January 2012
55 posts
Your free YA novel idea for the day:
An emo teenager is killed and finds himself in the ultimate friendzone: an afterlife haunting the best friend he had an unrequited love for, watching helplessly as she falls in love with other boys and doing what little he can to protect her. Title: CARDIGAN ANGEL
“Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered.”
– Giorgio Armani (via nostalgiedelaboue)
Ann Druyan, on her husband Carl Sagan:
The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.
Every single moment that we...
“Occasional Dispatches From The Republic Of Anhedonia”
– Colson Whitehead’s awesome title for a series of articles about The World Series Of Poker
A self-descriptive sentence by Howard Bergerson:
In this sentence, the word and occurs twice, the word eight occurs twice, the word four occurs twice, the word fourteen occurs four times, the word in occurs twice, the word occurs occurs fourteen times, the word sentence occurs twice, the word seven occurs twice, the word the occurs fourteen times, the word this occurs twice, the word times occurs seven times, the word twice occurs eight times,...
The Yokohama Ramen Museum and Amusement Park
The rest of this article—which debunks MSG myths—is really interesting, but the opening paragraphs are mindblowing:
In the port city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, there is a museum devoted entirely to noodle soup. It may be Japan’s favourite foodie day out: one and a half million ramen fans visit the museum every year, and even on the wintry morning that I went the queue...
“All addicts, regardless of the substance or their social status share a...”
– from Russell Brand’s moving eulogy for Amy Winehouse http://www.russellbrand.tv/2011/07/for-amy/
