March 2008
28 posts
“Your health will continue to decline this week due to your tendency to catch...”
– Sagittarius, November 22 - December 21
The Olympics are the perfect place for a protest →
I love love love the summer Olympics. Last time I threw a big international party in that creepy co-op I lived in for a summer. But seriously. You cannot support this nonsense.
‘Goosebumps’ Rises From the Literary Grave →
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy.
now if they’ll only bring back Fear Street.
Pentagon Admits Mistaken Arms Parts Shipment -... →
really? really?!
The Clairvoyant New York Times - By Timothy Noah -... →
I have the best name ever.
“How often relations between individuals, between groups and between peoples are...”
– Pope Prays for Peace on Easter Sunday - New York Times
littlemeani: you love costco
quicksand5: They've got great hot dogs.
quicksand5: And, listen.
quicksand5: Anywhere I can get great hot dogs and other supplies, I'll eat that shit up.
“You know, when you’re a kid they tell you that there is nothing about...”
– Dcoates
Dalai Lama Decries Violence, Threatens to Resign :... →
my moon, my man
dustincoates: Though I'm sure this will go down as important as the day I learned it was not actually a milkshake that brought all the boys to the yard and that the summer of 69 was not actually about June-September of 1969.
“The people you are referring to are called hipsters. They walk slow because they...”
– King of the Hill - Lady and Gentrification
recovering, barely
sxsw has given me a sore throat and left me with no desire to leave the couch. anyone wanna bring a girl a milkshake?
seth would be so proud
sxsw plans so far
Sunday - March 9
Sometime - Picking up wristband
9 PM - Moo/Etsy/Threadless Party
After that - Gawker/Valleywag/Fleshbot/io9 Party (Sidebar)
Monday - March 10
5 PM - 12 AM - ROCK.OPERA.SXSW (Stubbs)
Across the Street - Frrvrr Launch Party!zomg (Mohawk)
Hopefully - Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! The SXSW Epic Rock Band Party (Cedar Street)
10,000 Women →
Note to self
You use parentheses too much.
I'm not a parent unless you count puppies
But when asked to come up with a list of 10 valuable lessons for kids to learn, I ended up with:
Life isn’t fair.
You can’t make everyone like you.
Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to.
No one likes someone who is bossy (unless they’re being paid, and even then…barely).
It’s good to say you’re sorry.
You are stuck with your family, so...
Sri Lanka: ‘Disappearances’ by Security Forces a... →
I worked on this as an urgent action with Amnesty in 2003, and it is beyond shameful that this has not been resolved by the Sri Lankan government (and that the international community has, by large, ignored it.)