February 2012
2 posts
Delusions of Grandeur: Why Susan G. Komen Yanked... →
hotsportsopinions:
Basically, they hate Planned Parenthood more than they hate cancer. And they care about being a pain in Planned Parenthood’s ass more than saving people’s lives.
this is very good. click and read through.
Leonard Cohen is amazing →
“At a certain point, through some graceful accident, I was invited into Edie Sedgwick’s room. It was filled with very beautiful young people. It was dark, and illuminated by candles, 30 to 40 candles, burning everywhere, on plates, on the stove … I had no credentials at the time, there was nothing I could say. I walked into the room of her glittering crew, and I said,...
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
1 post
a birthday
Something continues and I don’t know what to call it though the language is full of suggestions in the way of language but they are all anonymous and it’s almost your birthday music next to my bones
these nights we hear the horses running in the rain it stops and the moon comes out and we are still here the leaks in the roof go on dripping after the...
November 2011
5 posts
“With the fishermen and the life on the river, the beautiful barges with their...”
– Hemingway, a moveable feast
triumph of the day: listened to this on the way...
October 2011
8 posts
“A writer’s life is all anxiety and ambition —and ambition, here, is not...”
– Experience, Martin Amis
September 2011
2 posts
“What makes me say these things is that I see how much you care about the way...”
– The adventures of augie march
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July 2011
2 posts
post-run jam
May 2011
4 posts
“I saw that South Dakota bill and I cried. I wanted to call up my friends and...”
– Ask An Abortion Provider
April 2011
10 posts
some positive science news from people who might... →
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via dailybunch)
“Being lonely isn’t the same as being alone. Cacioppo is careful to clarify this...”
– The nature of loneliness
sometimes i read interviews like conversations... →
especially when those friends are bookwriters who i think would be lovely to sit and chat with
Best TPR Interviews →
Vonnegut:
“I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.”
Worst On Screen Duos →
George Lucas and dialogue, generally:
“You can type this shit,” Harrison Ford sighed on the set of the first Star Wars film, “but you can’t say it.”
May 2010
2 posts
April 2010
1 post
i think this song is pretty sexy
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
3 posts
Flavorwire » 10 Songs We’d Like to See as... →
“The ad becomes even more disturbing when we consider who it’s trying to...”
– The Second Sex at the Super Bowl
“My mother said our bodies could digest anything,
but that’s a lie....”
– Antietam by Sandra Beasley
“Now, the point of choice is that Pam Tebow had a choice, and one should respect...”
– Tebow’s Choice: Close Read : The New Yorker
really sharp commentary on the tim tebow superbowl ad debate from amy davidson.
“In a brief speech at the luncheon, the amir said they had left him in awe....”
– N.O. thanks Qatari ruler for support after storm | New Orleans Metro Real Time News - - NOLA.com
this is old news, but surprising & heart-warming.
“We all know the importance of narratives, of stories; they are part of the...”
– One Year: Storyteller-in-Chief: Junot Diaz Writes About President Obama for The New Yorker
January 2010
16 posts
“I plan on reading before bed but the lamp is in the other room and I’m too tired...”
– READING LIST - By Miranda July - Vice Magazine
i’m kind of a vice anti-fan, but this is pretty adorable.