December 2010
New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody...
– Mark Twain (via flavorpill)
Amy Andronicus: Dear 2010, →
amyandronicus:
It would be impossible for me to condense you into a series of year end lists. That would be wrong, and unfair to both of us, because my life cannot be forced to fit into any kind of premeditated structure. Nor can I deem you entirely good, nor entirely bad either. You were a messy year. You evaded superlatives. You did right by me in countless ways, and also wrong by me in...
RT @guysgoogle: The Millions : A Year in Marginalia: Sam Anderson http://goo.gl/fb/ULiK9
The Millions : A Year in Marginalia: Sam AndersonA Year in Marginalia: Sam AndersonBy Sam Anderson posted at 11:00 am on December 16, 2010 21 The writing I enjoy doing most, every year, is marginalia: spontaneous bursts of pure, private response to whatever book happens to be in front of me. It’s the most intimate, complete, and honest form of criticism possible — not the big...
iwild:
This lovely, affecting, and heart-breaking short film, Lawrence Chen’s Little Things, won first prize in a TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) competition for films that communicate the value of nature.
At the TEEB website, Pavan Sukhdev describes the innovative work that TEEB is doing to incorporate the essential value and contributions of nature and biodiverstiy into...
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Stick a Pitchfork In It
Civility Bites: Mourning the Age of Mean-Spirited Critics - Washington City Paper
Derogatory -isms are verboten and stuffy explanatory -isms are on the rise. Rock writing has been democratized. As a result, the salaried critical establishment reflects the bland consumerist dichotomy of buy/don’t buy. It’s all so very civil: No death scenarios please, we’re shopping.
It’s easy to get all huffy...