January 2009
The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site →
New Year’s Liveblog: I just opened a bottle of champagne using a knife like they do on Top Chef. I feel awesome.
December 2008
Something to do with atomic clocks, I think
mabelmoments:
Don’t forget, everyone, this year we have to count down 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1.
!!!
At airport. Flying to Egypt (ohio) to see Cleopatra (mary). It’s almost been four months since I saw her last.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
ramblinginsomniac:
wordjournal:
noun • a hypothetical, invented disease of the lungs, caused by inhaling mineral or metallic dust, such as silicon and quartzite, over a long period of time.
Notes: This is the, longest word ever to appear in a major English dictionary.
I wanted to post the longest work in the English language.
But that was before I found out just how much space 189,819...
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Year 10,000 problem →
planettampon:
31 days of 2k8
NUMBER 1: Cut Copy...
I've been up north for too long
A second syllable is creeping into my pronunciation of “phone”.
“All this goddamned Internet ever does is cause problems!”
– My dad, after my little brother put an embarrassing picture of my sister on Facebook.
“For the first time in the world, research has established a predictive link...”
– Family Rejection a Health Risk for Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Youth - NAM (via curate) (via jhnbrssndn)
“All records in the Top 10 (especially those that get to #1) have far more in...”
– The KLF, The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way (via Pitchfork’s review of Air France’s No Way Down)
Air France - “Collapsing At Your Doorstep”
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Canadian English: Phonology →
"Tired and emotional" →
“Tired and emotional” is a chiefly British, Irish or Australian euphemism for “drunk”. It was popularised by the British satirical magazine Private Eye in 1967 after being used in a spoof diplomatic memo to describe the state of Labour Cabinet minister George Brown, but is now used as a stock phrase: British slander and libel law makes it unwise ever to directly refer to someone as being drunk...
