January 2012
1 post
November 2011
2 posts
domesticnoise:
in my post-Halloween flu-ish-ness last night i was tossing and turning in bed, a lot. I recalling telling my beloved cats to “fuck off” loudly - that woke me up. It was an unpleasant night of sleeps… I don’t get viral-y sick very often… so perhaps this is my annual sick (courtesy of Jordan)
You’re welcome!
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
5 posts
Rules of Life: Ten Things You Should Already Know... →
“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be,...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kkoolook)
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via bobulate)
October 2010
9 posts
“That time the President managed to shock Catholics for a different reason: he...”
– Pope Benedict XVI ‘says Carla Bruni-Sarkozy not welcome at the Vatican’ - Telegraph
“Gang-sign arthritis, or G.A.S, comes from years of ‘throwing gang-signs’ – the...”
– Gang-sign arthritis sweeps LA | The Poke:
“These were not merely ‘friendly Indians.’ They had already experienced European...”
– Thanksgiving Celebration - Native Americans Thanksgiving
September 2010
9 posts
“Mad Men” reminds people of a world they have lost—a world where...”
– Office Fun Is Not Fun | The Atlantic Wire
“what had you accomplished in your life by the time you were, say, 22 or 23? like...”
– the Pop Sucker: dragons
“what I didn’t understand was the shortsightedness of the folk there. At...”
– b3ta.com links
“This is the second time Mr Alvand has faced a formal complaint over the use of...”
– BBC News - Plymouth neighbours dispute over 35ft trees
“It was your lips too which first uttered an obscene word. I remember well that...”
– James Joyce’s dirty letters - Old Love Letters - tribe.net
“Researchers say that the Sun is one of the few places people have not yet sent a...”
– BBC News - Nasa hopes to send a craft into the Sun’s atmosphere
August 2010
19 posts
“A few times, she heard the sounds of the stairs creaking, as he tried to get...”
– Digital diversions leave teens, parents sleep-deprived
“You are finished when the cat is finished. You will know when the cat is...”
– How to calm a cat in heat (idea)@Everything2.com
“Statistically speaking, only men’s behaviors were affected by the...”
– The Allure of a Female Hitchhiker’s Breast Size (To Male Drivers). | Psychology Today
Twilight Was Rejected Fourteen Times Before Being... →
lickystickypickyme:
To be fair; of the 15 letters she wrote and sent to literary agencies, 5 went unanswered, nine rejected and one sent a positive response, thus winning this dubious jackpot.
I’m not saying I like Twilight (because I don’t) but Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was rejected by a dozen publishers, including biggies like Penguin and HarperCollins....
Research in Antarctica
fakescience:
“No one would ever think that someone would do this,”
– Gaithersburg man accused of squirting semen from bottle on women
“Little did that intrepid farmer know that in just a few generations the idyllic,...”
– Orgies or Beer? You Only Get One
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of...”
– Helen Keller (via anditslove)
“Clearly, then, the message from The Hague today is simple: you can kill and rape...”
– Naomi Campbell, blood diamonds and a media feeding frenzy | Life and style | The Guardian
Dana
“I argue the death penalty clearly should be considered here,” he said....”
– FOXNews.com - Congressman Calls for Execution of Wikileaks Whistleblower
“Conone told police he would put his keys between his fingers and strike the...”
– Bond set at $150,000 for accused child-puncher | The Columbus Dispatch
“As in all past 20 editions of the pageant, there is only one condition for...”
– Italy names ‘Miss Chubby’ beauty queen
“Studies have shown that two incredibly effective ways of beating stress are...”
– Computer Stress – Top Five Ways to Beat IT - DeviceMAG
July 2010
9 posts
National Sleepy Head Day
mildlyannoyedrabbit:
National Sleepy Head Day (Finnish: unikeonpäivä) is celebrated in Finland on July 27.
Traditionally on this day, the last person in the house (also dubbed as the ‘laziest’) to wake up is woken up using water, either by being thrown into a lake or the sea, or by having water thrown on them.
It is based on the story of the Saints of Ephesus who slept in a cave for 200...
“MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF...”
– Advertisement placed in London newspapers for Shackleton’s trip to Antarctica, 1914 (via invisiblestories)
