August 2009
43 posts
“I got a note from a psychiatrist and took my pug on a plane for free as a...”
– guy in back row of Civil Rights Law class
A father’s account of the trial of his daughter’s... →
karion:
Until this evening, I had never read Dominick Dunne’s piece about the murder of his daughter, Dominique, the actress who played the older sister in the original Poltergeist. It is a chilling and gripping must-read.
Although not at all germane to the story, I was struck by this description of his first wife, Lenny:
Long divorced, we have, rightly or wrongly, never become unmarried.
I...
“With Google I’m starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People...”
– Doug Coupland (via fuckyeahgooglesearch)
encouraging?
rattebur:
Recent language study found:
Well-off kids hear 20 million more words than poor kids by age 3.
By age 3, children of middle-income professionals hear about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements.
Children of low-income parents hear 80,000 discouragements and 2,000 encouragements.
I've realized
that I love babies that wear hats.
lawful:
thoseareturkeys:
smartblonde:
IT’S...
Last night was one of those nights
that I either learned way too much about some of my fellow classmates to ever look at them the same way, or just enough to have made great friends… or both. Who knows.
also, I realized today that, having entered into law school, I will never again know what it is to make a simple wager. No honor among theives and no simple bets among law students.
6od:
shorterexcerpts:
Bethany: What exactly brought you to Illinois?
Jay: Some fuck named John Hughes.
Bethany: “Sixteen Candles” John Hughes?
Jay: You know that guy, too? See, all these movies take place in a small town called Shermer, in Illinois, where all the honies are top-shelf, but all the dudes are whiny pussies – except for Judd Nelson, he was fuckin’ harsh – but best of all, there...
Conversation with a patient today....
tesshardy:
D: “Well, you better enjoy your youth.”
T: “I generally do. Why do you say this?”
D: “Cause I think you’re gonna get shot in the next year or two.”
T: “Oh, really? And who is going to do the shooting?”
D: “Probably the mafia.”
T: “Well, I guess I better live it up then. Maybe I should just go home now.”
D: “I think you should. Be safe.”
T: “Thanks, D___.”
careful out...
There's no easy way to say this so I'm just gonna...
sade:
Yeah, I can see why Monica L. sucked his dick.
no comment.
rattebur:
You are the best thing.
I still remember the word I got wrong at the...
rattebur:
krystalgomez:
missworld:
It was ‘Animosity’.
I spelled it, ‘Anamosity’.
Oh well. I haven’t forgotten since.
Mine was ‘cynicism’. I spelled it ‘cynisism’. :(
My word I got wrong was “Door”. I over-excitedly spelled it “doooor”. And it was in the 1st grade. But I guess that’s the difference between you and me.
what? that you’re adoooorable? cause that totally is.
