February 2012
27 posts
“I don’t feel bad. Missouri wanted this. So why should I feel bad? I don’t feel bad for anybody.”
—Bill Self, http://www.npr.org/2012/02/26/147424635/money-ends-college-sports-oldest-rivalries
I hate it here and I want to come home now.
“In Nyasaland, Africa, a native tribe got into the custom of taking names from a publisher’s catalogue which had fallen into their hands. Their Chieftain took for himself the name of Oxford University Press.”
—Mario Pei, The Story of Language (via maxistentialist)
“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”
—Matt Groening (via bensgrabbag)
I’ve seen this before and so glad it came up on my dash. Best laugh of my day! :D
“I hate the franchise. I think it is bad for America and little girls. You basically got this stalker vampire who’s basically abusing this low self-esteem child, and that is hailed as a great image of love and respect. Because I have read the books and suffered through them, I wanted to prevent others from falling into that same fate. So on opening weekend, I go to the theater, I sit in the back to not disturb people, and I live hate-tweet the film. And that just means I tweet in real-time with hate. I absolutely disdain this franchise. So I’m describing the storyline through my eyes and what the story really means, and it’s proved very popular. And most importantly, I’ve prevented people from spending their hard-earned money.”
—Baratunde Thurston hate-tweets Twilight. Here’s why. (via nprfreshair)
"The bill would also cut the Safe Routes to School program, a $202 million grant program that helps states and school districts make improvements so that kids and their families can walk to school without getting run over." →
motherjones.com
In which House Republicans attempt to literally throw kids under the bus in the new transportation bill.
