September 2010
“According to the government, the war in Iraq ends tonight at midnight. Given the...”
– The American Experiment on the Last Day of the War
“Will you be surprised by the story the internet tells about you?
For years,...”
– Tweetage Wasteland, “I’ve Seen Your Future and It’s Been Edited”
All The Boyfriends I’ve Ever Had in Chronological... →
probably got the job
Interviewer: What do your nails say?
Me: Um... they say 'deez nutz'
Interviewer: What does 'deez' mean?
Me: It's just this thing... It's like a hood thing.
Interviewer: Oh.
Me: You don't know that expression? 'Deez Nutz'?
Interviewer: I'm a gay white man. What do I know about hood things?
Me: I know a lot of gay white men who know all about hood things.
Spherical Cow: A Simple Model →
August 2010
Big Bang Theory - Penny gives Sheldon a Christmas... →
Nathan Bransford: What High Concept Means →
“Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may...”
– Does Your Language Shape How You Think?
“My certainty about anything has decreased. Rather than importing authority, I am...”
– Kevin Kelly, “The 2-Billion-Eyed Intermedia”
“The web makes it rather hard not to have opinions. The constant rush of new...”
– The Unending Flood, Hipsterism and Hope
For the Horse Track: Trifecta Betting →
“What Lethem represents is the ambiguity and cultural difficulty of modern urban...”
– Find Myself a City to Live In: Jonathan Lethem’s Imagined Metropolis
Hipster Shrugged →
“Just like a fondness for math does not make an Asian-American character more...”
– Kidlit.com, “Mature Voice for the YA Market”
“The site has no log-in function, so each message can be posted under whatever...”
– Article about 4chan (via kottke)
TFLN: The fabulous New York life of Lauren Leto →
“While Trader Joe’s is not a health food chain, it stocks a dizzying array...”
– Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s
Jonathan Franzen's 10 Rules for Writing: "The most... →
The History of the Word "Dude" →
BOYCRAZY: the perfect BFFF (best female friend...
I really want to bypass the whole calling dibs on a dude thing. If we BOTH like a guy- HE’LL decide who he wants to be with. We can’t say ‘he’s off limits’ just because we laid eyes on a guy/proclaimed a dude cute/or met him first. And we should BOTH be able to be OK with the outcome of the situation and let it go if he doesn’t like me/or you. Cuz I’LL totally be ok if he doesn’t like ME.
That...
“In 1997, at least 1,019 coffee shops were doing business in the Netherlands. But...”
– From GQ: “My Kushy New Job” (via longform)
“While “The Corrections” attested to Mr. Franzen’s discovery of his own limber...”
– NYT review of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom
“Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are...”
– On Coincidence, Love, and The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Jeremy Sparig spent months fighting bedbugs. Now, to some people, he is like a...”
– What Spreads Faster Than Bedbugs? Social Stigma
“The traditional cycle seems to have gone off course, as young people remain un...”
– What Is It About 20-Somethings?
Novels for the Emerging Adult →
