January 2009
December 2008
2008 Book List
In no particular order…
The Cleft
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
When You’re Engulfed in Flames
Ender’s Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
The Sociopath Next Door
While They Slept
The Forever War
Giovanni’s Room
Brideshead Revisited
So Long, See You Tomorrow
The Folded Leaf
In Defense of Food
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
The Pillowman
Longitudes and Attitudes
The Year of Magical Thinking
Play it as...
10 Flimsy Paranoramal Hoaxes Everyone Bought Into →
homecoming:
1. Amityville
Ronald DeFeo, Jr. shocked the sleepy New York town of Amityville in 1974 by brutally murdering his entire family in their sleep. But the next residents, the Lutz family, made the town infamous by fleeing ten days, 28-days, or a month later (depending on who you ask), claiming that evil spirits had driven them out. A bestselling book, string of movies, and interviews...
Anyone watching this Le Cirque documentary on HBO?
And notice Woody Allen pocket that “lady’s” card? Hilarious
The Not Rape Epidemic →
peterwknox:
miss-r:
Powerful and heartbreaking, this essay (by Racialicious’s Latoya Peterson) is a serious contender for ‘Best Piece of Writing I’ve Read All Year’. And on December 29, that means something.
From the Yes Means Yes anthology, which I’m now planning on buying multiple copies of - for myself, and for younger women who I think could benefit from reading it - it’s about gender,...
peterwknox:
If you have any way around playing saved game files on XBox without the gamertag profile, please bail me out asap. Email or call: 347.891.4476
Automatic “help a brother out” reblog. Can anyone lend a hand to Peter on Xmas Eve?
Red Wine Drunken Love to Tumblr
MWAH! Pinot Kisses and Cabernet Dreams…
re: Seven Pounds
inothernews:
And yet, it’ll gross $100 mil plus. Sigh.
mollylambert:
everybodycares:
“It takes the soggy cake for multiple layers of sentimentality topped by indigestible grandiosity.” - Wall Street Journal
“…”Seven Pounds” feels like a half-hour “Twilight Zone” script that has been pressed onto a gob of Silly Putty and stretched to the sinking point.” - Los Angeles Times
“What, for...
sufjanssteven:
shorterexcerpts:
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mascarah:
Rilo Kiley -More Adventurous
I felt...
The Buddha's Five Remembrances (Thich Nhat Hanh's...
fareastmeetswildwest:
robot-heart:
I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.
I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape ill health.
I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my...
SEVEN POUNDS REVIEWED BY NY TIMES (it's awful) →
dazzlingdelta:
theengineer:
barelysarcasm:
One of the funniest parts::: “Seven Pounds” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Swearing. Soulful sex by candlelight. Car accident. Eggplant parmesan.
I was almost thinking I kind of wanted to see this (have been strangely sentimental lately). Thanks for saving me.
ha. i have no urge to see this.
Bwhaahha…my fave: Frankly,...
Mt Eden Winery Review - NYT (2005) →
This is the vineyard that contracts my father’s grapes and makes some MEAN Pinot Noir.
Cabs always seem to be tuned to Conservative talk...
“Companies who can build authentic, honest, open, collaborative relationships...”
– Umair Haque: Why (Real) Relationships Matter (via mikehudack) (via marco)
How come Apple’s successful? Why can’t I get that song I purchased on iTunes (which I should now OWN) to play on other devices? Strange when a company tells you EXACTLY what you can do with their product AFTER...
“The going explanation for Warren’s presence on the inauguration podium is that...”
– Ezra Klein
I am EXTREMELY unhappy with the choice of Warren to speak at the Inauguration.
(via absurdlakefront)
If this isn’t an indication that Obama is trying too hard to make everyone happy, I don’t know what is. I just think Warren is a poor choice because of how Obama looked at his forum,...
Dog Run to 300 Rock
me: Jesse's at the dog run and says that the guy from SNL (the one I think is cute and played Liz Lemon's ex-boyfriend on 30 Rock) is there with a "drooly french bull dog"
Peter: I THINK HES SO CUTE, i LOVE him on 300 rock...haha
me: me too
Peter: oops....300 Rock
me: I told jesse to invite him over for pot roast
Peter: would be a great youtube sketch
me: and pot - hahahha. totally - My mind went the same place, Greeks running NBC. THIS...IS...NNNNNNNBBBBBCCCCC!!!!!!
Peter: homoerotically
Hey guyzzz... New Tumblr fun!
beautifulordinaire:
benjaminhilts:
butterflyeffect:
You may have seen my post the other day regarding my new photo project.
Well, I’m going to tell you about it again, because I really, really want more people to join with me in this. I started Project 365 on Jan 1 this year with a group of over 20 Tumblrs and I would like to have at least a similar number for this year’s project.
The...
Gay man backed for Navy secretary →
sparklingpants:
notthatkindagay:
Some top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress are backing William White, chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be the next secretary of the Navy - a move that would put the first openly gay person at the top of one of the services.
The secretary’s job is a civilian position, so it would not run afoul of the ban on...
“Make fun of my BA in English all you like, no English major’s fucked over the...”
– Shorter Excerpts (via peterwknox) (via pinkhotel) (via feinsodville)
Nope, just a couple billion of them as consumers - ZING! JK, JK - I would’ve been an english major, but I’m a slow reader.
“This is Top Chef not Top Scallop.”
– Fabio from Top Chef: New York in reference to his colleague who has a mild obsession with scallops. (via mufti)
This was the highlight of the show for me.
(via jackieheartsb)
I think both the Euros on the show are ADORABLE!
The Velveteen Rabbit
sneakyjane:
alanajoy:
“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. ”Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. ”It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but...
whatson:
davidcho:
Adele - ‘Chasing...