February 2009
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“What experience most shaped who you are?” →
The question on Ask Metafilter that launched one of the most beautiful and amazing discussions I have ever read.
It was asked by a parent of a three and a half year old who wanted to know what experiences stick with—and perhaps change—someone for the rest of their lives, and what they can do as parents to provide as many of these experiences for their children as they can. There is something so...
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New York Plans to Close Parts of Broadway to... →
Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to close several blocks of Broadway to vehicle traffic through Times Square and Herald Square, a move that seems counterintuitive, but will actually free up traffic moving through the area. The messy intersections the diagonal Broadway creates around 42nd Street are always clogged with slow-moving traffic.
The city plans on transforming the now vacant streets...
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WatchCollegeHumor — The Dark Knight Meets Superman
It’s time for Gotham to get the hero it needs, not the hero it thinks it deserves, but the hero that it– thinks. That we think– it needs, to deserve. B–because it’s time to deserve a hero… and things. For Gotham.
Rawrrr. Dark Knight.
I laughed so hard that my throat hurts now. [via]
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How Much Water Does Pasta Really Need? →
Interesting article. I’ve wondered about this too—why we need so much water when most (if not all) of it is drained away. It’s fortuitous I came across this because I planned on making pasta for lunch anyway, so I got to test this out in real life.
A great deal more attention and care is needed when using less water, though. I had to stir often to prevent noodles from sticking to the pot, taking...
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Top Chef
Carla is crazyy. [via]
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Flight of the Conchords
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Foreteen
Kutner: […] She’ll invite friends over for Foreman to share.
Taub: She's not a nympho—she's bisexual, which by the way, means she’s accustomed to partners who don’t need a map to find the treasure.
Kutner: Even if you know where the treasure is, it can still be pretty hard to dig it up without a shovel.
Taub: You can buy a shovel.
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Senior year
What follows is a long and very personal story. I occasionally use this tumblelog as Dumbledore would use his Pensieve: to collect and deposit random recollections and memories I have accumulated over the years. I love writing—it’s very therapeutic and relaxing, and the few chances I get to do so I proudly post here, which coincidentally happens to be my blog. No one is forcing you to read this...
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“Oh, this is a really fancy parking job! It’s good because if another car wants...”
– Nick (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist)
Yes—another Nick and Norah quote. The movie is really growing on me, and if you don’t like it you can go suck it.
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“That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older—they stay the...”
– Wooderson (Dazed and Confused)
I’ll update later when I finish the movie, but the trailer is a good start.
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Cellphones
The cellphone usage link I posted really got me thinking about the cellphones in my past.
My very first phone was the Samsung SGH-r225 and it was pretty much the perfect phone in 2002, at least for me. There was no color display, music player, or even a camera—fuck that shit. It listed ‘vibrate mode’ and call logs as special features, held an incredible 100 contacts, and allowed you to assign...
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US Airways Flight 1549 conspiracy?? →
Add up the middle numbers in Flight 1549 and you get 9. Add 8 to the 1 and you also get 9. Now flip over the 999 and you get 666. Add up those numbers and you get 18. Coincidence?
McSweeney’s is hilarious as usual.
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Children get first cellphone at average age of... →
Oh you have got to be kidding me. I received my first cellphone in freshman year of high school—around August of 2002—when I was fourteen. And now the average age is eight? Granted, technology is advancing at a faster pace today than when I was eight, but it’s hardly a good enough reason to allow eight-year-old children to tote around cellphones.
This whole fuss I’m making is going to sound...
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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Nick: I was the one who got her into “Where’s Fluffy”. It was me. I,—She’d never even heard of them until I put one of their songs on a mix CD for her. Tris. I’m talking about Tris.
Norah: [sarcastically] Is that right?
Nick: How well do you guys know each other? You go to Sacred Heart together or…? Do you guys talk a lot? Talk about, …her new boyfriend?
Norah: I cannot believe Tris dated a straightedge. That’s, like, astounding.
Nick: What’d she say about me? She said I was a straightedge?
Norah: Can I just ask, what did you see in her? I could floss with that girl.
