January 2011
William S. Burroughs New Year’s Day 1965 →
claytoncubitt:
“INTERVIEWER: You regard addiction as an illness but also a central human fact, a drama?
BURROUGHS: Both, absolutely. It’s as simple as the way in which anyone happens to become an alcoholic. They start drinking, that’s all. They like it, and they drink, and then they become alcoholic. I was exposed to heroin in New York - that is, I was going around with people who were using...
December 2010
“The problem, from my mind, about most of the arguments surrounding PFC Manning...”
– PFC Bradley Manning Update - The Rumpus.net
Crayola Product Recycles Crayons →
wilwheaton:
Crayola’s new Crayon Maker melts down used crayons to form new ones in three easy steps, allowing the creation of solid colors, multicolors, all of them eliminating the need to throw away perfectly functional crayons that would have ended up in the garbage.
I’m totally putting one of these in the time machine when I go back to visit 8 year-old me.
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Michelangelo Painted A UFO - The Daily Dish | By... →
Girl gang's grip on London underworld revealed |... →
“Many a husband lounged at home while his missus was out at work, and many an old lag was propped up by a tireless shoplifting spouse. Some of these terrors were as tough as the men they worked for and protected,” said Brian McDonald, who uncovered details of the criminals when researching for his new book, Gangs of London. The all-female Forty Elephants – or Forty Thieves – worked...
I like my coffee black, just like my metal.
“Rooney – A unit of pressure used when measuring the impact of popular...”
– The buzz words of 2010 explained | World news | The Observer
“On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via seungalong)
Writers furious at plan to axe free books scheme... →
Just finished watching Muppet Family Christmas and...
hacksawjenny:
So Derek randomly looks at me and says “make like a tree and get the fuck out of my bar!” and I was like “ohhhhh my god”.
Makes Fraggle Rock much more entertaining dinnit>?
Tea (Earl Grey, HOT), short bread biscuits, and Dr Who…
(Yeah, I made a Star Trek reference while talking about Dr Who. What>? I’m awesome like that.)
My day is awesome, how’s yours>?
oh PS I’m watching it with my newly acquired Sonic Screwdriver. My friends are awesome too.
“This stuff is impressively alien if one is jet lagged and has just flown in from...”
– Traveling to Japan - Charlie’s Diary
