October 2011
7 posts
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
– The Great Gatsby [by F. Scott Fitzgerald] (via capecodcollegiate)
In the zone...
catalogliving:
Gary, did I just hear a marble roll off the Designated Marble Mat? Well did I?
3 tags
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
4 posts
Strung along...
catalogliving:
Gary, it’s almost 7. Did you decant the wine and set out the felted yarn balls?
8 tags
July 2011
10 posts
James Taylor is not the whitest guy you know
NPR makes a compelling argument against James Taylor being the whitest guy ever.
“The rest of the world isn’t like America, where it’s become...”
– The incomparable David Sedaris, on dining in China.
3 tags
June 2011
11 posts
Don't kill the Oxford comma →
Via Salon:
Grammar lovers today were saddened, shocked, and mightily displeased at the news that the PR department of The University of Oxford has decided to drop the comma for which it is so justly famed. As GalleyCat reported, the university’s new style guide advises writers, “As a general rule, do not use the serial/Oxford comma: so write ‘a, b and c’ not ‘a, b,...
“Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and...”
– “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom (via twofish)
WatchWell, this is epic.
