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oestranhomundodek: This is how my dashboard was earlier

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:27:03 -0400

This is how my dashboard was earlier

vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:44 -0400

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

ilovecharts: Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:25:50 -0400

ilovecharts:

Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

"In 2007, I was drinking coffee in Marco’s livingroom/dining room/office. He told me he and David had..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:13:00 -0400

“In 2007, I was drinking coffee in Marco’s livingroom/dining room/office. He told me he and David had launched a website that had done remarkably well. He urged me to register before somebody else registered daniel.tumblr.com. Maybe I could write things there instead of on LiveJournal. There were about 27,000 users at that point, one of whom was AZSpot. Since then, Tumblr has grown to about 300 billion users, each more unique than the last. So it’s done okay. Marco has left Tumblr, started Instapaper, and recently left Instapaper. The last time we were drinking coffee together, he had a living room and a dining room and an office. So he’s done okay. And I’ve done okay with Tumblr as well. The point being, on the Internet, a lot has changed since 2007. And in 2007 if somebody had announced that LiveJournal was maybe being acquired, I would feel about like everybody feels now. (Where would I store my feelings!?!)…

The broader point being, things change quickly on the internet. There’s always a younger, cooler site looming just over the horizon. I’m not sure that acquisition by Yahoo particularly diminishes Tumblr’s longterm prognosis. It means an influx of cash, stability, and technical capability. Heck, probably a functional search feature. And it means that Tumblr doesn’t need to desperately look for ways to monetize.

The Internet will kill everything you love. But by the time it dies, you won’t even care.”

- Squashed (via christinefriar)

I think this is a good time to go back to bed.

(via bestrooftalkever)

Every man who sings folk music should have a voice this rough...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:01 -0400

Every man who sings folk music should have a voice this rough and ramshackle.

Falls

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:51:02 -0400

Falls

Sad Farewell by Duane Michals, 1968

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:44 -0400

Sad Farewell by Duane Michals, 1968

portraitsofboston: They were just good, long-time friends, so I...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400

portraitsofboston:

They were just good, long-time friends, so I asked them what makes a friendship work. They agreed on this quote:

“All I want is someone who hates all the things that I hate.”

(h/t @jamestweeting)

"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:14 -0400

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

Playing cards

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:14 -0400

Playing cards

"You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job market with triple..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400

“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job market with triple the unemployment isn’t interested in purchasing the assets of the generation who just blew an enormous housing bubble and kept it from popping through quantitative easing and out-and-out federal support? Curious.”

- When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)

humansofnewyork: “I want to be an artist.” “What kind of art do...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:47:59 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“I want to be an artist.”

“What kind of art do you want to make?”

“I want to make different versions of myself.”

Today’s daily HONY thing that killed me.

maxistentialist: Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:19 -0400

maxistentialist:

Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things in the sky.” I backed this project.

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:12:35 -0400

maxistentialist: A 6th grader’s advice to next year’s 6th...

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:21 -0400

maxistentialist:

A 6th grader’s advice to next year’s 6th graders.

The beauty of snakes.

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:26 -0400

The beauty of snakes.

alexanderchee: Series of female mugshots from the 1960s....

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:03 -0400

alexanderchee:

Series of female mugshots from the 1960s. (via)

How great would it be if they were all in a gang together?

That girl in the upper right corner is my girl.

theamericanprospect: “I really like your idea. If we had guns...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:49:12 -0400

theamericanprospect:

“I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. You are a good boy.”

Joe Biden wins at constituent services. This letter, to a Wisconsin second-grader, is so sweet and sad and just right.

People love chocolate.

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400

wandrlust: New York City, 1965 — Joel Meyerowitz

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:09:46 -0400

wandrlust:

New York City, 1965 — Joel Meyerowitz