October 2010
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“And hanging out can be marvelous. But hanging out does not make one an artist. A...”
– David Rakoff, “Isn’t It Romantic?”, Half Empty
I mean, aside from Rakoff’s general brilliance, it’s just about damn time someone said something about the ridiculousness of Rent and the act-like-artists that seem to fill every city I see. Parts of this essay could be...
An Important Message from Ellen About Bullying -... →
There are few things more moving than when people like Ellen DeGeneres and Dan Savage get choked up. (You can hear Savage two podcasts ago.)
September 2010
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I ask this in complete sincerity: what is it like to be an introvert?
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“And what do you think? Gay soldiers are getting something out of the deal? ‘Hey...”
– Amy Poehler “Really” (via tlmonahan)
keepcalmanddonteatacupcake:
i hate living in pittsburgh because i am the only one who could care less about the steelers.
I am frequently given to grocery shopping during Steelers and Pens games. Namely because this means no one else is there.
beingelena asked: Your blog is lovely, I just spent a good half an hour browsing :)
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Finally watching the season premier of Glee, and I have to ask: do other countries have a city they mythologize the way we do to New York?
In praise of dead white men – Prospect Magazine «... →
Twentysomethings Need Their Own Sesame Street →
“I’d also like to see a new puppet called Management Company who is just a big walking building that punches you and takes your money.” - Anna North
A literary map of Manhattan →
This is, without a doubt, the best, geekiest, most fantastic waste of time.
Requests: definitely London.
America's True History of Religious Tolerance... →
The Least We Can Do - Magazine - The Atlantic →
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It Gets Better →
Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project. The is so incredibly super important.
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Culture Death Match #2: Tom Bissell vs. Sarah... →
Culture Death Match pits Salvatore Pane against Amy Whipple in a point, counter-point battle royal. Today’s bout has them discussing the merits of Tom Bissell’s “Grand Thefts” and Sarah Vowell’s “Ike Was a Handsome Man”. Both essays are about obsessions, and while debating video games and politics, Amy and Sal stumble onto the subject of authority and just which writers are granted authority.
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This morning I
ran down Forbes/Murray, totally rocking out to the Laverne and Shirley theme, much to the delight of the greater Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
Gene Weingarten - Goodbye, cruel words: English.... →
I have paper on my walls with crayoned outlines/notes/various thoughts about my thesis. It might be getting a little Beautiful Mind in here, though. (At what point do you guys realize my cat is a figment of my imagination?)
