 interview. (via pitchfork)
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michelledean:
THIS BLOG HAS NO OPINIONS ON [REDACTED]
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Fortune Favors The Bold: End the Culture of... →
drummajorinst:
Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein
In December, a horrific elevator accident killed a young executive named Suzanne Hart in Midtown Manhattan. The city’s response was swift and firm: the Department of Buildings quickly inspected all 650 elevators owned or maintained by the…
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The goal today
natashavc:
is to not click through any galleries. It’s during slide 18 of 32 that I feel the worst.
The first click is the deepest.
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Drug dealer at the Grateful Dead cover band show: Do you like nitrous?
Me: What are you, a dentist?
Drug dealer at the Grateful Dead cover band show: No.
Me: Then no.
Drug dealer at the Grateful Dead cover band show: What if I had said yes?
Me: I hate dentists.
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Think about how people never really kick...
Think about how people never really kick themselves.
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In the best actress category, those who were... →
natashavc:
ROGER EBERT!! TELLER OF TRUTHS!!!! UNMASKER OF LIES!!!!!
For these reasons, I have decided to — GULP— support Mara Rooney in the best actress category. SIDES MUST BE CHOSEN, WINTER IS COMING, ETC
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“We pay a guy to send email blasts to databases of hip music blogs.”
– We pay a guy to send email blasts to databases of hip music blogs.