January 2011
45 posts
“On January 26, 2006, while driving down a winding canyon road in Hollywood,...”
– Just finished watching I’m Still Here, which of course prompted me to google Joaquin Phoenix, and find this gem of an anecdote. From Wikipedia.
The Most Emailed 'New York Times' Article Ever →
It’s sad I had to ask a friend to be sure this was a joke.
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San Francisco Stairway Walk #2 (Telegraph Hill)
WatchAll science should be like this.
thedailywhat:
Time-Lapse Thing of the Day: The 54th Russian Antarctic Expedition led by the very capable Captain Valery Viktorov sets sail aboard the “Akademik Fedorov.”
Follow along as their perilous mission is condensed to nine minutes and forty-eight seconds in this illuminating time-lapse video.
[gtu / reddit.]
Recipe: French Potato Salad
*I love coming up with new recipes from what I find in my kitchen and I usually share them on Facebook when they turn out well. I decided to start including them here, for anyone who’s looking for a little food inspiration :)
I don’t really believe in measuring, so prepare in ratios you like:
Haricot vert or green beans, blanched or steamed to al-dente
Potatoes (I like...
The Different Types of People There Are on the... →
Funny.
One of the best first lines of a song ever.
landlessness:
Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine. Melting in a pot of thieves, wild card up my sleeve. Slick heart of stone, my sins my own, they belong to me, me. People say, “beware!” but I don’t care, the words are just rules and regulations to me, me.
- Patti Smith
“The first sentence you write will be the most important sentence in your life,...”
– A manifesto for the simple scribe – my 25 commandments for journalists | Tim Radford | Science | guardian.co.uk
Trilobite Art! →
Thank god there are people dorkier than me out there.
“Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...”
– Sylvia Plath (via landlessness)
I seem to remember underlining this exact line in Sylvia’s diaries when I first read them.
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“Joining a group that meets just once a month produces the same increase in...”
– What the science of human nature can teach us : The New Yorker
Reasoning With Vampires →
Thank god this woman has meticulously scanned and annotated Twilight so that I can hate it fairly without ever having to read it.
“This is the kind of book that will deliver major annoyance to academics who have...”
– This sounds like something I’d like: ‘Marshall McLuhan - You Know Nothing of My Work!’ by Douglas Coupland
WatchThe power of vulnerability | TED.com
Everyone needs to watch this. EVERYONE.
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