July 2009
66 posts
Top Five Books I Have Read
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
East of Eden by John Stienbeck
Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
Just finished #2. I’d explain why for each one, but would rather not type that out on my phone. Just want a snapshot of my current top five so I can be embarrassed by it in five years.
What about you...
June 2009
88 posts
Sad movies
lacey:
I went to see My Sister’s Keeper with Rhonda this weekend. This is what I envisioned in my head - Rhonda crying like a ninny baby, and me thinking she’s a p word. What actually happened - I cried like a bitch and she has no heart (aka didn’t cry).
So I just put Marley & Me on my Netflix. This is my chance to redeem myself.
Oh you’ll cry. You won’t want to. You’ll...
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“McCartney ended his friendship with Jackson after Jackson outbid him for the...”
– Jackson’s Death Puts Lucrative Beatles Copyrights in Play | Epicenter | Wired.com
This is the world we live in. Our copyright laws are such that you can write a song and then have to pay to play your own creation. I know it is more complicated than this and the boys from Liverpool should have...
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“Chris Anderson’s new book, “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (Hyperion;...”
– Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson: Books: The New Yorker
So much irony.
I actually emailed Chris Anderson after I heard him speak at SXSW asking for a copy of the book and for some reason he didn’t reply or send me one.
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The place to be tonight?
Emos? I think so.
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“If the private soldiers could have talked it over, there wouldn’t have been any...”
– Oil by Upton Sinclair
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So.
I’ve reblogged Kapi twice in a row now. Trying to keep my tumblr from just being his stuff.
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Reblogging
Via the iPhone app is still woefully inadequate. From the iphone optimized dashboard you are sent to the regular posting screen. Which is fine unless you want to add any text to a coversation in which case you will have to wait until you get to your computer. It would be cool if it took you into the posting part of the app. Somehow.
The selector at the top of the dashboard will load all of your...
Truths without Truth →
heyitsnoah:
I posted this story about unfounded medical truths over at GE Adventure, but it’s too good not to post here as well. Taken from How Doctors Think.
One of the most common congenital abnormalities of the heart is a hole between the two upper chambers, between the right atrium and the left atrium. Since the pressure in the left side of the heart is higher than in the right, blood will...
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“the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters,...”
– Iran Admits Possible Discrepancy in 3 Million Votes - NYTimes.com
For future reference. This is the sort of thing that makes people protest…..for some reason.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Rocky Votolato (12)
Mates of State (7)
Asobi Seksu (5)
of Montreal (5)
Mute Math (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“The first woman who was charged with copyright infringement and offered to...”
– Ever Downloaded a Copyrighted Song? You Owe Infinity Dollars
Insecticide helicopters launched as deadly swarm... →
Rennie: your sister is in grave danger!!!! Me: thanks for that.
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“It seems to me that the Americans are the most vocal about the whole “Democracy...”
– - kapi
It’s conventional wisdom in left-leaning circles that George Bush lost the election but became President anyway due to a series of dirty Republican tricks and the complicty of a biased Supreme Court. It’s a convenient story—but it isn’t really true.
Three things happened in the 2000...
Iranian Government Not as Tech-Savvy as Its People →
I couldn’t decide on my commentary on this headline so you get both.
You don’t say. -or-
Well Duh.
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“Ahmadinejad called us Dust, we showed him a sandstorm.”
– Defiance Grows as Iran’s Leader Sets Vote Review - NYTimes.com
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“Eventually, two conductors walked up the aisle toward the engine car. Both were...”
– The Architecture Issue - Getting Up to Speed - High Speed Rail in California - NYTimes.com
Seth's Blog: Textbook Rant →
onemoretimewithfeeling:
“As far as I can tell, assigning a textbook to your college class is academic malpractice.”
Amen!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Elvis Costello & The Attractions (10)
Mates of State (10)
The Beatles (5)
Arcade Fire (4)
Asobi Seksu (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“The epitome of a great justice with a rough character was William O. Douglas,...”
– When Arrogance Takes the Bench - NYTimes.com
Speaking of penumbras ( When you see the sun beams shining through clouds). I can remember my constitutional law professor making fun on this language and defining the word for our class by acting out how absurd he thought it was.
Attention Austin:
I will be playing at the open mic tonight at the Irie Bean on S. Lamar. You should come. Starts at 8 P.M.
“During the back and forth over the budget resolution, Emanuel grew so furious at...”
– Obama’s Team Works Congress From the Inside - NYTimes.com
I don’t think my high school english teacher would have appreciated this imagery. Shame really.
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Sure ‘Nuff ‘n Yes I Do by Captain...
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“I noticed that under the large title CRÈME BRÛLÉE, the tagline read ‘America’s...”
– mimi smartypants
(click through to read the whole post…it’s worth your time, i promise)
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English gets it's millionth word...
lfarm:
English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created.
The Global Language Monitor says the millionth word was added to English on Wednesday.
The site estimates the millionth English word, “Web 2.0” was added to...
You're so vain. You probably think this URL is...
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