February 2009
19 posts
January 2009
26 posts
The Impossible Project →
Q: Polaroid decides to stop making film for their iconic cameras. Do you: a) Overpay on eBay for whatever you can find and throw it in the fridge b) Throw up your hands in defeat, invite some friends over, and throw a Polaroid wake, where all your photos turn out blurry. c) Buy a digital camera and a portable photo printer, dropping your SX-70 in the trashcan outside Best Buy d) Or, do you buy the...
"Alien vs. Predator" by Michael Robbins →
“I translate the Bible into velociraptor.” When I’m done with “wires and stars” (which is from a William Carlos Williams poem) I think that might be a new contender.
perpetua:
I absolutely adore this poem, from the latest issue of The New Yorker. (Via Vicky.)
“Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to...”
– Harper’s Index: A retrospective of the Bush era
While mostly a depressing, depressing list, it’s things like this that make you seriously consider the idea that you’ve been living in a weird dream that seems to have lasted for several years.
