February 2012
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Harvey Danger Farewell Tour Diary Chapter The First
Harvey Danger Farewell Tour Diary Chapter Two
Harvey Danger Farewell Tour Diary Le Troisieme Chapitre
“Warren dangled his bare feet over the streaming water. The clock he sat on was...”
– wrote this maybe two years ago, found folded up in Machiavelli’s The Prince.
In Silver Lake two sunsets veil ten techniques to make the bail I hear it happens every day.
::Geoff Farina::
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Things I Am On The Fence About
Korean BBQ. According to our waitress, because I am white I wouldn’t like some spicy noodle dish I originally ordered. Apparently only Asians could handle this specific type of noodle.
Sea Turtles, sure.
17th century French decorative arts.
Whitney Houston’s hearse.
“I am going through a sexual identity crisis, which is to say I have a...”
– Jordan Iannucci Jonathan Shepherd, age 18.
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Haggard Man Pushing a Cart of Empty Bottles at a...
Haggard: You from... eh, New York?
Me: Yes.
Haggard: You know, I read uh, those articles... uh, The New York Post. It's a scary city, man!
Me: You should read some other papers.
Haggard: Their subway system, man, dangerous place!
Me: I'm pretty used to it. The LA metro's sterile look doesn't help all the flashing open pocket knives waived in my face.
Haggard: Ah, that aint shit. People 'ere are just cautious.
Me: :: facetious nod::
Station Attendant: You need somthin' budd-ay?
Haggard: This mother fucker is from New York! I was tellin' him - Oh hey, I hope you enjoy our city, man!
Me: Thanks!
Haggard: Where dat bottle depository? I gotta get rid of this shit before Ol' Dennis finds me.
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My friends are all extremely talented, but mostly...
NWK to LAX
Six hours and eighteen minutes. Or less. There are some ridiculous looking people on my flight. A blues-styled african american LA hack. A couple moms. Two babes, at least from this distance. Some others. These are the people I may die with. It could go down (pun intended) a few ways, the way i see it. For instance, I may not even die. I may withstand a crippling hurl toward the earth and still...
January 2012
35 posts
Render unto Freud what is Freud’s, and render unto Buddha what is Buddha’s. And best of all, render unto the Divine all of yourself, by engaging all that you are. —Ken Wilber Happy spring semester…
(via my uncle’s current facebook status)
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Twitter Suspends An Account -or- @WoodburyComSec:...
Amidst all the SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA business, the Internet in outward solidarity against government censorship brought millions of users to the attention of its inevitable peril. Websites like Google, Wikipedia and Tumblr participated in a cyber black out, either blocking content or displaying info-graphics regarding information on contacting your local government officials. Twitter, a social...
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Never Take a Beer Away From a New Yorker. →
Awesome read.
“Television shows are funny, but did you know that the people who star in them...”
– A Comprehensive Guide to Your Favorite TV Shows’ Writers and Performers on Twitter | Splitsider
Watchhigh school life, for a few fleeting moments isn’t always so awful.
The Awl: Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling... →
julioclock:
vanityfair:
Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper should print lies or the truth, we here at V.F. looking for reader input on whether and when Vanity Fair should spell “words” correctly in the stories we publish.
One example: the word “maintenance” seems like it should only have one “a” in it. It should be “maintenence,” right?...
Should The Times Be A Truth Vigilante? →
soupsoup:
I hope this is a joke. The New York Times Public Editor wonders aloud if their journalists should be reporting the truth.
Seriously?
“I’ve been to pretty much everything, from abandoned castles to top of the line...”
– Scouting An Abandoned Cold War Missile Base Hidden In The Adirondacks « Scouting NY (via felixsalmon)
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