December 2009
18 posts
Watchhamburger eyes
“infinite patience produces immediate results.”
was college really worth it? →
i thought i posted this, but i guess not. awesome infographic.
(via hey-goodbye)
elliott smith— cecilia/amanda
nytimes: when i'm 57-85 →
The Beatles released “When I’m 64” in 1967, when life expectancy in America was 67 for men and 74 for women. Nowadays, men can expect to live to 75 and women to 80. The song poses a series of questions about the lives and loves of older people, some of which have recently been answered by data from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project— an exploration of the...
“Breaking up the band was a mistake because I think it broke trust with the...”
– billy corgan
nytimes: For Elderly in Rural Areas, Times Are... →
I know you are reading this poem late, before leaving your office of the one intense yellow lamp-spot and the darkening window in the lassitude of a building faded to quiet long after rush-hour. I know you are reading this poem standing up in a bookstore far from the ocean on a grey day of early spring, faint flakes driven across the plains’ enormous spaces around you. I know you are reading...