December 2009
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The World Without Us →
ericmoran:
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So cool!
Note how long it takes for uranium to reach half life.
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“That was a mystery beyond his understanding, but he knew that what was going to...”
– Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood
p.129
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America's Cannabis Capital →
Living both in Denver and Oakland, I hear a lot of debate about this. ”Denver is the weed capital.” ”No, Oakland is the weed capital. Oaksterdam, duh.”
Whatever.
Someone was telling me the other day—although I forget who, and I didn’t go to the trouble to verify it—that the overwhelming number of dispensaries in Denver has lead to attacks by drug...
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THE ANT STORY (for David)
boringboringboring:
“Baby!” he called. “You need to see this.”
I ignored him and remained perched by the kitchen window on a cast-iron barstool, ashing a cigarette into a half-full coffee cup.
“Baby,” he called again. “Really. Come here.”
Reluctantly, I prepared myself for another cassette tape of his grandfather in a fit of paranoia, ranting about Nazis or his failure of a daughter. Or...
Holmesburg Prison Experiments
cuntfetti:
The experiments, which included radioactive isotopes, LSD, BZ, infectious diseases and a variety of drug-company products, were conducted in the now-closed county prison beginning in 1951 and lasting to 1974.
Sponsoring the experiments were the U.S. Army, the CIA and at least two large private corporations, Dow Chemical Co. and Johnson & Johnson. Many of the experiments were...
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“I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here,...”
– Miranda July
(via owlatthemoon)(via maryhadalittledeer)(via hmrichar)(via dreamlandfire)
(via atramsey)
(via deathandbeauty)
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real life: quotes from facebook chat
I know nothing is funny when you have to explain it, but this seriously made me die, and the explanation is short: my sister is really hot and really tall.
friend: Alright I gotta go
me: k see ya
friend: keep an eye out for all of those hot preppy chicks for me
me: will do
friend: and tell your sister I’m growing for her
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Mavisbeacon...
myvermilion:
Thanks for the follow. I wanted to say that the breadsuit has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. :o
Aw, thank you!
And thanks also for the book recommendation!
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tumblr users
Who should I be following?
My homepage is feeling a little sparse these days.
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Future plans
I’m going to kill myself in a public place (preferably at Paris Fashion week), film it, and mail the footage to Rachel Zoe.
Dear Rachel Zoe,
I die.
Sincerely,
Mavis
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Dear Denverites,
I have learned some interesting things about our fair city in the course of researching for a piece I’m writing in my non-fiction class.
For example:
Radioactive waste is buried under the following streets in Denver: 9th Ave from Ogden St to Cheesman Park, 11th Ave from Josephine St to Cheesman Park, ...
"i’m going to touch you very hard" by tao lin
boringboringboring:
i’m tired of not being an out-of-control asshole i could destroy a $200,000 house with an aluminum chair and it would be the greatest week of my life the only reason i exist is because it feels like someone is licking my heart after an insane killing-rampage people are less lonely loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size...
some things that need to change →
cuntfetti:
“Yet again, apparently consensual female sexuality is seen as a bigger threat to society — and to girls themselves — than non-consensual male sexual behavior perpetrated against them.”
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Climate Refugees →
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I am a stereotypical Coloradan/Things that Kelly...
Kelly: I don’t know what it is about people from Colorado, but they all like turquoise. Rings, necklaces, earrings, belt buckles, those things you sinch your tie with…
Me: Boleros?
Kelly: DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?