August 2009
28 posts
Runaway consumerism explains the Fermi Paradox →
Rather than seriously entertaining Miller’s idea that books and movies and computers are for society-destroying fucktards, I’m gonna go with the Hodgman explanation, which, as you all know, states simply that the aliens are very far away.
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be...
Shout out to the previous residents of this house
who melted a thin layer of plastic onto one of the stove heating elements, whose operation now involves a nauseous burning plastic smell that permeates the entire house, vomiting, and more lung damage than you can shake a pack of cigs at.
What the hell were you idiots thinking?
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“Hal, who’s empty but not dumb, theorizes privately that what passes for...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
“‘Now,’ Roy said, extracting his free hand and pointing to the vestry...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
“I must tell you, I never mix business with pleasure. It just comes out that way. I want you to make love to me first. Then you can save my life, Mr. Detective-san. Can you do that for me?” “In that order?” he asked, tasting the stillness of the typhoon before it whipped his body apart. “In that order,” she said. “But you can choose the...
Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like...
Improbably Research: Postal Experiments →
A bunch of dudes decided to test the patience of the United State Postal Service by (sorta) anonymously mailing bizarre, unwieldy, disgusting, or suspicious objects and seeing how many went through. The result: most of them!
This one is my favorite:
Never-opened small bottle of spring water. We observed the street corner box surreptitiously the following day upon mail collection. After ...
Columbia Heights Hipsters Stumble Into Target... →
Claibourne Reppert, a tattooed hairstylist who lives on Euclid, has recently begun spending her Mondays off at Ruby Tuesday, which is across from the Target complex. “I don’t know how we ended up there” the first time, she says. But once they did, “We all thought, ‘Oh, that’s kind of ironic and stupid.’ ” So they all stayed, and ordered ironic and...
