"In terms of instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin."

John Mulaney (via poopsadaisy)

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merlin:

Filed Away for Future Claim Chowder

This joker (attached) =)

curiositycounts:

Brilliant – violinist responds to concert interrupted by cell phone ring with improv on Nokia ringtone   (via)

photojojo:

Put a message in a bottle, and toss it out to sea.

USB in a Bottle

via szymon

Message in a bottle.

"Christopher Nolan views anarchy with dread, and human behavior in the absence of state-imposed stability is the central theme of his trilogy. Batman’s position within this social order is unclear. A vigilante, Nolan’s Batman is emblematic of a failed state: if Gotham’s legitimate instituions could guarantee stability, Batman would have no reason to exist. Similarly, unlike previous visions of Batman Nolan’s Bruce Wayne doesn’t fight crime out of civic duty; he does because he a deeply damaged individual incapable of dealing with loss and forming real relationships. This completes the foil between Nolan’s Batman and Joker. Just as the Joker likens himself to a dog chasing a car that wouldn’t know what to do if he he caught it, Bruce Wayne’s personality becomes more and more invested in the construct of Batman rather than himself: ending his vigilante quest ends himself. The Joker knows this, even if Wayne himself doesn’t."

Taylor Marvin (via ayjay)

"Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan."

Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)

(via merlin)

"I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible. I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was magical!"

Stephen Colbert (via luckyshirt)

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Absolutely beautiful animated adaptation of “The Blue Bird,” Charles Bukowski’s beloved poem about vulnerability and the ways in which we conceal it.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

George Bernard Shaw