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The closer you get to Low, the better. nineinchnails: Dave...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:42:00 -0600

The closer you get to Low, the better.

Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and Trent Reznor perform “Mantra” for the Sound City soundtrack

"The Mad Men collection at Banana Republic is O.K., but the Breaking Bad collection at TJ Maxx is to..."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:26:23 -0600

“The Mad Men collection at Banana Republic is O.K., but the Breaking Bad collection at TJ Maxx is to die for.”

- Jordan Morris (via putthison)

colorclaim: #ff8b8b

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:23:29 -0600

colorclaim:

#ff8b8b

Saturday morning backyard blizzard.

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:27:55 -0600

Saturday morning backyard blizzard.

painites: DAAR @ Nottingham Contemporary

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:46:19 -0500

painites:

DAAR @ Nottingham Contemporary

At first, I was like “Woah. You just put conditioner in...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:57:05 -0600

At first, I was like “Woah. You just put conditioner in before rinsing-out shampoo…” But then she proceeds to build seven-layer dip, so now I’m just a little hungry.

imnotheretomakefriends:

WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS VIDEO?

notentirely: The Mona Lisa’s Twin Painting Discovered The Mona...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:38:59 -0600

notentirely:

The Mona Lisa’s Twin Painting Discovered

The Mona Lisa is one of the most enigmatic and iconic pieces of Western art. It has inspired countless copies, but one replica at the Madrid’s Museo del Prado is generating its own buzz: Conservators say that it was painted at the same time as the original — and possibly by one of the master’s pupils, perhaps even a lover.

Juxtaposing the two paintings — and using infrared technology, which works like an X-ray, allowing one to see beneath the paint to see previous, obscured versions — conservators say that Leonardo and the painter of the replica made exactly the same changes at the same time.

“The changes mirrored the changes which Leonardo made on the original,” Martin Bailey, correspondent with The Art Newspaper in London, tells NPR’s Melissa Block. “[Conservators] concluded that the two pictures had been done side by side in the studio, and it was probably on easels which were two or three yards away from each other.”

more at NPR »

Ouch. untitled-mag: The Worst Church Singer of All Time. The...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:56:36 -0600

Ouch.

untitled-mag:

The Worst Church Singer of All Time. The drink of water is a nice touch.

Yeahhh, funny but not. Who actually is...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:37:29 -0600

Yeahhh, funny but not. Who actually is this?

babesofnpr:

Ninety percent of the submissions B.O.N.P.R. receives pertain to this guy. There’s too much pressure to think of an awesome caption, so we’ll just leave you with this picture of NPR mega babe and host of This American Life, Ira Glass.

Amen, cognitivedissonance: After tonight, I’m convinced.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:50:13 -0600

Amen, cognitivedissonance:

After tonight, I’m convinced.

superamit: Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:08:35 -0600

superamit:

Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.

Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.

Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.

Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.

9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!

Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.

TODAY

… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.

First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.

Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.

Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.

This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.

AFTER THE TRANSPLANT

Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:

My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.

Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.

Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.

Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.

THE GREAT NEWS

I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.

I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Thank you.

Love. I wish that type of dwelling could be had here in the...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:30:36 -0600

Love.

I wish that type of dwelling could be had here in the American Midwest.

skibinskipedia:

Dream Home: Martin Vanger’s [Stellan Skarsgård’s] sublimely minimalist habitat (cellar kill room optional) from Fincher’s “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”; Värmdö, Sweden.

[Images from Curbed, with a huge h/t to Colleen Nika.]

yongfook: Design is Horseshit!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:45:16 -0600

yongfook: Design is Horseshit!:

AMEN. yongfook:

In direct response to: http://designerfund.com/infographic

I’ve created products / services in the past that have garnered praise for their design. I love good design in all forms - copywriting in particular fascinates me. I’ve never called myself a designer.

Here’s my pitch. This…

I don’t get what’s so amazing. Not a damn thing is...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:00:26 -0600

I don’t get what’s so amazing. Not a damn thing is in focus.

markcoatney:

jstn:

I just had to retake this shot from three weeks ago. I was losing sleep over it. The first time, I happened across the spot accidentally and was unprepared, so the original was handheld at 50mm & f/1.2 @ 3200 ISO (with about 50% cropped out). This time, on a tripod at 105mm & f/2.8 @ 100 ISO (and slightly earlier in the evening). Check it out at full resolution and see if you can spot the SR-71 Blackbird.

You really want to click through; this is amazing.

Photo

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:26:36 -0600

theclearlydope: Clearly, this is how we increase the value of...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:13:08 -0600

theclearlydope:

Clearly, this is how we increase the value of the American dollar.

happymarriedme: Love this.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:58:27 -0600

happymarriedme:

Love this.

everqueer: Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:31:59 -0500

everqueer:

Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book (SPOILER ALERT: George Washington - Patriot; George Soros - Pinhead) instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say, food or soap. Just burned the whole lot of them on my Commander’s orders.

untitled-mag: Couple, Married for 72 Years, Die Together While...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:35:57 -0500

untitled-mag:

Couple, Married for 72 Years, Die Together While Holding Hands

by Megan Gibson, Time.com

Have you cried at your desk at work yet today? Would you like to? Then read on.

