December 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
A cacophany of Barthesian myth-making
jbkcc:
“Now, distanced from the actual event, the picture seemed strange and surreal. It asked questions but provided no answers.”
The photographer on his image, from this article
And an editorial on the same photograph.
September 2011
3 posts
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August 2011
0 posts
Emergency Team of 8th-Grade Civics Teachers... →
“We started them off with the basics, like the difference between a senator and a representative, and then moved on to more complex concepts, like what a resolution is,” Bozeman, MT social studies teacher Heidi Rossmiller told reporters as all 535 members of Congress copied down the definition of “checks and balances” from a whiteboard in the House chamber.
July 2011
10 posts
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
– Mark Twain
Elements of Surprise
PhosYOUREPREGNANTphorus
LithTHETESTCAMEBACKPOSITIVEium
MangLOOKOUTanese
SelenYOUREBEINGAUDITEDium
HydroLETSMOVEINTOGETHERgen
FluorDADIMGAYine
NitroHAPPYBIRTHDAYgen
TungYOUARENOTMENTIONEDINTHEWILLsten
PotassYESIHAVEAREASONWHYTHESETWOSHOULDNOTBEMARRIEDium
Arsenic
- McSweeney’s Lists
Judith Klausner →
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
4 posts
Economists Gently Suggest American Manufacturing... →
“I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in...”
– MLK
April 2011
2 posts
Matching Book Jackets and Bookmarks →
March 2011
8 posts
Charlie Kirk →
“Hairshirt-green is the simple-minded inverse of 20th-century consumerism. Like...”
Don't Call Me, I Won't Call You →
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
18 posts
10 Most Amazing Mushrooms →
Gandhi or Angelina? →
“kim kardashian reminds me a lot of you. you should be highly complimented.”
– my 14 year-old cousin
i wish i had a rug like this →
New Category: Brown Plate Special →
HOW TO GET THIS LOOK AT HOME
1. Apply 6 to 7 coats of mascara 2. Finish the Tanqueray 3. Play Tears in Heaven 3. Call your ex* 5. Pass out on face
* If no ex is available, look at childhood photos and wonder how you fucked it all up so badly
Crosswordese →
Crosswordese is a term generally used to describe words frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. They are usually short words, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles. This is frequently because short words that start with a vowel are needed in every puzzle to some extent....
“I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s...”
– Haruki Murakami
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