January 2010
36 posts
“Something went amok with jeans in the late 1970s”
– Why are blue jeans, that most blameless and universal item of apparel, the one thing men always get wrong? (via NYTimes)
“I see it as kind of a time suck that I don’t need any more of. Just too...”
– Brian Williams on Twitter.
“You’re too scared to ride off into the sunset. Cause real sunsets might be...”
– Stephen Dedalus, The Brothers Bloom
Ex communication at dinner
Guy: ...but she was tiiiiny.
Girl: Like you could break her? [envious scowl]
Other Guy: I love that feeling.
The "Name The New Wu-Tang Spin-off Group" Contest →
maisied:
Hhhmmmm
“And “g.r.a.m.s” (Ghost Rae And Meth) as suggested by a fan called FIRESPITTINDRAGGONS. Actually, “Fire Spitting Dragons,” is pretty awesome in itself. If he (or she, but somehow, I think it’s a he) would let them borrow it.”
Hmm indeed.
Neanderthals wore makeup →
New research suggests that the human subspecies were not, in fact, half-wits.
“Thanks a bunch! Or a “busch-el”!!!”
– enthusiastic and creative appreciation makes my day.
“When completed, the Human Epigenome Project will make the Human Genome Project...”
– Fascinating article in TIME magazine about epigenetics—“‘marks’ that tell your genes to switch on or off, to speak loudly or whisper”—and the role environment may play in changing hereditary issues in just a generation or two (as opposed to Darwin’s theory...
Shameless self-PR →
“I don’t like emailing you until I am feeling all charming-like. And then...”
– this kind of blame game ain’t bad
Soundgarden Officially Reuniting - Chris Cornell,... →
vb:
nightshiftworker:
FUCKIN RIGHT!
FUCK YEAH
The Steve Ward Diet →
“All that you need for my diet is graph paper, a ruler, and a pencil”…. and some willpower.
“It kind of stuns me whenever I find someone still saying “at the end of...”
– Which catchphrases should be “thrown under the bus”? - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine