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robot-heart: green ombre cake TUTORIAL (by { coco cake cupcakes...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:42:49 -0400

robot-heart:

green ombre cake TUTORIAL (by { coco cake cupcakes })

life: Happy first day of spring! With warmer days upon us, a...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:14:25 -0400

life:

Happy first day of spring! With warmer days upon us, a day like this doesn’t look too shabby, no?

theparisreview: “Will we ever fly without the aid of mechanical...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:08:11 -0400

theparisreview:

“Will we ever fly without the aid of mechanical contrivances? Without seat-belts? Without roar?”

—Donald Barthelme, from “Several Garlic Tales”
Photography Credit Vertigo film still, 1958

My dream is that one day i’ll live in a way where no...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:03:44 -0500

My dream is that one day i’ll live in a way where no matter who comes over or when, i’ll have the kettle ready and a slice of cake for them.

oldhollywood: Cary Grant receiving an Academy Honorary Award in...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:35:42 -0500

oldhollywood:

Cary Grant receiving an Academy Honorary Award in 1970 (online here)

“Years ago, when Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon were getting divorced, a perhaps apocryphal story appeared in the scandal sheets: As an example of Grant’s supposed irrationality, Cannon cited to the judge Cary’s yearly habit of sitting in front of his television and sardonically abusing all the participants. This item, true or not, must have amused nearly everyone in Hollywood, since nearly everyone in Hollywood does pretty much the same thing.

The funny thing is that from all accounts, when the Academy Awards began in 1939, they were conducted in a similar spirit of irreverence, something that has practically disappeared from the event itself. “They used to have it down at the old Coconut Grove,” Jimmy Stewart told me in the late 70s. “You’d have dinner and alawta drinks - the whole thing was…it was just…it was a party. Nobody took it all that seriously. I mean, it was swell if ya won because your friends were givin’ it to you, but it didn’t mean anything at the bawx office or anything. It was just alawta friends gettin’ together and tellin’ some jokes and gettin’ loaded and givin’ out some little prizes. My gawsh, it was..there was no pressure or anything like that.”

Cary Grant corroborated this to me: ”It was a private affair, you see - no television, no radio, even - just a group of friends giving each other a party. Because, you know, there is something a little embarrassing about all these wealthy people publicly congratulating each other. When it began, we kidded ourselves: ‘All right, Freddie March,’ we’d say, ‘we know you’re making a million dollars - now come up and get your little medal for it!’”

-excerpted from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s In It

If only.

Photo

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:07:13 -0500

oldhollywood: Cary Grant receiving an Academy Honorary Award in...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:41:35 -0500

oldhollywood:

Cary Grant receiving an Academy Honorary Award in 1970 (online here)

“Years ago, when Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon were getting divorced, a perhaps apocryphal story appeared in the scandal sheets: As an example of Grant’s supposed irrationality, Cannon cited to the judge Cary’s yearly habit of sitting in front of his television and sardonically abusing all the participants. This item, true or not, must have amused nearly everyone in Hollywood, since nearly everyone in Hollywood does pretty much the same thing.

The funny thing is that from all accounts, when the Academy Awards began in 1939, they were conducted in a similar spirit of irreverence, something that has practically disappeared from the event itself. “They used to have it down at the old Coconut Grove,” Jimmy Stewart told me in the late 70s. “You’d have dinner and alawta drinks - the whole thing was…it was just…it was a party. Nobody took it all that seriously. I mean, it was swell if ya won because your friends were givin’ it to you, but it didn’t mean anything at the bawx office or anything. It was just alawta friends gettin’ together and tellin’ some jokes and gettin’ loaded and givin’ out some little prizes. My gawsh, it was..there was no pressure or anything like that.”

Cary Grant corroborated this to me: ”It was a private affair, you see - no television, no radio, even - just a group of friends giving each other a party. Because, you know, there is something a little embarrassing about all these wealthy people publicly congratulating each other. When it began, we kidded ourselves: ‘All right, Freddie March,’ we’d say, ‘we know you’re making a million dollars - now come up and get your little medal for it!’”

-excerpted from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s In It

Not in complete agreement but ok.

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:39:46 -0500

Not in complete agreement but ok.

zodiacchic: ZodiacChic Post:Gemini

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:37:45 -0500

zodiacchic:

ZodiacChic Post:Gemini

robot-heart: AM9R3552 (by Sermsun) Soon as we move southland...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:17:50 -0500

robot-heart:

AM9R3552 (by Sermsun)

Soon as we move southland i’m making me a bottle tree!

crimesagainsthughsmanatees: Original comics for sale! Free...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:49:49 -0500

crimesagainsthughsmanatees:

Original comics for sale! Free domestic shipping!

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Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:21:14 -0500

nevver: Poorly drawn lines

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:53:03 -0500

nevver:

Poorly drawn lines

corvinus: New edition of 1984 will feature a “censored” blacked...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:25:02 -0500

corvinus:

New edition of 1984 will feature a “censored” blacked out cover

Penguin is releasing new editions of five of books by George Orwell, with covers by designer David Pearson. Perhaps the best of the new designs is Pearson’s simple but brilliant idea for 1984, with the title and author’s name apparently censored with black foiling.

The black bars only obscure the text at a glance, however; they’ll still be visible in the right light. Pearson acknowledges that the design is a bit risky, but it’s a dramatic look, almost as if some government ministry had tried to hide the book from the public.

"The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another..."

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:56:39 -0500

“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.”

- James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (via thegirlandherbooks)

londonlife: Nuff said. Pissed off! Similar feeling—...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:26:26 -0500

londonlife:

Nuff said. Pissed off!

Similar feeling— despite coming up with a new gadget every 6 months, a “common problem” is the power button getting jammed. Solution? Get a new one. There’s a stop-gap measure to tide me over until my next upgrade…to a different phone.

creativitytakescourages: (via Sunday Date) I’d get hired...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:54:01 -0500

creativitytakescourages:

(via Sunday Date)

I’d get hired help to only bring me a tray like this in the morning. That’s it, you can go home now. Is that so extravagant?

robot-heart: (via {a glamorous little side project}: {runway |...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:31:46 -0500

robot-heart:

(via {a glamorous little side project}: {runway | zuhair murad spring 2013 couture})

I think I’ve found my wedding dress.

wholesomeblogging: theblacklacedandy: arpeggia: Mark...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:02:59 -0500

Mark Twain's House

Mark Twain's Entrance Hall

Mark Twain's Library

Mark Twain's Corner Desk

Mark Twain's Billiard Room

Mark Twain's Desk and Telephone

Mark Twain's Conservatory

wholesomeblogging:

theblacklacedandy:

arpeggia:

Mark Twain’s House, Hartford, CT

Photo by Frank C. Grace (Trig Photography)

Soooooooooooooooooooo Prrreetttyyy GIMME

oh my goodness PLEASE3EEEEEEEEEEEEE

I third that. Holy crap.

11.08am

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:08:39 -0500

I’m so damn sick of facebook. Aside from a couple people, it’s completely pointless. Have decided to just talk those people into getting am account here so i can be done with the damn thing.

Woke up and immediately put a load of laundry in and am getting my read on. Pretty sure that makes my 10.30 rise time a mute point.

I think i dropped something on my foot a few weeks ago. I also think i have a bruise there. I also also think it’s started to hurt more by the day. Main question: do I need to Civil War this puppy?