'Cause I left my mind at the airport

Yes, Hornberger!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:48 -0600

labeledbones

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:47:31 -0600

I think it is in some of the copies - I think it’s been printed numerous times - and I hope it’s in most of the copies because it is so good, but. I’ve never seen it before.

I didn’t know, for so many years, that [Will] was still so close to the grief. … I...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:44:00 -0600

I didn’t know, for so many years, that [Will] was still so close to the grief. … I couldn’t help picturing him, writing the story, with a pen on a series of spiral-bound unruled pages, and wanting to be able to, as he did so, to tell his mother about the trip. She would have loved it all. … I could hear little of her as I read, so preoccupied was I with this new insight into Will, and how badly, it was obvious, it was breathtaking, he wanted her back.

… I think the book as a whole is a sacrament of sorts, a physical representation, of too many things otherwise ephemeral - a social demonstration of a partly unknowable internal state, a messy combination of Twain’s shapeless string of absurdities, and something like that state of secular grace I was talking about earlier. Maybe all books are sacraments.

The only difference between You Shall Know Our Velocity! and Sacrament is what Dave Eggers calls: “An Interruption by Francis R. “Hand” Wisneiwski.” And it is brilliant. It is a reflection, very obviously, of things Eggers wanted people to know about YSKOV, but somehow couldn’t explain. And man, does it cut through the reader. Or me, anyway.

And the first paragraph there, the one about grief, is so heartbreakingly dead-on that it makes me want to read it over and over again and memorize it so I can say, “Yes, this. This is what I’m trying to explain.”

"There’s nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions,..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:34:29 -0600

“There’s nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn’t be reiterated.”

- Sacrament, Dave Eggers

"I want others to go out in the world with an idea, with intentions and means, and come back with a..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:30:09 -0600

“I want others to go out in the world with an idea, with intentions and means, and come back with a story about how their actions affected the world and how they themselves were shaped by the results.”

- Sacrament, Dave Eggers

I'm not the one you were thinking of.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:05:37 -0600

Jason Kendall has so little power than when the Royals signed him, all the lights in Kansas City went out.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:04:34 -0600

baseballfacts / Keith Law

Your obligatory is it seriously only December post. (Also,...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:39:00 -0600

Your obligatory is it seriously only December post. (Also, it’s only 8:30, I can feel another migraine coming on, and I just want to go to bed. I am so lame.)

I really love these two. (via calikalie)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:24:23 -0600

I really love these two.

(via calikalie)

My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:26:00 -0600

My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of Egypt! - Chandler

Cardinals "strongly considered" Harden

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:16:56 -0600

The deal is contingent on Harden passing a physical, which could be problematic. The St. Louis Cardinals strongly considered pursuing him but decided to sign Brad Penny instead after taking a look at his medical records.

- Phil Rogers

Photo

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:41:30 -0600

Cardinals make offer to Mark DeRosa.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:16 -0600

According to ESPN, anyway.

"To me, religion is like Paul Rudd: I see the appeal, and I would never take it away from anyone; but..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:44:24 -0600

“To me, religion is like Paul Rudd: I see the appeal, and I would never take it away from anyone; but I would also never stand in line for it.”

- Jeff, Community, 1.12 - “Comparative Religion” (via fyeahjoelmchale) (via becauseyoulisten) (via cheia)

AKJSDLKFAJSLDKFJASLDKFJ Friday. (Excuse my appearance.)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:32:00 -0600

AKJSDLKFAJSLDKFJASLDKFJ Friday. (Excuse my appearance.)

“Look, this is a weak moment. Nobody’s supposed to...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:05:00 -0600

“Look, this is a weak moment. Nobody’s supposed to see this. Everyone’s got their own burdens, JD. And I’m not going to be one of those people that dumps mine on somebody else.”

Speaking of “My Catalyst,” I think this is one of my favorite Scrubs endings ever. The song, Michael J. Fox … everything. It’s perfect.

My Catalyst

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:02:40 -0600

JD: Hey, Dr. Cox, I could use some help.
Dr. Cox: Beyoncé, you could use a lot of help, but we all have to play the hand the big guy dealt us.

Liz: Creativity to me is just like… it’s like a bird, like a...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:51:55 -0600

Liz: Creativity to me is just like… it’s like a bird, like a friendly bird that embraces all… ideas, and just like shoots… out of its eyes all kinds of beauty.
Jack: Wow, Lemon, this is like watching Hemingway write. Mark Hemingway.

(replicant)

Jack: And don’t worry about my present, I’ve already got the...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:50:29 -0600

Jack: And don’t worry about my present, I’ve already got the greatest christmas gift you could imagine. Nancy came back to say goodbye, her train was cancelled!
Liz: Because somebody called in a bomb threat to Penn Station? You’re welcome. Merry christmas.

fuckyeahlizlemon / replicant

"I’m sorry, are you being sarcastic? Canadians have a hard time recognizing it ‘cause we don’t have a..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:54:33 -0600

“I’m sorry, are you being sarcastic? Canadians have a hard time recognizing it ‘cause we don’t have a big Jewish population.”

- Danny, 30 Rock, “Secret Santa” (via thehighestheels)