February 2012
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an awfully big adventure ⚓: foHow to file your... →
maskedfangirl:
1. Take your taxes seriously. Gather all the necessary forms and information, and then dress like you’re an action movie hero, because shit’s about to get real. (Ripped jeans and a stained shirt work well for this, especially if the shirt shows off your guns. Protective…
“The story of “Act Of Valor” is strictly streamlined b-movie territory. There’s a...”
– From my review of the odious “Act Of Valor,” a truly dismal slice of American nihilism. Click to read the whole thing. Unless you’re a terrible human being who fucking sucks. (via klendathudrop)
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“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you...”
– Markus Zusak (Glory Story)
(via fuckyeahreading)
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“Adele’s year-long chart domination: By the numbers”
– Adele’s ‘phenomenal’ year-long chart domination: By the numbers - The Week (via somevelvet)
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“Understanding came only later:
not all misadventures
fit within the world’s...”
– ‘Puddles’ by Wislawa Szymborska
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ballpm:
i solve my problems by blatantly ignoring them and going on the internet
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We're About to Lose 1,000 Small Theaters That... →
popculturebrain:
(via oldfilmsflicker)
NY TIMES: The United Nations Commission... →
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Playoff chatter: before All Stars edition (East)
I am trying to think to think of what would be some stellar matchups.
(East)
NY v Boston: could hear a lot of revenge being thrown around from last year’s sweep and with the added Lin factor and the Celtics being scrappy this could be ripe for ratings. Would Rondo throw any balls at people this series?
Chicago v Indiana. I don’t really know what would be prime matchups because...
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The New Inquiry: The Fame Game →
thenewinquiry:
Image by imp kerr
Frank Warren of PostSecret and Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen discuss the instability of sudden Internet celebrity
Hannah Hart: I’m petrified of the future. What happened to me happened so suddenly. I wasn’t aiming for it. So, I’m scared it’s gonna disappear, I’m scared…
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Thoughts on a Word: Nappy
thenewinquiry:
By Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Nappy is, at the very least, to be handled with caution. It may mean diaper in some parts of the world, but that’s not the case at all, in these our United States of America. Here, nappy is combustible. Not everyone can say it and come away unscathed. Say it to, or even just near, the wrong person and it might just blow up in your face.
Read...
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“Of course, it’s horrendous when people say that homosexuality is wrong, but I...”
– Sandi Toksvig (via buggerygrips)
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The New Inquiry: Portrait of the Artist as a... →
thenewinquiry:
By If You Can Read This You’re Lying
The photographs of Antonio Bolfo, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and former NYPD patrolman who took artistic photographs while on the job, humanize both officers and civilians. So says the The New York Times. But is this true? And if it…
“To be honest, I felt hysterical: that Victorian word for the tantrums of...”
– The Rejectionist: Special Guest Post: Meg Clark on Jonathan Franzen
I love Meg.
(via champagnecandy)
my brother told me once about some comics character, i think maybe one of the x-men? whose superpower, in a hilarious attempt at “consistency” in the physics of whichever comics universe he...
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12 Great Articles that Inspired Films →
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner - The Insider Death of an Innocent by Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild The Muse of Coyote Ugly Saloon by Elizabeth Gilbert - Coyote Ugly Racer X by Kenneth Li Rafael - The Fast and the Furious The Return of Superfly by Mark Jacobson - American Gangster Life’s Swell by Susan Orlean - Blue Crush A Farewell to Arms by John Carlin -...
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originally posted by notthemarimba
Me: (talking to a student about Pokemon Black and White)
Fourth grader: wait, you still play Pokemon?
Me: yep.
Fourth grader: but you're an adult!
Me: yep.
Fourth grader: well, my mom says we should accept everyone.
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