January 2011
“Over the course of the century and a half run of the Mongol Empire, about 22...”
– Genghis Khan vs. Global Warming
So kids, remember… if you don’t recycle, Al Gore has a plan B.
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, talking about her dead husband Carl Sagan. Ain’t that something. (via everythinginthesky, savagemike) (via marleymarley)
“We had volumes from A through M. If you had to do a school report on Reptiles,...”
– From sex to phones to Star Wars, what would older redditors like to let the young whipper-snappers know about the past? - AskReddit (via nickdouglas)
“People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to...”
– Bertolt Brecht (via mappedbywhatsurroundedthem)
“Many americans are seduced by the idea that piecemeal voluntary efforts can...”
– Democratizing American Philanthropy - Christine Ahn (via whereisdrew)
That one’s for my wife, who’s often noticed the same thing.
“I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups...”
– George Carlin (via icanhascasio)
“We’re flawed because we want so much more; we’re ruined because we get these...”
– Don Draper (via madmendaily)
“There is little that makes me happier than taking drugs. Perhaps administering...”
– Dr. Walter Bishop (FRINGE) Fanlisting ::: Walterisms
Walter Bishop is why I like Fringe.
The Math Of Beauty →
I straight up love the analysis that OK Cupid’s team has been doing on the data their site generates. I hope they continue to share. Fascinating.
“We live in a culture in which it is utterly normal, to a degree that has sadly...”
– Tim Wise » Paranoia as Prelude: Conspiracism and the Cost of Political Rage
Spot on.
“Sometimes I have the feeling that we’re in one room with two opposite doors and...”
– Franz Kafka (in a letter to Milena Jesenska) and the title of Edmund White’s nonfiction novel, The Beautiful Room is Empty. (via happytrailmix)
Kafka remains so utterly modern we are not yet, almost a century later, his contemporaries. He’s the prophet of a religion that hasn’t been...