January 2010
160 posts
releasethebats:
My favorite thing Matthew said in a conversation with my family (including grandma)
Matthew: He’s a douche!
Me:…….(Smile)
“I had never been to Chicago, but I knew one or two boys who went to Chicago...”
– Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar. (via grayandgreen) (via absurdlakefront)
Read this in high school. Really enjoyed it.
(via shorthairedrapunzel)
“To this day, I refuse to burden Felipe with the tremendous responsibility of...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert in Committed:A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“Forty-one percent of kids who own some form of digital content said music was...”
– MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF U.S. KIDS AGES 2-14 ACQUIRED ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT IN THE PAST YEAR (via barkingrobot)
personal feelings on the latest SCOTUS ruiling allowing unlimted campaign funding aside, i can’t think of any action a brand could take that would elicit more of an overwhelming response (positive or - and especially - negative) than political campaign donations. oy, i see the wave of grassroots, consumer-created, social media campaigns sprouting as we speak.
brands - be very careful. and...
“Remember, too, that Christianity was an apocalyptic religion - even more so at...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert in Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Hot (and crowded) Child in the City: How...
smartercities:
Matthew Clay, United States
TGKW via Flickr
I love cities. For the mass transit that lets me zone out and read my magazines or listen to my iPod on the train when I need to get from point A to point B. For the blinding, beautiful lights when I’m flying over them at night. For the diners that serve the food you will only find in a big city (how many Nigerian restaurants do...
“You get fired, get another gig. Don’t hang around waiting for somebody to drop...”
– David Letterman commenting on Jay Leno’s “State of the Network” speech on Monday.
“I know it’s not his fault,” Letterman said in his monologue, “but isn’t it funny that he always turns up at the scene of the crime?” Later, he took to his desk to admit, “What we’re seeing now, is kind of vintage...
annicka:
foursquare is a competitive sport at my new job. people talk about it all the time, and take a no-holds-barred approach to checking in - anywhere is fair game, including the NE an SW corners of our office. anyway, i just became mayor. BOOM!
oh, annicka YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. i just became mayor of the Aon Starbucks - what!what! i have no less than 5 coworkers who stalk my...
“How does marriage become hard work? Here’s how: Marriage becomes hard work once...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert in Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
The Sweetest Thing by Camera Obscura
A new find...
“All the best late-night hosts are narrators, telling stories about the...”
– The Media Equation - Late-Night TV Didn’t Change, We Did - NYTimes.com (via mopostal)
“I’ve played so many great women that basically I’m being mistaken for one.”
– Meryl Streep (via darrenandthemachine)
“Marriage is a friendship recognized by the police”
– Robert Louis Stevenson in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Committed
“Opponents of gay marriage cannot have it both ways. If they want to say that...”
– Lithwick, on why California’s gay marriage trial should be televised (via newsweek)
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”
– Alan Kay, computer scientist, in Newsweek
