February 2011
45 posts
One of the worst feelings in the world is having...
“Yeah, well, I feel for you, but I’m consumed with apathy. Why should I mix in?”
– Doc (played by Walter Brennan) in Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955. (via chrryblssmninja)
“Classic’ - a book which people praise and don’t read.”
– Mark Twain (via quote-book)
“Me gusta la forma en que se arruga tu nariz.”
“Money and art are far apart.”
– Langston Hughes (via sabino)
I have too high standards for everything and it...
I honestly think I'd make a good parent.
Has anyone seen Google's homepage today? It's...
Users can just put their mouse over the command and watch the deep sea in a virtual picture that reminds us of Jules Verne’s Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers.
“What was she like? Snow, cream, marble, cherries, alabaster, golden wire? None...”
– Orlando by Virginia Woolf, 1928. (via quote-book)
Why secondhand bookstores smell good
thelittletiger:
Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge...
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Online shoe shopping is the one thing I would love...
I want to name my future daughter Emma.
Cuco →
The Cuco (or Coco; Cuco; Coca; Cuca; Cucuy) is a mythical ghost-monster; equivalent to the boogeyman, found in many Hispanic and Lusophone countries. He can also be considered a Hispanic version of a bugbear, as it is a commonly used figure of speech representing an irrational or exaggerated fear. (via Gnarzikans)
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