January 2010
28 posts
“This is such a bummer. It almost hurts to type this, but as he quoted Joe Hill...”
– A People’s Historian | MetaFilter
“Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you...”
– Thomas Merton—The Value of Essential Works (via Harper’s Magazine)
“Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of...”
– Conan O’Brien. (via uprightcitizens)
WatchPrince Reveals Song for Vikings-Saints Game
I just found a compelling reason to watch this game.
“As the public’s horror at the devastation in Haiti eclipses, for the moment, the...”
– A Modest Proposal for Haiti: Philip Gourevitch in The New Yorker (via photographyprison)
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: What's (So) Funny... →
If we’re talking about the kind of love my father’s friends feel for their comic books and old sci-fi movies, there’s something funny about that love.
It seems like people are most paranoid and violently reactive to adversity during peacetime. OK, that’s not so much funny as it is ironic.
Most Eastern martial arts are founded on the basis of the practitioner’s...
“Was not Amos an extremist for justice: “Let justice roll down like waters...”
– Letter From Birmingham Jail
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Purple Rain...
“…in my view [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s] discourse was global...”
– Cheryl Sanders of Howard University, (via Faith in Public Life)
“Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I...”
– Frederick Douglass, via The American Prospect
Lawyers, Guns and Money: Return of the Vampires →
Every spring, Patterson runs a policy simulation designed to illustrate the difficulty of operating an organization in the context of asymmetric and limited information. Every fall, I run a two hour mini-simulation designed to give students a sense of how the larger simulation will play out. In my first year, I did zombies; the year after was the aftermath of Independence Day, and last year I...
““If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too.”
–Tom Waits”
– There are some great (uncredited) photos of Tom Waits on this page, too.
“THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING…” | TOM WAITS, YOUR INNER DRUNKARD « The Selvedge Yard
(via mefi)
“I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.” - Wash, Serenity”
– 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know | GeekDad | Wired.com
Pr*tty Sh*tty: An Open Letter to James Cameron... →
…by appearing in your movie, have I been given mainstream, high-level recognition as a serious typeface.
