January 2009
63 posts
winter headgear at the inaug
ferrrn:
I’m pretty bad with the technical name for hats, but I did enjoy the stark contrast in the ones the various important men chose to wear. Herbert Walker Bush’s enormous furry thing, Harry Reid’s old school the-one-that’s-a-bit-bigger-than-a-fedora and Justice Antonin Scalia’s pansy beret thing. Scalia’s was the best—you could catch lol-worthy glimpses of it when he stood behind Chief...
preantepenultimate
wordjournal:
adjective & noun • \prē-ˈan-tē-pi-ˈnəl-tə-mət\ • fourth from last
“Dear President Obama,
When you are president, don’t eat junk food. Junk...”
– via McSweeney’s Book of Letters to Obama from 826 Valencia kids
My Dad just GIS-ed Britney's house for me.
My family is full of enablers.
“Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who can...”
– Peter Cochrane (via unalone) (via marco) (via somethingchanged)
“It never hurt as good again.”
– Marc Ecko’s six-word love and heartbreak memoir. Ok, then. (via ferrrn)
And...I'm awkward. →
“I thought my emo little Internet journal would be full of rich and compelling entries about growing up, finding myself, discovering what I wanted to do with my life and the like. Instead, my journal is basically an anthology of awkwardness. I feel like at least 70% of my entries end with one of the following: “God I’m so awkward,” “God my life is awkward,” or...
I don’t think enough people listen to Matt...
Watching Superstars of Dance
Sally: WHERE IS THAT JUDGE SUPPOSED TO BE FROM?
Gold: India?
Sally: Liiiisten to him!
[pause]
Gold: Canada?
The 20 Male Poses of Facebook. Too True. →
#3: The Just Hangin’ with my Bros Shot Whereas girls have an odd ability to quickly line up in cute formation, hug and make a kissy face to the girl to their left, guys have the ability to stand next to their bros, look awkward, barely touch each other and look stoic. SMILING IS FOR PUSSIES BITCH! NOW GET ME A NATTY LIGHT! #4: The Too Much Party For One Picture Shot Dude, I was so fucked up that...
SOUP WAR
But seriously, isn’t it so great that an ad campaign war was waged about this stuff?
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
everybodycares:
msbadkittie:
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it. This is a specialised version of the effect of serendipity. (via Wikipedia)
...
“She looks like the lovechild of Cruella DeVille and Ursula.”
– Abby, re: Renee Zellweger last night.
Ashley: what name am I picking up under?
me: Sally
or Columbai
or our project name
Ashley: are we based in india now?
Columbai?
“7:41 p.m.: Ryan gets his claws in Beyonce, who looks….just like Beyonce....”
– You have to love the coverage of the coverage.
“The one on the left…he looks like the adopted latino brother. Like they found...”
– My mom has never seen the Jonas Brothers before. It has been an amazing night. (she said the above re: Joe) (via ferrrn)
“Sometimes, when we’re lying together I look at her and I feel dizzy with the...”
– Barack about Michelle, from a Never-Before-Seen 1996 Interview With Obamas About Their Marriage
(via apsies) (via somethingchanged)
everybodycares:
movieoftheweek:
Theme (ESOTM) by...
I AM SO META THE IRONY IT KILLS →
“A Mind Mapping Guide to Silence.” Explore what it’s like to keep your thoughts, jokes, anecdotes, and recipes to yourself. Advanced warning: We won’t be having a “talk back” afterwards!
List of English back-formations →
wordjournal:
According to Wikipedia, “back-formation refers to the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new “word”) by removing actual or supposed affixes.” Some examples: edit derives from editor, sculpt from sculptor, emote from emotion, and burgle (no kidding) from burglar. Importantly, words like “emotion” enter the language fully-formed, and speakers dissect the word using the...
Thanks, StudentUniverse! Really useful!
Hi Sally,
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Gold often drops yogurt containers to figure out...
Gold: day went by really quickly
i want to tell you in DETAIL how the farmland meeting went
and you can't stop me!
i got a high five for my work!
me: YES
adam used to be a high end snack vendor
you're working on 7th grade science projects in the cool teacher's class
i bet you'll get a pencil with a fluffy top next week
Gold: I KNOW I"M SO EXCITED!
i kind of know how that condom tester guy feels
except my breakage is a bit messier
Being a total whiner today.
But am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that someecards are super funny and generally aesthetically pleasing UNTIL you actually send them? It’s almost as though they’d rather you just copy the image yourself, or forward the link to someone. When you send the card, it turns into a link in an email ANYWAY, and the card page is pretty much the equivalent of just another page on...
I know, corporate America blahblahblah. Whatever,... →
I mean...
That’s a pretty decent touche, West Coast. East Coast, any rebuttal?
“OH MY GOD SHE’S RIGHT NEXT TO ME. SHE’S HERE.”
– High school acquaintance, hissed into the phone, as she walked by me at the supermarket. Reminding me, another time, why this isn’t an option.