December 2010
30 posts
“The distance to the gate is inversely proportional to the time available to...”
– The Law of Airports
“On a stop light, green means “go,” red means “stop,” and...”
– Mitch Hedberg
Problem: Failed out of graduate school
Solution: Get drunk
Edit:
Problem: did not actually fail out of graduate school
solution: get drunk anyway
Fifteen Characters
The Rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Name fifteen fictional characters (television, films, plays, books, etc.) who’ve influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.
1. Winston Smith, 1984
2. Deb, Dexter
3. Mojo Jojo, Powerpuff Girls
4. Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter
5. Phaedrus, Zen and the...
Goddammit I thought we were done with this crying...
The ink is running toward the page
It’s chasin’ off the days
Look back at both feet
And that winding knee
I missed your skin when you were east
You clicked your heels and wished for me
Through playful lips made of yarn
That fragile Capricorn
Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves
I know the world’s a broken bone
But melt your headaches, call it home
“There is no use trying,” said Alice; “one can’t believe...”
“A parent’s only as good as their dumbest kid. If one wins a Nobel Prize...”
– ShitMyDadSays
Twitter has redeemed itself to me →
Things I am thinking about
I can’t do philosophy without my Snuggie.
Sometimes my hands just fall apart. Like, little pieces of my hands are falling off right now.
This is clearly Xeno’s paper. I’ve been writing for ages and I’m not any closer to the end. Somehow I even have fewer pages than when I started. What the hell.
I always love it when I get to talk about “n-dimensional slices of...
All I want for my birthday is for my muscles to stop trembling. But I’ll settle for another carrot cupcake.
Carrot Cupcakes →
I just made these with Splenda Blend instead of sugar. I grated the carrots very finely, and soaked them in an apple cider mixture before I added them. I used a bit more coconut than was called for, and I didn’t have any allspice so I used cinnamon and nutmeg instead. I dyed the last of the frosting orange and painted little carrots on top of each cupcake. I used Christmas Tree green...
