through the screen doors of discretion

like a giant spider spiraling into the...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:38:05 -0500

like a giant spider spiraling into the water—

lightpaint:

ronniebruce:

lake of fire by ~flu0rgfx

love everything about this. stevewoolf: Along the cables...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:30:59 -0500

love everything about this.

stevewoolf:

Along the cables leading up Hua Shan Mountain in China, there are areas where people buy little locks and attach them to the cable for good luck.

Photo by Jesse Goodnoe

here’s mine: I am deathly afraid of being...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:30:15 -0500

here’s mine: I am deathly afraid of being boring.

yours?

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: PostSecret founder Frank Warren asks fifty strangers to share their deepest, darkest secret on camera.

Here’s mine: I love Brussels sprouts. Now you.

[via.]

I am hereby inviting skimmingthesurface over for dinner. Quite...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:22:13 -0500

I am hereby inviting skimmingthesurface over for dinner. Quite the compliment.

skimmingthesurface:

somethingchanged:

Thanksgiving leftover sandwich: fennel-parmesan loaf spread with chicken liver pâté and carrot top pesto, with turkey, skin, roasted fennel, and homemade cranberry sauce via ffffood: seaweedbutter

Seriously, who’s Thanksgiving has leftovers of this caliber, save for maybe Ina Garten? This is cruel, unrealistic food porn of the worst kind. And I’d like one, please.

nice...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:29:22 -0500

nice work.

fuckyeahreading:

followyourbliss:

padayon:ohserena:tiffkitti:alliv: Book cover designs by Mikey Burton

culturite: Dead Cassette Tapes [ via electronicalrattlebag ]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:38:10 -0500

culturite:

Dead Cassette Tapes

[ via electronicalrattlebag ]

I would like to live in a place where we have a book council...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:03:00 -0500

I would like to live in a place where we have a book council that creates ads like this, please.

thedailywhat:

Stop-Motion Ad Campaign of the Day: Breathtaking ad by Colenso BBDO for the New Zealand Book Council.

Almost makes me miss books. Almost.

[via.]

stevewoolf: (via melodymcc)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:14:01 -0500

stevewoolf:

(via melodymcc)

"People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin,..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:19 -0500

“People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair.”

- General Douglas MacArthur (via Michelle Williams)

(via peterdurand)

"Content is no longer being hocked, but links are."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:00 -0500

“Content is no longer being hocked, but links are.”

- danah boyd, in her Web 2.0 Expo address, November 17, 2009

Wonder if she means “hocked” (meaning: pwned) or “hawked”—because content no longer being hawked, now that’s interesting.

favorite part about this: there is someone standing behind every...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:17:12 -0500

favorite part about this: there is someone standing behind every lightpainted orb who drew those lines at the same time. you can’t see them, but they could see/hear each other.

we are all of us standing near each other, able to draw circles of light together.

via lightpaint:

© Hobsonish (via Beauty in Everything - Photography)

"This is the edge of experience, grenzen der seele where those on the verge of human..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:33:25 -0500

“This is the edge of experience, grenzen der seele
where those on the verge of human understanding
the borderline people stand on the shifting islands
among the drowned stars and the tempest.”

- “The Outer Banks,” Muriel Rukeyser.

(When I cannot be comforted, this is one of the female poets I read.)

When Merlin does the YouTube DJ thing, we all win. As he points...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:10:00 -0500

When Merlin does the YouTube DJ thing, we all win.

As he points out, nice to see Karen playing the drums (sometimes we forget she did both, the way Nina Simone owned the piano as well as the microphone).

merlin:

Carpenters - “We’ve only just begun”

Karen with bangs behind the traps is the hotness. Great song, too.

Wired Science is obsessed with spiders too. Welcome, WS. Knew...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:07:00 -0500

Wired Science is obsessed with spiders too. Welcome, WS. Knew you’d come around. Nice gallery of spiders (and thanks to the wonderful David Sasaki for pointing me to this)—

Can we make a Kickstarter project to fund this Labyrinth sequel...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:47:44 -0500

Can we make a Kickstarter project to fund this Labyrinth sequel already please? I will specifically fund the Bowie portion.

tktc:

nolauren:

cadyheron:

Jennifer Connelly is like so pretty its unreal.

bohemea:

Jennifer Connelly: Dark Victory - Vogue by Mario Testino, November 2007

ok so here is my idea for jennifer connelly…. let’s make a labyrinth sequel, we’ll bring back bowie and her plus all the ~~cute~~ scary muppets but this time she’s a grown up with children and is super stressed and the goblin king steals one of her own kids or something which sends her back into the labyrinth. get tim burton to direct, bowie to wear spandex pants again, it will be fantastic. are you as excited as i am? i knew you’d love it.

This plan is brilliant. I would like to win the lottery and become a backer.

superamit: Afghanistan, October, 2009 - The Big Picture -...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:50:56 -0500

superamit:

Afghanistan, October, 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com

with a nicely spiked heel, I’d Gretel...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:50 -0500

with a nicely spiked heel, I’d Gretel these.

propermake:

chirp:

quanfer:

Bread shoes are not recommended for ninjas or thieves, who want to avoid leaving a trail of bread crumbs.

also posted by Steven today, an article reporting that a baguette dropped from a bird’s beak has shut down the Large Hadron Collider (really). looks like someone’s been loafing around at work — sorry, couldn’t help myself.

i was just going to post about this but someone beat me to it!

Zizek is my favorite theorist for many reasons—mostly,...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:01:55 -0500

Zizek is my favorite theorist for many reasons—mostly, whenever I miss grad school, I watch video of him expounding and am hugely entertained.

Highly recommend his Twitter account, @zizekspeaks (if only for the bio). Great moment (0:41 in) that culturite points to about consumption—

via culturite:

Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ

Killin it as usual. Watch/listen to the whole thing, but especially at 0:41:13 when he slays organic food, Starbucks, Ethos water & consumption as relief of social responsibility.

thetravelbelle: wearethedigitalkids: keeptheballrolling: three...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:53 -0400

thetravelbelle:

wearethedigitalkids:

keeptheballrolling:

three50eight:

madeupmemories:

pile:

caseydonahue:

Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.

Wow

for tom

Look, people. Spiders do not have eyes that look this this. Stop...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:00 -0400

Look, people. Spiders do not have eyes that look this this. Stop it.

Find another insect to craft appendages out of pretzels and light with nice bokeh.

omgsexyfood:

Creepy crawly cupcakes