January 2010
34 posts
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Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings
This...
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“Yemi, I understand that you live in a world where righteousness and evil seem...”
– Mr. Eko
Great scene where he’s talking to his brother from his flashback episode in season 2 of LOST.
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“Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal suffered a frustrating setback during...”
– The Onion delivers as usual.
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Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise
I like...
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“If I wanted to bring a large number of deviled eggs, but I didn’t want to share...”
– Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson and Andy Dwyer battle it out every week to become my favorite Parks and Rec character. Advantage Swanson.
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…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead -...
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“When Borgenicht came home at night to his children, he may have been tired and...”
– Malcolm Gladwell from Outliers
I love this passage from Outliers (despite the use of Oxford commas (funny, I didn’t notice those while I was reading it)) but the book on the whole sort of tears me in two. On one hand, it’s a fun, interesting read, and it’s enjoyable to explain...
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Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
This track is...
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Monsters of Folk - Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
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It's Real
In case you ever wondered, yes, Terror at Blood Fart Lake is a real film.
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“First things first. Let’s bone up on history. If man had wanted to stay...”
– Ray Bradbury from Something Wicked this Way Comes
This quote is the last one from this book I wanted to post. I really became enamored with the way Bradbury writes as I read this book. In passages like this one he tries to describe some grander ideas about good and evil—this entire novel is...
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“For some, autumn comes early, stays late through life where October follows...”
– Ray Bradury from Something Wicked this Way Comes
These guys are the bad guys.
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The Big Pink - Dominos
This song is...
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell (via tmblg) (via kevin)
I feel like I’ve tried to say this exact thing many times recently but I haven’t been able to say it this well.
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Mumford & Sons - The Cave
I heard about this...
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“The definition of ‘forgive’ is to ‘stop feeling angry or...”
– Joe Posnanski (for Sports Illustrated)
I agree with this whole article x 1,000. It’s so easy to be relentlessly angry and critical, especially when it gets you attention.
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Ben Lee - Kids (MGMT cover)
Ben Lee also has a...
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The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Dethbridge in...
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Vienna Teng - Cannonball (live, Damien Rice...
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Local H - Joey (live, Concrete Blonde cover)
An...
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Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea
I don’t know...
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jj - ecstasy
Sorry Lil Wayne - some crazy...
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“For, he thought, it’s a special hour. Women never wake then, do they? ...”
– Ray Bradbury from Something Wicked this Way Comes