The Electronical Rattle Bag

the retweets from that twitter retweet beta thing don’t show up on the tumblr dashboard,...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:39:35 +0000

the retweets from that twitter retweet beta thing don’t show up on the tumblr dashboard, interesting that…

dementes: (via elegantslum)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:20:27 +0000

dementes:

(via elegantslum)

The Letter

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:18:18 +0000

orla-joan:

“Why am I not suprised that the most popular newspaper in the country I live in would readily exploit a grieving mother to vilify a man who is half blind, and probably quite busy, about his spelling.

I’m putting policy to one side here.

The more I concentrate on the content of what I write, the more the content affects me, the worse my spelling becomes. Gordon Brown has lost a child.

More than that, while I would consider a handwritten letter, by definition, more personal and meaningful than a wordprocessed one, that we consider spelling or literacy to be a matter of ettiquette is a cultural quirk. Some civilisations never write stuff down. Some use pictures. My boyfriend is dyslexic, he can’t spell any day of the week.

I am sure I would lose sight of this had I lost a child, but I’m pretty sure a newspaper journalist would be aware of it.”

Transfiguration (via limon✫art)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:32 +0000

Transfiguration (via limon✫art)

“I feel violated, and not in a good way”

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:40 +0000

“I feel violated, and not in a good way”

Perseus 3

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:45:01 +0000

Perseus 3

sycamore: (via Stephanie…..)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:46 +0000

sycamore:

(via Stephanie…..)

gauntlet: girlgroups: truthordare: Will You Still Love Me...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:33:27 +0000

gauntlet:

girlgroups:

truthordare:

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles

Tonight you’re mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment’s pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Laugh

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:29:25 +0000

syntheticpubes:

Laugh until the marketing shills have to change their tack. Laugh until all billboards are just polite requests. “Please investigate our new product online if you have a moment. We’re really quite proud of it. Thank you ever so much.”

We didn’t have a TV for most of my childhood, and it’s scary to look back and notice its efficiency, before and after. Its introduction brought neediness; I found my young self distressed that I did not have all the toys and clothes I wanted. After I learned what an Eddie Bauer edition car was (precisely what we didn’t have—tinted power windows, premium sound system, leather everywhere), I used to play a game in my head: each time I saw a car I fancied, I’d say/think “I want that in Eddie Bauer.” Eventually it was just shortened to “That,” and, although inaudible, it didn’t count unless I formed the word with my mouth. I spent a few years touching my tongue to the back of my front teeth, quietly coveting a dozen or dozens of cars each day. “That. That. That. That. That. That. That. That.”

A young boy consciously cataloging all the things he’d never have—how depressing.

But it was precisely the desired outcome.

Now days I can’t watch television for more than a couple minutes without becoming apoplectic. Hernia-inducing levels of rage. “How dare they insult our intelligence like that? Cleansing micro-beads? Really!?” and on and on.

So I try to laugh instead. I laugh to drive away the knowledge that marketing ‘wisdom’ still works on a great many people. I laugh in hopes of looking like less of a cynic. I laugh to try and broadcast the insanity of it all.

two pages

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:29:14 +0000

two pages

A thank you, Some bullet fragments, The goddess of love anders...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:27:52 +0000

A thank you, Some bullet fragments, The goddess of love

anders nilsen

unburyingthelead: hungryghoast:comicbooks: Desire of The...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:18:54 +0000

unburyingthelead:

hungryghoast:comicbooks:

Desire of The Endless by Erin

If there were any two members of The Endless who you’d mistake for one another, wouldn’t it be Dream and Desire?

syntheticpubes: eyeroll, rementer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:18:05 +0000

syntheticpubes:

eyeroll, rementer

The Haunting Of Kristamas Klousch

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:25 +0000

The Haunting Of Kristamas Klousch

The Howling Hare by elizagauger

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:12:45 +0000

The Howling Hare by elizagauger

therealkatiewest: trixiebedlam: and just there, right at the...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:04:22 +0000

therealkatiewest:

trixiebedlam:

and just there, right at the end of ever feeling OK again, I am reminded that someone out there understands me perfectly. thanks xkcd, whoever you are.

Exactly. What Sarah said.

yup

Lego

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:44:48 +0000

Lego

suicideblonde: Marilyn Monroe’s last photoshoot, 1962, with...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:22:07 +0000

suicideblonde:

Marilyn Monroe’s last photoshoot, 1962, with Bert Stern, contact sheet marked by Marilyn herself.

claytoncubitt: 1960s Bolex-Paillard projector, Maracuja,...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:22:00 +0000

claytoncubitt:

1960s Bolex-Paillard projector, Maracuja, Brooklyn

"As it has been said Love and a cough cannot be concealed Even a small cough Even a small love"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:14:35 +0000

“As it has been said
Love and a cough cannot be concealed
Even a small cough
Even a small love”

- ~Anne Sexton (via iwannotowidigdo) (via laenergumena)