December 2011
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“I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.”
– ‘Mayor’ Michael Bloomberg — ‘I Have My Own Army’
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November 2011
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an incident of blackbirds: You look sad today,... →
You look sad today, with your sea-glass eyes stuck in sand and your hands tied in sailors’ knots. I think we’ll go for a walk in the woods and find the final few autumn leaves still hanging on skeletal branches, we’ll say we stay like those leaves, burning on after the others have died to brown and the ground. We’ll pick up stones and throw them from the bridge and watch the way they break the...
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“You can’t just say there is a God because well the world is beautiful. You have...”
– Stephen Fry
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“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”
– Christopher Hitchens
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Things 90s Kids Will Have To Explain To Their...
1. Topanga was at some point in human history considered not only a legitimate first name for a human being, but the kind of name that would inspire in malleable teenage boys a life-long infatuation.
2. At some point, we carried around little plastic eggs with tiny screens on them — in these screens lived our hearts, our pets, our raison d’etre, our very own Tomagotchi. We loved them, we...
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Love is a Pot Brownie
Love is a pot brownie ‘cause the prospect of it excites you. It’s hard to find and it’s been so long since you tasted it last. All this time, you’ve been getting by on quick fixes – the one night stands and the spliffs. When the prospect of it comes up, you’re equal parts nervous and hopeful;
Love is a pot brownie. To create it takes elbow grease and patience and if you keep too close a watch...
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Hello Person Who Has Their Life Figured Out,
Have you been sent to this planet to make me feel bad?
I went to your apartment the other day and was overwhelmed by how grown up it felt. You had three candles burning and it smelled like stability — a scent that I can’t seem to find anywhere — and you offered me some tea (WHO DOES THAT?) and I noticed that you also had freshly cut hydrangeas on your coffee table.
For the record, I also have...
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I don’t want to say it’s breaking my...
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“The fundamental problem we’ve got in America today, and this is my beef with the...”
– Former President Bill Clinton on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart November 08, 2011
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“Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to...”
– Stephen Fry
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