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Seen at artMRKT in San Francisco. Totally forgot to write down...

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:37 -0700

Seen at artMRKT in San Francisco. Totally forgot to write down who the artist was, though.

myedol: Root Sculptures by Kim Sun Hyuk

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:25:30 -0700

myedol:

Root Sculptures by Kim Sun Hyuk

picquaint: approaching shadow | fan ho. 1954.

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:18:44 -0700

picquaint:

approaching shadow | fan ho. 1954.

weandthecolor: Water Tower Chair A wooden lounge chair,...

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:41 -0700

weandthecolor:

Water Tower Chair

A wooden lounge chair, designed by BELLBOY, a collaborative wood shop based in Brooklyn.

via: WE AND THE COLOR
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GAWDDAMN. Yes. I’m putting a 3-piece suit on my wishlist.

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:42 -0700

GAWDDAMN. Yes. I’m putting a 3-piece suit on my wishlist.

alecshao: Regina Silveira - Abyssal, 2010 - adhesive vinyl on...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:52:11 -0700

alecshao:

Regina Silveira - Abyssal, 2010 - adhesive vinyl on floor

Sølve Sundsbø has teamed up with the Royal Mail to photograph...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:52:01 -0700

Sølve Sundsbø has teamed up with the Royal Mail to photograph iconic pieces by British designers - including a tartan dress by Vivienne Westwood, a Paul Smith suit, and a gold Zandra Rhodes ballgown - for a new series of stamps. Celebrating the last 60 years of British fashion, the stamp collection has been unveiled in honour of Britain’s Olympic and Jubilee year. ✳

visualgraphic: Chairs By Eames

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:47:28 -0700

visualgraphic:

Chairs By Eames

SO GOOD.

Mon, 14 May 2012 02:23:44 -0700

SO GOOD.

goronnie: TiRon & Ayomari are performing live at The Pagoda...

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:34:32 -0700

goronnie:

TiRon & Ayomari are performing live at The Pagoda in San Jose!!!!

5/18
Doors @ 10pm | 21+
$10

The Pagoda inside the Fairmont Hotel
170 South Market Street | San Jose, CA

Hard copies of A Sucker For Pumps will be available as well as The Cafeteria Line “HNGRY” shirt!!!

#thecafeterialine

New Passion Pit! From the new album Gossamer, available July...

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:56:00 -0700

New Passion Pit!

From the new album Gossamer, available July 24th.

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

Mon, 07 May 2012 02:31:05 -0700

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

think-progress: Russians protest Putin’s return to power, and...

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:01:08 -0700

think-progress:

Russians protest Putin’s return to power, and police are out in force.

An amazing photo from Julia Ioffe.

bibzbap: Belles créations de sebastien...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:01:29 -0700

bibzbap:

Belles créations de sebastien brajkovic.

HNNNNNGGGGGGGG…

“Get Ta Steppin’” (Featuring Mos Def &...

Sat, 05 May 2012 19:24:00 -0700

“Get Ta Steppin’” (Featuring Mos Def & Vinia Mojica) - Hi-Tek

Feel the bass inside your waist.

goronnie: R.I.P MCA

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:04:30 -0700

goronnie:

R.I.P MCA

pascalcampion: Sleeping in

Thu, 03 May 2012 01:29:44 -0700

pascalcampion:

Sleeping in

“They told me the big black Lab’s name was Reggie, as I looked...

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:06:50 -0700

“They told me the big black Lab’s name was Reggie, as I looked at him lying in his pen. The shelter was clean, no-kill, and the people really friendly. I’d only been in the area for six months, but everywhere I went in the small college town, people were welcoming and open. Everyone waves when you pass them on the street.

But something was still missing as I attempted to settle in to my new life here, and I thought a dog couldn’t hurt. Give me someone to talk to. And I had just seen Reggie’s advertisement on the local news. The shelter said they had received numerous calls right after, but they said the people who had come down to see him just didn’t look like “Lab people,” whatever that meant. They must’ve thought I did.

But at first, I thought the shelter had misjudged me in giving me Reggie and his things, which consisted of a dog pad, bag of toys almost all of which were brand new tennis balls, his dishes and a sealed letter from his previous owner.

See, Reggie and I didn’t really hit it off when we got home. We struggled for two weeks (which is how long the shelter told me to give him to adjust to his new home). Maybe it was the fact that I was trying to adjust, too.
Maybe we were too much alike.

