November 2009
15 posts
“It’s not innate gender differences that hold women back (just look at this...”
– Janeen Interlandi has some interesting thoughts on the whole “why aren’t there more women scientists” thing. (via newsweek)
Most of my posts can now be found at http://www.overthinkers.tumblr.com
Mamihlapinatapai →
bestofwikipedia:
Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.” (via Martin)
“a belief in man-made climate change … is capable, if genuinely held, of...”
– Mr Justice Michael Burton, while ruling that an employee had the right to sue for being “unfairly dismissed for his green views.”
“You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can...”
– George W Bush, final weekly radio address.
“Walls of translucent white jelly-beings undulating around an unseen cameraman...”
– Scott David Herman listens to Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 while watching Planet Earth on mute. I’m hard-pressed to think of something more up my alley than this. (via fireland)
I think I have added another Thing to my List of Things to do over summer.
True Story
fireland:
We were playing spin the bottle in the parking lot and it pointed at Robby. When the girl was all ew he got mad and threw the bottle and it hit this guy coming out of the drug store. The guy dropped his plastic bag and out tumbled two boxes of Tampax and a bunch of Snickerses.
As usual Robby was instantly apologetic but the guy didn’t even get mad, he just sighed and picked up the...
“Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I...”
– Traditional rhyme (and if anyone makes a V For Vendetta reference, I will punch them in the face)
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin.”
– My new arch nemesis, Steve Martin.
October 2009
12 posts
hipstertracks:
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
“Some people are not fond of hipsters.”
– Caption to this photo, from the Hipster article on wikipedia.
“The Member for Murray will resume her seat.
The Member for Murray will resume...”
– Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament Question Time.
Consonants.
(originally broadcast on Left,...
Navy Week!
Here in Adelaide, as anyone who has walked down North Terrace recently can tell you, it’s Navy Week! Ah the navy, the worst line of Australia’s defences!
But what does Navy Week mean?
Well according to the navy website, it starts on October 16 and runs to October 25 (yes, that is in fact longer than a week), and includes events such as a Sea Ride on the HMAS Parramatta (not open to the public)....
merlin:
Read All Day
I couldn’t really place [What I Talk About When I Talk About Running] on my great book list because while his memoir is engaging and inspiring, it did not meet my own requirements of having the character undergo change through struggle, nor was it about the importance of connection, nor did it create a world or landscape or background that was just so beautiful it became a...
