May 2010
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May 3rd
April 2010
4 posts
“Just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean it’s a really good question.”
– Me, to nobody, alone in a conference room, sniffing a dry erase marker (via fireland)
Apr 23rd
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Apr 20th
1,282 notes
Apr 20th
Apr 19th
March 2010
1 post
ListenZoë Keating - Sun Will Set Our 17-month old...
Mar 26th
February 2010
2 posts
Observations from the preschool puppet show
Not everyday you see a puppeteer who comes across as Vin Diesel’s skinnier,  hyperactive younger brother. I was initially under impression that the low grade buzz I heard throughout the performance was an attempt to sonically approximate rushing water beneath the Three Billy Goats Gruff bridge. My mistake. It was actually just the cheap portable PA system humming from the ambient energy of...
Feb 24th
merlin: 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life Remove your doors Eat half of each pet Sit on a big, thick book Something something keyring holder Paint clocks cheery pink Wear discarded food Makebelieve girlfriend chair Sleep in liquor cabinet Embrace hug love hug meow meow Small room to plan crimes Hack your house key organizer Mail a surprise toaster Just stare more Fourteen Poke...
Feb 8th
969 notes
January 2010
2 posts
Jan 26th
ListenRetribution Gospel Choir - Hide It Away If I...
Jan 26th
November 2009
1 post
Nov 26th
196 notes
October 2009
4 posts
Oct 21st
16 notes
Oct 13th
97 notes
Oct 5th
Oct 2nd
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September 2009
13 posts
Sep 25th
A Pact - Ezra Pound →
Sep 25th
If I cared about my Tumblarity...(Which I don't....
My Tumblarity is zero. Which is fine. I don’t care, really. But if I did (and remember, I don’t) I’d probably spend some more quality time with the gentleman just above me at number #51,466. He has a rating of 1. His Tumblr consists entirely of tweets. Mostly RTs. Lots of hash tags like #Traffic and #PageRank. I think he might care about his Tumblarity. Unlike me, because in...
Sep 25th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 12)
Abrogate! Can I use it in a sentence? “Perhaps it’s time to abrogate this semi-regular feature which only serves to emphasize my own ignorance.”
Sep 22nd
In Cold Hell, In Thicket - Charles Olson →
Sep 22nd
If It All Went Up in Smoke - George Oppen →
Sep 17th
Sep 15th
“If I could stir I could break a tree— I could break you.”
– From Garden by H.D.
Sep 15th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 11)
Obdurate! Can I use it in a sentence? “No. I won’t use it in a sentence. I’m being obdurate.”
Sep 14th
Sep 14th
43 notes
My Fantasy Football Draft
QB - Morgoth Backup QB - Nekron Yeah, I went Evil at QB this year. Evil will be pulling down big numbers this season. RB - Conan, Barbarian RB - The Last Unicorn Conan’s an obviously strong pick and I will admit before the draft I never expected to select a unicorn, let alone the last one. I wanted Elric, but no Melnibonéans were left on the board. WR - Allanon WR - Cho Chang...
Sep 4th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 10)
Prurient! Can I use it in a sentence? “I hurriedly closed the browser window at work once the definition of the word prurient appeared.”
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
44 notes
August 2009
16 posts
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 9)
Putative! Can I use it in a sentence? “My putative education is not reflected in my perspicacity.”
Aug 31st
Aug 27th
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Aug 27th
Aug 27th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 8)
Ligature! Can I use it in a sentence? “Is advertising my own ignorance and repeatedly referring to the dictionary really the best ligature for this blog?”
Aug 26th
“You’re not an artist…you solve problems.”
– Don Draper to Peggy Olson (Mad Men, obviously) I keep thinking about this. I’ll have more to say about it someday, and I am likely not the only one.
Aug 25th
Aug 25th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 7)
Soporific! Can I use it in a sentence? “The soporific effect of the book prevented me from looking up soporific last night.”
Aug 19th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 6)
Frisson! Can I use it in a sentence? “Nothing like the frisson of finally learning what frisson means.”
Aug 18th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 5)
Fungible! Can I use it in a sentence? Interchangeable is fungible for fungible.
Aug 17th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 4)
Falcate! Can I use it in a sentence? “Falcate pieces of toy railroad tracks were strewn on the floor to form a plastic boundary, a small quiet circle.”
Aug 10th
Aug 8th
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 3)
Alterity! Can I use it in a sentence? “Trying not to wear my alterity on my sleeve - I’ll leave that to the raggedy coonskin cap on my noggin.”
Aug 5th
How would you describe the sound of this train's...
Many small rocks shook in an otherwise empty soup can right next to one’s skull A caustic death rattle that must surely soon cease Tin foil gnashed between molars Tin foil encrusted with day-old peanut butter gnashed between molars Tin foil encrusted with day-old peanut butter gnashed between the cavity-riddled molars of a surly & rotund conductor Utterly uninspiring of confidence ...
Aug 5th
Breaking the Law
One unseemly incident at the coffee shop this morning and I’ve already broken at least 50% of the Boy Scout Laws: Trustworthy Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteous Kind Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean Reverent
Aug 3rd
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 2)
Inchoate! Can I use it in my sentence? “My vocabulary is clearly inchoate since I don’t know what inchoate means.”
Aug 3rd
July 2009
1 post
New word that sent me to dictionary.com (vol. 1)
Cromulent! Can I use it in a sentence? “Well, that’s just cromulent and dandy.”
Jul 31st