December 2010
18 posts
“It is all too clear that every surviving oak is the product of rabbit negligence...”
– A sand county almanac.
20 Untranslatable Words from Around the World →
youmightfindyourself:
1. Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes,...
“What makes you feel less bored soon makes you into an addict. What makes you...”
– http://www.merlinmann.com/better (via thedame)
“As I am very aware how boring it is to hear about other people being happy, I...”
– Stefan Sagmeister. I love writers (& Mister Rogers).
“Fighter jets will buzz Seoul today to simulate an attack by North Korea as the...”
– Umm… wait, what? Bloomberg
I went to an art show.
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: fuck tha world →
pitchforkreviewsreviews:
on valentine’s day, me and my ex-girlfriend emily went to dinner at this restaurant in williamsburg and then after dinner we took a cab home and as we’re going over the williamsburg bridge in the cab, she says she feels something and reaches into the crevice in between the back of the seat and…
