From Kurt Vonnegut, via Tom Talk: "This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: They allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence, They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane." Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Month: April 2007
QotD: Easier Said Than Done
What's some good advice you've given to a friend, but not followed yourself? Submitted by robbbiedobbbie. "Don't be such a jerk." Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Roderick on Doing Rockstar vs. Imagining Rockstar
"You need to get past the fact that your imagination is better at doing the thing than your hands."-John Roderick, on The Merlin Show Also, "I've never met a person that had a dream that was unachievable…but they feel like the little bit of practice they have to do…" Watch the whole thing. Read and… Continue reading Roderick on Doing Rockstar vs. Imagining Rockstar
QotD: I Should Make A List
What do you always forget to pack? Submitted by quornflour. I usually have eighteen zillion ac adapters, between phone, camera, comprooter, ipod, ds. I'm usually pretty mindful on the way out, but when I'm packing to head home I've been known to leave adapters at hotels. I once left a really nice dress shirt at… Continue reading QotD: I Should Make A List
Vox Hunt: Braided
Show us something braided. Challah (with recipe) Note: Photo, recipe and challah are not mine; it's all courtesy of Ruthiki over on Flickr. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?
user-generated living room The tall cylindrical LED lamp. I'm agonizing over it. Keep it or return it? Half the time I think it's perfect for the space, the other half I worry it's Spencer Gifts for grown ups. It can stay one color (controllable via a remote), or go through color progressions. I think when… Continue reading Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?
Considering The Homemade Peanut Butter Myths
I made homemade peanut butter last night. It went like this: Buy honey roasted peanuts Put in Cuisinart and mash mash mash It's delicious and nutritious, as far as I know. Just as delicious as what comes out of the grinding machine at Whole Foods. This busted a couple of myths for me:1. It's cheaper… Continue reading Considering The Homemade Peanut Butter Myths
Today is…
taxes stf'ing cleanup groceries maybe trying to make homemade peanut butter Heh, GTD really doesn't want me to make daily to-do lists so I guess this is my way of cheating a little. Are agendas ok? It might be time to look into a new system instead of GTDtracks, or just flush the system and… Continue reading Today is…
Is Clay Davis And The Wire's "Sheeit" From Kentucky? The Evidence
Actual audio sample captured in the wild on a recent trip to Kentucky: Sheeit? unknown Bear any resemblance to this?: Sheeit. Update: that one got taken down. Here's another sheeeit: Shiiit Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Kurt Vonnegut Passed Away.
I thought Art Buchwald's NYT farewell video was kind of strange, but now I find myself yearning for one from Kurt Vonnegut that I guess was never made. I'm going through the times obituary hoping to find something from him about his last days, something new and with the perspective of the end. Though he… Continue reading Kurt Vonnegut Passed Away.