October 2009
92 posts
“As every married person here knows, love is a rotten substitute for respect.”
– Kurt Vonnegut, “Religion,” essay within Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
55 Ways to Get More Energy →
by Greg Go, co-author of the new book 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget
100 Illustrated Horror Film Posters →
The Whip “Sirens”
Had a dramatic...
25tuesdays.com - NYC spa deals →
NYC spas offer one of their most popular services for just $25 each Tuesday (though purchaser may apply voucher any day of the week)
How to Fake Your Own Death →
an excerpt from the new Sherlock Holmes Handbook
Girls “Morning Light”
Got myself a...
Most of my adult life has been spent in bringing to some kind of order sheets of paper eight and a half inches wide and eleven inches long. This severely limited activity has allowed me to ignore many a storm. It has also caused many of the worst storms I ignored. My mates have often been angered by how much attention I pay to paper and how little attention I pay to them.
I can only reply...
Le Loup “Beach Town”
Enjoying this...
10 Wonderful Websites to Waste Time at Work →
“As for real death— it has always been a temptation to me, since my mother...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, “The Sexual Revolution,” essay within Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
15 of the Most Iconic Newspaper Headlines Ever... →
Declaring Hitler’s death, the Titanic’s sinking, and more
The Antlers “Bear”
Very, very...
50 most annoying things about the internet →
Lazy activism, CAPTCHAs, Rickrolling, etc.
“I think about that movie The Matrix, and about these bodies that are human...”
– Show creator Matthew Weiner at yesterday’s Mad Men panel at City Winery, part of the New Yorker Festival (via)
“The poetry of four seasons is all wrong for this part of the planet, and this...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, “Funnier on Paper Than Most People,” essay within Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
25 clever costume ideas for Halloween →
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Free Food in NYC →
The actual origins of Sub Pop records →
Clips & quotes from the label’s 1980-1982 mission statements