December 2011
45 posts
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via misswallflower)
“What I don’t understand, or rather, I do understand all too well, and...”
– Frances Farmer Is My Sister: All the Sad Young Pretty Girls
“Fincher’s Lisbeth is not Larsson’s. She is sexualized, softened, romanticized,...”
– Girls on Film: Softening and Sexualizing Lisbeth Salander
“Just think about it, deeply, then forget it, and an idea will jump up in your...”
– Don Draper, Mad Men
“17. Narrative (aka storytelling) is in our DNA. It’s called gossip.
20....”
– Fifty things I’ve learned about the literary life
“When the security issue was brought up, Rep. Mel Watt of North Carolina seemed...”
– Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works
Bookish Gifts for Nerds, Geeks, Fanboys and... →
“Your dreams are very well written. I know this, without knowing any of you....”
– Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriters Lecture
“Do you. It isn’t easy but it’s essential. It’s not easy because there’s a lot in...”
– Charlie Kaufman Talks Screenwriting
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich, by the... →
This is excellent:
Jack 1. Gather ingredients 2. Point gun at ingredients and shout “HOW DO I MAKE A SANDWICH OUT OF YOU?!?!?” 3. Breathe heavily through your nose as though you were about to hit ingredients 4. Give up and make the sandwich yourself, and eat it bitterly Kate 1. Make separate sandwiches, one with peanut butter and one with jelly 2. Take a bite of the peanut butter sandwich,...
I Work For The Internet →
staff:
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American...
“The evening’s ninth film, starting at about 4 in the morning, was Drew Goddard’s...”
– BNAT 13 Recap: The Hobbit, The Cabin In The Woods, The Grey, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance And More
More reasons to look forward to The Cabin in the Woods when it finally releases. Also see: poster and trailer.
“True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and...”
– Yevgeny Zamyatin, A Soviet Heretic: Essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“We’ve mixed politics and religion so completely that many simply opt out of...”
– Americans and God
“We seem to have trapped ourselves in a vicious cycle—economic progress and...”
– You Say You Want a Devolution?
