January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
1 post
October 2011
4 posts
There is such a thing as the coarseness of a gentleman. And it is the most...
– Horne Fisher in The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
1 tag
Dear Mr. Grinch
We have tried to get rid of you and your insatiable relatives in every possible way and somehow, it cannot be done. You should look up to the child’s mother’s original families and show more respect! You’ve all got to stop rejecting every sincere that comes to call, the law says hopeful mates must get married to each other right before they might get pregnant. So we’ll give...
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
Santa Cruz, I fucking hate you and you're bringing...
June 2011
6 posts
April 2011
3 posts
Evolution is a fact, not a theory. It really happened.
– Carl Sagan
every episode of every season of scrubs is on...
well there goes my spring break.
March 2011
10 posts
My Belief: Science
my prophets:
Charles Darwin
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
I care very little for the whimsical desire of man to believe in the fairy tales of his ancestors. I care with great fervor for mans desire, and therefore begetting his ability, to make sense of the tangled web of cause and consequence that has, is, and will continue to shape what man calls The Universe.
There are facts and there are...
One sees great thing from the valley; only small things from the peak.
– G. K. Chesterton, The Hammer of God
I’m in to people
– Frankie, Skins season 5 episode 6
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word...
– Joshua Norton AKA Emporer of These United States and Protector of Mexico, 1872
February 2011
6 posts
If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are...
– Lao Tzu (via electricfingertips)
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill...
– George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius
But there was still that memory moving around the edges of his consciousness,...
– George Orwell, 1984
January 2011
17 posts
the natural order
fact: everything happens for a reason
the current connotation: fate or destiny
my reasoning: every atom comprising every system of atoms, and in turn every life form, has fallen in to its current position due to every moment that came before it. A tree grows on a hill because a bird dropped its seed there. Everything happens for a reason, and it is predetermined. This is not to say that there is...
Dear moon
I see you rise and fall through the night
I wonder if I can ask you
why do you seem to change so quickly now?
Best Coast, Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Cee Lo Green, Crystal Castles, Duran Duran, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Interpol, Jenny and Johnny, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Mumford & Sons, Ratatat, Scissor Sisters, Shpongle, The Drums, The Kills, The Morning Benders, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Yacht.
Just to name a few reasons why I’m excited for April.
thedailywhat:
Lights Out: John Williams’s “Theme from Jurassic Park,” slowed down to 1/10th its original speed.
MP3 download here.
[reddit.]
In Portland you can just put a bird on something and call it art!
– Carrie Brownstien, Portlandia ep. 1
There were a lot of other good things too, but you can’t put them into...
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
when you blow off the seeds of a dandelion
save the stems and make a bracelet
to remind you of the times you dared to dream
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen
– G. K. Chesterton
unfortunately people often get scared or angry when they don’t understand...
– Professor Utonium, The Power Puff Girls Movie