ramekinparty

December 12, 2011

The most intense taekwondo fight ever (by clsmz) via @pbump and boing boing

5:29pm

December 5, 2011

"I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie. Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when there’s so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference. There’s a mission just for you and me."

— Herman Cain, announcing on Saturday that he was suspending his presidential campaign. He has quoted the same words in previous speeches, attributing them to a poet. (via officialssay)

Yep.

4:37pm

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March 31, 2011

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Secret Cities- Love Crime. On repeat. Loving the sound. Don’t know what the lyrics are and don’t care.

12:01pm

(Notes: 13)

March 28, 2011

Imaginative Advice From Ski Instructors

in an effort to get me to keep my arms in the correct position:

Pretend you’re driving a bus
Pretend you’re steering a pirate ship
Pretend you’re holding two lattes
Pretend you’re hugging Oprah

Formerly the hugging Oprah option worked the best for me, but after yesterday I’d like to pretend I need to keep my fists at ready in order to punch the mountain in the face when it begins to act up.

9:57am

(Notes: 5)

March 17, 2011

"MARCH 16: The game is played in full darkness, officiated by blind referees firing 12-gauge shotguns loaded with bird shot at any basketball-related noise they hear."

— Rob Delaney Explains March Madness from robdelaney (via implodr)

(via implodr)

5:35pm

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March 15, 2011

whileyouweresleeping:

Reports about the earthquake in Japan continued to mention that people had expected another ‘big one’ for some time. Until today, I did not know what the previous big one was.

This picture shows Tokyo from the top of the Imperial Hotel after the Kanto earthquake in 1923. It was 7.9 in magnitude and the death toll reached about 100,000. The Atlantic has a photo essay on it. Click through for more.

— From London.

Sorry Japan :(

12:55pm

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March 10, 2011

"It’s really important to be in over your head, to put yourself in a position where you’re in over your head — whether you’re a designer or just a human being. To be challenged. Because you know what? After a couple of weeks of being completely terrified, you’re on top of it, and you can do it."

— Alexander Isley on going to work for Tibor Kalman (via bobulate). (via mginnard)

Need that.

1:52pm

(Notes: 5)

March 4, 2011

Izakayas are the new food trucks

Which were the new icecream/donuts/cupcakes with zany flavors, the new urban butchery, the new keeping beehives in your backyard. Not well articulated, but very very well played out in my mental “topics of interest” file.

5:57pm

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