March 2011
1 post
Watch“We are surrounded by snobs.”
Alain de Botton on limitless success and modern envy.
November 2010
1 post
On The Bro'd →
Jack Kerouac’s On The Road in bro-speak.
October 2010
3 posts
October
It is time to lose your life, Even if it isn’t over. It is time to say goodbye and try to die. It is October. The mellow cello Allee of trees is almost lost in sweetness and mist When you take off your watch at sunrise To lose your life. You catch the plane. You land again. You arrive in the place. You speak the language. You will live in a new house, Even if it is old. You will live with a...
“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to...”
– Saul Bellow
September 2010
2 posts
Op-Ed By Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri: “You Know... →
Heems is hilar. Plus points for linking to awesome Britcom, Good Gracious Me.
August 2010
8 posts
WatchRon Charles of the Washington Post reviews Freedom.
“In New York City, an advertising executive recently handed over her American...”
– How panhandlers use free credit cards | John Rankin (via criminalwisdom)
A good read
(via lerevue)
A case for empathy.
All the Sad Young Literary Women →
1 tag
July 2010
6 posts
Excerpt From ‘The Autobiography of Mark Twain’ →
“You have lied, and you know it. I think you have been reading Huck Finn, yourself, and damaging your morals.”
“I like Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has...”
– William Faulkner
June 2010
3 posts
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Banksy, from Cut It Out (via zaschell) (via nedhepburn) (via antropofagia) (via so-treu) (via nezua) (via zuky) (via jonathan-cunningham) (via littleorphanammo) (via alohanico) (via soupsoup)
May 2010
3 posts
April 2010
6 posts
Shia LaBeouf: Oedipal Existentialist? →
WatchM.I.A, Born Free (by ROMAIN-GAVRAS)
Fuck Lady Gaga. #controversialpost #<3MIA
2010 Pulitzer Prizes Winners →
soupsoup:
Journalism
Public Service - Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier
Breaking News Reporting - The Seattle Times Staff
Investigative Reporting - Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman of the Philadelphia Daily News and Sheri Fink of ProPublica, in collaboration with The New York Times Magazine
Explanatory Reporting - Michael Moss and members of The New York Times Staff
Local Reporting - Raquel...
WatchColbert on unpaid internships (i.e. my resume)
March 2010
4 posts
Manhattan Man Falls 24 Stories From Balcony -... →
This morning I woke up to a NY Post reporter at the door. Apparently while I was away, my neighbor, a 24-year old, was sucked from his balcony after the railing gave way during the storm on Saturday night.
All I knew of him was that his apartment smelled like popcorn, that he spoke French and that he said he liked my ankle boots once in the elevator.
“He realized what had been disturbing him about her. With other women whom he had...”
– Gaitskill (via natashavc)
February 2010
5 posts
WatchSorry, guys.
January 2010
2 posts
On skyscrapers
“…massive futuristic structures without any distinguishing features other than their blind climbing endlessness.”
- Lush Life, Richard Price
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
18 posts
WatchMindy Kaling needs to be mah BFF stat.
$1.75 buys a modicum of happiness
Horrendous morning, brightened by this here compost cookie. (@ Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar.)
Compost comprised of: chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, pretzels, potato chips and coffee grinds. When I talk about regenerative snacking, this is what I mean.
“Is bacon less cool because Paula Deen likes it, or is it always cool, like Orson...”
– Anthony Bourdain to David Chang, 10 Things Anthony Bourdain and David Chang Hate (via soupsoup)
Anthony Bourdain is my goddamn hero.
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