June 2011
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Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? →
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.*
natface:
joemuto:
You know who doesn’t give a fuck anymore? The University of Oxford styleguide:
As a general rule, do not use the serial/Oxford comma: so write ‘a, b and c’ not ‘a, b, and c’.
Game changer.
*i’m not just a full-blown descriptivist, i’m also more like a subscriptivist (see how i did that! i can’t turn it...
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On Baking Blueberry Pie, Ruining Cherry Pie
I. One secret is to keep the butter as cold as possible. Cold butter releases steam in the oven, and the best way to keep it cold is to dice your sticks of butter and place back into the fridge until ready to use. Limit the time you handle the dough with your bare hands. Use ice milk or ice water when needed. In the oven, the steam from the solid butter relaxes out of the dough and gives you a...
Post Grad Grays: No, hombre. Es mi nombre. →
Creation story.
postgradgrays:
I. I wrote a poem specifically for this series.
In the beginning God created my parents and my birth And God saw that it was good.
He was the only one.
II. Church is where this story begins and, maybe, it’ll be where this story ends someday. (Javier Anica named his three daughters. His wife,…
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Dear Dewdrop: A Badvice Column for People of Bad...
One of my favorite things to do is read the inquiries found in advice columns and offer my own advice aloud. Here is that advice.
From Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column:
Q. Simple: I’m in my early 20s, recently married, and in love with my husband. I know this is one of the most simple questions but: What do I do about this feeling I have been getting lately that I want to sleep with every man I...
Scenes from Resortlife #273930
Norm: Rosie, what does it mean when your coffee machine has a little dial at the top and on one end it has an outline of a cup and on the other it has a full cup.
Rocio: (from the couch) It's probably to indicate how strong of a cup you want.
Norm: Hm. It has an outline of a cup and the other is a filled-in cup.
Rocio: Probably, it's probably for how big of a cup you want.
Norm: Here. I'll take a picture of it and I'll send it to you. Where's my phone? (Exits room).
Mom: You guys are worse than me. I text from the other room.
(Norm reenters).
Mom: My acupuncturist says that for the body to fully rest you have to be fully flat laying down. I use three pillows, but she says that not even one pillow is needed.
Norm: Is that true?
Mom: That's what she said. I don't believe her. When I was a little girl, I didn't use pillows and I had nightmares for forever, every night, for years, and they were always--there were always bulls.
Rocio: I'm sorry, what. Bowls?
Mom: Bulls.
Rocio: Bolls. Bolls.
Mom: Yeah, bulls. I was always dreaming about the toros, and they were always chasing me or keeping me trapped. Somebody told me once that they are gossips.
Norm: Did you get the text? How do you want your coffee?
Rocio: Yes, turn the dial all the way to the right.
Mom: They represent gossips. In Mexico, in dreams, if you're dreaming about bulls there's gossiping.
Rocio: We're talking about, like, cows. Cows, but male. Right? They symbolize people gossiping about you.
Mom: Yes, in my last dream--my acupunturist said to lay flat--so in my last dream there was a bull who was injured. He blocked my path, because he needed my help. And he was talking and I was so scared of him; I was so scared, I ran away. Because, I mean, he was talking to me! I used to dream like this, I was, in the years between 15 to 17 years. I was telling Norma that it was because people were gossiping that I was dating everyone in the whole town. But I really wasn't.
Rocio: Three pillows. How does one use three pillows.
Mom: Like this. (Grabs three pieces of cabbage and piles them together; it looks like a nest with arms). My head goes here.
Rocio: Oh, Mom.
Mom: So, I tried but the nightmares came back and I was so scared, Normita.
Post Grad Grays: On Babies →
postgradgrays:
My mom perhaps takes it personally. It wounds her yearn. We don’t discuss babies now. Of her five children, the one most likely to have kids already has kids, he has three. My mother is already a grandmother, but it’s not enough. We did a rundown around the dinner table once: N, the married…
Tengo Todo Playlist
Rihanna ft. Drake - What’s My Name (Instrumental)
Washed Out - Belong
Rock Kills Kid - I Turn My Camera On
MuthMath - Noticed
Thieves Like Us - Shyness
MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker
Teddybears - Ahead of My Time
Lykke Li - Love Out of Lust
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know
Zoot Woman - Lonely By Your Side
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Passion Pit - Dreams
Bob Mould - Shelter Me
Late...
