So This Happened
Paying for parking meter a stranger pretended to mug me using his cell phone as a faux gun.
“Nah man! I’m kidding”
What!?! Now my nerves are all rattled.
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The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33cl9VdDM1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
OBN III’s Spring Tour
Pretty stoked about this! Do you live in the following cities? Let’s hang out.
Mon May 21 - Houston, TX - @ Mango’s w/The Energy
Tue May 22 - New Orleans, LA - @Siberia w/Nightmare Boyzzz
Wed May 23 - Memphis, TN - @ The Poplar Lounge w/Moving Finger
Thu May 24 - Oxford, MS - @ Blind Pig w/Game Kontrol
Fri May 25 - Atlanta, GA - @ 529 w/Wymyns Prysyn, Dino’s Boys, Resons
Sat May 26 - Nashville, TN - @ The End w/D. Watusi, Cannomen
Sun May 27 - Columbus, OH - @ The Summit w/Day Creeper, Guinea Worms, No Bails
Mon May 28 - Toronto, ON, Canada - @ The Shop under Parts & Labor w/The Ketamines
Tue May 29 - Philadelphia, PA - @ Silk City w/Tough Shits, The Eeries, Pussy Dogs
Wed May 30 - Somerville, MA - @ Radio
Thu May 31 - Montreal, QC, Canada - @ Casa Del Popolo w/Genital Hospital, Hand Cream
Fri June 1 - New York, NY - @ Cake Shop w/Twin Guns, Thee Omens (Denver), Foster Care, Guest DJ Eric Davidson
Sat June 2 - New York, NY - @ Don Pedro w/Livids, The Othermen, Thee Omens
Sun June 3 - Detroit, MI - @ Lager House w/ Terrible Twos
Mon June 4 - Bloomington, IN - w/Apache Dropout
Tue June 5 - Milwaukee, WI - @ Cream City Collective (EARLY SHOW) w/Drugs Dragons, Slow Walker, Uh-Oh
Wed June 6 - St. Paul, MN - @ Midway House w/Royal Headache
Thu June 7 - Chicago, IL @ Burlington w/Football, Royal Headache
Fri June 8 - Lawrence, KS - @ Replay Lounge w/Mouthbreathers
Sat June 9 - OKC - @ Blue Note w/Shitty/Awesome
“During a hunting trip with several fellow legislators and a lobbyist, for example, a rancher, an old friend, called Stevenson aside and told him that in one of the back pastures where the men were to hunt was an aged horse- an old family pet- so infirm that it should be destroyed. The rancher asked Stevenson to do it for him. Stevenson agreed. As the hunters’ car was passing the horse, he asked the driver to stop, and got out.
‘I think I’ll just kill that ol’ horse,’ he said, and, taking aim, shot it in the head.
His companions, unaware of the rancher’s request, stared in amazement. ‘Why did you just shoot that horse?’ the lobbyist finally asked.
‘I just always wondered what it would feel like to shoot a horse,’ Stevenson drawled. Pausing, he stared hard at the lobbyist. ‘Now I’m wondering what it would feel like to shoot a man.’- Means of Ascent, Robert Caro
