January 2013
“The buses roll up to San Francisco’s bus stops in the morning and evening, but...”
– Rebecca Solnit · Diary: Google Invades · LRB 7 February 2013
The Mercantile - Menu →
I am never ever in Hollywood. That’s because it’s terrible. But if I had to be, I might go to here.
“One day at work I fall into brine and they close the lid above me by mistake....”
– Simon Rich’s Sell Out, part one of four. : The New Yorker
“Along with air-conditioning, globalization has also helped popularize something...”
– Thanks to Dudes in Suits, Offices Around the World Set Their Thermostats to ‘Meat Locker’
This is why my office is so cold? It all makes so much sense.
CHRONOLOGY OF WAKEUP CALLS →
A history of all the wakeup songs sent to NASA astronauts in space.
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This is a…thing, an interactive web/text thing by Adam Saltsman. I like it, I think.
Find vintage, mid century, furniture, modern,... →
I’m moving soon-ish, and I imagine I’ll have some stuff to get rid of, and that I’ll maybe need some new furniture to suit my new place. Pretty excited about Krrb, which looks like a neat new tool for buying and selling stuff on the cheap.
“Most speakers do not distinguish between /ɔ/ and /ɑ/, characteristic of the...”
– California English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I have an accent.
Misty's Pups - Nursery Cam - Dog Bless You -... →
Labrador puppies 24/7.
“Mr. Botibol opened the front door, went into the living room, and switched on...”
– Roald Dahl Stages a Symphony - Lapham’s Quarterly
I haven’t read much of Roald Dahl’s work for adults. It’s not bad. You can read the rest of the story here.
