Dangerous Beauty: The Art of the Shiv, a collection of shivs confiscated from a maximum security prison in the 70s. "By law, prisoners must be provided materials to have an opportunity to prepare their own legal defenses. In the 1980s, typewriters were made available for this purpose: the long, notched "spear" here is the carriage return from a prison-issued typewriter."
July 2006 Archives
Super Mario Bros: A Literary Criticism. "Right after he has apparently slid down a flagpole (a strong reference to receiving anal sex), he finds himself in the proverbial sewers, already feeling a deep low from his initial hits wearing off. But after more anal sex, he is high in the mountains, which psychadelically appear as gigantic mushrooms, an obvious result of his hallucinatory state." [ via Negatendo ]
From Miranda:
I think in life, everyone loves everything more than they let on, and maybe we're also more afraid than we let on. I'm proud at how many times a day I say 'I love you.' But I think maybe I don't fight enough. I think we should always be telling each other our feelings, all the time. We ought to be always asking each other the hardest questions and answering them as hard as we can.
Be an Expert on Anything, by Stephen Colbert. "Speak from the balls not from the diaphragm. In the expert game, you’ve got to have sack. That means speaking with confidence. In America, you’ve got to steer clear of nuance and ambivalence – and don’t even contemplate doubt."
Aaron's tattoos are more awesome than yours. I don't care what your tattoos are like, his will beat yours down into the ground and not even break a sweat; woodcut-style looks so lovely on skin. (Ranjit, you need to get a Dokonjo Daikon tattoo!)
How to sniff out the nerds at work via chat, a short demonstration by Andrew.
Hilarious piece in today's New York Times by Alex Mindlin about trying to find enough registered Republicans to sign candidate petitions:
Around 8 p.m., though, a young volunteer ran up to report that he had found a perfect spot down the street, between two doorman buildings.
"You can't lose," he said breathlessly. "I don't even ask anyone who isn't wearing a Polo shirt or a suit. It works great. And pearls, on women."
And yes, if you know your city neighborhoods, that totally did happen on the Upper East Side.
(Some people might find this surprising, considering that both Bloomberg and his predecessor Giuliani are Republicans, but Democrats actually outnumber Republicans five to one in NYC.)
[ via Amy's Robot ]
