September 2008
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“Underachievement isn’t about doing nothing. It’s about the right...”
– The Underachievers Manifesto
“On Monday, the Dow finished lower than when George W. Bush assumed the...”
– Stock Dive Is Bookend Of Bush Economics
“Gapping” is my word of the day (the space between two ballroom partners)
it's made of meat. →
Generation Kill: A viewing guide →
Completely loving Generation Kill right now, although I haven’t been keeping up with all the acronyms and slang. This link puts that right.
WatchOlbermann Gives $100 To Charity For Every Palin Lie, $3700 This Week Alone
“This reminds me of the day I upgraded from a manual typewriter to my first...”
– AskMe orthography | MetaTalk
“You are overwhelmed by a pelagic sadness.”
– Junot Diaz short story from arkitip. I love narratives in the second person. Going to go back over this bibliography.
Word of the day: deiton
The Register are using “deiton” as a neologism for the Higgs Boson.
LAT round up of new DFW web resources →
Help me make the Beeriodic Table →
I’m looking for beers that correspond to elements on the periodic table. Arsenic (As) = Asahi, Titanium (Ti) = Tiger, Potassium (K) = Kingfisher, and so on. I’ve got a lot of gaps- please help! …
Playboy.com - David Foster Wallace's first... →
Bit annoying how much previously unavailable DFW is suddenly in the public domain.
Anti-Theft Lunch Bag Deters Sandwich Thieves... →
DFW (probably) on Grenada House →
Here’s something that’s been around for awhile but is more relevant to read now: an anonymous letter written for the Grenada House about the writer’s time spent recovering there for drug addiction…
Twitterispenis →
“We take innocent tweets, replace certain words with ‘penis’, and republish it for your entertainment. We find it funny.”
http://twitterispenis.com/
retronym: A word or phrase ... →
ret•ro•nym
[re-truh-nim] — noun
A word or phrase created because an existing term that was once used alone needs to be distinguished from a term referring to a new development, as …
David Foster Wallace, self-absorbed genius. -... →
“I remember a girl in my middle school who used a razor to etch the word ‘Kurt’...”
– Emily Magazine » Blog Archive » “Perminantly”
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Some thoughts on DFW from a super fan
1. I feel bitterly sorry, maybe even afraid, that someone who had such a strong grasp on the emptiness of modern life decided, for whatever reason, to kill himself.
2. I feel aggrieved that my favourite author will now be dragged screaming into the canon of tragic heroes, along with Cobain, Plath, Hemingway, and Rothko. His work deserves more than to be read by maudlin teenagers. Infinite Jest...
“Ms. Palin’s problem is not that she was mayor of a small town or has only been...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - She’s Not Ready - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Girl Turk: Mechanical Turk Meets Girl Talk's... →
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I am in awe.
MADFOOT! - MAD DAAAM 1 - Silver & Black/Gold →
Can’t get enough of metallic print sneakers? Japanese label MADFOOT introduced its own version of the metallic pack, in the form of a silver and black/gold MAD DAAAM 1 sneakers. Marked…
Obama Buttons →
Obama Supporter Buttons for every conceivable form of person or object, from snake lovers to sail boats. Via bblinks.
Air Sharing Transfers Files Between iPhones and... →
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Free app that looks perfect.
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Another Reason We’re All Going To Burn… →
Seriously.
http://www.holytaco.com/2008/09/08/kiss-a-girl-and-go-to-hell-2/
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How to Be a Leading Hollywood Player When You're... →
Be in charge. Then you can do anything. If you’re not in charge, always play characters who have your haircut. That saves an hour in the morning. No wigs, no beards. Forget it. I had to wear a beard for one day. Ridiculous. Forty minutes. No. My haircut: ten minutes. And don’t choose ridiculous costumes. Choose normal clothes. Ordinary trousers, ordinary shoes that you can put on...
“The Russian/Georgian conflict has proven the McDonald’s theory of war...”
– The McDonald’s theory of war
List of Frivolous Political Parties →
List of Frivolous Political Parties
The AFI Top 100 Movies... In 5 Words Each →
The AFI Top 100 Movies… In 5 Words Each : 15) Star Wars (1977) Lucas eventually ruins this: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
18) Psycho (1960) Encouraged me to stop showering.
48) Jaws (1975) Good…
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“1. Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going “beep, beep”....”
– Rules for Road Runner cartoons
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Cliche watch: "I love the smell of X in the... →
Madelines, crackberry, Harpies, SeaFoam, desperation, schadenfreude, boobies, diesel, kerosene, unleaded, jet fuel, Woot, cordite, impeachment, hipocrisy, sawdust, supremacy, sunblock, homophobia, freshmen, kippers, neoprene…..and that’s just the first page of google results. (via robowis)
Summer Tournament 08 - a set on Flickr →
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Invader - Google Maps Invasion Map →
Some serious invader fans have made this sweet google maps mash-up that locates and identifies Invader mosaics around the world. Paris looks to be complete, but only two entries for London so far. On a related note flickr user karramarro caught him in action in Bilbao.
Galapagos.org : 8 more eggs discovered in Lonesome... →
Lonesome George aka Solitario Jorge has been at it again! After 36 years as the last of his kind, he might finally have infants. Apparently weight loss has been the secret to his increased libido. The EDD (expected date of delivery) for the first batch of eggs from July, is November 21st.
List of oldest trees - Wikipedia, the free... →
I am definitely taking a trip to see The Llangernyw Yew next time I’m in North Wales. I have seen the alleged Burning Bush in Sinai, which if true, would be 3495 this year. My parents also have a childhood photo of me climbing a baobab in Kenya that is 2000+ years old.
Pando (tree) →
Pando aka The Trembling Giant is the world’s largest organism, and possibly the world’s oldest. It’s a group of 47,000 Quaking Aspens, all connected by the same root system.
The 100 Oldest [Family] Companies in the World →
“Before the multinational corporation, there was family business. Before the Industrial Revolution, there was family business. Before the enlightenment of Greece and the empire of Rome, there was family business.”
There’s some pretty obvious UK omissions from the list, including John Murray, founded in 1768. and Wedgwood, founded in 1759. Also questionable whether Aberdeen...
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