May 2008
muxtape stumbler. →
jackieheartsb: the best way to find muxtapes.
“The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.”
– Mikhail Baryshnikov (via jackieheartsb) (via jeralyndwile)
Truth or Consequences - Thomas Friedman, NYT →
foodinmouth: adeandabet: Good article on the affects of soaring gas prices and our the government/auto-manufacturer’s terrible handling of the situation. I disagree with some aspects of his argument (namely, the conclusion: moving our fleet to “plug-in cars” and subsequently shifting the carbon output down the chain from the exhaust pipe to the power plant might allay our dependence on foreign...
“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
– Oscar Wilde (via sailingonthesea) (via jeralyndwile)
freshly popped popcorn is a public service to all within sniffing distance.
“what this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.”
– Hansell B. Duckett - free speech: sometimes you get what you pay for.
rockuboff: tuneage: Sufjan Stevens - “The...
“Advertising is a tax for having an unremarkable product.”
– Robert Stephens (via jackieheartsb)
“Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to...”
– Ernest Gaines (via kaiomi) (via jennw)
cat ladies →
irony: native american tribe buys land with casino... →
chronology: native americans enjoy what would become north america europeans show up europeans “negotiate” acquisitions of land native americans set up casinos on their own land to attract european descendants who have so much money they can afford to spend it pulling levers & holding cards native americans use casino revenues to buy land the occupied a couple hundred years ago...
Yay!
jhalickman: rockuboff: The first batch of interns have arrived today! Mwahahahahha Ours too, it must be intern season. i’ll go get my gun…er…meaningless busy work.
“The Republican Party is willing to fund war, but sees everything else as an...”
– Paul Craig Roberts (via azspot) (via transparentcommunity)
Canada: A Nation of Short, Fat Liars →
i generally like canada & it’s people(s), but this headline craks my stuff up
“We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking...”
– Salman Rushdie, “At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers”. (via dailymeh) - offense is empowering. it allows the offended to remove - or at least stain - the joy the “offender” took in the “offense.” it is the pinnacle of individualism there is to claim that you can’t do...
“When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True Story.”
– barney stinson (via soxiam) (via markbean)
Watchonemoretimewithfeeling: Best Buy Dance Off It gets good around the 30 second mark. (Security camera - no sound)
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”
– Unknown (via onherway)
Watch101 Great Goals: Lampard: champion’s cup
