February 2009
I was disappointed, not to mention embarrassed, to discover that my last post seems to have been misinterperated by some of my readers — eliciting reactions of confusion, near-offense amusement, and even “go get ‘em, tiger.” While my first impulse was to simply delete the post, in the spirit of transparency I’ll instead write a potentially even more embarassing...
Flirting via txt msg is dangerously easy. ;)
“I think that mostly I am shocked by the world, by how incredibly hard everything...”
– Deb Olin Unferth, in an interview with Tao Lin on Bookslut. (via meaghano:beenthinking)
“Paula Scher thinks that the Tropicana recall will be the worst thing that...”
– A design rock star’s Facebook status response to Tropicana rolling back the package design of its OJ containers.
(via beenthinking)
“I’m at the fashion sq mall, any1 touches me gets 2 tickets, tag me and say...”
– God I love @THE_REAL_SHAQ on Twitter.
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“IAMER art shanty resting for future expansion. Pitch this as green but just...”
– The IAMER Field Museum/Research Lab begins its retired life in @trentgilliss’ backyard. Good luck!
Bored with tumblr lately. It was bound to happen some day, wasn’t it?
WatchThanks for the plug, Trent!
speakingoffaith:
“On Truth and Beauty” Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
When we originally released our program with physicist and novelist Janna Levin, we included a short clip of a conversation from Seed magazine (a great science publication that recently featured Andy’s Art Shanty Project). Now that we’re rebroadcasting an updated version of “Mathematics, Purpose,...
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Actual names for fruit fry genes:
Stranded At Second: A fruit fly that dies, usually in the second larval stage of development.
Agoraphobic: A fruit fly with larvae that look normal but never crawl out of the egg shell.
Groucho Marx: A fruit fly that produces an excess of facial bristles.
Cheap Date: A fruit fly that expresses high sensitivity to alcohol.
Out Cold: A fruit fly that loses...
Poetry Can Be Any Damn Thing It Wants →
An issue of Poetry stocked full of manifestos. Yes, please.
“What I’m really annoyed by, though, is the withdrawal of Tom Daschle. What are...”
– David Brooks, a little grumpy after being “robbed of [his] honeymoon”
Wanting Sumptuous Heavens, Robert Bly. Read by the...
Dumping the Refrigerator for a Greener Planet →
“When we want to correct someone usefully and show him he is wrong, we must see...”
– Blaise Pascal, Pensées 701 (trans. Krailsheimer) (via viz)
“Some cartoonists have complained in the press that Obama is dull, and that there...”
– Daryl Cagle on How to Draw Obama
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Rhizome Now Accepting Applications for the 2010... →
Through April 2, 2009. See the 2009 commissions here.
Nice one, Mitch.
speakingoffaith:
“Listen,...
It Happened in Wisconsin →