This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.


ASK.

 

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Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA
“Point State Park and many of the principal buildings in downtown, Pittsburgh. Dwarfed in the shadows of the trees, on the right, is the historically famous Block House; all that remains of the original Fort Pitt.”

pghpostcards:

Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA

“Point State Park and many of the principal buildings in downtown, Pittsburgh. Dwarfed in the shadows of the trees, on the right, is the historically famous Block House; all that remains of the original Fort Pitt.”

E. L. Konigsburg may be the only author whose entire oeuvre is known to me.  That’s evidence enough for why I’ve been sad today, but I have a particular fondness for this book, which is strange and wonderful and near-universal in its appeal, if you can get paste the shitty illustrations.

Sure, From The Mixed-Up Files may be the more popular choice, having won the Newberry Jennifer was nominated for, for having been filmed twice, the hipster-cred generated by its indirect reference in The Royal Tennenbaums (and again, thematically, in Moonrise Kingdom), but whereas Files gathers dramatic tension through an increasingly complex mystery with a painfully slow reveal, the conflict in Jennifer is one based on the limits of friendship in the face of slippery ethics—
When is it worth it to lose your only friend?
Actually, I wouldn’t mind if Wes Anderson made this into a movie.

E. L. Konigsburg may be the only author whose entire oeuvre is known to me.  That’s evidence enough for why I’ve been sad today, but I have a particular fondness for this book, which is strange and wonderful and near-universal in its appeal, if you can get paste the shitty illustrations.

Sure, From The Mixed-Up Files may be the more popular choice, having won the Newberry Jennifer was nominated for, for having been filmed twice, the hipster-cred generated by its indirect reference in The Royal Tennenbaums (and again, thematically, in Moonrise Kingdom), but whereas Files gathers dramatic tension through an increasingly complex mystery with a painfully slow reveal, the conflict in Jennifer is one based on the limits of friendship in the face of slippery ethics—

When is it worth it to lose your only friend?

Actually, I wouldn’t mind if Wes Anderson made this into a movie.

As much as I fail to understand the Brony-fixation, this is a lovely pictures.

As much as I fail to understand the Brony-fixation, this is a lovely pictures.

Plebs
Like most things British, I find this far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Plebs


Like most things British, I find this far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

It’s not every day a stripper tells me I’m adorable.

She says that if she knew then what she knows now, she “probably should have started a fake charity.” How about starting a real charity? Something small but meaningful, like donating food to your local women’s shelter?

this is what’s uncomfortable:

we all know he’s a nerd.  how do we reconcile puberty with unkindness?  who is kind?

this is what’s uncomfortable:

we all know he’s a nerd.  how do we reconcile puberty with unkindness?  who is kind?

I wore Wolverine for the first time in awhile today. How did I forget I own Wolverine?  I should only ever wear Wolverine.

I wore Wolverine for the first time in awhile today. How did I forget I own Wolverine?  I should only ever wear Wolverine.