Gordon and Norma Yeager were married in 1939. They spent their whole lives hating to be apart. And following a car accident on October 12, the couple died in the hospital within 70 minutes of one another, while holding hands in the intensive care unit.

The car accident happened near the couple’s home in State Center, Iowa. Gordon, 94, had failed to yield to an oncoming car at a stop sign, and the two vehicles collided. The passengers of the other car, Charles and Barbara Clapsaddle, were also taken to the hospital with injuries. Charles was released but Barbara was reportedly in stable but critical condition.

The Yeagers, however, were in worse shape, as they were placed in ICU together in a hospital in Des Moines. At 3:38 p.m., Gordon died while Norma, 90, continued breathing for more than an hour before slipping away.

“It was really strange, they were holding hands, and Dad stopped breathing, but I couldn’t figure out what was going on because the heart monitor was still going,” the couple’s son, Dennis Yeager, told KCCI.com. “But we were like, ‘he isn’t breathing. How does he still have a heart beat?’ The nurse checked and said that’s because they were holding hands and it’s going through them. Her heart was beating through him and picking it up.”

The Yeager’s children — the couple also had a daughter, Donna Sheets — said they’re glad that their parents got to stay together until the end. “We were very blessed, honestly, that they went this way,” Sheets said.

And let the tears roll.

“The person who made my food for me didn’t do a good...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:15:01 -0500

“The person who made my food for me didn’t do a good job.” #firstworldproblems

Ranting on the Internet, while cathartic, makes one look foolish:

You’re the worst thing that has ever happened to the universe, you owe everyone everywhere an apology

Really? You live a pretty nice life if the order of your burrito ingredients is your biggest problem.

No matter who messed-up [your food], you should return it to them, explain why you don’t like it, and give them the opportunity to make it right. Maybe next time they’ll trade Time for Quality next time they see you come through the line. But after this post, I wouldn’t count on it.

luckyshirt:

Dear guy who just made my burrito:

Have you ever been to earth?

On earth, we use the word “burrito” to describe a tortilla filled with things you eat. Pretty simple stuff, and I’m surprised you at least got that part right. My burrito was, in fact, filled with food. In this, you and I agree and are friends. But this is also where my lifelong hatred begins for you and anyone else whose brain has been repeatedly scrubbed with the same mixture of bleach and Pop Rocks as yours has. Because that should have killed you, but left you around long enough to do what you did to me today. Let me explain:

You’re an idiot.

Let me further explain:

Burritos are eaten from one end to the other. So that means when you assemble a burrito with motherfucking ZONES of ingredients from one end to the other, you create a disgusting experience for the burrito’s end user. When you make a burrito, you should put the ingredients in layers lengthwise. That way, every bite has AT LEAST A FUCKING CHANCE of getting at least two types of ingredients, and there is little chance of becoming almost hopelessly trapped in a goddamned cilantro cavern.

Have you ever eaten one of the things you make all fucking day? You should try one. They are pretty good WHEN YOU ARE NOT WILLING YOURSELF THROUGH THE FUCKING EMPIRE OF SOUR CREAM TO GET TO LETTUCE COUNTRY.

When you eat a burrito, you don’t stand it up and bite down on it lengthwise like a fucking Rancor. Humans cannot usually dislocate their jaws to accommodate such methods. But you must think that’s how it’s done, since that would be THE ONLY FUCKING WAY to take a bite of your crapstrosity and have it taste like a burrito and not a multi-stage rocket to the planet Fucking Disgustingupiter.

And guess what else, player? You can’t guess anything, because I’m pretty sure you’re just a mop with a hat on it that fell over and spilled some shit into a tortilla, but just in case, here’s what:

Humans also don’t eat burritos like fucking corn on the cob. Like a fucking typewriter from one end to the other a little at a time and then DING next line. But today I wish I had tried that. Because at least THEN I would be able to eat some rice, then beans, then be all like HEY BEANS I’LL BE RIGHT BACK JUST GOING OVER HERE TO THE GUACAMOLE FOR A SECOND.

Nope.

My experience was more like HEY BEANS IT’S JUST GOING TO BE YOU AND I FOR A MINUTE UNTIL I CAN FUCKING EXCAVATE THE RICE FROM BENEATH YOU BUT BY THEN YOU WILL BE A FADING MEMORY OH HEY I WAS WRONG I’M IN THE FUCKING CHEESEOSPHERE NOW RICE MUST BE NEXT I HOPE IT’S NOT ANOTHER FUCKING SALSA POCKET.

And don’t even fucking think I’m about to open this shit up and re-engineer this nonsense. You and I already know this tortilla was made to maintain its physical integrity for thirty seconds once touched.

In conclusion:

You’re the worst thing that has ever happened to the universe, you owe everyone everywhere an apology for this burritobomination, and I hope your babies look like monkeys.