January 2011
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Weird
We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
December 2010
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SUV Fail
Gauntlgrym has thrown a potent speedbump in the...
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“Six rhetorical and two repetition, leaving nineteen, of which we answered...”
– Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
just got asked to play someone's wedding march on...
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Accio Adrenaline or Why Am I Such A Fuck?
Harry was rather quiet as he ate the ice cream Hagrid had bought him (chocolate and rasberry with chopped nuts).
“What’s up?” said Hagrid.
“Hkk—” croaked Harry.
“What?”
“Hkk— p-p-p” Harry pointed at his throat frantically, “peanut— aller” he managed a quick gasp, “Hag— hnnk—...
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Kurt, just use this if you're worried
So, as I reread the beginnings of the HP’s Saga, I’ve mostly been struck by how much it is clearly written for young adults and, at the Sorcerer’s Stone at least, the emphasis is very much on the “young.”
The first three chapters and, to some extent, the fourth, are all about giving the reader information. It’s all very playfully expository.
I like...
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the Tetrapus
I could say that I drew this when I was a kid, but, I drew it when I was 20.
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Shefuckingnanigans
SO, I made this, inspired by a conversation with my friend Elissa, and then I put it in my etsy store… which I keep on the internet in case I lose it.
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Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas
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EX*TERM*IN*ATE
I actually did this a while ago, inspired by some students at the college who, obviously, are obsessed with Who, MD, and I just got around to putting it up on my etsy which you can reach by clicking the picture or by clicking on these words.
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Jews on Christmas
I found this on my computer. It says that I “wrote” it, but it’s pretty much the verbatim conversation I had with my friend Alec our Freshman year of college. === Alec: Hey, Ian? I was just, y’know. Ian: Hi Alec. What were you wondering? Alec: Well, I was, y’know, just… wondering… Ian: Alec, I’m kind of busy. What is it? Alec: Well, I was just kind of, well,...
Someone Show This to Kurt Since He Doesn't Follow... →
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Serendipity
I was going to talk about how people tend to freak out about new technology eliminating old technology and how that’s not really true. Writing did not eliminate memory. The printing press didn’t eliminate writing. The typewriter didn’t eliminate the pen. The computer did, basically, eliminate the typewriter, but that’s because they were filling, literally, the exact same...
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Nerdcore Rising
the Riddle of Steel
Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth, Conan. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the...
One of life's most sincere and childish pleasures:...
Untitled
“I won’t have you cheapen what should be an endless pursuit of perfection just because you want the world to laugh with you tonight.” -Dr. Cox
That's no moon.
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Writers, Take Note
“I traffic in fiction, I do not traffic in lies. Although I’ll admit that the distinction is a nice one and perhaps not very easy for the layman to make. With fiction, with art, with writing, it’s important that, even if you’re dealing with areas of complete outrageous fantasy, that there is an emotional resonance. It is important that a story ring true on a human level...
And the Sultans, they're playing Creole.
Yes, @hannadear, the Pogues
are amazing. For your current romantical mood, check out Rainy Night in SoHo and the Broad Majestic Shannon.
WFUV is playing naught but strange and obscure...
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Watching a Calligrapher Work? Don't Mind if I do.
Calligraphy Pages Pt. 1/4 from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo. OK, so, clearly, I need to practice more. This is what I am learning here today. I need to practice more. Also, I am totally stealing his method for making hackles on the blackletter minuscules…
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Harry Potter Stars Learn to Speak American
Oh, look at this charming Englishfolk saying “boo yah” and talking about the Olive Garden as they try to speak Americano.
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Mattress Shopping
Michael & Michael Have Issues Super Mattress Sale www.comedycentral.com Funny Jokes Ugly Americans The Benson Interruption
They said it was a bird
OK, so, if anyone was curious what I might want as a present (because I can be so hugger-muggerly about things like that, obviously), assuming they were unwilling to pay the thousand dollars for a vintage Gibson ukulele, this poster would be a great start.
Gryffindor Quidditch Est. 1092
justinrampage: Daniel Radcliffe (not the actor) designed a Harry Potter / Abercrombie & Fitch shirt design that is available for $9 Wednesday (11/03/2010) at TeeFury! Ambercrombie and Quidditch by Dan Radcliffe / spacemonkeydr Via: gamefreaksnz I am sad that this shirt is unavailable but happy that finding it led me to teefury which is a delightful site.
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Thought, Word, & Deed
Whorfian linguistics tells us that how we think and how we speak are directly related; that, after a fashion, if we don’t have a word to express something, we can’t think it. So, the quality of our thoughts are affected by the quality of our words. That being the case, don’t we have an obligation to use more words, better words, the third thing words? The English language has...