April 2009
Dammit, FMA, stop doing that!
Hughes: By the way, what are the Elric Brothers doing?
Mustang: I'm not their guardian.
hierophant
wordjournal:
noun • 1) an ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian mysteries. 2) an interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge. 3) one who explains or makes a commentary; a commentator.
From Ancient Greek ἱερός (hieros, “holy”) + φαίνω (phainō, “I show, make known”).
Yes.
#Oberlin
Social networking isn’t the next big thing. With Oprah joining Twitter and Ashton Kutcher reaching a million followers, and TV shows like Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse dropping names like Facebook and YouTube once a week (check out this past Friday’s episode if you don’t believe me), social networking is the big thing right now.
It’s obvious how celebrities and media...
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Biden Promises 'Right Person' As Copyright Czar →
Argh. This is not change, people. This is the same old damn thing.
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An Interesting Year
It’s funny how I never realize until just before something ends exactly how wonderful it’s been. Watching Bridge on the River Kwai tonight opened me up to a pile of emotions I hadn’t even been aware were bearing down on me.
I can’t imagine not being here next year. I can’t imagine not going to Oberlin College anymore. This has been my life for the last four years,...
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“Everybody sing, like it’s the last song you will ever sing—
Everybody...”
– Born for This by Paramore
Rachel and I had a conversation about living for today (and why people don’t do it) last night. This lyric pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter.
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reflections on a day well spent
I think there is no better feeling than letting sleep creep up on you while looking back on a sunny spring day spent with those you love.
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“Tan skin? Blond hair? Flat tummy? Yeah, whatever. Dime a dozen.
Can you write...”
– Tony Delgrosso
-via cleversimon
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osculation
noun
1) a kiss; the act of kissing.
2) a close contact.
3) [Geometry] a contact of curves or surfaces which share a common tangent at the point of contact.
-via wordjournal
“And an ocean tumbled by
with a private boat for Max
and he sailed off
through...”
– —Where the Wild Things Are
President Barack Obama read Where the Wild Things Are at this year’s Easter Egg Roll.
(Thanks to jacquelynn for the link.)
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“Young men now seem to have reached a sort of affable affectionate ease with...”
– —The Independent, via synthetic pubes
I’ve learned more about women and their perceptions of men in the past twelve months than I had in the twenty years and change preceding them. This article nails a lot of what I’ve learned, and the concept that “there are only a few men who...
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“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school:
They...”
– —Neil Gaiman
-via Kriti Godey
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“So read your books
But stay out late
Some nights,
Some nights.”
– Bruised, by Jack’s Mannequin
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Amazon is fail - boycott effective immediately →
iomoth:
Amazon removed hundreds of books with LGBT content from their sales rankings and search, claiming “adult content” as the reason, but they haven’t touched the hetero romance books. I, for one, am boycotting Amazon unless they reverse their epic bigotry fail. (info @ link)
This is not acceptable.
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The Ideal Prepuce in Ancient Greece and Rome →
An interesting paper on “Male Genital Aesthetics and Their Relation to Lipodermos, Circumcision, Foreskin Restoration, and the Kynodesme”.
Yep, still a Classics major.
“Her eyes widen a little feeling the head of his doghood at her entrance.”
– -from an Inuyasha fansmut starring Sesshomaru, via iomoth
I am also amused by this, because the ancient Greeks sometimes referred to the penis as a dog.
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More Obies on Tumblr!
Welcome aboard to roflcoffee, iomoth, Comrade Puffincat, and puspawarna!
Versioning
How would you change your version number over time? Mine would go something like this:
Version 0.1:First release. Point updates included basic speaking and walking capabilities and motor skills. Version 0.5:Improvements included basic social skills and the twin urges to kiss girls and read books. Version 0.7:Ability to read large books (like The Hobbit) very quickly introduced. Unfortunately,...
Memesauce in Jason & the Argonauts
Jason: I'll go alone.
Medea: No, I have to go with you.
Jonas: (It's dangerous to go alone…)
Medea: I have no country now.
Jonas: (…take this.)
Medea: And I love you.
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“Dammit, the Colonel sure handles people roughly.”
– —the first words out of Edward Elric’s mouth in the new season of Full Metal Alchemist.
Way to sum up the past year of my life in one sentence, guys.
I cannot wait to watch the rest of this episode.
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“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
– Winston Churchill
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“At the end of the bough,
Its uttermost end,
Missed by the harvesters,
Ripens...”
– —Sappho
Yeah, I’m on an ancient Greek erotic poetry kick. It comes largely of reading Ormand’s Controlling Desires. For those who can’t take his Ancient Sexuality class, I highly recommend this book as an alternative.
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“Once again Eros has struck me, like a bronze smith, with a large axe, and washed...”
– Anacreon
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“Everything is changing all the time forever.”
– Cory Doctorow, at re:publica 09.
-via electricgecko
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“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and...”
– —Erasmus
In honor of the Symposium on the Future of the Book I’m currently attending.
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WatchUnfortunately, MySpace is the only place I can still find the original Star Wars Mahna Mahna video. Trust me, it’s worth it.
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“Though I am long dead as you read this, explorer, I offer to you a valediction....”
– From Ted Chiang’s short story Exhalation. It’s worth a read, if you have a few minutes.
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“There is such a sickeningly thick atmosphere of apathy that hangs around the...”
– I read this from a friend’s blog this morning. Everyone I know who is a teacher says the same thing. The general American public doesn’t give a shit about learning. How do we change this?
-via seagull
See also my recent post On Boredom. This is a serious problem, people. We have an entire...