January 2012
94 posts
pica
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.
2 tags
“It’s Gathy with a ‘G’”
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
2 tags
Let there be light!
shitmystudentswrite:
The Enlightenment started when Einstein invented the light bulb. Until then people could not work long enough to figure things out because it got dark too early.
3 tags
“Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight.”
– President BARACK OBAMA, to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta prior to the State of the Union speech. Earlier, Panetta had overseen the rescue operation of an American woman and a Danish national who were part of a relief organization in Somalia: they had been kidnapped and held for ransom by Somali...
1 tag
“More and more, I read in pieces. So do you. Digital media, in all its forms, is...”
– Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age by Guy Patrick Cunningham (via millionsmillions)
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
– T. S. Eliot (via berfrois)
4 tags
3 tags
5 tags
2 tags
“Ron Paul mentioned liberty, Santorum profusely expired, Romney put on his best...”
– We attended the debate and learned a lot! (via vanityfair
)
1 tag
“Insight comes, more often than not, from looking at what’s been on the table all...”
– David McCullough (via theparisreview)
Letter From Detroit
lareviewofbooks:
INGRID NORTON writes us from the Motor City. I was sitting in the Telway diner around the edge of midnight. The Telway is a story in itself: a chrome island built during the 1940s, floating on a blighted stretch of Michigan Avenue. Telway is staffed by the Appalachian whites who long ago moved to Detroit for work and, more recently, to the suburbs to live. It’s open 24...
3 tags
“don’t you dare look out your window, darling, everything’s on fire”
jhnmyr:
Officially back on track as of today. Doc says all clear. Ends an 8-month period of extreme patience and a real head trip… Back to it… See you soon.
on being one's own therapist
sometimes people don’t pick up their phones, and sometimes you have to talk yourself through things, and sometimes you surprise yourself and it works.
3 tags
“i don’t remember you looking any better, but then again i don’t...”
4 tags
The Collected Blurbs of Gary Shteyngart →
2 tags
“We have a sane part of our minds and an insane part. We negotiate between those...”
– Haruki Murakami (via theparisreview)
happy belated birthday, haruki!
