May 2013
19 posts
“Maybe his death, and the story of my grief that surrounds me on all sides even...”
– This Week in Grief, another piece from alarmingly talented friend Emily.
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The Spencerian: trevorgilks: Trevor was a dear... →
trevorgilks:
Trevor was a dear friend to many of us, and a bright spot in our lives. As we’ve gathered together over the last few days, our hearts have been full of wonderful memories alongside our sadness. He left an indelible mark on all of our lives.
Please add your stories,…
Spencer said all the things I wanted to say, and better.
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more genuine ignorance time
(see here for the original ignorance time.)
so, as you may be aware, I am dating the heck out of and/or generally smug about smasuch, and well, it’s best to be blunt: we’re a couple of dudes who are totally okay with PDA and generally we’re pretty good about it but sometimes zero fucks are given (often because one of us was just a huge nerd at the other.)
We’ve all been...
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“Frito-Lay wanted what’s called a ‘teeth-rattling crunch,’ so...”
– Deep Inside Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco
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April 2013
37 posts
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warm & punchy: Why You Can't Write A Poem About... →
warmandpunchy:
or at least the reasons that you shouldn’t. “It is immoral to write poetry after the Holocaust” or something much like it, for one, where the words and the horror are so far from each other it beggars belief. The other reason is maybe you just aren’t equipped to do it. You don’t speak the proper…
john cameron is amazing, volume who cares about numbers
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“you’re like Comeau, in Scott Pilgrim. you know everybody.”
– josh, who is the coworker of a friend, roommate of a coworker, brother of one of my ACF volunteers, and UVic newspaper acquaintance of the gentleman caller. He may have a point.
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A Queer History of Computing: Part Two →
jockohomo:
Jacob Gaboury writes, “In this second part of our genealogy, we move not forward in time, but look back to an encounter that took place between two foundational figures in logic and mathematics, in an attempt to identify the conflicting role of contradiction, misunderstanding, failure, and disagreement in the queer history of computation. While again these figures are well known, the...
Google Person Finder: Boston Marathon... →
incorrectsylviaplathquotes:
trippylongstocking:
Stay safe, everyone in Boston.
Instead of reblogging ‘pray for Boston’ bullshit, reblog something useful.
Watchit’s undercover season! (from The A.V. Club)
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“My roommate, who is an avid bike rider and an Obama supporter, went and got his...”
– friend Emily, on Gawker: Meanwhile, Up in My Head 