September 2010
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R: Who said the thing about there being only a handful of basic storylines? Was it Euripides? Aristotle?
M: I think it was Jack Valenti.
August 2010
32 posts
Last night I dreamed I couldn’t hold Orlando Bloom’s name inside my head because I’d offloaded all my remembering to Google.
YouTube was invented so you could watch someone else successfully complete the video games you weren’t good at when you were a kid.
“I’m glad we’re not doing this on Twitter.”
– A wise friend, via email.
Push infinity till infinity pushes back.
Angelina Jolie Takes The Twins To Budapest →
Now there’s a euphemism for pooping I haven’t heard before.
Completism sneaks up on you.
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C: Their rabbi just came out of the closet.
R: So he's … rabbi-curious?
C: You need to stop watching Bravo.
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S: In retrospect Mom and Dad really hit your potty-training out of the park.
R: Are you kidding? We're lucky I don't shit down strangers' chimneys.
“That was one of the many things Doyle had found so admirable about his wife: her...”
– Ann Patchett, Run
One of the sadder things in the world is discovering an expired bottle of St. John’s Wort in someone’s medicine cabinet.
Sometimes I call just to listen.
Shyamalan responds to question about what happened... →
Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone, who was seated next to Shyamalan at the conference, tried to soothe any wounds that may have been inflicted.
“My sister and I actually have fights over what’s the favorite movie,” Rathbone said. “My favorite movie is The Village, and my sister’s favorite movie is Lady in the Water. If a director can inspire animosity between siblings on which film they...
Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine →
The emergence of stress as a major risk factor is largely a testament to scientific progress: The deadliest diseases of the 21st century are those in which damage accumulates steadily over time. (Sapolsky refers to this as the “luxury of slowly falling apart.”)
It’s an elegantly morbid phrase; it lingers on the tongue, like a strawberry soaked in aether.
Angelina Jolie’s Secret Billy Bob Thornton Tattoo... →
Of course it is.