December 2010
115 posts
“I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’ Books have the same irresistible temptation for...”
– L.M. Montgomery (via starsmending)
“If you’re looking for sympathy you’ll find it between shit and syphilis in the...”
– David Sedaris (via foralskelse)
The Lion by Spike Milligan
libraryland:
If you’re attacked by a Lion Find fresh underpants to try on Lay on the ground quite still Pretend you are very ill Keep like that day after day Perhaps the lion will go away
“My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a...”
– Kirk Douglas (via libraryland)
austerity
dihard:
is Merriam Webster’s word of the year for 2010. People are making a big deal out of it for some reason.
These are the past words of the year since 2003 when the site started tracking them.
2009: admonish 2008: bailout 2007: woot 2006: truthiness 2005: integrity 2004: blog 2003: democracy
And perhaps more interesting are the top words that were created this year. Business Insider...
'Twas The Internet Before Christmas
bajillionhits:
(A Social Media Powerpoem)
Twas the Internet before Christmas, when all through the tubes Not a website was stirring, not even social media gurus’ The bloggers were drunk on ironic Four Lokos and list-hits In hopes that Christmas vacation finally meant they could quit The iPads were nestled all snug on their docks While visions of checking them danced through our thoughts And...
