April 2009
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Tango ‘Til They’re Sore // Tom Waits
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March 2009
46 posts
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“The mind’s a great place to have an idea, but a crappy place to hold it.”
– David Allen, who makes a linchpin argument for keeping a stack of yellow legal pads around the house. (Oh, and you’re so welcome for your new tagline, Staples.)
“I had a dream about a tiny baby spider baboon (a baby baboon with eight furry...”
– My friend, Anna, who takes seriously good cold medicine before she falls asleep.
Comedy By The Numbers
Generally, people fall into three categories when it comes to being funny:
People who are funny.
People who are not funny, but think they are.
People who are not funny, but would like to be.
We believe you are one of those people. Research shows most likely you are #3.
(as explained by Prof. Eric Hoffman & Dr. Gary Rudoren)
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“Accidents often produce the best solutions… only you can recognize the...”
– San Francisco-based designer Jennifer Morla.
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Mason Jennings & James Mercer Do "Something About... →
This is just… really, really nice.
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Last Bullet
yourmonkeycalled:
“Some tribe in the future, far in the future, might find a pistol, perhaps the world’s last pistol, and one hundred rounds of ammunition. The priests of that tribe, in tribute to the unknown, might invent a holiday and fire one bullet each year as a link to the unknown. After ninety years, it isn’t difficult to imagine that a new bull might be put forth that shots were to be...
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For Future Reference™ (Part 1): Alternadating
Hey guys. Yeah, thanks for asking, but last night’s date went horribly. For a while, I was all charming and the Alternagrrl with short bangs really seemed to like my indie rock outfit and the fact that I own a sewing machine. So it was all in the bag, right?
For Future Reference™:
Don’t forget to turn off your phone on a first date.
Don’t let this be the specialized ringtone...
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pretential [ pri-TEN-shuhl ] (n.)
a latent excellence or undeveloped ability to be a complete douche. e.g., That guy is a complete douche.
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WatchIn my experience, there are three possible outcomes when you hand notes to complete strangers, depending on the content:
it might make them mad,
it might make them smile, but you won’t ever know about it*, or
it might make them smile, then eat sushi with you, and then you’ll have a new friend.
*I’m not sure I mentioned this in the recording: the second note i talk about was...
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“CONTEXT : ART :: REPEATABILITY : SCIENCE”
– My friend, David. He’s pretty much right, too.
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New Slang // The Shins
Somehow, this particular...
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The Periodic Table of the Elements. Roughly.
The Periodic Table of the Elements, via Look Around You (q.v.). Including, among other building blocks of the Known Universe:
Wd (wood) Ng (nothing) Mr (man) Mz (marzipan) Fr (France) Lt (light) G (goo) Bf (beef) Te (tedium) Jz (jazz)
(Click chart for larger image…)
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“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the...”
– Carl Sagan, from the amazing, still incomparable COSMOS series. (And from my friend Anna, who just told it to me because she kicks ass). Damn straight, Carl. Damn straight.
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Junk // Paul McCartney
Probably the Most Very...
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“OKAY I’VE GOT IT: This whole ‘economy tanking’ thing is sort...”
– Me.
WatchThis is BAD. ASS. All of it. Everything. (via singwithourheros)
So Alone by Ty Segall (video by tab_ularasa)
Dump // Raspberry Beret
Yes, Raspberry Beret. The...
Death Cab, Ted Leo cover McCartney for WFMU →
nevver:
for those who donate - a compilation disc titled Tom, named for Tom Scharpling, a track-for-track covers album paying tribute to Paul McCartney’s Ram by Death Cab for Cutie, Ted Leo, Portastatic, Danielson, Aimee Mann, Dump (better known as James McNew of Yo La Tengo), Spider Bags, James Pants, Black Hollies, and other various bands. [ Awesome -ed. ]
Holy crap. People, if you...
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You cannot argue with this:
ME: Is raising a child 'Pirate' anything like raising a child 'Christian' or 'Muslim'? I mean, can they choose if they wanna be 'Pirate' later?
HER: Fuck no. Pirate COMPULSORY. Plus think about it, if YOU were raised Pirate, would you want to be anything else?
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“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about...”
– Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), who seems to Get It. I wish I did more than I do.
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“If someone says: “That’s impossible,” you should understand it as: “According to...”
– from GMail creator Paul Buchheit’s presentation at Startup School 2008. (via tight grip; HELLO BAULDOFF)
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“Limited Life Experiences + Overgeneralization = Advice”
– Paul Buchheit, founder of FriendFeed and creator of Gmail. (via his presentation)
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Abandoned Love // Bob Dylan
You love this. Come...