November 2007
26 posts
nick: women shouldn't be chefs
me: goes to show you
nick: thats the point of the commercial right?
me: yes. they are weak. and easily scalded
“urban india is like a game of sim city you’re about to lose”
– ben
What I Said
Petitioner: Would you be willing to sign this petition mandating an increase in the size of cages for veal calves?
Me: Not right now.
What I Should Have Said
Petitioner: Would you be willing to sign this petition mandating an increase in the size of cages for veal calves?
Me: If they do that, won't the veal be tougher?
Things I Totally Thought I Would Use
Video Chat Museum Memberships (exception: the American Museum of Natural History) Vox A Portable Record Player My College Major
nick: ever see that kirk cameron banana thing?
me: no.
me: *watches kirk cameron banana thing*
me: *absorbs*
me: THE WHOLE OF CREATION TESTIFIES TO THE GENIUS OF GOD'S BANANA
nick: SORRY COCONUTS
"This is the Language of Form" -- Paul Rand
Order Variety Contrast Symmetry Tension Balance Scale Texture Space Shape Light Shade Color
noahkalina: what are you bloggin about ?
david yee: oh, you know, blog stuff
noahkalina: awesome
david yee: how's your blog?
noahkalina: it's good, i wanted to post a song, and i did, but it didn't show up on the site, only in the dashboard
david yee: lame
noahkalina: so i have to figure that out
david yee: but now at least you can listen to it on your blog dashboard
“Let’s say we’re a vegetarian restaurant and you’re telling me our meat is not...”
– Leon Botstein on the clash between the standards of the NYC Department of Education’s new school grading system and the philosophy of the Bard Early College.
1 tag
Things that Are Not Quite Totally Brilliant but...
Toilet Seat Covers 3-D Movies WebTV Hernia Belts Leopard
In The Style Of The Information Security Test I...
WHAT IS NOT THE BEST WAY NOT TO DE-ICE AN AIRPLANE WING? Not a hair dryer. Not a hammer and chisel. Patience and professional attention with certified de-icing tools are the best way not to not de-ice an airplane wing. Non-radioactive hamsters.
x990: who is someone who came up with one hit and has since become mediocre? but for some reason continues to sell
tangentialism: musically?
x990: in anything
x990: movies, music, art
tangentialism: malcolm gladwell
x990: dude that is brilliant. i am calling my theory the malcolm gladwell effect.
x990: how do you want the credit?
tangentialism: we'll leave it for the nytimes interview, once it gains traction.
Crap I Think I Need
an excellent, tiny video camera new running shoes an excellent, tiny audio recorder a digital leica rangefinder a non-digital leica rangefinder a ffffound invite a flat-panel display a desk the opportunity to work at home free time
“Evil” and “Incompetent” are the same thing as far as I’m...”
– My furious girlfriend, on the evil incompetence of Parisian apartment brokers