January 2010
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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It’s peaceful. Still. Publishing...
– R.I.P, J.D. Salinger.
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Sad but true things
Sarah: we'll all have ipads in 2015, instead of the hoverboards promised by back to the future II
firmuhment:
It has been three months and I am still stuck in that section. The saddest thing is those murders basically all really happened, just with slightly different details. The book is still staring at me from my shelf, but I don’t know when I will be able to get through the rest. :(
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China banning dog meat? →
Wow, this is a shock! I can’t imagine that they’d actually ban it. Enforcing the ban is an issue as well. I can’t say I have really enjoyed eating dog the few times I’ve had it (kind of stringy, imo, though not terrible), but unlike some of the other “exotic” animals eaten in China (eg the civet cat, which was traced to the SARS outbreak of 2003), I’m not...
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love u, radiohead →
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Duane Reade: the new Ace Hotel?? →
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durcharest:
CROOKERS - REMEDY - FEAT. MIIKE SNOW
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Once the memoir stopped being about God and started being about Man, once...
– More on memoirs, from Daniel Mendelsohn in this week’s New Yorker.
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I had not yet realized that anything I wrote would... →
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meaghano:
keh:
One day when I was in Chicago last year, I realized that I was in the mall that houses the American Girl Place: the Jerusalem, the Mecca, the Graceland of my childhood. I’d dreamed of visiting it for so many years, but instead I’d had to be satisfied reading the catalogs again and again. Now, I was there. No one who was with me wanted to stop there, but I did take a step...
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jandro:
The xx - VCR.
Their new video for VCR.
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That guy who ate that tiger gets 12 years in... →
Sad day for him. Happy day for tigers worldwide, who are glad to have closure & ready to move on with their lives now that this whole mess is over.
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My belated top 10 fave songs of 2009, in no...
At much delay, but whatever, here are my top 10 favorite songs of 2009ish. This is shortly to be followed by top 10 favorite songs of the 00s: GET EXCITED!!
Friendly Fires - Paris (Computer Club’s Aeroplane vs Au Revoir Simone Remix) Lykke Li - I’m Good I’m Gone (Fred Falke remix) Phoenix - 1901 Phoenix - Lisztomania The-Dream - Walkin’ on the Moon Passion Pit - The...
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Disney's 10 Hottest Guys →
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bobloblaw:
“I can never, ever say no to a man in sweater vests.” Agreed.
Okay, it’s been a couple (15?) years since I saw it, but I think oldest son Fritz from Swiss Family Robinson deserves a spot on here somewhere.
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Archaic technologies found in my Malm drawer...
1) a 128MB flash drive
2) about 15 CDs, which I feel guilty throwing away (COMPROMISE: I saved the discs and threw away the cases)
3) an LG Chocolate phone & charger
4) not one, but TWO Palm Pilots (!!!)
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Theophilus London - Humdrum Town
I’m really liking this guy!
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The Big Picture on the Haiti earthquake. Good luck... →
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China vows (again) to crack down on spitting →
Good luck with that!
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This is both heartwarming and heartbreaking →