obsessive compulsive discovery

Thesaurus Rex

portlandsammyo: i just discovered—by accident—that if one triple clicks any word in a nytimes.com...

Mar 31st

Bike season is finally here!

Mar 30th

testumblrone: suwaowalog: poirpom: Dr Hunter advice -...

Mar 30th

Mar 29th

iloverobots.muxtape.com

Mar 29th

Oh yes, I got a few compliments on my Windsor knot. 

Mar 29th

"Wow, you're damn tall"

That’s what he said. Of course, I get this all the time but last night (at a Roaring Twenties...

Mar 29th

keepin’ it gangsta. 

Mar 29th

stalking just got so much easier

Mar 28th

“Big into yoga? Cool. You’re gonna die.”
— Benjamin Alsup reviewing The...

Mar 28th

Novocaine this afternoon, yuck! On the upside, the new...

Mar 27th

Watch

DOTHETEST

Mar 27th

“We’ve just come off a multiyear orgy of irresponsibility and...”
— CEO and director of Equity...

Mar 27th

Nobody likes a lazy guy.

Mar 27th

SKIN DEEP

Mar 27th

biteofpythias: brieflynoted: alittlebitoftomfoolery: ...

Mar 26th

Vice embeds glow-in-the-dark BMW ad on its cover (via Folio)

Mar 26th

afternoon chit chat

Virgil: It’s the new SNOOD! Did you play snood in college?
Amanda Rae: YES! Wow, WE ARE OLD.
Virgil: Yeah, remember C:\WINDOWS?
Amanda Rae: ...that would be a great line for a nerd slaying his robot opponent at the climax of battle: "Backslash is over, b*tch!"
Amanda Rae: um..... :::sigh:::

Mar 25th

“Yeah, Tumblr is great…I tried to stop but the road was...”
— a new obsessee! yes!

Mar 25th

Well, I *do* love the green(s)

Note all PR flacks: it IS possible to win me over with the promise of leafy organics: “Hi...

Mar 25th

“Hahaha you’re a sucker for some witty banter.”
— no kidding, P!

Mar 25th

parental guidance

portlandsammyo: …we visit for 37 seconds. mom immediately begins boiling water for a cup of...

Mar 24th

"Fra-gee-lay"

Everytime I see a FRAGILE warning on a package I can’t help but say it like...

Mar 24th

Life Is But A Dream?

All day I’ve felt dissociated from my self. I tried drinking extra coffee this morning and...

Mar 24th

"Britain's first safe text street with padded...

Mar 24th

Mmmmmm

Mar 23rd

The best part of baking: licking the beaters

Mar 23rd

Go Orange!...or not.

So I’m baking carrot cake for brunch right now…and after grating a million carrots, my...

Mar 23rd

Watch

From my favorite Easter “movie,” It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! 

Mar 23rd

Snowboard sticker self-portrait. Off to the mountain!

Mar 22nd

Ha

Mar 21st

list-making! yay!

Random tasks I absolutely must accomplish this weekend: —Bliss out, Down-Dog style, 8:45 a.m....

Mar 21st

Failure To Launch

“Hi Amanda, Lamborghini, makers of the world’s sexiest super cars, has extended its...

Mar 21st

“Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the...

Mar 21st

Red pens are required, but my crucial desktop tool: the...

Mar 21st

Do you have an addictive personality?

Mar 20th

Methinks so. The factory in Amsterdam is...

topherchris: Heineken may taste like a mixture of baby saliva and bat blood, but their mini keg is...

Mar 20th

tumblinas: in honor of the first day; happy spring,...

Mar 20th

Will This Judd Apatow Movie Be Any Good?...

Mar 20th

NEED THESE: the KORS Michael Kors “Danger See-Through...

Mar 20th

“I’m all for it, just make sure you bring the weirdo spray...”
— T, keepin’ it real as...

Mar 19th

Well fuck you, "Maurice Louis"

Brilliant spam technique = subject header: “I hate you, damn” because of course I wanna...

Mar 19th

"Inappropriate Evenhandedness"

Mar 19th

Bad

My car smells suspiciously like whiskey….

Mar 18th

lindsey: I want this!!!  ME TOO!

Mar 18th

Watch

“We’ve had tons of ideas emailed to us over the years. Out of all of them, one stands out as...

Mar 18th

Cover Of The Year?

Mar 18th

size matters.

Mar 18th

100 Weird Facts About the Human Body

Mar 18th

T's Quote Of The Day

“Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the...

Mar 18th

Risky Business

Mar 18th

Leftover batter = shot cakes! (breakfast?)

Mar 18th

Making it.

Mar 18th

*This is you @ The Dream Away*

Mar 18th

Mar 18th

New Age plinking

yeah, so what if I already used this title is the email chain that destroyed any hope of Monday...

Mar 17th

“it’s a holiday so you must be excited since you are...

Mar 17th

Proof that boys and girls really DO...

The Chairman: Nice pic today
Amanda Rae: ??
Amanda Rae: (after realizing that he's not talking about myspace/facebook/blog but the FRONT PAGE of the Berkshire Eagle) we didn't get our paper this morning. The bank let us borrow their copy. my immediate reaction: "FUCK."
The Chairman: yeah well they spelled my name wrong...and I'm suffering from "Fat Face" on page 4. FUCK is right!
Amanda Rae: ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! ugh. (i thought your photo, however, was wayyy better than mine.)
The Chairman: nah..you still looked hot. I looked like I was 40 years old.
Amanda Rae: thanks, but lets be honest, my mouth was agape, my hair totally flat, and there was the slightest semblance of a double chin. :::sigh::: you win.

Mar 17th

PDF of a story I wrote on Kevin O’Hara: proud...

Mar 17th

cakeface: ninakix: Their products are equally...

Mar 17th

Spinning (off) out of control

Mar 17th

“When you find new information, you get an opioid hit, and we...”
— Very interesting article...

Mar 17th

this is absolutely absurd, and I’d probably barf....

Mar 17th

portlandsammyo: five gallons. swedish fish. Sam, I could...

Mar 17th

Project! (Shoutout to my dad for the (five!!?) old shower...

Mar 16th

testumblrone: (via)

Mar 16th

courtneyc: Can word edit the unknown? (via adp)

Mar 16th

UPDATE: i am not lying in a pool of blood, just cut my finger mysteriously. i’m OK.

Mar 16th

fuck. there’s suddenly BLOOD all over my shiny silver keyboard.

Mar 16th

“ur pretty good at peddling BS, even for a writer”
— TN, who clearly can’t...

Mar 15th

Supposedly "Green" Products Could Be Toxic

Mar 14th

HAHAHAHA so true, JP, so true.

Mar 14th

Not sure how I feel about Michael Bay’s remake of this...

Mar 14th

I take no responsibility for this one

“…BTW – I rented Two Days in Paris last night. Amazing! Loved it! Then got really sappy...

Mar 14th

“It’s a phenomenon. If somebody would kill that show,...”
— CBS CEO Leslie Moonves of...

Mar 14th

chills

Julie Delpy’s ending monologue in Two Days In Paris was spot on. It made the whole movie....

Mar 14th

mollyboo: My mom just sent me this gem of a license plate...

Mar 14th

HUGE WHITEWATER LEVELS ON NEW ENGLAND'S...

the subject of the press release I just received. In all caps. “Last week’s storm...

Mar 13th

The Worst TIME Covers: A Slideshow

Mar 13th

"Like Understanding What Goes into Sausage"

Mar 13th

Yay! New American Apparel package!

Mar 13th

hydeordie: wanna play? via found.  FOR REAL.

Mar 13th

yourdp: suddently getting “caught” became the least of his...

Mar 13th

Superuse.org: Where recycling meets design

Mar 13th

The Vatican has updated its list of seven deadly sins.

