May 2013
Six twenty AM bus.
Brings back memories of New York.
Extremely mentally troubled woman delayed my El Train to get to the station. Ranting and raving; she brayed like an ass. Very pleased with herself and condescending to we who surrounded her, she was extremely preoccupied with her race, her check, and her man. She had about two stock statements on each topic. Each declaration was stated and restated (loudly)...
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“Facebook is the living dead: the most popular, least relevant social network...”
– Amanda Hess on Facebook at Slate.
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“Can’t get enough of “Touch.” Gonna start [listening to] it...”
– John, RE: Daft Punk’s Touch
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“In everything that is to excite a lively laugh there must be something absurd...”
– Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment (I, I, 54).
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“If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing...”
– Pope Francis
“The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is...”
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Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight. (via shortformblog)
The Justice Scalia...
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Oof
What a weekend.
Gaiety rules everything around me.
“Holy smoke—that was a horrible conflict of interest.”
– A former biodefense official, upon learning that a Pentagon advisor had convinced the government to spend $334 million on an Anthrax drug produced by a biotech firm he had a stake in. (via officialssay)
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Laura Mvula - Green Garden
Hail Summer. Barefoot...
I'm working on drawing a straight line
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My Goodness...
Fifteen minutes until quitting time and I’m dutifully working on a memo for my boss. Researching complex technical statutory and regulatory provisions. Making structural inferences about exhaustion of agency review. Cross referencing various subsections to make sure I get everything just right.
It’s like… I’m really doing Administrative Law. Professionally. For money.
I...
Let the record show
That for approximately eighteen hours between yesterday afternoon and this morning, I had a moustache. It was dirty. It was glorious. I miss it already.
That is all.
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“It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing,...”
– Science poetry courtesy of Charles Darwin via The Origin of Species (via littledidiknow)
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Audrey Hepburn - Moon River
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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it...”
– Groucho Marx
Culture Criticism on the Internet
What values can I champion without moving from my sofa?
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“1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with...”
– Juan Cole, 08/09/2012 (via thepeacefulterrorist)
Juan Cole actually wrote this 4 days after a white terrorist, yes, terrorist, murdered 6 and injured 4 people at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. The terrorist who committed said crime spoke of an impending “racial holy war” beforehand and was a...
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Have I ever known my better self?
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Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else
This...
Up late working on my Intellectual Property...
Sippin’ a beer and feeling a little brain dead.
Would be open to “study music” recommendations.
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Bought a 30 pack of shit beer and ordered 3 shit...
#ShameParty2k13
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April 2013
