Horses and Shallow Lakes

‘Cherry Coloured Funk’ by Cocteau Twins
This song came up on my all-time favorites playlist and has been playing in my head for the last 3 days on loop.

solo-ruidos: Melody’s Echo Chamber - Shirim (new single)

Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:26:51 -0700

solo-ruidos:

Melody’s Echo Chamber - Shirim (new single)

yewknee: Zane Lowe meets…. Rick Rubin Add to Queue

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:55:11 -0700

yewknee:

Zane Lowe meets…. Rick Rubin

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"In Martinique, I had visited rustic and neglected rum-distilleries where the equipment and the..."

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:43:20 -0700

“In Martinique, I had visited rustic and neglected rum-distilleries where the equipment and the methods used had not changed since the eighteenth century. In Puerto Rico, on the other hand, in the factories of the company which enjoys a virtual monopoly over the whole of the sugar production, I was faced by a display of white enamel tanks and chromium piping. Yet the various kinds of Martinique rum, as I tasted them in front of ancient wooden vats thickly encrusted with waste matter, were mellow and scented, whereas those of Puerto Rico are coarse and harsh. We may suppose, then, that the subtlety of the Martinique rums is dependent on impurities the continuance of which is encouraged by the archaic method of production. To me, this contrast illustrates the paradox of civilization: its charms are due essentially to the various residues it carries along with it, although this does not absolve us of the obligation to purify the stream. By being doubly in the right, we are admitting our mistake. We are right to be rational and to try to increase our production and so keep manufacturing costs down. But we are also right to cherish those very imperfections we are endeavouring to eliminate. Social life consists in destroying that which gives it its savour.”

- Claude Lev-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques. The underlying philosophy of liberalism, and the consumer culture it generates, condensed into nine sentences. (via ayjay)

"“Captain, there’s a large iceberg ahead that will cause us to sink.” “No..."

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:19:54 -0700

““Captain, there’s a large iceberg ahead that will cause us to sink.”
“No there isn’t”
“Yes, captain, it’s right there.”
“Ice berg schmice berg. Oh, that berg. Right. It’s not our fault.”
“Regardless, sir, It will still sink us.”
“No it won’t”
“99% chance.”
“So you don’t know. Is there consensus among the crew?”
“We don’t really have time…”
“If we stop the ship it will cost jobs and the economy will tank.”
“We don’t have to stop, just change course if we do it right away, before it’s too late.”
“You liberal elites just want to scare us.”
“I’m not liberal, I just looked off the starboard bow and there it was.”
“So it just appeared? You made it up. Why do you hate America?”
CRASH!”

- “ThatDudeOnABike” on climate change and American attitudes in the comments of this article.

zachklein: Navajo reservation adjacent to a Phoenix...

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:57:08 -0700

zachklein:

Navajo reservation adjacent to a Phoenix suburb.

Photo by Edward Burtynsky.

sports are fun sometimes wnyc: During a ceremony at the end of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:58:24 -0700

sports are fun sometimes

wnyc:

During a ceremony at the end of yesterday’s Chelsea match, the crowd got adorably distracted by the son of one of the players making an epic run on goal. The delayed double-fist-pump is the best.

-Jody, BL Show-

Reminder about your invitation from Joshua Tuscan

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:53:49 -0800

Reminder about your invitation from Joshua Tuscan

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:01:51 -0800

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:02 -0800

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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:34:48 -0800

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Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:12:44 -0700

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Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:05:10 -0700

mattfisher: My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:48:11 -0700

mattfisher:

My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court

I’ve been sending out some impertinent tweets about Progressive Insurance lately, but I haven’t explained how they pissed me off. So I will do that here as succinctly as possible. There’s a general understanding that says, “insurance companies— oh they’re awful,” but since Progressive turned their shit hose on my late sister and my parents, I’ve learned some things that really surprised me.

I’ll try to cleave to the facts. On June 19, 2010, my sister was driving in Baltimore when her car was struck by another car and she was killed. The other driver had run a red light and hit my sister as she crossed the intersection on the green light.

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Uggggh. One of those things that you hear, and probably know happens, but still takes a dump on your brain when reading an actual account of.