H. P. Lovecraft, smiling, newly wed to Sonia Greene.
(via Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire.)
That’s a smile?
I knew the Olympics were no longer about pride in athletic ability, patriotism, and so on, but this is ridiculous.
Heh.
The idea of reblogging Neil is like reposting/retweeting Ellis. Everyone who wants to has and will see it. Everyone else doesn’t give a…
I gave my first ever commencement speech to the graduating class of 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
I think I told them everything important that I knew about going out into the world and being an artist, so I may never need to give another one.
The fastest white rapper tackles a quintessential grammar pet peeve – the difference between “your” and “you’re” – via a Gotye parody. Very, very NSFW, very, very educational.
The best things since The Elements of Style rap.
I could talk that fast twenty-five years ago, then my mouth was injured in a pile-up at the Indy 500. It was terrible.
Package Free, Zero-Waste Grocery Store to Debut in Austin
I don’t get to toot my own city’s horn quite as much as I would like to, so I’ll gladly take that opportunity now. I recently heard about a new grocery store debuting this summer in Austin called In.gredients. They will be the first package-free and zero-waste grocery store in the United States, an idea with small footholds in Latin America and Europe.
I’m really intrigued by this idea. You bring in your own reusable containers for, well, everything. That means no package waste, which is a huge fraction of the waste that goes into our landfills. It means less processed foods, which support subsidized and often unhealthy corn and soy products, in addition to a bunch of unpronounceable chemicals. It means seasonal, local foods, reducing transportation costs, pollution and promoting natural agriculture. It means less food waste, since you only buy what you need, and you don’t throw away spoiled food.
Tao Te Ching Verse 8
The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep in the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.No fight: No blame.
(Translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English)
