March 2010
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The Big Picture: Afghanistan, February 2010 →
My brother’s girlfriend’s brother is a Marine sniper who was stationed in Afghanistan. He earned a Purple Heart a couple weeks ago after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. At one point they thought they might have to amputate his arm, but he is apparently doing better and is recovering in the hospital at Fort Bragg. He won’t be going back to Afghanistan anytime soon…
Depression's Upside →
[Charles Darwin] confessed to “extreme spasmodic daily and nightly flatulence” and “hysterical crying” whenever Emma, his devoted wife, left him alone.
Really? I didn’t know depression could cause explosive farts. Maybe Emma was leaving him alone so much because he was dropping bombs around the clock.
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Stinky Scout Cookies Are Recalled →
No one has gotten sick from the stinky cookies.
I laughed out loud, I don’t know why.
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February 2010
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Moments in Awkwardness
Me: Hi, I was wondering if I could make an appointment for a haircut today.
Person who answered the phone at my hair salon: Okay, who do you usually see?
Me: Umm, I forget his name...the guy who owns the place.
Person: Madison. He's all booked today.
Me: ...That's you, isn't it?
Person: Yeah.
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Don't read this if you're squeamish
I just scraped a MOUSE PANCAKE off my roommate’s bedroom wall with a butter knife. Probably the grossest thing I have ever had to do.
Somehow the poor bugger had gotten squished between her bed and the wall — what are the freaking odds?! And I’m talking really squished, like straight-up 2-dimensional. I kind of wanted to take a picture for evidence, but Alix looked like she was...
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If you know me, it is kinda funny
Dad: So, what else is going on?
Me: I took a martial arts class this morning.
Dad: [Laughs.] You?!
Me: What, is that funny?
Dad: Well, yeah. It's funny.
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John Mayer Apologizes (Again) for Being "an... →
It’s true, I was there. Although I never said I believe he’s not an asshole, I just like his music.
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TheHairTrader.com →
I feel a little weird about the fact that this website exists. And I feel weirder about the fact that I am perusing it while thinking about selling my hair on the black market.
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Today, I ventured into Asia’s largest slum,... →
Today, I ventured into Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, all by myself. And I made it out alive to boot. There, I met with women who will hopefully employ me, and locked hands with a lady in a green sari suffering through the final stages of abdominal cancer, whose three daughters had died on the…
My friend Elise is the bravest. I admire her so much!
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“Speaking as the last stegosaurus, I hope that we dinosaurs [journalists]...”
– Nicholas Kristof in Time Out New York (via mbooth)
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Anonymous asked: you a serif or a sans-serif person?
Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis →
Unrelenting indecision, isolation, confusion and anxiety about working, relationships and direction is reported by people in their mid-twenties to early thirties who are usually urban, middle class and well-educated; those who should be able to capitalize on their youth, unparalleled freedom and free-for-all individuation. They can’t make any decisions, because they don’t know what they want,...
“Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was...”
– “The Little-Told Story of How the U.S. Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition” (via indefensible)
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“One of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty-one and even twenty-three...”
– Joan Didion, “Goodbye to All That”
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Someone asked me tonight, “So, who are you?” and I didn’t really know how to answer. I’m still trying to figure that out. Ask me something easier.