December 2010
“It is, in effect, crowdsourcing the superego, and when that expression catches...”
– tlp again
“… but when you break a taboo you either face the guilt Dostoyevsky style...”
– the last psychiatrist, on david epstein (ick)
“Today, there is a much more leisurely attitude toward crafting, and virtually...”
– amy sedaris, simple times
“Normally, officeholders in a state like Texas have differed from eminent public...”
– Trillen again, and whew, oceans open up
“It is customary for any woman in politics who is against the established regime...”
– calvin trillen, texas magazine, 1972
“Remember Anita Hill?
Remember how men said asinine shit like, “any woman who...”
– Rape culture : Reclusive Leftist
“When you are a girl most of culture is not addressed to you but you are supposed...”
– this recording
“… since the sorrows of children only magnify the failures of the adults...”
– kunstler
“I’ve seen those alligator tears before in so-called self-made men. They...”
– go, nance!
“Information may want to be free, but Jimmy Wales has needs.”
– darby lines
“As long as we continue to define “success” as over-competitive and...”
– comment, ted.com
“His comedy takes an audience on a journey to places in the heart where it can’t...”
– goat boy rises forever
“But if a piece of fiction can allow us imaginatively to identify with a...”
– david foster wallace
“The sidewalks are the same size, but now you have twins and dogs….Are you under...”
– fran lebowitz
“All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials...”
– i. f. stone, quoted in the nation
“I.F. Stone would have loved WikiLeaks. This is, after all, the man who wrote:...”
– true, dat.
“… here is a huge thicket of misogynist internet porn advertising to remind...”
– molly lambert via this recording
“Says Time, “Apple finally managed to make tablet computing cool.” Somewhere,...”
– dan moren, who knows these things
“If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the...”
– joe bageant, h/t mike golby
“He’s always assumed that Segway riders don’t feel shame like regular humans do.”
– the macalope on, of course, woz
“I’m making book now on what the service will get renamed to this time:...”
– dan moren on macworld.com, smartie
“We’ve lived through a golden economic age. We’ll never have it so good again....”
– john lanchester on enough
“First they came for the fiber-optic cables, and I tweeted nothing.”
– sheer brilliance from glenn fleishman re: seattle
“Citing BP, Obama Rejects East Coast Oil Drilling”
– well howdy doody!
“Good news, slack-jawed internet sheeple: researchers now believe that no matter...”
– of course one could just quote gawker endlessly.
“… and a couple of other unidentified young men who appear more than happy...”
– that barry diller sure knows how to vacation
“They could have responded, “We have other shit to do before worrying about...”
– ant-covered jesus 