July 2011
9 posts
“Syd Mead on the meaning of the words ‘natural’ vs ‘artificial’ “The...”
– Syd Mead, a “visual futurist” and concept artist, Future Concepts: The World of Syd Mead, p.15, cited in Car Styling Magazine 088, May 1992 (tnx wildcat2030)
Jul 4th
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Jul 3rd
June 2011
14 posts
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“Mr. Whiting produces about 80,000 roosters a year for feathers and owns specific...”
– When fashion meets fishing, the feathers fly
Jun 29th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 22nd
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“An Amish man who sent hundreds of sexually charged text messages to a...”
– Amish sexting scandal
Jun 21st
6 notes
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ListenSummertime Rolls
Jun 21st
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“As for democracy, it is a religion drawn up by godless Europe to save itself...”
– The Afghanistan of Islam rejects pollution by democracy and westernization — from a Taliban press release
Jun 20th
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Jun 16th
26 notes
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“Reich’s appeal was emotional, not rational—the appeal of a born loser who...”
– From a review in the WSJ of a new biography of William Riech
Jun 16th
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WatchWatch
Graffiti Stop-Motion (via DFF)
Jun 15th
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“I kiss you my sweetheart—and please do not imagine that I am running after...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, letter to his wife, October 2-3 1942 (via The New Yorker)
Jun 13th
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“Some critics have suggested that Zabiba and the King was ghostwritten. I doubt...”
– Daniel Kalder reviews Saddam Hussein’s foray into Dic-Lit
Jun 10th
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“Both ‘American Beauty’ and ‘The Ice Storm’ are of a...”
– Sincere? or Authentic? By Nyla Matuk at Ryeberg.com
Jun 9th
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Jun 2nd
1 note
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Jun 2nd
May 2011
14 posts
May 30th
4 tags
“Dans un communiqué publié vendredi, le président de la Fédération des artisans...”
– The Artisanal Butchers of Beauvais are unhappy.
May 30th
30 notes
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“OK, so von Trier was banned and peacefully accepted his persona non grata status...”
– Iran = Assholes, from VICE
May 26th
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May 26th
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