January 2010
220 posts
My dad.
emmabutton:
Picked up the land rover this afternoon from the garage, where it was being “fixed”. So, this old beaten up lump of metal that my parents insist is more than scrap, now works again.
Or not.
He’s just broken down, and is currently waiting for the RAC man to come along and sing him a song to get him out of trouble.
I’m sorry dad, but I can’t help but chuckle. I’m going to get the...
e-friends.
emmabutton:
So, my 14 (ish) year old nephew has nearly 200 more friends than me on facebook… I haven’t even looked at his younger brother yet. This could be embarrassing.
Also, he is totally going to be a little heartbreaker. I am proud.
Not quite so cool when you take into account that a fair number of those are older women. Like your Mum…
if you're in your 20's and aren't having some sort...
earnestlyhemingway:
(via snee)
Sorry kids, it doesn’t stop when you’re out of your teens.
Amen to that.
Sieve.
emmabutton:
Last night while I was falling asleep, I thought something I wanted to write down. Something about relief. But I didn’t write it down because my body was already asleep, and it was all I could do to open my eyes let alone get up and find a pen. Now I am awake again, I know that I was thinking, but I can’t remember exactly what. It’s frustrating, how my mind is like a sieve when sleep...
Book Club.
emmabutton:
My old flatmate and I have decided to start a project. We’re each going to swap 10 books that have influenced our lives or thoughts in some way, and write a mini review on each of them. We have to read each book to the end. This is going to be interesting, because for the most part our taste in literature is completely different. This is emphasised by the fact he studies English...
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aircount-brusherfeit:
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Brilliant!
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.
– - Eclipse, Pink Floyd (via constantflux)
And thus were the words of Gerry Driscoll immortalised. Gerry was the doorman at Abbey Road Studios, where the album was recorded.
If Bernanke is not reconfirmed as Fed chair, our economy could plunge into...
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Sam Seder (via savingpaper)
No relation to Homer Simpson?
Welcome aboard!
Hello to curtain-call, jessie-estella and constantflux. Enjoy the ride!
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing...
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to...
– Mark Twain (via reluctantbuddha)
Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole...
– Ray Bradbury (via booklover)
One of the best modern authors imho.