July 2010
“So I want to tell you about this sweet moment I had here in South Africa, this tiny little moment that I will probably remember longer than I remember anything that happens at the World Cup. But I’m just not sure I can convey it. Isn’t it just like that for the sweet little moments in our lives? Why is it that I so clearly remember sitting next to my father at Cleveland Municipal Stadium...
Did Buying Your Gaming Console Help Fund War... →
June 2010
Redi-Box is a fantastic idea
As someone currently mired in the “Do I want to pay increased rent or do I want to move for the sixth time in eight years?” stage of urban life, I’d like to think I speak with a certain amount of expertise in saying the following: Moving sucks.
The actual process will probably never not suck, but it can suck less. Which is where my friend Bobby’s startup comes in. Aptly...
“Where once the world was a riot of swimsuit models, all is now isolation and...”
– The existential despair of Cristiano Ronaldo
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“To try and be cool in a way that’s not being yourself, to work the cool machine,...”
– James Murphy (via goldenfiddle)
“None. I have served with presidents, not under them.”
– via savingpaper: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving member of Congress in American history, in response to a constituent’s question of how many presidents he had served under. Byrd, who was haunted his whole career by his involvement with the KKK early in life and who transformed...
“Germany played dazzling football in bursts and adjusted their pace and pattern...”
– World Cup 2010: England re-enact a drama of failure
“This is where soccer fearmongers on the right and worrywarts on the left are...”
– The American Ascendancy, Stefan Fatsis
“Somewhere in the middle Clinton cleared his throat and gave a brief speech. The...”
– Clinton hops on U.S. soccer bandwagon
“The reasons that constitutional judging is not a mere combination of fair reading and simple facts extend way beyond the recognition that constitutions have to have a lot of general language in order to be useful over long stretches of time,” Justice Souter said.” Another reason,” he said, “is that the Constitution contains values that may well exist in tension with...