February 2012
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If you read a review, an opinion, a description or a fact and you don’t...
– An internet troll’s opinion should carry no more weight than graffiti | David Mitchell | Comment is free | The Observer
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A thought-terminating cliché is a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as...
– http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_Reform_and_the_Psychology_of_Totalism
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Pay particular attention to number 3 →
via Boing Boing
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The world's most prolific goal-scorer (and you've... →
Why T.S. Eliot kept his day job →
austinkleon:
“Even after he published, Prufrock and The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot continued to work his day job at a bank.” Great article about why Eliot chose to keep working, even after all his friends basically Kickstartered him and tried to get him to quit. “…nobody wants to think about the poet at the water cooler, or, even worse, pouring over actuarial tables.”
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One objective reality is that our government doesn’t work, not because we have...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Whenever I see a politician or lobbyist get up on the “cause”...
– Lana Polansky
January 2012
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Ten Bits of Advice Writers Should Stop Giving... →
By Nick Mamatas, (Via John Scalzi)
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…I came up with a dictum that I try and use as often as possible. “Execute...
– Ze Frank
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December 2011
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November 2011
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The 10 Most Obnoxious '90s Cartoon Theme Songs -... →
I remember watching most of these shows. Oh the ignorance of youth.
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LIFE's 20 Worst Covers - Photo Gallery - LIFE →
When you produce more than 2,200 covers over 75 years, you’re bound to have a few clunkers. And here they are… . Pictured: LIFE covered wars, riots, and natural disasters, but the magazine never produced a cover more disturbing than this Bride-of-Freddy-Krueger job from July 1937. The stirring coverline
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Liberalism doesn’t mean throwing guys in jail who DISAGREE with your liberalism....
– Mark Millar Responds To Frank Miller – Or Rather The Reaction To Frank Miller Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
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Today In Fatal, Taser-Involved Gold's Gym Rampage... →
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Kill Screen - Infinity Blade Review →
Quite possibly the most elegant video game review I’ve every read. Be sure to keep clicking the links.
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as everyone who has written a school project over the last decade will tell you,...
– The 8 Worst Fonts In The World | Co. Design (via Boing Boing)
July 2011
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Norway is a society where we have a close relationship between politicians and...
– Norway attacks: Police search farm for clues after shooting, explosion leave 91 dead - The Washington Post
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Notebook obsession, pen fetishes, and certainly the desire to buy and refurbish...
– Bygone Bureau: The Weight of a Good Notebook