taylor and jake in nashville

again this morning. at the frothy monkey. drinking coffee. again.

Monument to Pope Alexander VII

I wrote about Bernini in my college and grad school theses.

marble quarry

The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

Bernini :: Santa Maria della Vittoria

winnie the pooh mental disorders

source

cidade de deus : rio de janeiro

did you ever see that brazilian drug movie city of god? you should totally netflix it. one thing i learned watching the wire is that drug dealers exist and are richer that you are. check out the rest of these pics of rio's war on drugs. they are trying to clean up in anticipation of the olympics in 2016.

RIP Oscar Wilde

he died today a hundred and ten years ago. he also wrote one novel, which may be the best ever written: the picture of dorian gray.

in honor of the independence of barbados

here is her shining star.

daily ri ri

happy independence day barbados!

did you see carlygoogles?

she has an article about smokeybear.com which may be the most informative website on the intertubes. check out the vintage posters. claaaasssic.

all the best animals are named smokey, ya herd?

don't be an uneducated moron

read my friend kellan's article about light vs dark in the beer game.

after you finished that, read my friend ashley's article about memphis: miserable or misunderstood?

24/7 all songs considered

this has been going for a while now, but i'll tell you about it anyway. npr has set up a 24/7 stream of every songs they've ever featured on the show in the 10 years its been on. and this week they've added holiday songs. so if you need something to listen to, click on over here.

an early christmas present for joel.

brb outside : the motherfucking martha stewart show

don't be jelly.

the subject of the show was VERY topical: sustainable seafood, and we had to sign a release form. gulp.

john asked martha where he could find good stationary in the city...

...and martha suggested a store that closed over a year ago.

did you see us on tv?

don't eat me.

this is from a really neat slideshow. thx susanne!