W. W. Norton: 96 Vandam

wwnorton:

I am going to carry my bed into New York City tonight
complete with dangling sheets and ripped blankets;
I am going to push it across three dark highways
or coast along under 600,000 faint stars.
I want to have it with me so I don’t have to beg
for too much shelter from my weak and exhausted…

Rob Delaney: My Tweets About Marijuana

robdelaney:

I’ve received a lot of praise for my anti-pot tweets, so I thought it might be useful to compile them. Amazing how powerful they are when you take them all in at once:

just found out a guy i thought was a friend does marijuana

guys i did marijuana 7x in high school trust me you don’t…

Megan Amram: Shakespearean Spam

meganamram:

URGENT REQUEST FROM MOOR OF VENICE

O Hello !

I am a Moorish prince ! It is with heart full of hope &tragedye that I explain this tragedye.

my wife Desideminna was killed with a stab &and I tragically cannotget in her will which left me many of her possessions: moneyes,…

johnmayer.com: I have no idea how to introduce this post, so I’m skipping the first...

johnmayer:

I have no idea how to introduce this post, so I’m skipping the first paragraph.

During rehearsal on Tuesday, it came to mind that I should see my throat doctor because something didn’t feel/sound right. I went in for a visit on Wednesday and a scope of my vocal cords revealed that the…

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I’ve been forced to explain homosexuality to my kids (aged 3 and 4) because their uncle is gay. This incredibly difficult and traumatic experience went as follows:

Child: Why does Uncle Bob go everywhere with Pete?
Me: Because they’re in love, just like Mummy and Daddy are.
Child: Oh. Can I have a biscuit?

We’re all scarred for life. Scarred, I tell you.

"

KateP, Internet commenter  (via afterelton)

(Source: Guardian, via afterelton)

geekgirlsbookclub:

Sherlock and The Doctor in The Case Of The Cybermen. #IfOnly

geekgirlsbookclub:

Sherlock and The Doctor in The Case Of The Cybermen. #IfOnly

geekgirlsbookclub:

Bilbo… Martin Freeman… I simply cannot wait. #TheHobbit

geekgirlsbookclub:

Bilbo… Martin Freeman… I simply cannot wait. #TheHobbit

(Source: wikatiepedia)

"Many eulogizers have prefaced their obits with “love him or hate him…,” but that’s not quite right. You both loved and hated Christopher Hitchens, as even when he wasn’t on your side—and even when he was on your side, yet still being a smug prick about it—you had to admire his tenacity and envy his eloquence. He was the best kind of intellectual: a brave one. (Also, one with whom you’d like to have a drink or three.) And our world is now far stupider without him."

Sean O’Neal puts it nicely in The AV Club.

In the end and at the end, Hitchens made me feel braver about most things, and especially non-existence, than any sermon ever could. 

That is all. 

(via areasofmyexpertise)

(Source: areasofmyexpertise)

mpdrolet:

Reverend David A. Noebel:

“The communists, through their scientists, educators and  entertainers, have contrived an elaborate, calculating and scientific  technique directed at rendering a generation of American youth useless  through nerve-jamming, mental deterioration and retardation.”

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“nerve-jamming mental deterioration and retardation.”
*classic.

mpdrolet:

Reverend David A. Noebel:

“The communists, through their scientists, educators and entertainers, have contrived an elaborate, calculating and scientific technique directed at rendering a generation of American youth useless through nerve-jamming, mental deterioration and retardation.”

mental deterioration and retardation.”

*classic.

(via warrenellis)

bookmania:

Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) (Photo by Feemail)

bookmania:

Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) (Photo by Feemail)