January 2010
69 posts
“The most frightening picture of the future that I’ve read thus far in the new...”
– George Packer, in his New Yorker blog “Interesting Times.”
George, I >3 you twice for this….
Scorching.
britticisms:
“Lovesick” by Lindstrøm...
“To me, his tragedy was not that he was, as he perhaps thought, not tough enough...”
Head. Hitting. Desk.
1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college. 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year. 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years. 57 percent of new books are not read to completion. 70 percent of books published do not earn back...
Fatale! →
This is a dark day for foodies.
tumbledore:
The Selfish Replicators -...
"Images without Borders"
conscientious:
“Images without Borders provides limited edition photographic prints from fine art photographers; all proceeds go directly to Doctors without Borders in support their relief efforts in Haiti and around the world. There is no overhead other than the price of printing.”
There are some nice images in this series. If you’ve got a little disposable income, please check it out.
Thanks, Tragos!
I said: “There should be a word for “feelings of ire and towards those who have managed to completely cock-up a good situation.”
Tragos responded with two excellent suggestions: “flubfury” and “gaffewrath.” Anybody else?
Today we all need beauty more than ever and so I’m trying to regroup and come up with some great things to share with you, but I’ve got to be honest: it’s not easy. None of the photographs I’ve been looking at feel right. Nothing’s quite capturing the mood.
There should be a word for “feelings of ire and towards those who have managed to completely cock-up a...
Maura Johnston, Keep it Up →
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by...”
– Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.] (via longreads) (via dayofthedreamweavers)
tuneage:
Mayer Hawthorne - “Just Ain’t Gonna...
britticisms:
“I Don’t Love You Anymore” by Teddy...
Haiti Relief: Small Dog Electronics will match... →
tragos:
noraleah:
Up to $200 per individual. (Via Lia.)
Ann Curry tweeted that Doctors Without Borders claims all hospitals in the Port au Prince area have either collapsed or been abandoned. (Via apsies.)
