February 2010
January 2010
sharkyteeth:
caitygee:
erikczaja:
jaked on...
io9: Why the iPad is Crap Futurism →
“Apple is marketing the iPad as a computer, when really it’s nothing more than a media-consumption device - a convergence television, if you will. Think of it this way: One of the fundamental attributes of computers is that they are interactive and reconfigurable. You can change the way a computer behaves at a very deep level. Interactivity on the iPad consists of touching icons on the...
Mondo: that should be PETA; cause only cute...
mondosmusicbox:
entropicflux:
mondosmusicbox : (via adventures-of-panda)
it SHOULD be
PETA: SHUT THE FUCK UP BEFORE MONDO BREAKS VEG TO EAT ALL YOUR SUPPORTERS FOR LUNCH.
DON’T STOP WITH JUST THE SUPPORTERS. DINNER IS EVERYONE WHO CONCEPTUALIZES AND APPROVES THE RIDICULOUS PUBLICITY STUNTS AND AD CAMPAIGNS.
I’M ONLY ONE MAN ERIN. I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT...
Mondo: that should be PETA; cause only cute...
mondosmusicbox : (via adventures-of-panda)
it SHOULD be
PETA: SHUT THE FUCK UP BEFORE MONDO BREAKS VEG TO EAT ALL YOUR SUPPORTERS FOR LUNCH.
DON’T STOP WITH JUST THE SUPPORTERS. DINNER IS EVERYONE WHO CONCEPTUALIZES AND APPROVES THE RIDICULOUS PUBLICITY STUNTS AND AD CAMPAIGNS.
“As the senior ranking military Veteran in Congress, I am compelled to respond to...”
– Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA, Retired Navy Admiral) schools Sen John. McCain on DADT (via notthatkindagay) (via yayponies)
“Spectators come to the theater to hear the subtext. They can read the text at...”
– Konstantin Stanislavski (via sharkyteeth)
A Myth of Devotion - Louise Glück
wolvesatnight:
When Hades decided he loved this girl he built for her a duplicate of earth, everything the same, down to the meadow, but with a bed added. Everything the same, including sunlight, because it would be hard on a young girl to go so quickly from bright light to utter darkness Gradually, he thought, he’d introduce the night, first as the shadows of fluttering leaves. Then moon, then...
fuckyeahclassical:
symphonyno2inem:
Wolfgang...
The Guardian: On gospel, Abba and the death of the... →
I recommend reading the whole thing, but two blurbs stand out the most to me:
“If you think of the mid- to late-50s, when all of this started to happen for me, the experience of listening to sound was so different from now. Stereo didn’t exist. If you listened to music outside of church, apart from live music, which was very rare, it was through tiny speakers. It was a nice experience...
Jezebel: Weigh Less, Pay Less: Whole Foods Offers... →
“If your BMI is above 30, you’ll get to keep the original 20% employee discount, but you’ll paying more than your thinner co-workers, who can knock as much as 30% off. Because if public health research has taught us anything, it’s that reducing people’s buying power totally makes them healthier. Stay classy, Whole Foods.”
Bad, horrible, awful plan. Oh. My. ...
Discover Magazine: Treating Agony With Ecstasy →
katyisntfunny:
yayponies:
entropicflux:
“In a pilot study, South Carolina psychiatrist Michael Mithoefer is targeting PTSD with a controversial drug: methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy. He gave MDMA, along with psychotherapy, to 21 participants who had developed treatment-resistant PTSD as a result of experiences with crime or war. Only 15 percent of the...
Discover Magazine: Treating Agony With Ecstasy →
“In a pilot study, South Carolina psychiatrist Michael Mithoefer is targeting PTSD with a controversial drug: methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy. He gave MDMA, along with psychotherapy, to 21 participants who had developed treatment-resistant PTSD as a result of experiences with crime or war. Only 15 percent of the MDMA-treated subjects continued to experience...
“A library should be like a pair of open arms.”
– Roger Rosenblatt (via libraryland) (via quote-book)
“I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional...”
– Neil Gaiman
Ingrid Newkirk Is The Worst Person In The World →
noonday:
sharkyteeth:
Read the damn article. It’s a good primer on why I, and most vegetarian/vegans I know, loathe PETA.
I’ve had this open in my tabs and I keep meaning to post this, but since Kara beat me to the punch… WHAT SHE SAID. Seriously, read it, it succinctly covers all the Things That Are Really Fucking Wrong with PETA.
Worst Person in the World is stretching it a bit, but...
