Charts, graphs, and tables are on the decline. But what’s that newcomer in blue? Infographics!
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You’re Not Me: Nyjah Huston and Inflationary Spectacle | The Classical
Pete Beatty (@nocoastoffense) sums it up: “In which @kylebeachy invents skateboard crit”.
You’re Not Me: Nyjah Huston and Inflationary Spectacle | The Classical
Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.
D.O.A.
D.O.A.. Oh, I quite like this one. This is not the drawing room intrigue of The Maltese Falcon; it’s more like the wholly despairing Blast of Silence. A man away from home, facing the void, asking “Why me?”. The Fisherman Jazz scene is great and there’s quite a few well-shot action scenes out and about in the city. It’s in the public domain and thus, you can watch it online. Filed under: film noir.
Other people’s words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you’re going.
Zadie Smith, “Other People’s Words, Part One,” in Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays (via)
And this, my friends, is why I’m an inveterate collector of quotes. Nice find, Austin.
Elf
Elf. Overall: ugh. I like the physical comedy bits (e.g., the escalator scene) and the wink-wink references to other films (Bigfoot, LOTR, Back to the Future, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, etc.). Good premise, good opening, then goes stale. The last half-hour is a total waste. So mechanical. Disappointing.
very small array » We sure like being the good guys. WWII will not go away. (via)
If you’re dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you’re smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.
Aaron Sorkin on Sports Night, via Battleship Pretension, Episode 246.
Music Students Hit the Boxing Ring – WSJ.com
“It does feel satisfying to hit something.”
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas. The best Christmas musical? Not sure, but probably a contender. This was the 5th or 6th time I’ve watched it and it’s not old yet. Great songs. 76 fun minutes and you’re done. And I’m not much for musicals.
They cannot admire you for intellect. Granted–but there are many other qualities of which you cannot say, “but that is not the way I am made”. So display those virtues which are wholly in your own power–integrity, dignity, hard work, self-denial, contentment, frugality, kindness, independence, simplicity, discretion, magnanimity. Do you not see how many virtues you can already display without any excuse of lack of talent or aptitude? And yet you are still content to lag behind.
The Searchers – Each Time from Take Me for What I’m Worth. I love those big luscious jangly echoing guitars. Great cover of some wonderful songwriting. It’s a crime that this isn’t as well-known as Jackie DeShannon’s other hits like When You Walk in the Room or Put a Little Love in Your Heart.
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The Fugitive
The Fugitive. This has held up pretty well. The opening half-hour is A+, then holds a steady grade B through to the end. Caught it on TV and got my first exposure to Story Notes, to mixed results. “He was not actually missing an arm.”
The people who move to the suburbs aren’t nearly as stupid or careless or brainwashed as the urbanites seem to think. They know they’re going to get a lawn, a garage, and a backyard. They know they will be miles from a store or cafe, and that they’ll have to drive everywhere. Most people move to the suburbs with eyes wide open, fully aware of the tradeoffs they are making. They are not looking for some pastoral idyll, but for more privacy, space, quiet, and parking.
T.I. – Drug Related from The Leak.
Materialistic can’t substitute for your happiness.
Life’s about how you feel about you, and what you do.
When you wake up in the morning, in the mirror, you seeing who?
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Last Notes: The wild, sublime music that composers write on their deathbeds. – Slate Magazine
Making things is a better way to spend your time than staring at the wall contemplating what little time you’ve got left.
Last Notes: The wild, sublime music that composers write on their deathbeds. – Slate Magazine
It is ridiculous not to escape from one’s own vices, which is possible, while trying to escape the vices of others, which is impossible.
Missing the Point | RyanHoliday.net
Getting up and going for a run everyday doesn’t need to be “justified” a few months later by competing to finish an arbitrary number of miles in a certain amount of time against a bunch of other unhappy losers. No, you run because keeping a healthy body and clear mind is part of your job as a human being. Because its a commitment you made to yourself that you’re obligated to keep no matter how tired, how busy or how burn out you feel. In other words, it’s practice—proof of your ability—in always having a little bit extra in you.
Tom Bissell on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Grantland
It seems fair to ask when a game’s expansiveness becomes an affable form of indentured servitude.
I don’t give a fuck if you’re doin’ petty shit or big shit. […] Get your motherfuckin’ money and make other people’s lives better.
Young Jeezy in “Jeezy Talks to the People”.
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