The Kinetic Machine: a commonplace book

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nevver: Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Great Gatsby

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:05 -0400

nevver:

Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Great Gatsby

laphamsquarterly: vintageanchorbooks: Walt Whitman’s haversack...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:11:39 -0400

laphamsquarterly:

vintageanchorbooks:

Walt Whitman’s haversack to go on display at Library of Congress.

Most hipster bag ever?

npr: This is Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:01:44 -0400

npr:

This is Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, performing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” while floating around the International Space Station. You may have last seen the space station team walking around in outer space fixing stuff.

You will never do anything this cool.

— ‘Space Oddity’ In Space: Yes, Astronauts Are Still The Coolest Humans : Monkey See

Oh my GOD!

Re-posted by HPK

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"The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:08:37 -0400

“The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are...

ostrichturtlenecks: Truman Capote looking very #cozy in the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:03:45 -0400

ostrichturtlenecks:

Truman Capote looking very #cozy in the Hamptons

bittenbythewendigo: Literary Besties.

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:54:28 -0400

bittenbythewendigo:

Literary Besties.

"It’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:53:01 -0400

“It’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country...

beautilation: “I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:00:16 -0400

beautilation:

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you. Put it another way, fake it till you make..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:53:31 -0400

““Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you. Put it another way, fake it...

yeaverily: Sea creatures mosaic, from Pompeii, 100 BCE

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:08 -0400

yeaverily:

Sea creatures mosaic, from Pompeii, 100 BCE

odditiesoflife: Basket Jim does his thing in Covent Garden,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:26 -0400

odditiesoflife:

Basket Jim does his thing in Covent Garden, London in 1930.

i don’t know why everyone makes the grim reaper out to be a bad guy i mean he’s just taking to you...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:11:16 -0400

i don’t know why everyone makes the grim reaper out to be a bad guy i mean he’s just taking to you...

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jackdanielscock: May the 4th be with you Alice.

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:45:50 -0400

jackdanielscock:

May the 4th be with you Alice.

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gailsimone: magic-murder-bag: thegoddamazon: oldmanasante: Ai...

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:11:53 -0400

gailsimone:

magic-murder-bag:

thegoddamazon:

oldmanasante:

Aisha Tyler just owned all the trolls hating on the fact that she was selected to be a presenter at the Ubisoft E3 press conference. In the form of an open letter. I think I’m more infatuated with this woman than ever before.

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Dear Gamers

I play.

I’ve played since I was a little kid.

Since I begged my dad to buy me a Nintendo LCD Donkey Kong, Jr.

Since I blew through three weeks’ allowance playing Defender at the laundromat.

Since you were a twinge in the left side of your daddy’s underoos.

I’ve been a gamer since I made friends with a girl in the 5th grade just to get at her Atari.

Since I missed the bus playing Galaga after school.

Since I missed the start of Return of the Jedi playing Tempest in the theater lobby.

You think you know. You don’t know.

I’ve been a gamer since before you could read.

Since I aced midterms after staying up all night playing Evil Tetris.

Since I became dorm champ at Leisure Suit Larry.

Since I double-wielded on Time Crisis 3 at Fuddrucker’s.

I was a voice in not one, but two major video game titles.

I hosted the Reach Beta tutorial.

I was a Gears of War superfan panelist at ComicCon.

I hosted the Ubisoft presser at E3 2012.

I didn’t do any of it for the money.

For most I got paid next to nothing, and for some, less than that.

I did it because I love video games.

Because I’ve dreamt since I was a kid of being in one of the games I love.

How many games have you done voices for?

How many cons have you repped at?

Your buddy’s Unreal Tournament garage deathmatch doesn’t count.

I go to E3 each year because I love video games.

Because new titles still get me high.

Because I still love getting swag.

Love wearing my gamer pride on my sleeve.

People ask me what console I play.

Motherfucker, ALL of them.

I get invited to E3 because real gamers know I’m a gamer.

I don’t do it for the money.

I have plenty of money.

I don’t do it for the fame.

Fuck fame.

I do it because I love video games.

I don’t give out my gamertag because I don’t want a mess of noob jackholes lining up

to assassinate me on XBL.

I don’t give a shit what you think about my gamerscore.

I don’t play to prove a point.

I don’t play to be the best.

I play because I love it.

I play.

I’ve been playing my whole life.

I’m not ashamed of it.

I don’t apologize for it.

It’s who I am.

To the core.

I’m a gamer.

So to all the haters out there who claim I don’t play;

To the GAF dicks,

Gamespot trolls,

To every illiterate racist douchebag on Youtube:

Flame away. Go nuts.

Post every jackass comment your heart desires.

I’ll still be playing when your mom’s kicked you out of her basement

and you have to sell your old-ass console

and get a real job.

For now, I say to you respectfully,

and I mean this from the bottom of my heart,

GFYS.

And I just fell in love with Aisha Tyler.

I mean, she’s the voice of my favorite character in Archer so how could I not?

But she’s a gamer and a nerd and she reps it hard. I fucking love her.

If you don’t absolutely love Aisha Tyler, there’s no chance we can truly be friends

Dammit.

That is ownership that should be encased in glass and put at the foot of the Washington Monument.