Mar 13th

The Verdict

So I *finally* jumped on the bandwagon and bought some Yerba Maté. After two mugs, I’m...

Mar 13th

“I can’t really describe the feeling except for...

Mar 12th

Child’s Play (via Design*Sponge)

Mar 12th

jackieheartsb: in a dream world, this is where i’d spend...

Mar 12th

Fark Headline: Spitzer will pull out within...

Mar 12th

The Power Of The Push-up

Mar 12th

“Good, you have really nice high cheekbones so blushing looks...”
— what every girl wants to...

Mar 12th

so much for sleeping.

I keep having crazy good short story ideas, racing through my mind and keeping me awake. It’s...

Mar 12th

Take Me To Baker Street

I started reading the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes last night and now that’s all I want to...

Mar 12th

“Sometimes I just throw the dish away because I’m too...”
— R, who boasted about this to...

Mar 12th

HAPPY 3-11 DAY!

Mar 11th

Spotted!

Mar 11th

Fantastic Trainwreck: A Cautionary Tale

Mar 11th

“that is how i determine value. purely on looks alone....”
— SJ, who, I must admit, added...

Mar 11th

Idle Hands Theory?

Mar 11th

cakeface: ffffound - Gizmodo UK : Keyboard Organiser...

Mar 11th

Of 669? HOW is this possible?! 

Mar 11th

PEEPS INSIDE A CHOCOLATE EGG (via Candy Blog)

Mar 10th

I‘m only adding this bit of rock’n’roll...

Mar 10th

More Sex Please, We’re French - TIME

Mar 10th

Drugs In Your Drinking Water - CNN.com

Mar 10th

Geek Love (via NYT)

Mar 10th

I’ve been driving by this place all winter as...

Mar 9th

I got this JUNE 2 2007 and have kept it ever...

Mar 8th

Add "Flaunting Gang Signs In Group...

Mar 7th

 wow…I am so making these  tumblinas: after a long...

Mar 7th

Doc Jensen is BRILLIANT.

Mar 6th

“It was so much fun, 86* degrees every day, all I did was...”
— JP. when do I get my...

Mar 6th

A "muppet faced yenta" !

Mar 6th

VAMPIRE WEEKEND IS THE IDEAL SOUNDTRACK FOR A SUNNY SPRING...

Mar 6th

Watch

Saw this guy last night in Albany ….bahahahahaha!

Mar 6th

as good an explanation as any...

Mar 5th

NEW TUNAGE! a thousand blessings, DJ.CT!

Mar 5th

“For someone so “outdoorsy,” I’m pretty surprised…”
— all you gotta say to convince...

Mar 5th

VIRGO - The One that Waits Dominant in relationships....

Mar 5th

portlandsammyo: Im a nerd. I draw pix of ipods circa 99 ...

Mar 5th

Eco-friendly and a status symbol? Say hello to the new Tesla...

Mar 4th

Silver Lining

“The CW laid off its entire comedy division (while combining its other scripted programming...

Mar 4th

“See, this is why I ask WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO MOVE...”
— NYC.P’s conclusion from...

Mar 4th

“DEAR AMANDA, YES I WAS THERE SAT & SUN FROM 8:00 AM TO...”
— On skiing this weekend.

Mar 4th

ABANDONED. outside of my apartment building. It made me feel...

Mar 4th

Better than via Post-it?

Mar 3rd

courtneyc: Social networking preference by continent....

Mar 3rd

Garfield Minus Garfield

Mar 3rd

When I was really small, our half bath downstairs had the...

Mar 3rd

I am a drugstore cowgirl. I can spend hours roaming the...

Mar 3rd

Starbucks: 330mmg, Dunkin' Donuts...

“(Remarkably brave) French researchers accompanied young males as they drove 125 miles on a...

Mar 1st

FYI girls (a five-word poem)

Mention turnips, Flowers will follow

Mar 1st