September 2011
14 posts
August 2011
34 posts
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
Watchbritticisms:
New St. Vincent!
“Cruel” by St. Vincent
Flawless. My most anticipated album of the year.
6 tags
1 tag
2 tags
Reader memories of 9/11: mallory
latimes:
From mallory:
The NYU Freshman
I was a wide-eyed, innocent 18-year-old NYU freshman blessed with spot in the Class of 2005 and an unholy duo of morning classes on Tuesdays. It was only about two weeks into the fall semester and I didn’t realize how much I’d come to despise 7 a.m. But on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, it was sunny, the sky was clear, the breeze was cool, and I didn’t...
5 tags
2 tags
Michele Bachmann Wishes Elvis Happy Birthday on...
abcworldnews:
At a stop in South Carolina, Michele Bachmann had a message for the crowd:
“Before we get started, let’s all say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elvis Presley today,” she said. “We played you a little bit of promise land when we pulled up. You can’t do better than Elvis Presley.”
However there was one problem, today is not Elvis’ birthday, it’s the anniversary of his death.
Michele...
3 tags
1 tag
1 tag
WatchSigur Ros - Inni
1 tag
1 tag
4 tags
Colors of your dreams →
New research suggests that the type of television you watched as a child has a profound effect on the color of your dreams. While a vast majority of humans under 25 dream in color, thousands of individuals over 55, all of whom were brought up with black and white television sets, often dream in monochrome. The findings imply that the moment when Dorothy passes out of monochrome Kansas and...
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
A Day in the Life - Shanghai, 08.01.11
Jonsi wakes me up. It’s a pleasant change from the cheesy alarm ring tones on my old school Nokia mobile, which incidentally was stolen yesterday - a dull Sunday afternoon spent at a Coffee Bean. Actually, I couldn’t say with certainty that it was, but my iPod was stolen last week. That I know without a doubt. I was walking through a subway station listening to Daft Punk and...
2 tags
That awkward moment when your uncle asks over a...
4 tags
Formal pre-school training set to boom
Early-childhood development businesses are becoming a sunrise industry in China as increasing numbers of Chinese parents are considering children’s education as the biggest investment of their lives. However, experts say it may not be necessary for every child to attend such classes. Figures from Answer Market Consulting, a firm that specializes in analyzing the children’s market...
