August 2009
41 posts
CLICK AND BE DAMNED
Think About It
I think that “bowel movement” is way more offensive sounding than “poop” or “shit”.
Fritz Helder and the Phantoms, “Punch Me in...
“You hit me so hard
Like a Wong Kar Wai beginning.
I’m exploding in...”
– Of Montreal, “Rapture Rapes the Muses”, Satanic Panic in the Attic
When I Wake Up
The most horrifying part of my morning is when I first open my eyes — gingerly, because the morning sun comes in at just the right angle to slip past my blinds and shower my bed — I see my suit. Hanging on the wall, pants and jacket, perfectly still against the off-white walls. And it only takes a moment for the terrible realization to dawn upon me: I will have to wear that suit for eight hours....
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“Gentlemen of the jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against...”
– George Graham Vest’s “Eulogy on the Dog”, his closing argument in a Missouri court for a case he vowed he would either win or would otherwise “apologize to every dog in Missouri.”
Dear Helvetica,
It was fun while it lasted, but I don’t think we can see each other for a while. Call me sometime next year.
-Me
"The BBC 100 - Have You Read More Than 6?"
neighborhoodthreat:
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - X 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - X 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte X 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George...
