January 2012
Normal eating sometimes means ordering two sides of steamed broccoli and a plate of onion rings.
The Death of the Bookstore as Destination? (with...
unchartedbooks:
The wonderful Megan Doherty approached me for some quotes for her article “The Death of the Bookstore as Destination?” for Gaper’s Block. The piece was in response to Robert Duffer’s Examiner article “Barbara’s Bookstore shutters another location,” which Mr. Duffer concluded with “I don’t want to be tolling any bells, but it seems like the bookstore as a destination in Chicago...
“I don’t care what you think about me; I don’t think about you at all.”
– Coco Chanel (via silentsigh57)
Basically.
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Seeking: Adult Full Glitz Pageant in Chicago or surrounding communities.
unchartedbooks:
“The Bookstore’s Last Stand” — NY Times
“For all publishers, it’s really important that brick-and-mortar retailers survive,” said David Shanks, the chief executive of the Penguin Group USA.
I’ll present this article with little context except to say that, in my opinion, books are books are books, and the difference between e-books and physical books...
Clairedactyl is at my friends thirtieth birthday party? It is great and surprising! Photographic evidence likely to come
Someone typed the entirety of Moby Dick on 4 rolls...
unchartedbooks:
And it can be yours for the low starting bid of $995.95!
Via Buzzfeed.
maxistentialist asked: Sorry
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“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s...”
– Actual excerpt from Mitt Romney’s stump speech (via maxistentialist
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Max Temkin, you’re ruining my night.
Newt Gingrich favors the death penalty for... →
maxistentialist:
Big idea.
BARFING IN MY MOUTH AND MOVING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
I just had to pull poop out of my cats butt. And now we aren’t making eye contact.
Thanks, Condescending Literary Pun Husky
unchartedbooks:
I made some ads with the condescending literary pun husky. If you would like to print out some of these bad boys (or girls!) and tape them up around your neighborhood, I wouldn’t stop you.
Lots more after the jump plus a ZIP file with all of them. Which is your favorite?
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It is my birthday! I am awesome!
Butterstinker: Single Session Tattoos- This week! →
showpigeon:
butterstinker:
I find myself with a little extra time this week, and I thought that it would be fun to put the call out for anyone in the Chicago area who might be interested in a single-session tattoo from me.
I don’t have the time for my normal extended consultation and late-night drawing marathons for…
Hey dudes, Ms. Esther Garcia is offering single session pieces for new...
Sometimes you put all of your glitter nail polish on at the same time and sometimes it is the best effing idea you have ever had.