I saw the sealed envelope. I had completely forgotten about that. “Okay, Reggie,” I said out loud, “let’s see if your previous owner has any advice.”
____________ _________ _________ _________

To Whomever Gets My Dog:

Well, I can’t say that I’m happy you’re reading this, a letter I told the shelter could only be opened by Reggie’s new owner. I’m not even happy writing it. He knew something was different.

So let me tell you about my Lab in the hopes that it will help you bond with him and he with you.

First, he loves tennis balls. The more the merrier. Sometimes I think he’s part squirrel, the way he hoards them. He usually always has two in his mouth, and he tries to get a third in there. Hasn’t done it yet. Doesn’t
matter where you throw them, he’ll bound after them, so be careful. Don’t do it by any roads.

Next, commands. Reggie knows the obvious ones —-“sit,” “stay,” “come,” “heel.”

He knows hand signals, too: He knows “ball” and “food” and “bone” and “treat” like nobody’s business.

Feeding schedule: twice a day, regular store-bought stuff; the shelter has the brand.

He’s up on his shots. Be forewarned: Reggie hates the vet. Good luck getting him in the car. I don’t know how he knows when it’s time to go to the vet, but he knows.

Finally, give him some time. It’s only been Reggie and me for his whole life. He’s gone everywhere with me, so please include him on your daily car rides if you can. He sits well in the backseat, and he doesn’t bark or complain. He just loves to be around people, and me most especially.

And that’s why I need to share one more bit of info with you…His name’s not Reggie. He’s a smart dog, he’ll get used to it and will respond to it, of that I have no doubt. But I just couldn’t bear to give them his real name. But if someone is reading this … well it means that his new owner should know his real name. His real name is “Tank.” Because, that is what I drive.

I told the shelter that they couldn’t make “Reggie” available for adoption until they received word from my company commander. You see, my parents are gone, I have no siblings, no one I could’ve left Tank with .. and it was my only real request of the Army upon my deployment to Iraq, that they make one phone call to the shelter … in the “event” … to tell them that Tank could be put up for adoption. Luckily, my CO is a dog-guy, too, and he knew where my platoon was headed. He said he’d do it personally. And if you’re reading this, then he made good on his word.

Tank has been my family for the last six years, almost as long as the Army has been my family. And now I hope and pray that you make him part of your family, too, and that he will adjust and come to love you the same way he
loved me.

If I have to give up Tank to keep those terrible people from coming to the US I am glad to have done so. He is my example of service and of love. I hope I honored him by my service to my country and comrades.

All right, that’s enough. I deploy this evening and have to drop this letter off at the shelter. Maybe I’ll peek in on him and see if he finally got that third tennis ball in his mouth.

Good luck with Tank. Give him a good home, and give him an extra kiss goodnight - every night - from me.

Thank you,

Paul Mallory
____________ _________ _________ _______

I folded the letter and slipped it back in the envelope. Sure, I had heard of Paul Mallory, everyone in town knew him, even new people like me. Local kid, killed in Iraq a few months ago and posthumously earning the Silver
Star when he gave his life to save three buddies. Flags had been at half-mast all summer.

I leaned forward in my chair and rested my elbows on my knees, staring at the dog.

“Hey, Tank,” I said quietly.

The dog’s head whipped up, his ears cocked and his eyes bright.

“C’mere boy.”

He was instantly on his feet, his nails clicking on the hardwood floor. He sat in front of me, his head tilted, searching for the name he hadn’t heard in months. “Tank,” I whispered.

His tail swished.

I kept whispering his name, over and over, and each time, his ears lowered, his eyes softened, and his posture relaxed as a wave of contentment just seemed to flood him. I stroked his ears, rubbed his shoulders, buried my
face into his scruff and hugged him.

“It’s me now, Tank, just you and me. Your old pal gave you to me.” Tank reached up and licked my cheek.

“So whatdaya say we play some ball?” His ears perked again.

“Yeah? Ball? You like that? Ball?”

Tank tore from my hands and disappeared into the next room. And when he came back, he had three tennis balls in his mouth.”

Ohgoodlordrainfallingfrommyeyes…

How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre Jackson told me he...

Wed, 02 May 2012 02:16:56 -0700

How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre

Jackson told me he has never had an unpleasant experience in public like a lot of actors have who go out in public with bodyguards. “I walk the streets, take the train, it’s real simple. Some actors create their own mythology.” He assumed a self-pitying voice: “Oh, I’m so famous I can’t go places, because I created this mythology that I’m so famous I can’t go places.”

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:49:30 -0700

2headedsnake:

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