the really important kind of freedom

david foster wallace

The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for …

desert gas station #2

cremaster 2

here’s another, from matthew barney’s cremaster 2.

desert gas station

from sam kieth's the maxx

i’ve been finding myself daydreaming about a gas station, isolated in the desert, at night. i can’t think of anything more american. here’s one, from …

a gay and terrible poison

john-curran-direct-the-beautiful-and-the-damned

Don’t you want to preserve old things?” “But you can’t, Anthony. Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, …

a person of some influence

jack

If you get to thinking you are a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around. will rogers.

duplicitous

duplicity

In theory, if I make a real world, and there are some dramatic events taking place in there, I should be able to drop the …

i'll need your dog here in person to get the fit right.

pitbull in armor

you should probably click on this.

hateg island

hateg island

back when the earth was tumult and the landmasses where still forming, a random area in the middle of romania was its own island (haţeg …

only 37mm

annenberg hall

love the income ranges harvard uses in its alumni survey: Which income range most clearly represents the total annual income of your household? $0-$49,999 $50,000-$99,999 …

michael prokes, after jonestown

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michael prokes was a television reporter in modesto, california, on the day in 1972 when he cracked open the phone book to dial jim jones …