hyperlinks & headlines

featured story

Late Bloomer

This is unimaginably old news in internet-time (3 days! Heinous crime!), so you might already have seen it–but Radiohead released a new album, King of Limbs, this weekend, and with it a black and white exposition of Thom Yorke (wearing skinny jeans) dancing to Lotus Flower. The organic dance moves were actually choreographed by Wayne McGregor of Random Dance, but here is a a fake interview worth a couple laughs.

Making a good honest buck these days is more than just a matter of applying elbow grease. It’s harder to get started: income is down, expenses are up, and a college education is equal parts burden and boon. So next time you need your parents to co-sign a lease for a new car, explain that your Dad’s thick head of hair is not the only thing that has suffered at the hands of Time.

How to Be Successful: 5 Lessons from Sherlock Holmes written by Matt Herron, published at Life Optimizer

Negative experiences can stop painkillers working.  “It’s another piece of evidence that we get what we expect in life.” From now on, I expect to be RICH.

Sweet Jesus! You wish film trailers were this good. — Is that CGI? Ahh, yes. Yes it is. — Oh, the family photo! The ominous piano music! It’s bliss. Pure visual ambrosia, bathed in warm blood.

Man, 84, survives desert ordeal over 5 days — What’s the moral of the story? Old people can’t drive, but they sure know how to survive. A testament to human tenacity. Oh yea, and always bring a book with you. It sucks being stuck anywhere for five days, god forbid all I have to read is a driver’s manual.

AsidesExcerpts

Some Like It Out, Some Like It In

These are the results from Collaborative writing project #1. The project received eight submission. Not bad for a first attempt. Responses after the winner’s plug.

WINNER’S PLUG:

CHOICE Cambodia Charity by Expats

* * *

Winner is Joshua David. He wrote:

“I’m just saying, I don’t think most people care either way,” he said as he put another plate on the drying rack. —read on »

featuresarchive index

“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)

permalink

sayings archive