June 2009
1 post
Moving!
Please note, I will no longer be regularly updating this tumblr, and will instead focus my attentions here.
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
10 posts
WatchI love what this man does.
jaundicedeye:
Colbert parodies that stupid NOM ad.
“But in the short term, projecting pride may do more than help manage others’...”
– When All You Have Left Is Your Pride
“Heschel felt that to put bread on the seder plate would be to accept that Jewish...”
– Oranges on the Seder plate!
“Oh, no! He’s fading fast! Eyes drifting downward. Responses becoming...”
– The problems of our times. Text is Cheap.
““Who’s that? Who’s talking to me?” Moscowitz said, still dazed by the mystical...”
– Tails of Manhattan Woody Allen brings us Lobsters and Bernie Madoff. Thanks: The New Yorker, I miss you.
Iowa Ruling Unanimous →
Hurrah!!!!
jaundicedeye:
Marriage Equality for Iowa of all places. Amazing!
(updated / edited) This is from the decision summary, and totally worth repeating, (emphasis all mine):
Initially, the court considered the County’s argument the same-sex marriage ban promotes the “integrity of traditional marriage” by “maintaining the historical and traditional marriage norm ([as] one between a man...
“I don’t think of myself predicting things,” he says. “I’m expressing...”
– The Civil Heretic
“Lillian Virginia Mountweazel, a fountain designer turned photographer who was...”
– Amazing!!
Ink: Not a Word: The New Yorker (via nsfmc)
March 2009
15 posts
WatchYay!
“(That Ms. Soliah’s bombs were duds is almost certainly the result of their...”
– Symbionese Liberation Parolee
The Artist Who Did Everything →
also via Fish. Thanks!
“The mechanics of tipping US-style
“Hi. My name is Kevin and I am going...”
– http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7927983.stm
thanks Dan!
“Far too many people, outlets, and politicians allow for the idea that religious...”
– Good As You: The gavel vs. the cross, the temple garments, the kippah, or prayer mat
It is frustrating as hell. And it’s difficult as hell to argue.
(via jaundicedeye)
Emerging Talent No. 9: Leslie Kwok →
Leslie was named as one of Step’s Emerging Talents of 2009! Go Leslie!!!
“Her desire is to “make more self-initiated work that allows people to come together—make the design objective of the piece a reason for people to come together and do something or make something. Its by-product will inevitably be not only an experience, but a memory.” Kwok’s work frequently deals with...
“One striking difference is that Rhode Islanders are less educated than much of...”
– Smallest State Faces Economy-Size Problems - NYTimes.com (via nsfmc)
Franklin Delano Obama →
“The absurd system of health coverage we now have is a historical accident from World War II. Because of wage controls, employers competed for workers by offering health insurance as a fringe benefit — and so we’re stuck today with a system in which the loss of a job is compounded by the loss of health insurance.”
February 2009
4 posts
WatchI watched The Sopranos for the first time in 2008. I know, I’m behind the curve. But now that I’m done watching, I miss them. This video is kind of incredible, I don’t know who did it, and I can’t really watch the whole thing, but watching overweight men curse has never made me so nostalgic.
via:
objectsinspaceandtime:
every bad word from the entirety of the Sopranos
““ACADEMIC politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”...”
– Academic politics are vicious because the stakes are so low? | Ask Metafilter (via nsfmc)
Thank you Marcos for looking into one of my favorite quotes of all time! I might still attribute it to Henry Kissinger just out of habit, and because I like him. He’s like Churchill, both such witty men...
January 2009
7 posts
Bike Lane That Travels With You →
From Good a brilliant idea. There are far too many cities without bike lanes, and while this won’t replace them, it might help.
WatchTim Brown, IDEO’s CEO Ted talk.
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper...”
– Robert Frost
Why Israel Can't Make Peace With Hamas →
In Israel, a Consensus That Gaza War Is a Just One →
“Because Hamas booby-traps schools, apartment buildings and the zoo, and its fighters hide among civilians, it is Hamas that is viewed here as responsible for the civilian toll. Hamas is committed to Israel’s destruction and gets help and inspiration from Iran, so that what looks to the world like a disproportionate war of choice is seen by many here as an obligatory war for...
December 2008
5 posts
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’ →
I want one!!
“Even on the coldest nights in central Germany, Mr. Kaufmann’s new “passive house” and others of this design get all the heat and hot water they need from the amount of energy that would be needed to run a hair dryer. “You don’t think about temperature — the house just adjusts,” said Mr. Kaufmann, watching his 2-year-old daughter, dressed in a T-shirt, tuck into her sausage in...
Watchjaundicedeye:
Thanks, Jon!
via
Typing Without a Clue →
“…Next up may be Sarah Palin, who is said to be worth nearly $7 million if she can place her thoughts between covers. Publishers: with all the grim news of layoffs and staff cuts at the venerable houses of American letters, can we set some ground rules for these hard times? Anyone who abuses the English language on such a regular basis should not be paid to put words in print.”
...
November 2008
20 posts
Balloons →
Nice work, Christian.
What Happy People Don't Do →
“Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
That’s what unhappy people do.”
Rules Let Health Workers Deny Abortions →
hannahlea:
Well, I have to say, Obama just got my vote. I can’t believe that in this day and age, we are supporting health worker’s “rights” to deny women access to medicine and medical procedures, not to mention information about them. Words cannot describe my fury.
“My view of Mr. Gore’s passionate engagement with some of the biggest issues of...”
– NYT op-ed: Yes We Can (via hannahlea)
Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics →
hannahlea:
I know, I know, but I’m a romantic, what do you want from me? I couldn’t resist posting this. It’s cute. (And probably harder advice to actually follow than one might think at first read).