May 2012
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…for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman...
– Greg Rucka (via murmurandshout)
YES.
(via combatbrodom)
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bwhelan:
Unguarded missiles
Rob Delaney: On Depression & Getting Help →
This was originally posted February 26, 2010.
I deal with suicidal, unipolar depression and I take medication daily to treat it. Over the past seven years, I’ve had two episodes that were severe and during which I thought almost exclusively of suicide. I did not eat much and lost weight during…
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April 2012
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For condemning my friend Stephen Fry for his nature. For saying, “You couldn’t...
– Christopher Hitchens (via allthereverb)
February 2012
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Qutting Smoking. Again.
johncheesecracked:
I’m probably going to be away from my social sites for a few days until this withdrawal passes. I figure if I’m going to be a dick to people, it’s going to be because I actually hate them, and not because the lack of nicotine in my system is making me physically and mentally flip out.
Started Day One about an hour ago, and I’m already feeling like I could punch random people...
January 2012
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To someone who is running low on confidence, what...
zoetica:
You’re all you have, so unless you decide to be someone you respect and like ok, if not love, you’re looking at a fairly miserable existence. One of my favorite quotes is by Tom Robbins, and it goes: “Be your own flying saucer. Rescue yourself.”
Ask me anything
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Salman Rushdie: Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair,... →
salmanrushdie1:
On June 8th, 2010, I was “in conversation” with Christopher Hitchens at the 92nd Street Y in New York in front of his customary sellout audience, to launch his memoir, Hitch-22. Christopher turned in a bravura performance that night, never sharper, never funnier, and afterwards at a small,…
December 2011
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Not by the Direct Method.: Hey →
jessnevins:
Who’s got three thumbs and found a book review from 1835 in which the reviewer claims that the author in question has invented a new genre of fiction: science fiction?
This guy.
Full article on io9.com sometime next week.
Update: also, apparently there was a “Society for the Diffusion of…
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Brian Wood: The digital question mark →
brianwood:
Everyone I know loves comic shops. Everyone I know who makes comics, especially creator-owned comics, is hurting, financially. EVERYONE is bleeding, its a bad time. So to what extent does digital as a publishing format represent an additional revenue stream, one on top of print sales through…
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give...
– Jack Kerouac (via fuckyeahbeatgeneration)
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November 2011
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