June 2010
2 posts
Interesting GOTCHAs caught on Google Street View
Craziest Google Street View Shots OF ALL TIME
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/15/google-street-view-funny_n_357433.html
January 2010
24 posts
“Adam One sighed “We should not expect too much from faith,” he said....”
– Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, p 168.
Barack, Dude. People Don’t TALK in Standard... →
shnayerson:
GOD ALMIGHTY, how I wish President Obama would quit issuing these hyper-precise, MLA-outlined exposition-enhanced speeches. I’m developing an allergy to persuasive rhetorical communication…
BUT - aren’t we all glad his nickname isn’t ‘Bubba’ OR ‘Dubya’ and that his parents weren’t Uber-rich? Lends a certain je-ne-sait-quoi to WHATEVER he...
Every little thing she does - she does for me -...
Margaret Atwood - Handmaid's Tale →
If you haven’t read this, please do so - it is a cautionary tale set in the not-too-distant future whose themes play out repeatedly in current affairs.
Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood →
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake →
Recent Reading List
I’ve been reading “The Year of The Flood” by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to “Oryx and Crake”. Atwood’s treatment of post-apocalyptic themes leaves this reader starving for more: desperation, self-sufficiency, introspection, entropy… Atwood is truly brilliant.
“Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.”
– Sam Brown
“I can resist anything but temptation.”
– Oscar Wilde
“I suppose that’s a major theme of this decade that has just been: the failure of...”
– ck/ck: The Sound Of My Head Banging Against The Wall (via inky) (via marco)
December 2009
1 post
