January 2010
30 posts
“If they cannot contain, then let them marry: for it is better to marry than to...”
– St. Paul, Corinthians I
“We’ve known for some time that men need marriage more than women from the...”
– “More Men Marrying Wealthier Women,” in the New York Times, which is interesting in terms of statistics, and also reflects how (drunkenly) Cornell women frequently talk about the struggle to find men who are interested in their intelligence.
Who wants to smell like a WAG?
Funny thing I learned while uh, reading an interview with Herzog & de Meuron is that the British phrase for the “wifes and girlfriends” of Brit footballers is “WAG.” As in, “Check out those drunk wags at the tailgate” (though they don’t have tailgates in British football) or, “Don’t get wagged” — not sure if this means, don’t...
“Quoting Comment #2213705
Quoting Comment #1986497
dos it have...”
– Comments on the “New Moon” torrent file. Fucking vampires, clogging up my interwebs.
Bad One Liners in 'Avatar' Actually Accurate to... →
WatchThis is awesome!
“Making architecture is an adventure, a piratical art, an act of theft, which is...”
– One more from Renzo Piano, because I think that his work over time is prolific and not egotistical and really rather inspired. That sounded pathetic, but after my (limited) interactions with starchitects, I find his ability to say this sort of vague-sounding, yet emphatic phrase quite admirable.
“When you build something there is a moment when you realize that it is not...”
– Interview with Renzo Piano (Mom: “Do you think that’s his real name?” Me: “I don’t know, some porn stars have fake names.”) at Abitare; he also writes about Italo Calvino, love of my life, etc.
Pentagram
Pentagram, each year, for decades now, have done sweet Christmas cards, which have seemingly nothing to do with the holiday, but are instead a set of puzzles or index of interesting information.
Browse at your leisure here: http://www.wallpaper.com/art/pentagram-christmas-cards/4181
Each one is really interesting. And gorgeous. And set in beautiful type. OK, I clearly have a fixation with...
Dear Herzog and de Meuron,
Dear Herzog and de Meuron,
Why can’t you just let me love me the way I love you? You asked me all these things about myself, you wanted to know all about my past, my accomplishments, my interests and skills. I told you. I dressed up my work as hot as I could, send you the sexiest photos / drawings, and hoped for the best. You’re the one who contacted me in the first place! You heard I...
Chinese iPhone knock-off runs Android →
Photography fail.
So after having compiled Christmas money to finally buy that ultra-wide angle lens that I’ve wanted for Rome, I decided on the Sigma 10-20 mm. But then B&H, glorious next day shippers that they are, were sold out. So was Amazon. So I order from Adorama, who promise next day shipping, and I order 3-5 shipping. But then I stupidly forget that people take of New Years Eve and New Years...
“They have no idea how much ignorance, narcissism, predatory sexism and hair-gel...”
– NYT on the “Jersey Shore.”
