September 2009
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The "How to Be a Person Who ____" Guide →
How to Convert a Crush into Something More Gather some information about your crush without being stalker-y. What are they into? Where do they hang out? Meanwhile—and this is key—do interesting stuff yourself. Make weird art, go to plays and shows, skinny-dip in fountains, walk across the entire city, read The Stranger. Voilà: You’re a person with unusual and fascinating experiences and...
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I am humbled in this city There seems to be an...
20 Ways To Make English Majors Cry (Hint: Buy Them... →
trixiejackmattachine:
He really isn’t a good writer. He’s not absolutely terrible, but his books are mediocre and so is the movie version of DVC. Haven’t seen A&D yet, so don’t dare comment.
I think i need a printout of this article to justify my intense dislike of this “writer”.
“It’s hard to imagine a Henry David Thoreau emerging from this millennial...”
– The End of Alone - The Boston Globe (via buyhercandy) (via unicornology)
THE PAST.
ebygum:
Jason Powell - Looking into the Past {Simple but great}
this seems to be an emerging meme, I like it
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Alternative Ways to Understanding Sociological...
trixiejackmattachine:
Karl Marx: Life’s not fair, let’s all share!
Emile Durkheim: You get the ankles, I’ll get the wrists.
Max Weber: All work and no play…
Georg Simmel: I feel like I am ze Country Mouse in ze Zitty, Ja?
Jurgen Habermas: Why can’t we all just get along?
Talcott Parsons: I have a diagram that explains EVERYTHING!
Pierre Bourdieu: Kids, stay in school.
Michel Foucault: Er…...
“My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. “Why...”
– Tom Waits (via elegantslum)
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in... →
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“I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about teaching...”
– David Foster Wallace (via honkshu) (via syntheticpubes)
