December 2009
55 posts
“Rush Limbaugh was taken to the same hospital President Obama was born in. I...”
– thepoliticalpartygirl (via maxistentialist)
Best/Worst of 2009.
In keeping with the tradition I started last year, here’s my top ten list of best events in 2009 and worst events of 2009, ranked in the order that they most impacted my life.
The Best Events of 2009:
Kaia and I took a road trip. (August 20-October 12)
I got accepted and attended the Summer Solstice Writers’ Conference at Pine Manor College in Boston. (June 21-27)
Mary Catherine and I...
The End of the 00s: Noted, Without Noteworthiness,... →
(via davidmanque)
veganchameleon:
Google Map of guy passed out in truck bed, beer in hand
“Schoolhouse Rock really undersold the insanity in how a bill becomes a law.”
– Ezra Klein (via savingpaper) (via postmodernista)
WatchSource: suitep.
This one got me.
The Year in Ideas (NYT) →
postmodernista:
spaceships:
Gibberish rock song written by Italian composer to... →
deraj0100:
In this remarkable and fully rockin’ video, an Italian singer performs a rock piece whose lyrics are gibberish intended to sound like English. Entitled “What English Sounds Like to Foreigners,”…
DNA evidence frees James Bain from prison after 35... →
I don’t know what I would do.
Watchmaxistentialist:
If the stop sign were designed by a committee.
OR: Why you should hire a designer and listen to what they say.
“Henry James says somewhere that if you have to make notes on how a thing has...”
– Wallace Stegner (Crossing to Safety) (via bunkercomplex)
“I believe that I am because I have common sense and I have I believe the values...”
– Sarah Palin in response to Bill O’Reilly’s question, “do you believe that you are smart enough, incisive enough, intellectual enough to handle the most powerful job in the world?” (via jjbny) (via danielholter) (via robot-heart-politics) (via suitep)
