January 2010
One Book to Explain It All...
repetitivebrain:
…and it’s The Devil’s Dictionary
First read this ages ago and have been regularly quoting (to people’s annoyance) from it ever since. CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. It may be nearly 100 years old, but Ambrose Bierce’s most famous work is still bitingly relevant. With 1000 comic dictionary definitions, Bierce...
No 16 on my list of 15 favourite towns and cities
cloggo:
kg13:
PARIS
I formed a poor impression of it long ago, mostly the result of pictures looked at, books read and the sheer fear of trying to make myself understood on their terms, in their language. That is so entrenched that it can still surface at times, temporarily obliterating my real experience of the city in 2001, which was quite special.
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My high school knowledge of French...
The Internet Explaned...
Hey! even I can do that! Woot!
repetitivebrain:
How most websites are created:
1) Repost someone else’s material on your own site. 2) Repeat step 1.
Conclusion: Tumblr IS the Internet.
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Flying High!
From time to time we delve deep into the archives of LaLand’s Pictorial Records to share our findings with our readers
Pictured above, we see Astoria Van de Graaf in her later years as she took the then young grandfather of Master Li for his first ride in a Zeppelin which was to prove memorable in more ways than he could imagine
Astoria allowed him to take the controls while they...
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http://smokeandacoke.com/post/126301846/i-dont-think-one-can-appear-noble-while-riding-an Ostrich
A nationwide walk-out by Public Transport workers in LaLa Land may have brought the Principality to a virtual standstill but a local ostrich farm has found a novel way to get people to work on time!
Instead of catching a train or a bus to work…they catch an ostrich instead!
We caught...
Should I be flattered that Tindink has named...
cloggo:
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*chuckle*
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“Posted in Society by Greg Ross on October 21st, 2009
Note from poet Thomas...”
– http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/10/21/pen-mystique/
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Company creates sarcasm punctuation →
austpicious:
“A Michigan company announced the release of software that introduces new punctuation to the typed word: The sarcasm mark.”
I need this. Badly.
Oh, and I’d love to pay for it too (insert sarcmark here)
Oh me too!
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