April 2009
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Pay 30 Euros to have a message of your choice... →
From the FAQs:
Where does the money go?
Part of your money stays in Holland, to cover the (minimal) costs of setting up and running ‘Sendamessage’. The bulk of the money will go to the Palestinian NGO’s (independent foundations) doing the work. They will fund small social, cultural and educational projects with the money earned (from buying bicycles to fixing the roof)
Yikes,...
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“Art has been crippled by the mandatory MFA, now visible on every artist bio in...”
– John Perreault in Artopia, writing about the New Museum’s The Generational: Younger Than Jesus. (via southtwelfth)
“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s...”
– Susan Sontag, (via meaghano:Bookmark)
southtwelfth:
What is the best to mark both Earth...
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“The room is growing crepuscular.”
– Noah Webster’s last words (qtd. by Guy Davenport, “More Genteel Than God.” Every Force Evolves a Form). Definition of crepuscular is here. (via viz)
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...”
– Ray Bradbury (via poetbabble:reckon)
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The Praise of Laziness →
My observation and knowledge of Western art has lately led me to a conclusion that art cannot exist… any more in the West. This is not to say that there isn’t any. Why cannot art exist any more in the West? The answer is simple. Artists in the West are not lazy.
— Mladen Stilinovic
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I seem to be partial to dolphins lately
A list of dolphin-related things I have enjoyed in recent weeks:
Pirate-thwarting dolphins
Deb Olin Unferth’s Vacation (In which dolphins are rescued)
Dolphins in the air
Beached dolphins (well, I wouldn’t say I enjoyed this — but apparently I found it interesting enough to post here)
A confessed love for Tim Buckley’s “Dolphins”
Pink dolphins
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Tim Buckley - “Dolphins”
On a scale...
Bob Dylan on Barack Obama →
He’s got an interesting background. He’s like a fictional character, but he’s real. First off, his mother was a Kansas girl. Never lived in Kansas though, but with deep roots. You know, like Kansas bloody Kansas. John Brown the insurrectionist. Jesse James and Quantrill. Bushwhackers, Guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas. I think Barack has Jefferson Davis back there in his ancestry someplace. And then...
meaghano:
A Postcard To Nina - Jens Lekman (via...
#1 Feature Request for an RSS Feed Reader
Don’t tell me how many unread articles I have. Seriously, every time I see that number part of me just feels like giving up.
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"Any fool can get into an ocean..."
poetbabble:
Any fool can get into an ocean
But it takes a Goddess
To get out of one.
What’s true of oceans is true, of course,
Of labyrinths and poems. When you start swimming
Through riptide of rhythms and the metaphor’s seaweed
You need to be a good swimmer or a born Goddess
To get back out of them
Look at the sea otters bobbing wildly
Out in the middle of the poem
They look so eager...
Out of nowhere: Gay marriage legal in Iowa. →
tumblelikeyougiveadamn:
Wow. Happy Friday everyone. (via nervousacid)
“I didn’t actually use the phrase ‘putrid corpse’, but...”
– Mysterious Smells and Hyperactive Gag Reflexes in a story by Michael Eckblad
No Decline in Belief That Obama is a Muslim →
Apparently 11% of Americans think Obama is not just the first black president, but the first black Muslim president. How optimistic!
“Andy and I met each other the day we moved in together and lived in a space the...”
– Just received another roommate testimonial — this one’s from Brian, my Freshman-year college roommate.
Note: I’ve had a few leads but I’m still looking for a new roommate. More info here.
I love being one of the first in to the office.
beenthinking:
Partially because that lovely, quiet possibility of the day is still so heavy in the morning. It’s silent and dark and I can work without the snares of interruption.
But also partially because I’m a sanctimonious bastard.
I’ll second that.
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“The only happiness you have is writing something new, in the middle of the...”
– lorrie moore, how to become a writer. (via meaghano)
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Daft Punk - “Superheroes”
Since the...