February 2010
17 posts
Blue Valentines- Tom Waits
One of my all time...
Coming Up Easy - Paolo Nutini
It’s in love I...
“OKLAHOMA CITY—Local shopper Craig Klein took a moment to mock a group of patrons...”
– From the Onion
“Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their...”
– Milan Kundera Laughable Loves (via courtleeneyanne)
Anton Chekov's The Bet →
One of my favorite short stories because of its praise of books
A good day
Ah, February 21st, good ol’ 2-21. Here’s a few people and things that share my birthday.
-Mikhail I is unanimously elected czar, beginning the Romanov dynasty (Good, if you’re a Romanov, bad if you’re a serf)
-the Communist Manifesto is published (Does this automatically make me a pinko commie? DEATH TO THE PROLETARIAT!! I guess so…)
-the Washington Monument is...
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Re: Name change
Wow. I can't believe Wiseass wasn't taken
Also, this doesn't invalidate my first post cuz it was about trying to find a decent name, Jack Fields only being the first
Scotchy scotch scotch
I like scotch. Scratch that, I love scotch. It’s a smooth, smokey, earth taste that sends a chill down my spin and I fell a golden glow in my stomach (ew, that last sounded a little urine-y). Of course though, a good bottle of single malt starts around $50-60. Now if you have a decent paying job, it’s affordable, if you work retail, not so much. Every finger I pour pains me as I watch...
What do I call this?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
“Then he explained that the name was the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear. You see, no one would surrender to the dread pirate Westley.”
-The Princess Bride
So here’s my niggling problem: what do I call...