February 2012
63 posts
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, arguing against daylight saving time to the House of Lords, May 1916:
“Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins and one child was born 10 minutes before 1 o’clock; if the clock was put back, the registration of the time of birth of the two children would be reversed. … Such an alteration might conceivably affect the property and titles in that...
“And by now they were at the door of the Viareggio, a small Italian bar of...”
– William Gaddis The Recognitions 1955 (via Biblioklept)
“Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered.”
– Giorgio Armani (via nostalgiedelaboue)
“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms...”
– Soren Kierkegaard Journal Entry for March, 1836
adidas Originals Campus 80s Spring 2012
blameitonthebogi:
Spring brings a new crop of adidas Originals Campus 80s renditions to appropriated adidas Originals accounts - I simply can’t wait! Head over to hypenotice.com for more details!
Lester Holt should deliver his Dateline outros in rhymed iambic pentameter couplets, like at the end of a Shakespeare tragedy… Should Friday find you home seven nights hence, trust Dateline to provide further tales of suspense. FIN
M.T. Anderson: On the Intelligence of Teens →
thestrangestofplaces:
M.T. Anderson, my latest YA writer inspiration. I love this especially:
It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when we write about drugs or sex. We can write about masturbation; terminal illness; the horrors of war; illegal organ transplants; matricide; the chilly delights of necrophilia;...
