December 2008
39 posts
THE BROKERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR FACES Tumblr →
8 signs that apple customers are no longer special →
#6 “Some guy with a mullet is Apple’s public face” (Phil Schiller)
Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish... →
“We fall in love, we drink hard, we run to and fro upon the earth like frightened...”
– Robert Louis Stevenson, quoted here [via ayjay]
The 20 Stupidest GI Joe Vehicles Ever →
[via Luke]
Now we must dismantle the tree....
Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes — Some have got broken — and carrying them up to the attic. The holly and the mistletoe must be taken down and burnt, And the children got ready for school. There are enough Left-overs to do, warmed-up, for the rest of the week — Not that we have much appetite, having...
From "The Meditation of Simeon"
By the event of this birth the true significance of all other events is defined, for of every other occasion it can be said that it could have ben different, but of this birth it is the case that it could in no way be other than it is. And by the existence of this Child, the proper value of all other existences is given, for of every other creature it can be said that it has extrinsic importance...
“You Caused it All By Telling Lies,”...
"Try To Praise The Mutilated World"
Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must praise the mutilated world. You watched the stylish yachts and ships; one of them had a long trip ahead of it, while salty oblivion awaited others. You’ve seen the refugees heading nowhere, you’ve...
“My experience with people writing about Africa over the past two years has been...”
– James, who just returned from the Peace Corps in Benin
"Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in...
Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly, Asleep on the black trunk, blowing like a leaf in green shadow. Down the ravine behind the empty house, The cowbells follow one another Into the distances of the afternoon. To my right, In a field of sunlight between two pines, The droppings of last year’s horses Blaze up into golden stones. I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on. A chicken...
“The connoisseur of the great who has not the ability to achieve the great [has]...”
– Nietzche [via a very smug email from porsoui]
“He who is all powerful but whose mill grinds slow/ He who in the huge war is...”
– Milosz…on God.
How to Write About Africa
Always use the word ‘Africa or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title. Subtitles may include the words ‘Zanzibar’, ‘Masai’, ‘Zulu’, ‘Zambezi’, ‘Congo’, ‘Nile’, ‘Big’, ‘Sky, ‘Shadow’, ‘Drum’, ‘Sun’ or ‘Bygone’. Also useful are words such as ‘Guerrillas’, ‘Timeless’, ‘Primordial’ and ‘Tribal’. Note that ‘People’ means Africans who are not black, while ‘The People’ means black Africans.
Never have a...
uniqlock →
a cool though bizarre screensaver from the japanese gap.
The world's newest oldest mom: 70 years old. →
A bad idea…
Text Patterns →
ayjay’s new blog on reading technologies
mint.com →
“Watching ‘The Sound of Music’ is like being beaten to death by a...”
– Douglas McLure, as quoted by Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp) in his new memoir.
“I became a theologian because i couldn’t get saved.”
– Stanley Hauerwas, via Ben’s Twitter
Watch“Prop 8 - The Musical”: irreverant though amusing
Starring Jack Black and John C. Rielly
Some timely lines of verse
If, on account of the political situation, There are quite a number of homes without roofs, and men Lying about in the countryside neither drunk nor asleep, If all sailings have been cancelled till further notice, If it’s unwise now to say much in letters, and if, Under the subnormal temperatures prevailing, The two sexes are at present the weak and the strong, That is not at all...
Thrill Jockey's Advent Calender →
Via Billsanity
“Footprints on a Bed,” Louis and the...
Laura Miller's visit to Wheaton →
via ayjay the american scene