Laurie Anderson’s “theory of punctation” (via) (via manbartlett)
No, that’s bullshit. No artist should cram down the throat of the audience his or her own self-importance. And just because a sentence may have taken a long time to write does not mean that it is good or that you must respect it.
In fact, putting a greater emphasis on the amount of time it took to create something rather than the quality of the creation itself is exactly what’s wrong with — well, just about everything. If you spend all week making shitty soup, you’ve wasted everyone’s time. Next time make better soup. Oh, and never confuse the amount of time you invested in a project with something important.
(via theconceptlibrarian)
(via theconceptlibrarian)
“Discretion”
§ 191.918. Breast-feeding in public permitted
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a mother may, with as much discretion as possible, breast-feed her child in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be.
This is the Missouri statute on breast feeding. Here are the two definitions of “discretion”:
dis·cre·tion/disˈkreSHən/
Noun:
- The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
- The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
The law could easily be read to have quite opposing meanings - in one interpretation, a breast feeding mother might be compelled to be as “discreet” as possible; in another, she could exercise the freedom to breast feed in whatever manner she felt like.
Dumbest shit I’ve seen all week, and I watched the GOP debate.
Culture Desk: “Pale Fire,” The Poem: Does It Stand Alone as a Masterpiece? : The New Yorker
Many yummy nougats in here, but especially liked the packaging…
I misread “purports” as “puppets”… a puppet reenactment would be EPIC and oh-so-crass.
FONTS of CHAOS - Vampirr
Love this website, and the font.
OBAMA WEARS GLOWING BALL CAP!
http://slatest.slate.com/content/dam/Slatest/121252639.jpg.CROP.thumbnail-small.jpg
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/taxes-cuts-economists_n_932697.html
So, who’s right? They are both referencing a survey by the National Association of Business Economists. Let this be a warning against regurgitating headlines.
(via oh comely magazine)
