December 2010
22 posts
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“It is important to be astonished by everything.”
– Spanish woman on No Reservations
“Their seriousness of purpose was a lesson. I could have been dishonest enough to...”
– Matthew Carter—the type designer who made Verdana, Georgia, and many other fonts you see daily on the web—on his visit to New York in 1960.
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“Hi, just wanted to say that I started watching The Mighty Boosh and you’re...”
– Phone message from Mom.
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Surprise of the day: this is legit and awesome.
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Paloma Faith - “Stone Cold Sober”
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Fifty-five
I think that’s the age when annoyance that your bus bench companion has fallen asleep turns into concern that they may have died.
Tumblr crush* roundup #2
Like the last one, these are Tumblrs I like a lot and hopefully you will, too:
blownspeakers
A local music/cats enthusiast who posts pictures of food which a) gives me ideas to steal, and b) makes me feel less ridiculous for doing so myself.
m3lissa
Another local, and the only person on this list I’ve met in real life. She’s an amazing photographer with an tragically high (and...
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Verb is a noun →
10 minutes ago: thinking about verbing nouns 9 minutes ago: realizing that verb is a noun 8 minutes ago: woah 6 minutes ago: seeing if nounisaverb.com is available 5 minutes ago: it’s not, getting the .net instead 4 minutes ago: making site 1 minute ago: publishing site 0 minutes ago: posting this -1 minute ago: fixing typos
Ford Pier - “Charmed I’m Sure”
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“I thought you said you’d made them up.”
[…]
“I did,” he...”
– Trader, Charles de Lint
