July 2011
“And of all the stars
in all of the nighttime skies
you are the brightest.”
– Tyler Knott Gregson
“I’ve always found that home is where your loved ones are; it’s where the things...”
– Iveth Morales
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is...”
– Henry James (via)
Eating hot dogs on Coney Island.
Today, on American McCarver:
So Joey Chestnut has once again been crowned Repulsive Gorging Champion of the World, in a contest that fully 81% of ESPN viewers don’t even consider a sport. Let pass that there’s actually an organization called “Major League Eating.” Let pass the spectacle of men rhythmically stuffing their gullets with soaked hotdogs. Let pass, well,...
“That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single...”
– Jorge Luis Borge (via)
“My mom always said that things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the...”
– Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (via)
June 2011
A few Kickstarter projects I’ve funded recently that I’m really excited about that I think you might be interested in too:
Thank You Project
The Re-Mindful App
+ Pool
Swings: Bolivia
Let’s Make A Bunch Of Logos Project
Hartford Museum Passport
Bound Custom Journals
Any other great projects I should know about?
“Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of...”
– John Donne (via)
“You can tell a lot about a man by the woman he loves, because nothing else shows...”
– Alabama, The Woman He Loves (via)
“The “best” investment you can make isn’t gold. It’s the people you love, the...”
– Umair Haque (via)
“In this world, love has no color. Yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.”
– Izumi Shikibu (via)
“What’s more delightful than an evening beside the fire with a nice bright lamp...”
– Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (via)
“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The...”
– Charlotte Brontë (via)
Toronto Summer Movies →
I made a Google Calendar with all the free outdoor movie screenings in Toronto this summer, and my friend Matti created a live-updating webpage with the calendar data. If you’re looking for a free outdoor movie screening in Toronto, check out TO Summer Movies.
(And yes, I shamelessly stole the idea from NYC Summer Movies. Kudos to @matthewhowell for making that one.)
“When being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend.”
– Connie McMartin (via)
Your Feet
When I cannot look at your face I look at your feet. Your feet of arched bone, your hard little feet. I know that they support you, and that your sweet weight rises upon them. Your waist and your breasts, the doubled purple of your nipples, the sockets of your eyes that have just flown away, your wide fruit mouth, your red tresses, my little tower. But I love your feet only because...
“Sometimes I have the strangest feeling about you. Especially when you are near...”
– Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via)
“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anais Nin (via)
“What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous,...”
– Michael Cunningham, The Hours (via)
“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for...”
– Victor Hugo (via)
Our Union
Our union is like this: You feel cold, so I reach for a blanket to cover our shivering feet.
A hunger comes into your body, so I run to my garden and start digging potatoes.
You asked for a few words of comfort and guidance, and I quickly kneel by your side offering you a whole book as a gift.
You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep, and I say here is a rope, tie it around me, I...
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it...”
– Henry Miller (via)
WatchThe story of Oedipus, performed by vegetables. Enough said.
“Sometimes the little times you don’t think are anything while they’re happening...”
– Andy Warhol (via)
WatchAbove the Sun, by Coudal Partners:
After the great Chicago Blizzard of 2011, thousands of pounds of snow were removed from city’s downtown streets. Loaded by bulldozers and heavy trucks, much of the snow was piled in the empty lot between our studio and the railroad tracks.
In a collaborative effort between Coudal Partners and The Explorers of the New World Society, an expedition...