January 2010
“Humans have immortal days, but their body is mortal.”
– ἀθάναται δὲ βροτοῖς ἁμέραι, σῶμα δ’ ἐστὶ θνατόν, Pindar. (via superfluidity)
Terrorism Still Less Deadly in US Than Lack of... →
Since we still seem to be having a national freakout over some loser who got on a plane with a bomb in his underwear, which was apparently worthy of a presidential address, it might be a good idea to put the actual danger posed by terrorist attacks in some numerical perspective.
If you count the Ft. Hoot shooting as a terrorist attack, which even the likes of Pantload doesn’t, 16 people have...
December 2009
“Nunca vayas por el camino trazado, porque conduce hacia donde otros han ido ya.”
– Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) (via kernel)
“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our...”
– Richard Dawkins, from Chpt 1 of his 1998 book Unweaving the Rainbow (via designtumblelog) (via spaceships)
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
– Voltaire (via marsymars) (via libraryland)
About Last Night.
beenthinking:
You know what kind of night I love? The kind that starts so innocuously with a “Want to grab a beer?” text and then spirals into a giant game of sardines, one friend pulling you along into the next gathering which subsequently runs into and absorbs other friends until you’re this Lawrence Kasdan directed cast of men and women debating the flaws and assets of guys in their 30’s,...
Whether it's AQ or not, nobody in Arab media cares →
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The Arab media’s indifference to the story speaks to a vitally important trend. Al-Qaeda’s attempted acts of terrorism simply no longer carry the kind of persuasive political force with mass Arab or Muslim publics which they may have commanded in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Even as the microscopically small radicalized and mobilized base continues to plot and even to...
On Mid-Winter Wars
beenthinking:
He calls back late last night, finds you hiding from the cold under ten pounds of blankets. Still awake. He feeds you lines from the old “30 Rock” episodes you sent him in a brief non-sequitor and makes you laugh harder than anyone which makes him laugh harder and you like the surprise, the pleasure in that laugh. He calls to apologize if he handled your comments too lightly...
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Florence + The Machine ~ Cosmic...
“you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is...”
– ee cummings - i carry your heart (submitted by: lizzardlips) (via quote-book) (via cupcakesandporn) (via breathless9972)
“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley (via reluctantbuddha)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Sufjan Stevens (32)
Bat for Lashes (8)
The Sanderson Pitch (7)
Feist (6)
Ian Thomas (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Speaking as a botanist and a mad woman, she said, the most extraordinary word in...”
– V. Nabakov, from Ada, or Ardor (via petitchou)
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“Pilon complained, ‘It is not a good story. There are too many meanings and too...”
– from Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck (via smut-to-go)
“The stakes are high. Immigration keeps America young, strong and growing. “The...”
– Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works | The Economist (via evangotlib)
Truer words never spoken. Nothing sustains our progress like immigration liberalization, and I look forward to a more rational regime. Unfortunately, Obama has been silent on the issue and the Republicans are practically...
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America's other extremism problem →
How does the greater accessibility that American universal values are supposed to offer immigrants explain events at Ft. Hood? An isolated incident? Well, what about, Najibullah Zazi, who planned “Mumbai-on-the-Hudson” with help from extremists in Pakistan. Or, Byran Neal Venas, a Hispanic American convert, who was captured in Afghanistan and admitted to helping with initial plans to...
HOW TO MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY
inabliss:
It’s not difficult to make a woman happy.
A man only needs to be:
1. a friend 2. a companion 3. a lover 4. a brother 5. a father 6. a master 7. a chef 8. an electrician 9. a carpenter 10. a plumber 11. a mechanic 12. a decorator 13. a stylist 14. a sexologist 15. a gynecologist 16. a psychologist 17. a pest exterminator 18. a psychiatrist 19. a healer 20. a good listener 21. an...