Ah, New York: passed a guy picking his teeth with his thumbnail, holding a half-eaten hot dog AND a lit cigarette in the same hand.
Plentylog
“ The most terrifying fact of the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
Stanley Kubrick, via Gruber
Good God, it’s *illegal* to lie on the news in Canada? How can WE get one o’ them laws!? http://bit.ly/fBJlEy
Thanks Charlotte G for a great word rediscovered: “tharned.” As in, I’m so behind on grading, I’m as tharned as a deer in the headlights.
Good writing has a sense of humor
This is my favorite sentence (okay, 2 sentences) from the big Lawrence Wright/Paul Haggis Scientology bit in last week’s New Yorker:
A survey of American religious affiliations, compiled in the Statistical Abstract of the United States, estimates that only twenty-five thousand Americans actually call themselves Scientologists. That’s less than half the number who identify themselves as Rastafarians.
Got that, Scientologists? You ain’t even half a Rastafarian. Mon.
Snow removal was way better this time, but that won’t prevet a lot of wet socks and frigid toes in NYC tonight. #slushpuddles
Wow. I use Pixelmator and like it plenty, but I wouldn’t have predicted this. Good on the devs. http://j.mp/hTxYIz
Holy crap, I can’t believe Yahoo is 86-ing Del.icio.us. Add my name and a raised middle finger to this open letter: http://t.co/krtmod8
Incredibly well-done, non-hysterical treatment of the ethics of foie gras production. (via anil dash) http://bit.ly/fyGbc6
