September 2009
17 posts
Ricky Gervais: 'Before The Office I never tried... →
sometimesagreatnotion:
“I enjoyed every moment of it,” he says. “I enjoyed the result and I enjoyed the pride. I also realised in retrospect that I didn’t enjoy all those things because of how good I thought it had turned out. I enjoyed it because of how hard it was.” The Office, Gervais explains, was the first thing he had ever really worked at. A clever working-class kid from Reading, up to...
Service with a smile
Waiter at Red Lobster somberly informed our table that he and his girlfriend had just had their second miscarriage. This is going to be a long night.
WatchNearness
“The film Nearness explores interacting without touching. With RFID it’s proximity that matters, and actual contact isn’t necessary. Much of Timo’s work in the Touch project addresses the fictions and speculations in the technology. Here we play with the problems of invisibility and the magic of being close.” (via)
I Was Dying Way Before Every Other Celebrity... →
“By Kurt Kobain
Look, I don’t want to be one of those whiny famous dudes who spends his days ragging on other famous dudes in the press. That’s not what I’m about. But this whole thing with celebrities dying has just become such a crock of shit, man. Such a crock of shit. I’m telling you, dying when you’re incredibly famous has been done. By me. I was doing...
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found...”
– G.K. Cheterton (via squashed)
aphorism # 34
The world is a maze that we must live our way through, not think our way out of.
WatchThe Walkmen, performing “In the New Year” at the Guggenheim Museum as part of the “It Came From Brooklyn” concert series.
E-mails Sent to the University of Alabama English... →
“The University of Alabama English Department Flag Football League (UAEDFL) is more than just a delightful sporting event showcasing premiere athletes, pristine field conditions, and general je ne sais quoi. No! It is something that brings families together like IONIC BONDS. It is something that causes hearts to jump and skip like hopscotching debutants, to cause dramatic shifts in the...