October 2010
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FWD Thinking: The Lifespan of a Tweet →
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Sometimes it’s frustrating to think about how much on the internet is all about timing, especially on Twitter. Even if you post something really interesting, it will only go viral if the right people happen to see it at exactly the right time (and speculation about what that time is varies). Depending on how many people they follow, that little tweet could only have a...
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What Not to Say to an Introvert →
“‘Why don’t you like parties? Don’t you like people?’ is a common remark introverts hear,” says Marti Laney, a psychologist and the author of The Introvert Advantage. “Usually we like people fine,” she insists. “We just like them in small doses.” Cocktail parties can be deadly. “We’re social but it’s a different...
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Dear "Outsourced," Please Kill Yourself →
No wonder Mindy Kaling wants to leave The Office, when her network is airing stuff like this.
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All I have to say is that if I ever walk
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into a room and am surprised by rose petals strewn everywhere and a ton of flickering candles, someone better be sacrificing a dove.
Like, there better be a makeshift Wiccan altar and a deer skull in the room, and you better be trying to convert me to your cult, because I would prefer that to a lazy marriage proposal.
I concur. The worst.
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Abandoned footwear →
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Abandoned footwear, such as a lone boot or shoe, has often been noted in out-of-the-way places like ponds or by the side of roads. Sometimes the shoes may even be new and fashionable. There are many hypotheses about why this phenomenon seems to more often involve footwear than other types of clothing. Shoes, being more sturdily constructed than most other types of clothing, will...
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She Really Needs a Cell Phone with Better Sound...
Mom: Fall's coming.
Me: Who's Saul?
Mom: You know, fall? Like autumn?
Me: Who's Adam?!
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20 Ways Social Media Can Change the World That I... →
1. An official Internet Profile page for North Korea where you can leave them mean/nasty comments
3. Foursquare check-ins from philanthropic/volunteering events so people know you’re the Mayor of Being A Great Person.
4. A FarmVille version of Haiti that you can pay real money to help rebuild (virtually)
7. Facebook could create special “Dislike” buttons for issues like racism, starvation,...
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Should you happen to be possessed of a certain verbal acuity coupled with a...
– David Rakoff
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I really wonder how many takes they had to do to get this shot to be so ridiculously perfect. Dr. Faye looks absolutely shellshocked and ready to pass out, while both Peggy and Joan have each deployed their typical defense mechanisms of glassy-eyed bemusement and bitchy impatience, respectively.
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We don’t do that on the planet Xenon, where I’m from.
– My dad’s new favorite sarcastic response to everything
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