December 2011
48 posts
“But didn’t the Mayans say we’re all going to die in 2012? If that is...”
– Heather Armstrong
therealjbg:
If you feelin’ like a Prince, go and brush your shoulders off. #RoyalSwag
for @lemmonex. #swag
“To choose an apartment here is to select one particular vision of what New York...”
– “Sardine Life,” New York Magazine
“Yankees have attempted to create a synthetic Grits. They call them Cream of...”
– from a history of grits, as told to @DCBenji
“What makes someone a New Yorker?
If you’ve come here from anywhere else...”
– Tony Bourdain
“It was the making of his career: Americans have always had a weakness for plummy...”
– Saying “rest in peace” doesn’t seem appropriate for Christopher Hitchens. So instead, I’ll tip my hat to an infuriatingly intelligent man who lived and died in a most admirable fashion- completely on his own terms.
Not to beat a dead horse
crystaldiamondrose:
though many would argue the horse should bear more of a beating…
“If the three Wise Men had been three Southern women, they would have come...”
– Rebecca Crump
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– http://m.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/25956-11-things-to-know-at-25ish?start=1
M: December is where moderation goes to die.
me: fact
i'm sure that has nothing to do with my being born in december, also
M: It's also a month that some of my very most favorite people in the world are born.
M: I'll give you a hint: It's not Jesus Christ.
I think I was actually Plan B.
i once bought plan B at a Walgreens in Mt. Pleasant, SC, for a couple (maybe 16?) that was terrified: bit.ly/vVNCVL via @amandahessbelmontmedinaDecember 6, 2011 10:58:35 PM ESTReplyRetweetwe had picked up my sister from the airport, and stopped for cold meds for her. outside, a guy and a girl, both 16 i later found outbelmontmedinaDecember 6, 2011 10:58:35 PM ESTReplyRetweetwere...
me: AWFUL
i am out of vanilla
i have 3 beans and that's it
M: oh no
me: i used the last of my vodka to steep some beans for homemade vanilla extract
M: the word "vanilla bean" makes me want vanilla pudding
it always does
me: I HAVE A PROBLEM
M: not a problem
these are fine things nicole
you act like it's not normal for folks to make their own vanilla extract
me: who do you know that would do that that is 1) not related to you and 2) not me
also, it is a problem if it means you have no more vodka
M: oh, that is true
“Our alienation was neither achieved in independence, nor stumbled upon by...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?”
“The fact that our great-grandchildren may never eat a real seafood dinner gives...”
– Andrea Reusing, Cooking In the Moment
