August 2012
1 post
July 2012
3 posts
Play
June 2012
2 posts
“Resist the easy comforts of complacency, the specious glitter of materialism, the narcotic paralysis of self-satisfaction. Be worthy of your advantages. And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might.”
—David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (via Newsweek/The Daily Beast). He also points out that YOLO, if grammatically correct, should be YLOO. Less of a ring to it, but it’s true.
May 2012
6 posts
ordinary heart
emily king
i need this girl to blow up- she’s been amazing for years.
“But even among conservative groups on Monday, the word “tea” never escaped Mr. Schilling’s lips, not even as a drink. (He starts his days with a concoction involving three shots of espresso. He calls it “the warrior.”)”
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from NYTimes “Many G.O.P. Freshmen Who Stormed the House Find It Harder to Stay Seated”
April 2012
5 posts
March 2012
14 posts
Please Forgive My Heart
Bobby Womack
from FADER:
It’s not like we were sitting around hoping for the day that Bobby Womack would do an entire album produced by Richard Russell and Damon Albarn, but now that it’s a thing that exists, we’re actually pretty stoked.
as am i. hello weekend.
