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Nick Miller: Change

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:12:13 -0500

I lay supinely on the couch, sipping the final third of a palm-warmed beer, and mulled over thoughts that, over the last few years, had become very familiar to me. Long ago I came to the realization that loneliness would forever be a part of me and, soon after, decided that I should embrace it…

BRITTICISMS: Shopping at American Apparel

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:11:30 -0500

BRITTICISMS: Shopping at American Apparel:

britticisms:

I bought a pair of ridiculous pants and they are the ridiculous pants of my dreams. They are very tight with great stretch and the sort of shine that shines late at night, which is the time of day they should be worn.

In the store, I began comparing pairs of patterned tights wondering which…

Line Breaks & Other Violent Crimes: Catching Hell (2011)

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:10:27 -0500

Line Breaks & Other Violent Crimes: Catching Hell (2011):

ewilcox:

Remember when I watched Catching Hell and said I was going to write about it? Well, here you go.

brightwalldarkroom:

“AND THAT’S A CUBS FAN WHO TRIED TO MAKE THAT CATCH.”

by Elizabeth Cantwell

My husband is a huge fan of the Chicago Cubs. Like everyone I know who’s a big Cubs…

"This is to let you know that your portrait has arrived and has given me great joy and will soon..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:09:27 -0500

“This is to let you know that your portrait has arrived and has given me great joy and will soon appear in its frame on my wall with other famous friends such as W.B. Yeats and Paul Valery.”

- T.S. Eliot to Groucho Marx, at the beginning of a correspondence that would last for about three years. And yes, they had dinner together—and yes, it was extremely uncomfortable. Lee Siegel explains. (via ewilcox)

The Decaffeinated Conchord: Coffee Break!

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:02:53 -0500

The Decaffeinated Conchord: Coffee Break! :

thedecaffeinatedconchord:

Totally unrelated to the rich world of coffee but definitely deserves a mention i: Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage. It is about time a “darkly humorous”(Kathryn Greenaway, Gazette) play sets foot in Montreal and, according to the press, this play is bound to have spectators rolling around…

Name Papillion Institute of Art ARTE:ZINELocation Los...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:55:00 -0500

Name Papillion Institute of Art ARTE:ZINE
Location Los Angeles
First Post December 2009

ARTE:ZINE is a contemporary art zine run by the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles. Established in the spring of 2010, PIA is a multi-disciplinary art space and gallery exhibiting emerging and established artists. Committed to education through the arts, PIA provides art workshops and classes year round taught by volunteer professionals and working artists. PIA TV is their online art network dedicated to creating and producing original web series based on art and the culture around it. The institute is also home to interactive projects like live streamed art openings, live streamed artist talks, and a short film screening series.

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SI Photo Blog
Your link to sports history, one photo at a time.

Zach Klein
Working on the internet now so he can live in the woods later.

Hyper Geography
“What in the history of thought may be seen as a confusion or an overlapping is often the precise moment of the dramatic impulse.” – Raymond Williams

Photo: Installation by Megan Geckler, currently on view at the Papillion Institute of Art.

Name The Dark Side of the ForceLocation Valencia,...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:54:00 -0500

Name The Dark Side of the Force
Location Valencia, Venezuela
First Post March 2009

Jonathan is a 23-year-old systems engineer from Venezuela, with interests in physics, astronomy, and aerospace engineering. Jonathan’s obsession, he readily admits, is with the cosmos. His thousands of posts about space, astronomy, astrophysics, and space exploration (and particle physics, quantum mechanics, and cosmology) seem to prove his point. To help aid in the navigation of all this material, he built a special page on his blog which breaks down posts by galaxies, nebulas, black holes, exoplanets, telescopes, every planet in our solar system, the Kuiper belt, and even more. (He might also post something Star Wars related from time to time, too.)

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Archie McPhee’s Endless Geyser of AWESOME!
The good people at Archie McPhee have devoted their lives to finding, creating, and sharing awesome.

Microlawns
A showcase of some of the smallest grass lawns anywhere.

B&H Photo Video Pro Audio
The world’s largest photography retailer blogs about fun photography projects, tips, and reblogs of other awesome photography content around the Tumblrsphere.

The Decaffeinated Conchord: So? Learn french or die

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:44:16 -0500

The Decaffeinated Conchord: So? Learn french or die:

thedecaffeinatedconchord:

“So? Learn french or die” has been ringing in my ears since I last watched Across the Universe. Had I been in Max’s place (Joe Anderson), I would have slipped out on swallowing those cotton balls and had gone to Montreal to escape from being enlisted. Montreal is a jewel within itself: a city of…