January 2012
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Rand Paul may singlehandledly bring down the TSA... →
shortformblog:
Paul apparently set off an airport security full-body scanner “on a glitch,” a spokesman in Paul’s office told ABC News.
The Paul staffer said TSA agents would not let Paul walk back through the body scanner and were demanding a full body pat-down.
The Paul spokesman said his office called TSA administrator John Pistole about the incident this morning.
The fun part, of...
“A person isn’t who they were during your last conversation with them, but who...”
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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The Rise of the New Groupthink →
Excellent article on the necessity of solitude for creative work.
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Watchsportsnetny:
“We’re going, going, back, back to Cali, Cali!” - NY Giants locker room celebration
(Giants.com)
“I’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal.”
– Groucho Marx (via jaredgeller)
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aaespo:
Made this the other day. I thought...
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“I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through...”
– Be lucky - Telegraph (via themadeshop)
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Watch the NYC Subway Unfold
mashable:
The map is laid out according to the order the subway lines were built. Beautiful.
Via.
“Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at...”
– St. Augustine
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White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars →
murmurandshout:
Forget Kenya. Never mind the secret madrassas. The sinister, shocking truth about Barack Obama’s past lies not in east Africa, but in outer space. As a young man in the early 1980s, Obama was part of a secret CIA project to explore Mars. The future president teleported there, along with the future head of Darpa.
That’s the assertion, at least, of a pair of self-proclaimed ...
December 2011
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George RR Martin drops a preview for the sixth...
iheartchaos:
The sixth book in the Song of Fire and Ice series is nearing completion, and if you want a little bit of nerdgasm right now, you can read a preview of The Winds of Winter right now.
No, seriously. Stop reading and click this link here to read it and then come back here and we’ll have drinks or something. No, I didn’t put anything in it, just drink it.
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“None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism; it’s just pure selfishness....”
– The Joy of Quiet, article by Pico Iyer for nytimes.com
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Scientists invent painless dental filling...
iheartchaos:
Scientists at the University of Missouri have invented the future of dentistry— it’s a painless dental filling technique that uses a new plasma brush that disinfects and cleans out cavities, killing bacterias and forming a better bond for the fillings, all in just 30 seconds.
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Please please please be real.
“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living...”
– Andy Rooney
It’s tough knowing that the loved ones we’ve lost won’t be with us for the holidays. It feels a bit empty knowing they won’t be there to play games with us, tell us stories, laugh with us, meet the new additions to the family, etc. Many of us will be with family for Christmas. Some we like, some we don’t, some who wounded us in the past and we never quite...
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“It dropped the call. I pay $150 a month, and my phone can’t complete a...”
– Ruxin (Nick Kroll), on The League
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Christmas Dog
by Shel Silverstein, in Falling Up Tonight’s my first night as a watchdog, And here it is Christmas Eve. The children are sleepin’ all cozy upstairs, While I’m guardin’ the stockin’s and tree. What’s that now - footsteps on the rooftop? Could it be a cat or a mouse? Who’s this down the chimney? A thief with a beard - And a big sack for robbin’ the house? I’m barkin’ I’m growlin’ I’m bitin’ his...
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THE MADE SHOP: Goodsie-powered store of the day:... →
goodsie:
We featured The Made Shop Shop earlier this year, and today they’re back with an awesome store redesign and new products! Operated by four closely-knit designers and artists, The Made Shop creates architecture, objects, and graphic designs. We’re pleased to have their beautiful…
Nicely done Marke and friends! Love you guys. Platonically.
“Trinity Church had a fantastic opportunity to be a Christlike presence by...”
– NY times piece on tension between OWS & Trinity. Oh, hi Milind. Nice NY Times quote. {All Angels is my church community.} (via etceterawhatever)
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Watchaaespo:
This is a clip from a short documentary my friend Shane is making. The dock scene was shot during a weekend we spent up in Vermont a couple months ago.
The waves peaking through the boards reminded me of a keyboard, and many times that weekend I imagined what it would sound like put to music—rapidly ascending melodic lines arrhythmically travelling with the movement of the waves, above...
