August 2010
“Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are...”
– — Scott Adams
(via licencetoquote, jennydeluxe)
First Listen: The Walkmen, 'Lisbon' →
So, yeah, holy shit.
niemanlab:
You know you’re a news-nerd when: you find yourself genuinely shocked that “paywall” hadn’t been ODE-ed ages ago http://j.mp/cigN3C
Probably because that's insanely depressing
During the period he calls emerging adulthood, Arnett says that young men and women are more self-focused than at any other time of life, less certain about the future and yet also more optimistic, no matter what their economic background. This is where the “sense of possibilities” comes in, he says; they have not yet tempered their ideal istic visions of what awaits. “The dreary, dead-end jobs,...
“Why do I think that if you went to a party today in the same New York building...”
– The A.V. Club
“The most obvious advantage of The Newspaper was the size of its display, which...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: After a Thorough Battery of Tests We Can Now Recommend “The Newspaper” As the Best e-Reader On the Market.
“The King simulacra are a very effective journalism tool,” Sports...”
– ‘Sports Illustrated’ Sends Out Army Of Peter Kings To Cover NFL Training Camp
“Daschle sketched a portrait of the contemporary senator who is too busy to...”
– Schoolhouse Rock lied.