Nick: This is your friend that we’re talking about?
Norah: Alright, okay. So I’m the bad guy now—is this what we’re doing? I’m the bad guy?
Nick: If you really wanna know, she actually supported our music and our band when nobody else did—not that that’s any of your business.
Norah: *scoff* Okay, forget it. I can’t do this.
Nick: Do what?
Norah: Just make a U-turn and take me back to Ludlow, alright? I’ll find my own way.
Nick: Perfect.
Norah: I refuse to be the goodie bag at your pity party, Nick.
Nick: You don’t have to yell. It’s not a train station. We’re in a tiny car.
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“I never wash my pants. I like to keep the night on them.”
– Nick (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist)
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It’s currently 3:39am and I’m obsessively reading...
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Ffruustration
4chan’s /b/ messageboards [NSFW!] suck these days since the beginning of time, but they occasionally create hilarious memes, like FFFFFFFFUUUUU—, or Ffruustration. This post will have some crude stick figure drawings, so if you’re easily offended, turn off your computer and go outside.
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“Today, I carefully approached my boyfriend from behind and put my hands on his...”
– Fuck My Life
ROFL. Last one—I swear. Just go read it yourself; I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.
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“Today, I found a used condom and wrapper in the bathroom trashcan at my...”
– Fuck My Life
These are so hilarious and sad at the same time.
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“Today, as my boyfriend was trying to convince me that he was not having an...”
– Fuck My Life
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My friend planning my birthday weekend
Friend: so thursday we hotpot n beer pong n smoke up
Friend: friday party, drink n smoke up
Friend: sat snowboarding n smoke up
Me: wut
Friend: sunday give you day to ret
Friend: rest
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WatchSony Releases New Stupid Piece of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work [via]
The Onion is hilarious as usual.
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Yahoo Might Buy Tumblr, New York’s Cutest Startup →
marco:
All of the good stuff always happens when I’m home sick.
I hope they let me work on some of the many exciting projects at Yahoo! Who needs a high rank at a small company in New York? I want to move to California and get stuck in traffic every day on the way to my midlevel engineering job where I sit in a cubicle all day and can’t make any product decisions while working on something...
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Tumblr for people whose parents have joined... →
[via emilyposts]
Oh god, this is hilarious. I belong in this group! But thankfully, my parents have been cool and haven’t done anything too embarrassing on Facebook. And the key is to confine them to your Limited Profile.
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C.Y.L.’s Valentine’s Day story
sunnycyl:
I remember sometime around last Valentine’s Day, a guy asked me out to dinner.
He was speaking to me on his cell phone while driving. I was trying to find the best way to reject him as NICELY as possible.
Deep breath, okay. I said, “Uh, I’ve got something to do and I…” Suddenly, I realized I was talking to myself—the phone got cut off.
I tried calling him back, no answer.
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“In 1960, the ratio of CEO pay at large companies to that of the president of the...”
– The Washington Post: ‘You Can Cap the Pay, But the Greed Will Go On’ [via squashed]
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“I don’t care whether you’re driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you’re headed for a...”
– Barack Obama [via]
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Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes →
Slashdot:
Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference to make a point about the deadly sting of malaria. “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates said while opening a jar on stage at a gathering known to attract technology kings, politicians, and Hollywood stars. “I brought some. Here I’ll let them...
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100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language →
My five favorites, though there are many other beautiful words like ingenue, mondegreen, lagniappe, moiety, pelagic, and redolent. Hoyin chose her five favorites, too.
cy·no·sure |ˈsī-nə-ˌshu̇r| noun
a center of attraction or attention.
fe·lic·i·tous |fi-ˈli-sə-təs| adjective
well-fitting, happening at the right time.
hal·cy·on |ˈhal-sē-ən| adjective
idyllically happy and peaceful.
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The Minute Romance
loveishere:
Sometimes when you’re walking down the street, you make eye contact with someone else and there is a moment of clarity when you make an intimate connection. You feel it and you know they feel it, too, even though there is no exchange of words.
You continue walking and never see them again. But that moment, that look… that was everything.
[via pandaface»apileupwho»saintnate]
