Bill Mauldin had long derided as “brass” those like Patton who used their positions of power to aggrandize themselves. Indeed, Mauldin became something of an expert on brass, defining it not as rank or office, “but a state of mind.” “Brass,” he wrote several years after the war, “is an alloy which…
First I was impressed but now I just feel like a lazy hack failure. :/Murakami’s 1Q84 Manuscript at the Knopf offices!
Looks about right.
i never use this. i don’t even use it for it’s real intended purpose the way everyone else does. maybe i could migrate to livejournal and make some internet friends who share similar interests?
anyways, i deleted facebook today. not totally because it went public today. i’ve hated it for a while. it does nothing for me. just feeds information to advertisers. thinking about it having stock now with investors seeking returns, things will just get worse. plus, if anyone really wants to get ahold of me, they can call, write, email, etc. kashif gets along fine without it.
one step closer to my ideal idyll atavistic 90s life.
is peach ice cream. I’m not planning on dying anytime soon, though.
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
― H.G. WellsThis sentiment also applies to seeing people read books while riding the subway.
‘nuff said.
Adding it to our Pinterest board of writing advice: Several Short Sentences About Writing
Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night In Suck City (via shakespearneverdidthis)
(via wwnorton)
“Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with color pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter.”
via Colossal
