May 2013
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May 23rd
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May 21st
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May 17th
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"Perhaps the substance of Jim Henson's genius was...
If just one person believes in you, Deep enough, and strong enough, believes in you… Hard enough, and long enough, It stands to reason, that someone else will think “If he can do it, I can do it.” We are a short time from wrapping up Jim Henson Day. Pick your poison: Jim’s friends puppeteer and sing “Just one Person” at his memorial service. The Muppets...
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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Scientific Podcast Goes Boink, Episode 34: Kermit... →
On the anniversary of Jim Henson’s death, we have a special podcast. Things get earnest. Jim Henson died 23 years ago today. Bill and I devoted an episode of the podcast to talking about why the Muppets mean so much to us. It’s because they’re funny, but it’s also because life is hard and sometimes you feel really, really alone, but there’s always a felt frog who...
May 16th
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Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides... →
They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable.Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World or, “individual with disabilitiy finds way to leverage unique position as marginalized individual.” not entirely sure that’s the reading I’d advocate but would like to suggest it as a possibility.
May 15th
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“Anyway, I took the book home and read it, and you know what? It was good! Not...”
– Vox, by Nichelson Baker. Nichelson Baker writing about sex is exactly wonderful as Nichelson Baker writing about sex seems like it would be. Also, “not only did it give me a partial erection on two occasions” is a phrase with more than a little mileage in it.
May 14th
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“Climate-change contrarians, who have little scientific credibility but are...”
– as a student of the new york times sonning people, this is the most timid I’ve ever seen and, to be frank, is rather depressing Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone - NYTimes.com
May 11th
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May 11th
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WatchWatch
bostonreview: David Foster Wallace’s famous graduation speech to Kenyon College has been turned into a great short video. I’m reblogging this because I like This is Water quite a bit, not because it is revelatory but because it puts forth a simple point that is difficult to keep in mind, to hold on to. But I’m also reblogging it to note my one objection to it, which I believe has a...
May 8th
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FLAPJACKALYPSE oh-thirteen
Denny’s is open 24 hrs and now has all-you-can-eat pancakes. You can spend the rest of yr life eating pancakes at Denny’s — woodmuffin (@woodmuffin) March 6, 2011 Bill and I are going to spend 24 hours at Denny’s, eating pancakes. Denny’s is going to donate an amount of money to charity for each pancake that we eat. There are probably lots of things I could say about...
May 8th
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“Also, I was in possession of a positive outlook, which is just a trick whereby...”
– Sam Lipsyte, “The Worm in Philly” (via hobartpulp) DAILY AFFIRMATION
May 8th
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“I have no idea, I have no idea,” said Philip Levine, the former United States...”
– oh no, what will happen to the prestige and status of the poet laureate? let people have their fun, Phil. Poets Laureate Proliferate Across U.S. - NYTimes.com
May 7th
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May 3rd
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It's Andrew's (America) birthday! Happy birthday,...
placed in fMRI machines and shown pictures of Andrew, his friends’ brains light up in the standard patterns. the fusiform gyrus, moving through the temporal lobe, and finally the retrosplenial cortex. all of this is standard, but what stuns observers is what happens next; the whole rest of the brain lights up. every detector, every receptor, every last neuron, there is not a one that is not...
May 2nd
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“if in that moment / it is clear that in our entire, graceless rage / it is what...”
– That is from John Engels’ poem “For the Lately Dead,” which appears in the Autumn 1984 issue of the Kenyon Review. The San Jose library has a lot of literary magazine back issues, and I used to go down there when I was in a mood and pick issues at random, trying to find poems that...
May 2nd
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May 1st
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April 2013
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I needed an ad from a magazine for an assignment for my social psychology class, and because I tend to throw out Outside Magazine pretty quickly after I get it, these are the magazines I had in the house: Newsweek, May 20 1968 (cover: RFK: Up. Up and Away?) Newsweek, December 7, 1964 (cover: J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI) US News & World Report, November 26 1973 (cover: 10 Years That...
Apr 30th
Well that’ll seem to do it for the questions, for the time being. Thanks to all, and apologies all around for spamming y’alls dashboards.
Apr 26th
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captainbirthday asked: I hope you are still answering these! Is there a beautiful thing that makes you yearn to start all over again so that you can devote your wasted youth to making that thing instead (I have been running into a lot of these lately)? If so, what is that thing/process/activity/whatever?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: jeez man, are you sincere about all this life? Where do you find community; it seems a vast ocean and few like minds
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: Describe your ideal hamburger (ingredients have to combine for under $20).
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: What's the most rewarding thing you've ever done that took you out of your comfort zone?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: What do think the whole thing is?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: Pick one: Gnolls, orcs, or goblins
Apr 26th
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valueplus asked: hey pete! I recommend trying some tisanes if you want a decaf tea, they are fruity & tart as a general rule. as for a question, how much can you deadlift?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: What's the worst thing you have ever done?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: Hi Pete, if you were a sandwich, what sandwich would you be?
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: Are you saying "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" or are you saying "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-URNS"?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: Who's your favorite movie director?
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: how many lies have u told this year
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: what is your opinion on tea? (not Jon btw)
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: whats the most kvlt thing you can thhink of
Apr 26th
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Anonymous asked: when did you first discover your love for exotic sandwiches
Apr 26th