February 2010
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“There are three deaths. The first: when the body ceases to function; the second:...”
– David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and author of Sum, as heard on Radio Lab: When am I Dead?
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“… where in summer sometimes the boys played ball.”
– Lorrie Moore: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (a birthday present to me) & (a way of using ‘sometimes’ that I plan to steal)
“Those who are against abortions are also against the things that would reduce...”
– Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the few doctors in the U.S. who performs abortions. Dr. Carhart was a friend and colleague of Dr. George Tiller, also a provider of abortions who was murdered last spring. As heard on WNYC’s Tell Me More on the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade...
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“Sorry! We’re going to miss the party— we have to go to a funeral in Philly.”
– A regrets excuse you’ll surely find me using.
Do You Think Wimpy Was Just Asking For Any Kind of... →
How we Alter Movie Lines
“They are restless tonight,” becomes “The natives are restless.” - “Island of Lost Souls”
“Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By,” becomes “Sam, Sam, play that song for me again, will you?” becomes “Play it again, Sam.” - “Casablanca”
“Why don’t you come up sometime?” becomes “Why...
God To Haiti: Drop Dead →
lazerfuque:
I would urge anyone reading this, employed, semiployed, dilettante, indigent, to reach into your pocket and find something, anything [$5, $10, $20, $50, whatever you can] and donate:
http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/donations/ http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, which has been shit on again and again by...
To-Do: Monday, January 25 @ PS 261 →
The Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) is an annual survey to assess the number of individuals living in New York City’s public spaces. On the night of HOPE, thousands of volunteers are teamed up and sent out to survey New York’s streets, subways and parks. Conducted by the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS), HOPE is a...
God Bless Nick Nolte →
“Success is not a thing that you grow by. It’s failure, although nobody likes to experience it”
lazerfuque:
He’s not only been one of my favorite actors forever he’s just such a goddamn marvellous SOB.
Read it all, every line. And then go out and rent this thing if you can find it.
When I grow up I wanna be Nick Nolte’s stubble.
“Her poems, as she stated in letters to friends in New York, were not going well;...”
– Like Life - Lorrie Moore
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“Whereas a dictionary makes it possible to follow the history of a word, a...”
– On Language: Semantic Time Travel - Caleb Crain
