January 2009
176 posts
“This site was validated by three zen monks and a stripper. No kittens or small...”
– Griffin & Hoxie • Delivering the Goods Since 1884
“I’ve garnered two Emmy Awards plus two Associated Press awards, but...”
– One Sentence archive - story #2815, edited
Burstoid →
I forgot to properly link back, but a few of my posts today were via Burstoid. This is one of my new favorite blogs to find updated in my reader, plus the clean and Mac-esque design of the actual site make it a pleasure to steal from.
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery
I’ll fake it...
Bitch & Animal - Traffic
this is the point...
Old 97’s - Question
She woke from a dream ...
“Inevitably the moment arrives when all your doting and care come back on you in...”
– Are You Raising A Douchebag
Murphy Laws - Graphic Design →
Spell checkers don’t.
Grammar checkers don’t, either.
Global search-and-replaces aren’t.
“I’ll try and explain how this felt. Imagine being a twelve year old boy Richard....”
– Greatest ever letter of complaint
Dear Sc--- Di-----.
Your e-mail has rejected me five times over. I give up.
“I am making a request of future generations: The next time a village loses its...”
– Helen
Yes. We did. →
For so many of us, these last 8 years have been a slow, painful near-death experience of something we had held so dear for so long - Faith and Hope. No matter how hard things had been in the past, Americans always held on to their Faith in our country and Hope that better days lay ahead . But 8 years ago we lost Hope and we lost Faith. Elections could be stolen. Personal rights could be taken...
“My grandparents didn’t take any pills, and they were fine. Just buck up...”
– Bijou Phillips, a Scientologist and also, apparently, a complete idiot
Ten Things I Hate About You (Internet Edition)
matt langer said it better:
I hate the way your links open in a new window. I understand why you do it, and I’m flattered you hold me in such high regard that you don’t want to see me navigate away from your site, but really: I know how to use command+click, and sooner rather than later the flattery wears off and I just find your desperation annoying.
I hate the way you truncate your RSS...
Another not so gentle reminder to those who use...
Put contact information on your page. I am deleting everyone I follow on Monday who does not have some way to get a hold of them… comments, e-mail, whatever.
“We must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have...”
– Statement of President Obama on the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
“I have a feeling this guy may be the real deal. Seriously. I’m still annoyed by...”
– merlin mann
