February 2012
28 posts
“Caviar, man that’s a whole thing we could talk about. Like most...”
– Good to see Steve Albini still has this way with words.
Seconded!
emphasisadded:
Perfect. Elizabeth & James @ Netaporter
[via: hautelikecouture:champagnetoasts]
“Being able to direct the spotlight of attention is a crucial talent. However,...”
– J Lehrer
Lexical gaps...
… are becoming my new favourite thing to spot and keep track of.
Today’s find: no opposite for the word “mostly”.
(I don’t count ‘rarely’ as I was looking for : most:least::mostly: ???)
“Sometimes supporting a band financially is more difficult than it should be....”
– Jason Tate -
hitting a nail in the head.
in order that people may be happy in their work,...
Cannot reblog enough.
emphasisadded:
- john ruskin (1819 - 1900) | thanks to erehwyna via texturism
“The only people that I’ve never heard complain about where they are in life, are...”
– Keith Buckley
January 2012
69 posts
“Clearly, to understand the arts you need to be an entertainment industry lawyer...”
– boing boing
“Last week, President Barack Obama sang 10 seconds of Al Green’s 1971 smash...”
– SPiN
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
– Tom Waits (via nirvanajunkie)
Scientists find that "English is an overwhelmingly... →
kateoplis:
From The Atlantic:
To verify their findings and check if English is inherently positive or negative, the scientists analyzed billions of words from Twitter, a half-century of music lyrics, 20 years of The New York Times, and millions of books going back to 1520.
After finding the 10,222 most frequently used English words from these four sources, they asked a group of volunteers to...
“Artists have a vested interest in our believing in the flash of revelation, the...”
– Nietzsche - All Too Human
“Financial engineering is at the heart of what Wall Street now does, what it has...”
– Joe Nocera of NYTimes on the Daily Show (via kateoplis)
Me: Omg, you're such a good cuddler.
Pillow:
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