18/08/2008

“ I write because for me it is a luxury which becomes the more agreeable and more evident the fewer there are who buy and read what I write. „

Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling. (via langer)

There’s no way for me to not sound wanky about this: I was just thinking about Kirkegaard and writing.

Quote posted at 14:34

17/08/2008

Dear tumblr,

Sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier. I’ve been down the coast (it was awesome, thx). But meanwhile, wow! You post all this awesome stuff and I’m probably not going to have time to look at it properly til the end of this week!

So, can you just not post anything between now and then?

Kthxbai,

Your biggest fan.

PS. THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRNEN.

Text posted at 19:08

16/08/2008

nickdouglas:

Approval Ratings: The Public v. McCain. This homemade ad connecting McCain to Bush got about 120 thousand views since it launched on the 13th. The ad follows Bush’s approval rating as it sinks over his seven years in office, then adds the rising percentage of Senate votes in which McCain agrees with Bush’s position.

SLAM.

Video posted at 07:42

darran:

Here’s A Map Of Nations That Don’t Use The Metric System
via Mike

Photo posted at 07:38

15/08/2008

“ If bugs and birds navigate their way around an unfamilar place by flying blindly into walls until they find the open window, how come they aren’t always smashing into trees and shit when they are flying around outside? „

(via melanyouth)

Birds usually smash into glass, particularly reflective glass, because they can’t distinguish it from empty sky. Skyscrapers kill millions of birds every year :(.

Quote posted at 21:09

‘Remarkable’ New Zealand PM tried to save friend’s life

(via ABC News)

Text posted at 10:33

13/08/2008

siddman:

florencio:

ryanjpointer:

via www.robotwalrus.com

Photo posted at 18:57

kapookababy:

I’m sick. Send huggles.

Awwwwwwwww :(

Photo posted at 13:12

The Russia/Georgia conflict in three sentences

squashed:

After Georgia broke away from Russia, South Ossetia and another province tried to break away from Georgia, succeeding autonomy-wise but failing map-wise. As Georgia cozied up to the United States, Russia cozied up to South Ossetia, deploying “peace-keepers” and distributing Russian passports like candy. After Georgia decided to crush South Ossetia and its rebels into submission, Russia decided to “defend the peace” … by crushing Georgia—or at least its military—into submission.

Proof that if you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it. There were a lot of reasons to dislike Jackob’s tumblr presence, but that “China” post wasn’t one of them.

Text posted at 13:09

12/08/2008

buyhercandy:

paperflowers:

(via bigfun)

I needed this right now.

Photo posted at 19:39

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