August 2011
59 posts
July 2011
58 posts
“The nerds would like you to know that you are late. Recently, I jokingly scolded...”
– Horse Jerky and Sandcamels by Lindy West - Seattle Books - The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
No seriously, read the whole thing. I am crying from laughing so hard.
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and... scene
She: "She's playing an Egyptologist on that show. An Egyptologist! I don't think Egyptologists can be that hot."
He: "Um, Rachel Weisz? The Mummy?"
She: "She was a librarian. A sexy librarian!"
He: "She was really an Egyptologist. They just didn't have that word yet!"
She: "No, the dude in the fez was the Egyptologist. He was NOT hot."
The American suburbs are a giant Ponzi scheme |... →
“But listen to the room as he goes on — listen to the energy change. Listen to...”
– Watch Andrew Garfield Melt Your Cold, Black, Tiny Heart : Monkey See : NPR
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“One mistake at the end of my life couldn’t erase all the times I had stood...”
– Harry Dresden, in Jim Butcher’s Ghost Story.
Love this series.
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You know that thing where someone asks you a really simple question and you write a four page treatise in response even though the answer to the QUESTION ACTUALLY ASKED was in the second sentence? And then you spend the next 24 hours contemplating what a freaking douche you sounded like?
I hope Gatsbylives understands…
“And you know, once a fantasy hero comes of age, it’s rare that all those fancy...”
– Lev Grossman on A Game of Thrones, The Magaicians and Why Fantasy Isn’t Just for Kids - Speakeasy - WSJ
“I watched in real time as these people reconstructed themselves in the wake of...”
– Facebook and the Epiphanator: An End to Endings? — Daily Intel
Peach-Blackberry Pie Recipe : Bobby Flay : Food... →
I’ve got this pie in the oven right now, only we don’t have eau de vie or cassis so I used what we always have… bourbon.
I have extra bourbon-soaked blackberries and I am wondering why I never did that before now. Because I could eat just that.
Drinking in Season: Blueberries Bourbon |... →
Oh. My. Heavens.
“A skeuomorph, pronounced /ˈskjuːəmɔɹf/ skew-ə-morf, or skeuomorphism (Greek:...”
– Skeuomorph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I knew there had to be a word for this. Now I have learned it.
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“But have we reached a point of no return now? Tylenol and Benadryl and Singulair...”
– The Pat Down « Teds Take (via tbridge)
And apparently the wearing of a long, loose skirt, which is what triggered the pat-down of my inner thighs on the way home from the West Coast. Who knew dressing for comfort in a cramped, crowded space with poor temperature regulation was cause for a...
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I Eat Ewoks: What Netflix Isn't Saying →
ahknight:
Netflix jacked their rates for Instant Watch + DVD delivery and gave a lame-ass excuse for it. It was calculated to be lame, however, because if they used the real reason for it prices might go even higher.
The Internet’s memory is short so let’s go back a week ago to when Netflix lost the Sony…
Fascinating.
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Name meme
I’m tiffany on twitter because it is my name. This gives me a lot of street cred in my profession, which is why I tolerate the near-constant barrage of crap in my replies from people talking about the jewelry store, the Audrey Hepburn movie, the pop star, or their friend named Tiffany. As TJ can attest, having a first name as your twitter name is not all nerd-glamour.
I am tiffanyb on...
Monterey Bay Aquarium postcards
We bought 8 postcards today at the aquarium gift shop (including otters and jellyfish). Who wants one? My ask hole awaits your address…
“Most of us treat our bodies like rental cars, and yet we coddle our precious...”
– TELL ME ABOUT IT: Advice for the Under-30 Crowd (washingtonpost.com)
Carolyn’s all-purpose pep talk.
“As a young evangelical, I was socialized to see the biggest threat to the church...”
– Mickey Maudlin (via azspot)
Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes. And Amen.
In which Tiff needs to relearn cribbage in time...
Tiff: We'll play strip cribbage.
Tom: You will be naked, and I will have all my clothes.
Tiff: You say that like you wouldn't enjoy it.
Tom: Oh no, it would be FUN.
“Over the course of writing this book, George has probably written and abandoned...”
– Dance Interview: With George R. R. Martin Editor Anne Groell « Del Rey and Spectra - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Graphic Novels, and More
Ouch. (via jaybushman)
“GENESIS In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was...”
– The Quietus | Features | Queen’s Back Catalogue - The Authorised King James Version
“Literature without historical context? Nice stories. Art and music without...”
– Hollister Hovey: Cy Twombly, In Context
Hollister Hovey usually writes about design, but damn is this good. She’s specifically talking about the context needed to understand modern art, but her broader point is too good not to post. (via jamiek)
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“It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.”
– G.K. Chesterton (via invisibleforeigner)
