October 2009
The Longest Poem in the World →
“The Longest Poem in the World” is composed by aggregating real-time public twitter updates and selecting those that rhyme.
It is constantly growing at ~4000 verses / day.
me: yeah
i'm just so happy
Adam: wow that's sort of out of character for you to say
The Return of Hobbes →
givemesomethingtoread:
In the film Fight Club, the real name of the protagonist (Ed Norton’s character) is never revealed. Many believe the reason behind this anonymity is to give “Jack” more of an everyman quality. Do not be deceived. “Jack” is really Calvin from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It’s true. Norton portrays the grown-up version of Calvin, while Brad Pitt plays his imaginary...
Heart
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the aggressive bookie for the fight demanding payment after you stupidly bet on the small dog because you thought he had a lot of spirit, and oh Jesus Christ I’m scared, I don’t normally get mixed up in things like this, I’m so fucking scared. (McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - Teddy Wayne’s...
stephdavidson:
Wisdom
Hindsight is always 20/20, until after a few more years, when it deteriorates to around 20/40, and then hindsight is like the glasses you wear only for driving at night, and they look so alien on you because you never otherwise wear them, so whenever other people are in the car they remark on them, and you always self-consciously mumble, “Yeah, I only wear them for driving at night.”...