November 2011
54 posts
“There’s no such thing as not playing. Music has rests in it. So you’re on a rest...”
– Tom Waits (via austinkleon)
Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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“My new thing to read on the shitter is Strunk & White.”
– Abram
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 29th
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iwantnothingless replied to your post: Since we have Monday off, today is our Halloween… the waltons. THE WALTONS. How do they eve know what that is? There isn’t a lot to do in Del Norte is there? Hahaha, yeah, the remark about The Waltons definitely came from a fellow teacher. My students don’t recognize Captain Planet or Osama bin Laden, so a show that ended fifteen years before...
Oct 28th
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Since we have Monday off, today is our Halloween dress-up day at school. I came as a nerd, which has caused various reactions from my students. Several of them have decided that since I am a nerd, they are “the bullies.” Another one asked me to tell her, in exact terms, the causes of Precordial Catch Syndrome because “you look smart, so I figured you’d know.” Other...
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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“Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed...”
– Roger Angell, apparently writing about tonight.  (via oldtimefamilybaseball)
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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¡AQUI VIENE EL TEJON!
Oct 26th
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“The i-devices pushed the Internet out of our consciousness, just as the Mac did...”
– “Steve, Myself And i: The Big Story Of A Little Prefix”
Oct 26th
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“People say it’s magical realism — but in the depths of my soul, it’s just...”
– Haruki Murakami
Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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this-is-hardcore-: watchoutchadbites replied to your post: Blerrrrrg I am writing my I Am Legend paper right… I TOLD YOU IT WAS HARD I KNOW IT’S HARD. … I’M ON THE PHONE. 
Oct 23rd
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Oct 22nd
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Clarification: I am not drunkenly tumblring at 11:17 AM. I have just binged on Gary Shteyngart-related information via the internet. I call this phenomenon internet drunk.
Oct 21st
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this-is-hardcore- replied to your photoset you are going nuts INTERNET. DRUNK.
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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“He says ‘totes.’ TOTES.”
– Rachel on her encounter with author Gary Shteyngart
Oct 21st
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For some reason, when I previewed that last post, the photo of Gary Shteyngart had suddenly transformed into a picture of a poached egg that I posted MONTHS ago… Kind of like my recent post of the Magritte painting…but in reverse…what does it mean?
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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eto-ee-eto replied to your quote: I either want to stab someone or do some community… Is your life a movie?!?!?! If it is, it’s like a much more absurd, much more boring version of Half Nelson, where instead of having a drug problem, I have a crippling addiction to Elif Batuman and withholding from myself.
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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“I either want to stab someone or do some community service.”
– older student
Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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howaboutnobear asked: What website is that though? There is no link!
Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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I may be forced to reblog ALL of the Teddy Roosevelt posts by Pictures of War.
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 17th
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“You look like you’ve worked at Best Buy at some point in your life.”
– student, to me
Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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Listeninterpauler: Sufjan Stevens - Wolverine
Oct 17th
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picturesofwar: “In his leisure time, Teddy would ride solo through the Badlands of Dakota Territory capturing outlaws, with a Winchester in one hand, and a copy of Tolstoy in the other.”
Oct 17th
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