August 2011
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“I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, *despair*, but it’s a...”
– David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
“…the internet, for all its snarking, is still the best place we’ve come up...”
– Tess Lynch, on Internet K-Holes
psst, guess what?
Debt increases by recent U.S Presidents:
Reagan 186% Bush II 72% Bush I 54% Clinton 41% Obama 23%
(Source: Congressional Budget Office)
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“So suck on that, Tea Party.”
(Source: me)
“Shame breeds three things; fear, blame, and disconnection. So how do we practice...”
– Dr. Brene Brown, “Courage, Compassion, Connection”
mills replied to your post: I think all of us who suffer from periodic or chronic despair console ourselves with this idea: that experience is comparative, that bliss depends on misery for its structure. I’m not sure that it’s really the case, though. Still: “Wait and Hope.”
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I’m not really sure it’s the case either, but I’m more inclined to believe...
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the...”
– Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
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“I tell you this
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open...”
– - Mary Oliver
(via lowrising)
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“Wise Up” - Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann was...
Decemberists new music video based on Eschaton... →
And directed by the co-creator and show runner for Parks and Recreation! This is way too many things I love coming together all at once!
“Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like...”
– William Faulkner, The Sound and The Fury
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Thanks for all the great suggestions folks, much appreciated. Determined to make the most out of the limited time I have here. And tonight is already looking fantastic: dinner with Mills and Abby! Super excited!
Favorite things to do in San Francisco? Anybody?
“Here’s a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way...”
– Nick Flynn, The Ticking is the Bomb
“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our...”
– Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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hidingundertrees asked: You are offered the chance to strike from history one Beatles song. Which one gets the chop?
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“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement....”
– Mary Oliver (via vaporeuse)
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Where Children Sleep (NYTimes.com) →
Mr. Mollison’s new book, “Where Children Sleep,” had its origins in a project undertaken for a children’s charity several years ago. As he considered how to represent needy children around the world, he wanted to avoid the common devices: pleading eyes, toothless smiles. When he visualized his own childhood, he realized that his bedroom said a lot about what sort of life he led. So he set out to...
a bright wall in a dark room.: Reader's Request... →
brightwalldarkroom:
Imperfect Perfection/Perfect Imperfection
by Andrew Root
Ever wonder why romantic restaurants keep their lights dim? Or why stylistically romantic photography uses a soft focus? There’s something about not being able to see the object of your affection clearly that corresponds to…
