January 2012
18 posts
“I know that homes burn and that you should think what to save before they start...”
– Amy Hempel
“It’s good to be free; for then you can sleep and let desire and malaise follow...”
– Ingmar Bergman, Images (via aclockwithouthands)
So hang on, my love, and grow big and strong and... →
It took nine months for Iggy Pop to reply to then-21-year-old Laurence’s fan letter, but really the timing couldn’t have been more perfect as on the morning his thoughtful note did arrive at her home in Paris, Laurence’s family were being evicted by bailiffs. Laurence recalls that moment back in 1995:
By the time I finished I was in tears. Not only had Iggy Pop received the...
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“The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed...”
– The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, 2001. (via loveyourchaos)
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert Heinlein
“Dude: I didn’t realize until later that night that she called me a bastard...”
– :D http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/index-4.html
The evening before I head back to my current...
“Most states, to speak broadly are “younger” than the societies they...”
– James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State - How certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed.
December 2011
6 posts
fred-wilson:
Stamp - The Rural Alberta...
Of Monsters and Men - Six Weeks
eject: Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying →
kellyoxford:
From Arise India Forum:
“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives People grow a lot when they are faced with their own…
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“Sometimes these eyes
Forget the face they’re peering from
When the face...”
– I only recently discovered Franz Ferdinand for some reason and these are the best lines I’ve come across in a while (Jacqueline). Although the songs I’m reeeally hooked to are Ulysses and Outsiders. Also, is it just me or Outsiders has a distinctly 80’s Bollywood feel to it?
fred-wilson:
Take Care (Drake/Rihanna cover) -...
November 2011
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October 2011
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"We're a culture not a costume"
“STARS exists because racism is only playing dead. It manifests itself not in slurs and exclusion, but in stupid jokes and really inaccurate costumes. As a minority, you’re a character, not a person. People dress up as you on Halloween. On TV, you’re the token black guy, easily replaced by some other black guy after one season.
Racism is so much stealthier now. It doesn’t announce...
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Worry about courage. Worry about cleanliness....
Worry about courage. Worry about cleanliness. Worry about efficiency. Worry about horsemanship. Don’t worry about popular opinion. Don’t worry about doll. Don’t worry about the past. Don’t worry about the future. Don’t worry about growing up. Don’t worry about anyone getting ahead of you. Don’t worry about triumph. Don’t worry about failure...
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September 2011
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