January 2012
15 posts
“We delude ourselves when we rationalize that tomorrow we’ll excel at what we...”
– Tiny Wisdom: Take This Moment and Start Anew | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In
“Books aren’t written, they’re rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the...”
– Michael Crichton
“Few people craft their family photo albums this way. When parents divorce, we...”
– Chris Verene Offers a Different Sort of Family Photo Album
“Because psychopaths are guided by such a different thought process than...”
– At last we know why the Columbine killers did it. - Slate Magazine
“But I’m not really interested in guessing at what Nixon’s “true” sexual identity...”
– Is Cynthia Nixon’s Sexuality Really a Choice?
A word that does not exist in the English...
sylvysparrow:
Ya’aburnee Arabic – Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
that’s beautiful.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
I went to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last night and largely had no idea what was going on.
It’s a very different film for this era, I think. Slow and talky, but not in the ways I usually enjoy.
Yet, I didn’t hate the film. I felt like I missed three prequels that would’ve helped me understand it.
But it’s probably just me.
Also, I will always admire Gary...
“What I hope for is a country that sees women as whole human beings whose...”
– Jessica Valenti (via dreams-cant-all-be-real)
“Her advice to single people: “Men need to take more risks and women need...”
– Do Vancouver Men Suck? | Vancouver Magazine
“Here’s my recommendation: if your ten year old daughter has a nice voice,...”
– Operation Opera: About those child opera singers: here’s the deal
“In reality, we only feel trapped because of our self-doubt and fear. But...”
– How our emotions can affect our decision making ability
“The genius is in the tonality. CBC radio has what all broadcasters strive for, a...”
– This Is That is worth tuning in for | Arts | National Post
“Even if an “enlightenment experience” is genuine, the ego is very...”
– HARDCORE ZEN: The Look
December 2011
2 posts
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Tiny Buddha Book Giveaway & Top 10 Insights of... →
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“We should define “practice” in broad terms. To me, reading Tricycle...”
– Obstacles & Roadblocks | Tricycle
What a beautiful thought. Love it.
November 2011
4 posts
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Pets
I’ve been thinking for awhile about buying a bird. I really like the idea of having a little pet. A dog would be preferable, but I’m not close to the kind of life that would support that yet.
I’ll probably get a cockatiel, on the advice of a bird-owning friend. Mel and I went to a pet store the other day just to look and there was a lovely bird there (can’t remember the...
“Will Wordsworth then perhaps stayed looking at the dancing flames of daffodils...”
– The Best American Poetry: Jennifer Michael Hecht, The Lion and the Honeycomb
Anonymous asked: When are we going to see some of your photography posted here?-Mel
“But nothing, if we’re honest, disgusts us more than ourselves. Our truest...”
– Hard-Core Porn Obsession by Shalom Auslander GQ November 2011: Men’s Lives: GQ
October 2011
1 post
Yeesh
…it’s been awhile, eh? Sorry.
I’m moving to a one-bedroom suite, so that’s very exciting.
Trying to pursue the photography thing. I need pretty much all the equipment, so it’s gonna be a long slog.
That’s about it.
August 2011
3 posts
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July 2011
20 posts
“When we need to describe someone as something he is telling us he is not, it...”
– Alterviews: Anders Behring Breivik is Not a Fundamentalist Christian, He is Something Worse
“That was the first Piaf I knew about—or thought I knew about, thanks to one of...”
– David Hajdu Reviews Carolyn Burke’s “No Regrets: The Life Of Edith Piaf” | The New Republic
“Above all, Freud rescued portrait painting from its traditional sin of flattery.”
– After Freud, the camera – fast and super-cruel – will rule supreme | Mark Lawson | Comment is free | The Guardian
“There is no meaning here, no wider parable about the relationship between...”
– Amy Winehouse: Why is there so little understanding of addiction? | Tanya Gold | Comment is free | The Guardian
“That twerp, all eyeliner and lager dithering up Chalk Farm Road under a...”
– For Amy « Russell Brand
“She wrote it from the perspective of the mad woman, punching Charlotte Brontë in...”
– Tanya Gold: Amy Winehouse calls to mind Jean Rhys, author of Wide Sargasso Sea | Comment is free | The Guardian
“This is insane to the healthy mind; this is why we stare at Winehouse. But...”
– Tanya Gold: Amy Winehouse calls to mind Jean Rhys, author of Wide Sargasso Sea | Comment is free | The Guardian
“Why should I be respected and honored if I like to be spanked? Well, for my...”
– Ozymandias’s Crushing and Venting Engine of Doom (via Figleaf’s Real Adult Sex)
“I’ve been alone in hotel rooms with all my demons present and not a friend among...”
– R.I.P. Amy Winehouse « Margaret Cho
“You know how vampires have no reflections in the mirror? If you want to make a...”
– Junot Diaz (via oddballsdontbounce)
love him.
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Why I quit my job: « Kai Nagata →
I admire the crap outta this guy.
“That’s skeptics. Rational about everything except themselves,...”
– Richard Dawkins Torn Limb from Limb—By Atheists
“The gains of feminism sure are conveniently exploited by those who claim to...”
– Michele Bachmann, Submissive Wife
“Fuck this shit. And fuck the next person who’s wishy washy about...”
– Kansas Avoids Becoming Abortion Clinic-Free
“Even other Republicans, it seems, are making the mistake of laughing at...”
– Michele Bachmann’s Holy War | Rolling Stone Politics
“Snickering readers in New York or Los Angeles might be tempted by all of this to...”
– Michele Bachmann’s Holy War | Rolling Stone Politics
“In her runs for Congress, Bachmann discovered — or perhaps it is more accurate...”
– Michele Bachmann’s Holy War | Rolling Stone Politics
“Bachmann’s entire political career has followed this exact same pattern of...”
– Michele Bachmann’s Holy War | Rolling Stone Politics
http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/transform... →
The best movie review I’ve read in a while.
June 2011
41 posts
“Finally, when it comes to the often-dull reality of detective work, no TV series...”
– Primer: TV Detectives | TV | Primer | The A.V. Club
Tree of Life (2011)
Tree of Life, written and directed by Terrance Malick, is a stunningly beautiful and moving film. If it had been edited with more discipline, it could have been shattering.
The film tells the story of a small southern family who suffers the loss of one of a trio of brothers. Though it jumps a bit in the timeline, it’s no less linear than most mainstream movies. One of the strengths of the film,...
“If Hubbard’s final years turned him into a pathetic, secretive, paranoid...”
– ‘Inside Scientology’ Promises a Lot, And Delivers: David Miscavige Has Much to Worry About - New York News - Runnin’ Scared
“In the most recent issue of Advance!, the magazine of the Los Angeles...”
– Scientology’s Crushing Defeat - - News - New York - Village Voice