January 2009
30 posts
Destiny rules
magicmolly:
I look forward to earning a Master’s degree in education just so I can work my way up to the position of Dean, hand out diplomas at graduation, and give one kid a ribboned burrito.
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Like Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis would say "Tha's it,...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY
thx to Paolo & TJ
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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...
– someone who called himself “Buddha”
Neko Case! do it for the cats ... and dogs
Every time a blog reposts “People Got A Lotta Nerve” by Neko Case, ANTI will donate five dollars to the Best Friends Animal Society.
more info here
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We must use what has been called smart power, the full range of tools at our...
– Hillary Clinton at her confirmation hearing
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…’none of us lives comfortably with uncertainty,’ he observed....
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Phrase Of The Day
crime-scene cookie
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…Even by the standards of other big cities, New York has a prolific...
– (New Yorker 9/15/08)
I love San Francisco #613
Saw The Raveonettes at Bimbo’s last night. Met my favorite KUSF dj, DJ Toby! yay.
First-person singular allergy
magicmolly:
Not to be a hippo, but the pronoun “I” is probably the most dangerous unit in the English language. The only time I consciously pay attention to grammar is in the avoidance of this pronoun. A perfectly good piece is easily spoiled by too many “I’s”. It’s the linguistic equivalent of a Red Savina habanero pepper: a little bit goes a long way, and if not carefully deployed it ruins...
I Love San Francisco #217
Castro Theater last night, new movie by Wim Wenders (so good. SO GOOD.) AND? Wim Wenders in attendance talking about his movie.
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…Whitney blinked at him for a while and then a computer motherboard fell...
– Richard. Gawker. recap of MTV’s The City
bennies of working at an established company:
In honor of INAUGURATION DAY, we will be celebrating with live TV coverage of the DC festivities in the 4th Floor Kitchen and on LL2 beginning @ 8:00 am, Tuesday January 20th.
Breakfast food will include donuts, fruit, yogurt and of course, bagels…on the 4th floor.
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Still, Madison Avenue needs to be sensitive, he said, adding, ‘I don’t...
– Jeff Goodby
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Of his wife, Joyce, whom he met at a record party for Ringo Starr, Mr. Lewis...
– Richard Lewis in the NYT
this is so cute:
“The 11 girls — ranging in age from 7 to 18 — …
…When the show was in rehearsal, the girls sat down and talked among themselves about the background of each of their characters — which was from a rich family and which was poor; which of their fathers were part of the coal miners’ strike (which is central to the plot) and which were scabs. And they tried to come up with a back...
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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or...
– Jim Jarmusch! Love him.
via Sci-Fi Hi-Fi via afternoontea
It's Over
“I love me some…”
pleeeeaase stop.
thx,
D
Happy Birthday, Barbarian Group →
pretty neat write-up of a cool creative business.
goooood [bad] time suck here
seacase:
twistori this site never gets old
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
– Emile Zola
no. NOOOOOOOO
Quentin Tarantino cast Brad Pitt in his WWII movie? nfw. This is like when Tom Cruise was cast in that vampire movie a long time ago. Except that then I didn’t care.
a list
Advertising hacks I’d like to see placed under that 100-year moratorium:
This is not your father’s whatever
Got milk creativity? an original bone in your body? any pride whatsoever?
oh, there are more. but I’m on glass du vin #2.