February 2012
2 posts
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
– Pablo Neruda, “Tonight I can write the saddest lines”
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now....”
– The Talmud
January 2012
6 posts
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable....”
“Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble - très bien ensemble.”
December 2011
4 posts
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
– Paulo Coehlo
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert Heinlein
“Hidden from all
I will speak to you without words.
No one but you will hear my...”
– Rumi
November 2011
4 posts
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect and...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
October 2011
12 posts
“I long to escape the prison of
my ego and lose myself in you.”
– Rumi
“A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose...”
– George Jean Nathan
nikolaus jung | blog: This sums up riding for me. →
Worth reading in its entirety. Thanks, Barry.
On a motorcycle I know I’m alive. When I ride, even the familiar seems strange and glorious. The air has weight and substance as I push through it and its touch is as intimate as water to a swimmer. I feel the cool wells of air that pool under trees and the warm spokes of that fall through them. I can see everything in a sweeping 360 degrees, up,...
“I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to...”
– Tennessee WIlliams - A Streetcar Named Desire
September 2011
8 posts
“To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...”
–
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people...”
– The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
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“At any given moment, there are 850,000 Americans inside a Walmart store....”
– Is Walmart A Magnet For American Mayhem? (via lookhigh)
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: You Don’t Have the... →
Judging by your lack of eye contact while I stare at you with my own penetrating gaze, you understand my sauna prowess. You and your six-pack abs, which are perhaps a little six-packier than mine. But who’s the one sweating, huh? You, going by the dark splatters on the parched deck beneath your chin. Your tiny constellation of thirst den shame.
“Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To...”
– W.B. Yeats, “Never give all the Heart”
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August 2011
21 posts
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Mixed Chip Cookies
fritesandfries:
Last night, Chef has a sweets craving.
He requested chewy peanut butter chip cookies.
It sounds like a challenge but all you need to do to make chewy cookies is to have the right balance of sugar.
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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in...”
– Gustave Flaubert
And yes, if you want to just be yourself and that... →
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Candy Coated Tracks (2011 Mash-ups)
I still can’t get over this list. It’s amazing start to finish, even though it looks like it might be a little janky at first.
takohandz:
These are 10 of the best mash-ups from 2011. Receive free downloads daily by following TaKoHANDz on SoundCloud.
Candy Coated Tracks (Mash-up Mix) by TaKoHANDz
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“There’s no ethical dilemma when it comes to reporting on [Tim] Cook’s sexuality:...”
– Felix Salmon (via matthew)
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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
“Pooh?” he whispered....”
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What's Happening With the London Riots? | Mother... →
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“You’ve been published by The Atlantic? That’s cool. My name is frequently used...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: Ineffective Pick-Up Lines for the Modern Internet Persona.
(via slacktory)
Yes and yes.
“I know you’re a complete stranger, but I’d gladly waste one of my Spotify invitations on you. Give me your number and I’ll throw in a Google+ invite. I’d put you in my...