January 2011
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One more thing
I’m officially a professional food photographer, in that I got paid to take pictures of gyros, falafel and Greek salad. EVIDENCE:
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aubinthomas:
This cover of “Tik Tok” was...
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HSTEEVES: Facebook isn't the problem, you are. →
I’ve been meaning to write something like this for a while. Luckily, Steeves writes it better than I ever could.
That being said, I don’t begrudge anyone for quitting Facebook. If it’s not your thing, there’s nothing wrong with that. I just think it’s folly to blame the service instead of your own habits. To a certain extent, this was probably inevitable; The ease of...
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... What?
From “Obama to Close Political Office and Start 2012 Campaign” on nytimes.com:
“The president intends to formally declare his candidacy in about two months by filing papers with the Federal Election Commission, aides said. That step would allow him to start raising money and hiring a team of advisers, whose job it would be to make him the second Democrat since Franklin...
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How To Use an Apostrophe →
I don’t think anyone I follow needs this, but it’s real cute anyway.
Pete likes Sublime
Me: Pete just got REAL mad that I made a "Pete likes Sublime" joke.
Me: That'll teach me to talk fresh when he's drunk.
Shane: hahahaha
Shane: unfortunately, nothing will teach him to not like Sublime
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Tragedy
Tragedy is so fucking good. How did I miss them for so long?
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How journalists incite violence, by Sarah Palin →
The Mama Grizzly says it’s our words that are dangerous, not hers.
wedranktheoceandry asked: Yes, but today is Saturday. Therefore, Bagel Central is closed!
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“Ever wanted to be king of the world? Would you settle for mayor of the Happy...”
– “Are We There Yet?” — Down East magazine
They finally ran the little piece about Foursquare that they interviewed me for a few weeks back. They misquoted me a few times, unfortunately, but the spirit is there. THe point was that Foursquare can be a lonely, pathetic game if you live...
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God Is Dead, Hail The Hipstamatic
noveldebris:
New Year’s was a lovely lull in productivity but managed to find, and read, Stephen King’s “On Writing” and half of Douglas Coupland’s “Generation A.”
God is Dead on Myspace Somewhere in the midst of that reading it occurred to me - not sure the source - that the end of God, in that fundamentalist way, has left us all very narcissistic. We believe in ourselves now. Instead of...