January 2010
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“Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just... →
Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leave your house or apartment. Go out into the world.
It’s all right to carry a notebook but a cheap one is best, with pages the color of weak tea and on the front a kitten or a space ship.
Avoid any enclosed space where more than three people are wearing turtlenecks. Beware any snow-covered chalet with deer tracks across the muffled tennis...
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ignorance&love
Myself: I would KILL to have been at Woodstock.
Mom: Why? It was just a bunch of stupid hippies doing drugs.
Myself: No Mom, for me it's about the music. About the lifestyle. About the peace.
Mom: Well, you're fucking stupid. It wasn't sanitary.
Myself: It's not about what's sanitary. It's not about what's right or wrong. It's not about what's expensive or cheap. It's about who you are and how things make you feel.
Mom: ...fucking hippie.
Dad: You really are my daughter.
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“Frank Lloyd Wright once commented that he could design a house that would cause...”
– Why aProCh ? | a Protagonist in every Child
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“My brother and I used to play a game. I’d point to a chair. “THIS IS NOT A...”
– from A History of Love, p.36, Nicole Krauss. (via longwinter:myhearteatsbeats:miranna:wakingisbravery)
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Origami Carrousel →
Found the instructions to making the carrousel in my previous post. It’s in portuguese, but there are lots of pictures.
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Difficult languages: Tongue twisters | The... →
Turks coin fanciful phrases such as “Çekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmissiniz?”, meaning “Were you one of those people whom we could not make into a Czechoslovakian?” But Ilker Aytürk, a linguist, offers a real-life example: “Evlerindemisçesine rahattilar”. Assuming you have just had guests who made a mess, these two words mean “They were as carefree as if they were in their own house.”...
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