January 2012
16 posts
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“My battles as a writer are battles with that part of myself that thinks I’m...”
– Mary Karr (via thebronzemedal)
I understand and appreciate the sentiment, but TS Elliot was from St. Louis.
Today was terrible.
And now I’m checking my work e-mail after half a bottle of wine. This is not going to end well.
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter... →
crescentkatie:
youmightfindyourself:
New York November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a...
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Atlanta Braves think people will confuse Pixar's... →
I’d make a comment, but, thanks to growing up in Atlanta, I thought the last line of the national anthem was “…and the home of the Braves” until I was 8.
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This is a whiney post...
…about how I want to be back in Charleston. Preferably drinking wine at Social or eating Tacos at Taco Boy. Atlanta, I love you, but you just aren’t cutting it this week.
True Life: This is the most stressful bowl game...
And I’m listening to it on the radio at work. Where I cannot yell or throw things. This is excruciating.
My point exactly.
Boss: Call the National Science Foundation and figure this out.
Me: I can't. They're closed.
Boss: Why?
Me: ...Because it's a federal holiday.
Boss: Why are we here, then?
Me: ...
December 2011
25 posts
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3 tags
“Well, I bought a ukulele.”
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My judge came back from lunch and opened with this line. (via liligolightly)
This conversation has happened at least 4 times so far in my life. Take from that what you will about the people with whom I choose to associate.
“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn’t turn out to be like...”
– Julian Barnes, A Sense of an Ending
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace (via booksandnerds) <3
November 2011
27 posts
Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's... →
laphamsquarterly:
Looks like Dr. Who is alive and well in Geneva.
michellelegro:
Police said Mr Cole, who was wearing a bow tie and rather too much tweed for his age, would not reveal his country of origin. “Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate...
