January 2011
2011 New Year's Resolutions
Get my driver’s license
Move to Oakland (with Javier?) and get a dog
Run in at least one 5K race
December 2010
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
In Jesus’s name, amen.
goosebumpsfitsandmalaria:
gethustle said: how do you have a nephew if you’re an only child?
my dad is an only child and my mom has one older brother. he only has one daughter also so her two sons are my nephews.
No, those are your first cousins, once removed. Your...
peternyc asked: I first saw that photo of the bombing a year ago. At first it's depressing (as the event), but you might be relieved to learn that the father and daughter both survived.
peternyc asked: I first saw that photo of the bombing a year ago. At first it's depressing (as the event), but you might be relieved to learn that the father and daughter both survived.
“We hereby enact a law stating that no longer should Emily Gould be known as the...”
– Jewcy.com | Jewcy’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books Of 2010 by Jason Diamond (via housingworksbookstore)
So many of the best books I read in 2010 are on this list that I guess I need to go read the rest. Except the Sondheim.
theherocomplex:
The Mountain Goats // This Year
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Breakfast, and my Koan of the Day
lazybookreviews:
Sitting in the farm kitchen, eating eggs with gorgeous vibrant orange yolks. Salt, pepper, fresh butter, cast iron skillet.
The farmer, Jimmy, apologetic.
“New hens,” he says. “When they’re used to being here, the eggs will be bigger.”
Here's how the government is spending your money →
theweekmagazine:
According to a new report, tax payers spent $11.5 billion in 2010 to enhance zoos with poetry, honor the Greatful Dead, and subsidize the Department of Energy’s “inefficient” energy use. Here, some numbers (read the full list of ridiculous expenditures):
$175 million Amount spent by the Department of Veterans Affairs to maintain unused buildings, including an octagonal, pink...
“The sleepless become superstitious. Once she has tried the standard solutions...”
– “Up All Night.” Elizabeth writes about insomnia for This Recording
The only period of my life that I didn’t suffer from crippling insomnia turned out to be college. I thought I was cured, but here I am, awake all night again, night after night, and all my odd rituals aren’t working...
TMYK: John Tyler, the tenth president of the... →
Yes, you read that correctly: John Tyler, who was born during Washington’s presidency, has two living grandsons. After a six year run at the top spot, “At one point, Chester Arthur, 21st president of the United States, owned over eighty pairs of trousers.” has finally been displaced as my favorite historical fact of all time.
“Cicero liked to believe himself wealthy. He prided himself on his books. He...”
– Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra. Listen to Lewis Lapham’s interview with Schiff on Bloomberg radio here. (via michellelegro)
“It has been said many times that man’s knowledge of himself has been left far...”
– Kurt Vonnegut in his address to the graduating class at Bennington College, 1970 (via hardenthefuckup)
