May 2012
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Your Ocean on Carbon: A Field Report →
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“Preferential looking.”
– I never got comfortable with this concept in grad school because it opens doors to other “preferences.” Like preferential leaning, preferential yawning, preferential chewing, and so on.
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WatchThe MOST intense person who has ever lived! On earth!
It is like a jungle cat has moved onto the set!
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“Do you think in words that you don’t use?”
– Karl Pilkington
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“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.”
– Calvin Coolidge
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“You wrote NA, but it’s totally applicable. You just didn’t feel like...”
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“When people get a little too chummy with me, I like to call them by the wrong...”
– Ron Swanson
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Conservative Groups Plan a ‘Dummy Business’ to... →
writingtable:
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“As I get older, it’s becoming obvious that every dorky thing a person can...”
– Well if that’s how it is, let’s just try not to get too fat.
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““Those plants take over everything they touch. Can’t be gotten rid of,” she...”
– An excerpt from Beneath the Kudzu by Sarah Rae - Jukepop Serial’s first accepted story. Congratulations Sarah! We are looking forward to reading how this serial story unfolds! (via jukepopserials)
“He swung the binoculars wide across the campus and the divinity school and the...”
– “The Lombardi Sweep” by William Scott Williams, Poydras Review issue one (via poydrasreview)
“People don’t really go to heaven when they die. They’re taken into a...”
– Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock season 2
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The Penguin Press: Will Self Wants You to Embrace... →
thepenguinpress:
The author and essayist implores his readers to expand vocabularies and celebrate the words that send you racing to the dictionary.
Our arts and humanities education at secondary level seems particularly afflicted by falling standards - so much so that universities are now being called upon…