April 2010
61 posts
The Importance of Being Earnest
projectgutenberg:
Jack: How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless.
Algernon: Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.
- Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being...
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my tumblr music library →
every track that i’ve posted to my tumblr. looks just like a turntable too when you minimize the track list.
found via: ajamison (thx)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Jónsi (44)
Ratatat (13)
Doves (12)
Thievery Corporation (9)
Peter Bjorn and John (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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coffee is.
projectgutenberg:
Coffee is universal in its appeal. All nations do it homage. It has become recognized as a human necessity. It is no longer a luxury or an indulgence; it is a corollary of human energy and human efficiency. People love coffee because of its two-fold effect—the pleasurable sensation and the increased efficiency it produces.
- William H. Ukers, All About Coffee (1922) [full...
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Is it Possible to Learn So Much Your Brain Gets...
newsweek:
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bellcurved:
Northwestern psychology Prof. Paul Reber answers in Scientific American. Excerpt:
The human brain consists of about one billion neurons. Each neuron forms about 1,000 connections to other neurons, amounting to more than a trillion connections. If each neuron could only help store a single memory, running out of space would be a problem. You might have...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
Jónsi (30)
Snowden (12)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (9)
royksopp (8)
Does It Offend You Yeah? (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Web site names KC [Asheville] a top 10 foodie town... →
hilker:
“Heres’ Livability’s top 10 best-kept-secret cities for foodies:
1. Traverse City, Mich.
2. Asheville, N.C.
3. Boulder, Colo.
4. Kansas City, Mo.
5. Walnut Creek, Calif.
6. Eugene, Ore.
7. Albuquerque, N.M.
8. Wichita, Kan.
9. Logan, Utah
10. Pueblo, Colo.”
I can vouch for Boulder & Eugene; KC’s good, but a bit of a surprise. The food available in Eugene...
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Justice // D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)
.4/19 GSD...
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The Wind in the Willows →
It all seemed too good to be true. Hither and thither through the meadows he rambled busily, along the hedgerows, across the copses, finding everywhere birds building, flowers budding, leaves thrusting—everything happy, and progressive, and occupied. And instead of having an uneasy conscience pricking him and whispering “whitewash!” he somehow could only feel how jolly it was to be the only idle...
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“If you touched your wife as much as you touch your iPhone your marriage would be...”
– quoted here (via whatismarriage)
“People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via greetsthedaywithherhairwet) (via nicksheck)
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Click here to listen to LCD Soundsystem's new... →
wyliefisher:
upsider:
They’re streaming it a month before release!
AND IT’S SO GOOD!
funny. i just posted an LCDSS song… (it IS good!)
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“For the Christian, ‘truth’ is not primarily about logical propositions or...”
– Alister McGrath
(via: Driscoll)
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Watchtrailer for The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González
(found on twentyfourbit)
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“The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is...”
– G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (via ayjay) (via lotech) (via charlesgomes) (via sds)
i. loved. this.
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WatchDoves’s “Andalucia” video from their forthcoming “The Places Between : The Best of Doves” due out 4/20.
flamenco? …si!
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