May 2009
“What was once before you - an exciting, mysterious future - is now behind you....”
– Synecdoche, New York (via sunshinemakesmehigh)
new word: Supercide
jakelodwick:
Noun. The act of killing everyone else. An alternative to suicide.
My boss is slowly driving me insane, strangers keep groping me on the subway… I’m seriously contemplating supercide.
“Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.”
– Richard Kemph (via simko)
Meat: Eco-friendly?
thisiswhywefail:
Slate examines the “greenness” of our addiction to red meat:
Meat is not sweet, ecologically speaking. According to an extensive U.N. report from 2006, the livestock industry not only uses more land than any other human activity; it’s also one of the largest contributors to water pollution and a bigger source of greenhouse-gas emissions than all the world’s trains, planes, and...
April 2009
moviescore:
Ennio Morricone End Credits from...
“Apparently in Twilight the vampires also have unicorn flu. Or do I have tween...”
– Michael Ian Black (via Twitter) (via scrambledmeggs)
pertoleum:
Helicopter - Bloc Party
“Yeah, I went to the set….I can tell you that s—t was mindblowing. The s—t I saw...”
– director Steven Soderbergh, discussing James Cameron’s upcoming 3-D sci-fi epic “Avatar.” (Via TotalFilm.com.) (via ncroal)
noctilucent
wordjournal:
adjective • /ˌnɑk.tə.ˈlu.sənt/ • shining or glowing at night, said especially of high altitude clouds.
“Other people will suck the reality off you sometimes, make you suddenly self...”
– I Wrote This For You (via thresca)
can-be-infinite:
Johnny Cash-Ring Of Fire
Do you ever worry
reconnoitre:
that the Tumblr staff knows how many times you hit the ‘refresh’ button on your screen?
No? I guess that’s just me.
Watchrickyv:
Real Life Twitter by Dan.
“Just got to New York City. What are good things to see and do here?”
Digg link.
Sampling of Rejection Letters From Colleges and... →
kthompson:
Duke’s letter noted as “The Most Gracious”
“I know that you will find an institution at which you will be happy; I know, too, that the school you choose will benefit from you presence…”
“The Pulitzers gave awards to everybody! I mean, they gave out 15 awards to...”
– Stephen Colbert, whining about not receiving a Pulitzer Prize (via inothernews)
kellyreeves:
Metric, ‘Sick Muse’
I can’t stop...
marco:
If you enjoyed the Dead Like Me TV series, absolutely never see the follow-up movie. Wow, that was just about as awful as they could have possibly made it.
“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical,...”
– Alan Moore (via affremblequotes) 