December 2009
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I removed all references to tumblarity from my dashboard, which I’m really enjoying. I found the tumblarity thing too fickle and it reinforced behaviors I didn’t like.
Now I look at my number of drafts and think it’s my popularity score. “Doing good Phillip.” I’m quite happy.
In any case, it’s easy to forget that before this is a Tumblr blog it’s...
Rumors abound that new Leonardo da Vinci painting... →
For the king of France, he whipped up what sounds like a darling mechanical lion that sprouted lilies. Legend has it that da Vinci died in the king’s arms — a disputed story that only endears him to us all the more, like the tales of how he bought up captive birds in order to set them free, and the fog surrounding his sexuality. (Those shades of eroticism and androgyny in his...
“Well here we are.
Me: Panicky, naked but for suspenders.
You: Rising quickly...”
– I guess sometimes dreams do come true.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Pull Tiger Tail (20)
Cut Copy (15)
British Sea Power (12)
Sufjan Stevens (8)
Mew (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Do you fear that trying to master a game of near-infinite variation can make you...”
– Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME
Also:
Do you use computers in your chess studies?
I don’t use a board when I am studying on my own. People come over to my house and say, “You must have a lot of chess sets.” I say, “Well, we might have one somewhere, but...
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I was listening to Mew most of the night. Then the...
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“Fyodor Dostoevsky…wrote that Dickens ‘told me that all the good...”
– Dickens’s ‘Christmas Carol’ spurred holiday spirit in 1843 — and still does today - washingtonpost
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“Maxey, 51, happens to be one of the most prolific sperm donors in the country.”
– Genetic Lessons From a Prolific Sperm Donor - Newsweek.com
Filed under: Articles I Wish Were Written About Me
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Robbie Fulks (22)
Say Hi to Your Mom (21)
Face to Face (21)
Strike Anywhere (13)
John Vanderslice (12)
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We'll Take You Back, Alexandria, If You Ask Nicely... →
While the residents of Arlington County and Alexandria may not be as excited today as they were then at the prospect of rejoining the District, there is something to be said about the constitutionality of having lost them in the first place.
“What has changed is our sense of text as fixed, not fluid, as something solid to...”
– After a decade of fear, we’re connected to writing in new ways — latimes.com
Do you remember Phaedrus? Socrates criticizes writing because it isn’t part of a discussion and can’t answer questions or defend itself, it just sits complete.
That was 2400 years ago, and just now...
Alcoholic relative who drinks Listerine needs... →
“A normal (non-Teddy) cassette tape is designed for stereo playback with two...”
– Teddy Ruxpin - Wikipedia
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Robbie Fulks - God Isn’t Real
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I’m totally geeking out on Face to Face...
“Fleet Foxes have revealed that they are planning a new album for 2010, and rest...”
– Fleet Foxes recording ‘pretty boring’ second album | guardian.co.uk
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Ryland Bouchard (32)
R. Kelly (23)
Pull Tiger Tail (21)
The Flashing Lights (15)
Adele (14)
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“The English word ‘fool’ is derived from ‘folies,’ a mid-1600s Portuguese dance...”
– MOCA’s monumental folly at Pacific Design Center* | Los Angeles Times
So there have been a lot of comments lately on this post on a (let’s face it) dead blog we used to curate.
But they’re all in a mysterious Asian language I don’t understand. In fact, I can’t even tell if it’s Japanese or Korean or Chinese (or, I don’t know, Mongolian, Sanskrit? my knowledge of Asian languages is very limited).
I kinda hope the comments...
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“Why is there an entire generation of young artists and musicians and people...”
– -jhova 12/9/9 (via sangennaro)
I need to nail this quote to my wall or something.
BBC News - Men in the pink →
Writer Finlo Rohrer says pink has become a manly colour for men to wear, but the BBC photo editor seems to disagree.
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gifparty:
GIF Party over here just went on a Jersey Shore binge.
Approved. Hearts all around.
(also, did we ever agree on the pronunciation of GIF?)
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“Bosma questioned the practice of opening state legislative sessions with...”
– That was in 2005. Nowadays?
Hamilton, nominated last March, has seen his confirmation stalled until last week in the U.S. Senate, in part because his opponents claim he’s a judicial activist…
What tripe.
The Legal Fight Over God’s Secular Title | Newsweek.com
Watchjoelaz:
Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show, by La Blogotheque
The Press Association: Usher cries during Extreme... →
Usher has revealed he can’t help being moved to tears watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
For me it’s Hugh Grant movies.
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