“My grandfather used to say: “Life is astonishingly short. Now, in my memory, it is so compressed that I can hardly understand, for example, how a young person can decide to ride to the next village without being afraid that—apart from accidents—even the time allotted to a normal, happy life is far too short for such a journey.” — Franz Kafka, ‘The Next Village’. This is the entire text of the story. It’s really a fragment rescued by his friend Max Brod, but like many of these it’s usually published on its own. As a paragraph in a larger work it could be funny; as a standalone piece it is haunting. (via mrgan)
RT @neiltyson: Thanksgiving dinner, a few years ago, each in turn thanked God for food. I thanked scientists for improved farming. Got booed
RT @trojankitten: Free speech is violence.
Money is free speech.
Corporations are people.
Pizza is a vegetable.
RT @Variety: BREAKING: “Arrested Development” to return on Netflix (Exclusive) http://t.co/hfAgnddq
Chick and bunny karaoke background. Awesome. #AnniesMove
RT @Horse_ebooks: It s a fact that food just tastes
I’m sorry… I just can’t get enough of @Horse_ebooks
Google Reader is broken for me. Not as in “waah it looks different” broken. As in “clicking on things no longer makes things happen” broken.
RT @Horse_ebooks: 1 2 You can use the power of your mind to find a shiny, cool car hidden in a paper bag. Your incredible mental powers
RT @Eris: When you think about it, the Bat Signal was probably the first cloud-based push notification.