December 2011
24 posts
hamandheroin:
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know good it is to live…the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”
- Alexandre Dumas
“Firefighters say they’ve had to break through a wall to rescue a person trapped...”
– Stuck elevator forces rescuers to break wall in NY - WSJ.com
insert pay wall joke here.
(via derekg)
“Olive Garden has used the same, semi-translucent, plastic, flower-shaped salad...”
– Waiter, I’ll Have the Crowd-Pleaser - WSJ.com
— I ashamedly admit that I, too, am a lover of the Olive Garden salad bowl.
WatchIt doesn’t feel like Christmas. - Toad the Wet Sprocket
“No dawn, no day. I’m always in this twilight.
In the shadow of your heart.”
– “Cosmic Love” ~Florence + The Machine (via callingmehome)
“The BBC’s Lucy Williamson in Seoul says his death will cause huge shock...”
– BBC News - N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies
What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 →
willystaley:
This is from Popular Mechanics, and it examines the black box data from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil a few years back. It basically confirms the hypothesis of this New York Times Magazine feature about the crash. But it’s a fucking thrilling, terrifying read.
The part about St. Elmo’s Fire is straight out of a formulaic action movie. But this is real,...
Can a war of disinterested attrition be a thing?
