February 2012
10 posts
5 tags
4 tags
5 tags
mysteries of the universe
joeybear85:
Inexplicable reason #546 for why I’m single/romantically abhorrent: I made orange chocolate French toast with coffee syrup for breakfast. On a WHIM.
yeah ya did - AND IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! (I don’t understand why you are single either, love.)
4 tags
2 tags
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the...
– Charles Dickens, in “Great Expectations”
6 tags
4 tags
4 tags
January 2012
13 posts
5 tags
5 tags
5 tags
10 tags
7 tags
5 tags
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not...
– John Steinbeck, on love, in a letter to his son Thom in 1958
{[not sure I agree, but I like the sentiment and romantically hope that maybe it is true]}
5 tags
3 tags
4 tags
7 tags
5 tags
December 2011
17 posts
2 tags
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
6 tags
4 tags
8 tags
Jodi Ettenberg: My Top Longreads of 2011 →
I’m lucky to know this lady off the interwebz and on. Top notch list from a top notch person.
longreads:
Jodi Ettenberg is a frequent Longreader, ex-lawyer and founder of Legal Nomads, which documents her travels (and food adventures) around the world.
***
2011 was a banner year for long-form journalism and storytelling on the web, and correlatively a time to appreciate people like Mark...
3 tags
3 tags
Tell the world ...
I Work For The Internet!
5 tags
Accept critique, but don’t apply it blindly. Just because someone said it...
– Cheryl Jacobs Nicolai, in her article “Advice for Aspiring Photographers”
5 tags
5 tags
I suppose it should come as no surprise that my 3... →
1 tag
6 tags
5 tags
November 2011
15 posts
5 tags
1 tag
4 tags
My favorite gift I’ve ever received is a flask. I think giving someone a flask...
– Jim Gaffigan, from “Beyond the Pale”
9 tags
3 tags
About Amy - it’s too simple to say it’s her fault, she made poor...
– Chris Guillebeau
3 tags
Happy Thanksgiving
Dear Sugar,
I am thankful for second chances. Deserved or undeserved, but truly given without reservation. Given to me and to others, but most importantly, the one I gave to myself.
JC
5 tags
2 tags
Love is 98% geography.
–
Given the scope of my life experience with love and infatuation … I can’t argue with this. Though, I wish it weren’t true. Or, were less true.
7 tags
Erasing an Ex
Joel: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Howard: Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage, but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss.