“The skirt, as modified by the vagaries of fashion, has a direct bearing on the health, development and efficiency of the woman.”
—The Sex Scholar - Stanford Magazine
March 2010
81 posts
“It’s been decided that if concessions are not made soon, I will enact a scorched earth policy upon Candyland.”
—Life & Death of a Gobstopper - That Guy With The Glasses
“There’s ordinary science, and then there’s what I call shroud science. Ordinary science starts with evidence.”
—The face in the Shroud - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com
“If I were running an education department at a major symphony orchestra, this is something I’d want to look into.”
—Unquiet Thoughts: More on Shostakovich Bands : The New Yorker
“It has an unhappy, seedy-looking guy and having him leer at a young, cute woman is even more gross.”
—Former Model Sues NBC Universal over ‘Couples Retreat’ - ABC News
“Turkey’s desire to join the European Union has the virtue of being consistent.”
—Turkey Knocks: Will EU Let It Enter? - WSJ.com
“All of us probably make unfortunate faces, occasionally, in our weaker moments.”
—D.C. Sports Bog on Terps Fans Taunting Duke’s Jon Scheyer - washingtonpost.com
“What forces Google to have a foreign policy is that what they’re exporting isn’t a product or a service, it’s a freedom.”
—Google Searches for a Foreign Policy - NYTimes.com
“Nobody does this anymore, turns their back on fame and success—at least those who have an opportunity to have fame and success don’t.”
—You Are Disturbing Me. I Am Picking Mushrooms. - Newser: Off the Grid
“Florida is not considered a politically progressive state, but they are serious about recycling used fishing line.”
—Scenes from Florida: Part One - Matthew Gallaway
“I had, and still have, a great appreciation for Murray Hill. And in those days it was filled with stewardesses.”
—My First New York
“A sex tape allegedly showing former Sen. John Edwards survived a fire that torched a courthouse on Thursday.”
—Alleged John Edwards sex tape survives courthouse fire - CNN.com
“Man, if I didn’t make my own scene, I could have wound up a hood instead of an actor.”
—Steve McQueen: 20 Never-Seen Photos - Photo Gallery, 20 Pictures - LIFE
“For Pittsboro, said Mayor Randy Voller, “this is the disaster of disasters. Even Sherman didn’t do this.”
—Pittsboro courthouse destroyed in fire « The Carrboro Citizen
“Why They Don’t Make Teen Movies About Girls Wanting To Lose Their Virginity.”
—The Nervous Breakdown
“I want to be a button when I grow up. My name is Alice, and I’m 115—the big one one five.”
—Letters to the Editors of Women’s Magazines - The Awl
“The younger ladies have cell phones attached to their skirts, a new innovation. We whisper that they are being “kahla,” too proud.”
—Nowhere Slow: A Song from the First Heaven « The Bygone Bureau
“Now they’re selling charangos in the music store in Iceland, and the people in the music store tune it the way I tune it.”
—Olof Arnalds: Timeless Folk And Nursery Rhymes : NPR
“The Millions was started on this day seven years, four urls, and umpteen layouts ago.”
—The Millions: The Millions Turns Seven
“Child rape was not invented in the 1960s and it was not the result of a changing moral climate.”
—Call the police: what the Pope should have said | Ken Macdonald - Times Online
