January 2012
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Jan 20th
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Alan Hanson: The Hard Things →
daveholmes: God, this is beautiful. I like how much and how well we’re talking this week. Let’s not stop. lieslieslies: Recently a soft and astute human being told me that a positive side to a bad experience I had was that it makes me uniquely qualified to help someone going through something similar. This was yesterday. And I couldn’t help echoing this thought in my mind as I listened to Todd...
Jan 19th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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December 2011
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Dec 9th
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“Last night’s episode of The Closer was the best one I’ve seen. Fred Willard was...”
– My mother (via juliebrister) We can put a man on the moon and yet we do not have a television show about Julie’s mother. I call bullshit.
Dec 7th
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Nov 24th
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Improv Nonsense: The Danger of Clarity →
improvnonsense: Another pretentious theory post. I talked about this in the talk I gave this past Saturday at UCB, and by saying that I’m mentioning that I gave a talk at UCB on improv theory which was fun but is also ridiculous but below is some of what I talked about and hello! hello. ——- The semantics of the… Excellent stuff. Also, The Danger of Clarity would make a great James Bond...
Nov 22nd
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At Occupy Berkeley, Beat Poets Has New Meaning →
chriscantwell: ewilcox: I realize a lot of you have probably already read Robert Hass’s account of what happened when he and his wife (Brenda Hillman) joined the protestors at the Occupy movement on the UC Berkeley campus, but I just stumbled across it today. What the fuck.  UNBELIEVABLE AND INFURIATING. Goddammit.
Nov 22nd
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tumblangeles: 5000candlesinthewind: 408 Deleted Scene | Leslie’s Stalling Techniques Mel Cowan is a Los Angeles treasure. hydeordie, otherwise known as Ji-Hyde, is a national treasure. The kind Nicolas Cage wants to find. 
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“The odd thing about this life is always that you spend half your time trying to...”
– Tom Waits (via funeral)
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October 2011
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“She’s Amelia Earhart and Jane Goodall and Joan Jett all rolled into one. She’s...”
– Tom Waits on his wife and songwriting partner, Kathleen Brennan.  (via nprfreshair)
Oct 31st
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Oct 27th
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ListenIf you listen to “Make Out Club” by...
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kylekinane: If there isn’t a drag queen with the name “Ben-Her” by now, they’re doing it all wrong. Oh hey. It’s a perfect joke. No big deal.
Oct 22nd
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Oct 20th
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sitko: Portlandia! YELLER.
Oct 17th
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September 2011
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“No country has been allowed to apply for membership or association with the...”
– Christopher Hitchens, “Staking a Life.” From our Crimes & Punishments issue.  (via laphamsquarterly)
Sep 22nd
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Vonnegut’s Firefighters
thenewinquiry: (via) By Gregory Sumner I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine. —Kurt Vonnegut As we reflect on the heartbreaking, inspirational images of first responders this tenth anniversary of 9/11, I think of Kurt Vonnegut, who always held firemen in the highest regard, in his life and in his art. In October 2001 the author joined others...
Sep 11th
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August 2011
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Herzog's deranged penguin never fails to devastate...
Aug 28th
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Aug 23rd
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