February 2012
74 posts
brandnewswastikas:
Kids nowadays think sex feels good.
“I’m telling you, I was almost walking out with three puppies. It’s so hard....”
– Jennifer Aniston on getting a dog. In Sophie’s Choice, a mother at Auschwitz has to choose whether her 10-year-old son or 7-year-old daughter will live. (via officialssay)
“Being a broken man himself, Greene knew how to probe the pain and romance of...”
– My hero: Graham Greene | Books | The Guardian (via ayjay)
“None of this offers even a start to the question of why people keep buying and...”
– Edward Luttwak reviews ‘The Iliad by Homer’ translated by Stephen Mitchell · LRB 23 February 2012 (via ayjay)
““Associations with night before the 17th Century were not good,” [Craig...”
– BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep (via ayjay)
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“One of the more irritating arguments of a couple of years ago was that Greece...”
– CreditSuisse
backleftlitz:
“All My Friends”—LCD Soundsystem
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Twitter / @paulmasonnews: Fiscal peace in our... →
Fiscal peace in our time: should all fall apart sometime this summer, but the deal is done. We’ll see how voluntary it feels l8r…
Twitter / @itssylviaplath: I am, to be blunt and... →
I am, to be blunt and concise, in love only with myself. I am capable of affection for those who reflect my own world.
So, how can bankers live with themselves? →
“Then again”, Philippe continued, “many of my clients simply don’t seem to care a whole lot about what the general public think. These are extremely well-educated and multilingual professionals. Many are in mixed marriages with kids who have lived on two or three continents. These people don’t belong anywhere and don’t feel beholden to any national project....
internetgirl69:
You know that machine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that erases people from your memory?
Yeah well I need that
fuckyeahjacqueschirac:
RIP Whitney Houston
animalsbeingdicks:
Twitter / @TrueAdolfHitler: Houston. We have a... →
Houston. We have a problem #Whitneysbreathing
manwithpenis:
yaklt:
I made up some of a language one time. I threw out the book that I wrote it all down in because I gave up on it, but I still remember a lot of it. Maybe I should finish the language. No, that’s dumb.
what was it called
“The explanation for this effect returns us to the benefits of not being able to...”
– Jonah Lehrer on why being sleepy and drunk is great for creativity. Lehrer’s must-read new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, comes out in March and is now available on pre-order. (via curiositycounts)
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“Při svých dennodenních cestách po Čechách se čím dál více setkávám s tím, že...”
– Reflex
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“Interestingly, when smart people feel less alienated, they seem to buy different...”
– Postrel: Can You Pass the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Test? - Bloomberg (via ayjay)
Twitter / @FakePewResearch: Where she's putting... →
Where she’s putting her finger: Not there (20%); OH GOD THERE (80%)
buyonegetonehandjobs:
Young M.C. Escher on the mic
“From election to election, politics is mostly about jobs and the economy and the...”
– The Persistence of the Culture War - NYTimes.com (via ayjay)
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Über Alles After All →
Christopher Caldwell