2008

Aug

“Stushevatsya: To gently drop out of existence”
— via

I’m back, assholes. via

Why Photography Sucks in '08

Apologies to Duygu, who I emailed the original version of this to. I was watching that Ira Glass...

Status: Wrong, a collection of Facebook stupidity.

79430023: I could do nature photography all day if nature...

79430011: That’s it then? I get to smile when the sun...

“When Leonard Cohen was in his early teens, he developed a...”
— via

79420005: “This is not to say that I think street...

Problems with Self Image

I predict a worldwide influx of people joining gyms after seeing all those super buffed bodies...

I can already tell that this street style blog is going to ruin me.

79410035: Nature photography? I can do nature photography....

Voigtlander Vitessa L

Alright, I did it. I saw there was a gap and I saw that I...

Denatonium, usually available as denatonium benzoate (under...

Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning is the End is the Beginning You may recognise this bad boy from...

“This is American two-one-three to the cockpit voice...”
— This time there was a brief...

Avril 14th Remix

Did you know that Voldemort was in a rock band?

“I mean - What kind of fucken life is this?”
— Vernon God Little

Fox Umbrellas Ltd Gents Solid Umbrellas “This lovely...

Saul Williams - Tao For Now

Problems with William Golding

Saw a bunch of eleven year olds stomping on a mouse today.

“No Love Lost”, Joy Division, from the “An Ideal For Living” sessions, Pennine Sound Studios,...

“I am allergic to having a good time”
— via

Franz Kafka’s porn brought out of the closet...

“Vicambulist — a person who wanders city streets.”
— via

Short Story Idea

Short story where all of the characters are named after processor code names.

“Paul is dead” is an urban legend alleging that Paul McCartney of the British rock band...

“I sleep on my back cause it’s good for the spine and...”
— Why? - Fatalist Palmistry

Quentin Tarantino is my voice coach.

I SPENT THE EVENING CRACKING WISE ABOUT...

-(Я^-1): those crazy East Africans
-(Я^-1): what WON'T they die of?
-(Я^-1): they've got it all!
-(Я^-1): terrible microorganisms
-(Я^-1): brutal ethnic cleansing
-(Я^-1): the humble middle aged death that results from a lifetime of poor diet and exhaustion.
-(Я^-1): That said they do seem protected from the vagaries of ski resort related injuries
-(Я^-1): very few of them go snowboarding whilst hungover and brain damage themselves against fir trees
-(Я^-1): and they almost NEVER die whilst undertaking eccentric round the world balloon flights or water skiing.
-(Я^-1): So I guess they've got that in their favour.

Problems with Annotation

Only assholes underline passages in books that they aren’t studying. I mean can we at least...

Problems With Internet Messaging

Someone real quickly make me an add on for Pidgin that scores my MSN conversations based on various...

“Full title: mumbling, fast talking boy denounces...

“Dreams come from the past, not the future. You aren’t...”
— Ice man by Haruki Murakami

I spent all day reading fashion blogs and now I’m too paranoid to wear anything in case the...

The Atlanta homicide squad’s fondness for fedoras via

Problems with Stand Up Comedy

I’d like to do a stand up comedy routine which starts of annoyingly generic: Any of you guys...

Jul

Hamlet in one minute.

“I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d...”
— via

Blur - Essex Dogs

One Sentence Per Album Per Day

velvetrobots: There comes a time in every geek’s life when he finds himself alone and has to ask...

“A Whatiwore is a kind of animal that eats last seasons...”
— Not said by me.

“The experiment of Lijun Wang might also give the appearance...”
— via

Active and Passive Verbs

The Ultimate Fake Band List

Imagine A Mildly Amusing Panel Show

Can’t we just make it legal to stand in the rain and stare deeply into the windows of people...

The Only Smart Thing I Know

For a long time whenever anyone told me that something “Will be fine,” I’ve wanted...

“There has recently been proposed a limit on the...”
— via

“Jump installing is a Guilty Gear term referring to an aspect...”
— A collection of fighting game...

I bought a kite recently.

I think I would be happy if I was a puddle on fresh tarmac, evaporating in warm afternoon sun.

This man strips ICs of their casings and photographs the...

The Nissan Figaro has a 1950/60 retro bodystyle with...

Rare photo of the author enjoying himself outside

Calling someone talented is such an insult to hard work.

Dearest Bakanel, I keep meaning to ask you what your opinion...

American Psycho Emails

“Juvenilia is a term applied to literary or artistic works...”
— Juvenilia

Problems with Dying

I don’t know what my last words before I die will be. But I can promise that my first words...

Riaz Moola Creative Writing Masterclass

Create tension by mentioning something suspicious then ignoring it.

Captain Tilney: "I wish your heart were independent. That would be enough for me."
Isabella: "My heart, indeed! What can you have to do with hearts? You men have none of you any hearts."
Captain Tilney: "If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough."

Since I stopped checking my own tumblr my traffic has really gone down.

During the rainy summer of 1816, the “Year Without a...

Transport Direct

How to Make Candied Violets

Tim Eitel Tauben 2007.

Problems with Photograpy

I’m only comfortable when my worldview is abstracted through technology.

Jun

“FUCK ART, EAT VEGETABLES”
— some grafifiti I saw once in a...

via Men everywhere are doing something with their cuffs.

Why? - Good Friday

The Birthday Acknowledgement Scale

From best to worst Strippergram Parcel Card (Hand made with care) Card (Store Bought) Card (Hand...

On his third tour to Israel in 1953, Heifetz included in his recitals the Violin Sonata by Richard...

If you are interested in skateboards or rangefinders I...

Tom Waits must have had the best puberty ever.

“I send it to him in Lancaster and he sends it back and...”
— The Thick Of I

Franz Kafka, Pickup Artist by Jason Rhode

This is the place, oh, ye heavens, that I select and choose...

Modest Mouse - Lives

Arcade Flyer Archive

cimg3042: full size is probably too much to ask.

Venetion Snares - Dismantling Five Years I imagine there’s a lot of people dismantling their...

I have been gardening.

21st Century Excuses

Him: So, do you want to come up to see my record collection?
Her: Actually, you know, I have to get home. I think I left some torrents running and I need to get to them before they start seeding.

For an instant I stood like the man who, pipe in mouth, was killed one cloudless afternoon long ago...

Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest. That head upon...

Knowing that an individual death is meaningless - any...