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flywheels dividing in your mouth

joannemerriam — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:34:31 +0000

Stirring just reprinted my poem “The Butterfly Factory.”

I know this is an ad, but it’s still pretty funny and you all know I’m not telling you to buy a goddamn minivan.

joannemerriam — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:22:02 +0000

I desperately want to quote The Big Lebowski but can’t decide which quote to use.

joannemerriam — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:45:19 +0000

“The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections Thursday, ruling that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress.” (via)

There’s nowhere I’d rather be…

joannemerriam — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:25:47 +0000

Check out Nowhere at xkcd: a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

Listen, listen to the holler.

joannemerriam — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:43:42 +0000

My peeps at nanoism are having a life story serial contest – write five tweets (pieces of 140 characters or less) that work separately, and together make a complete life story (they note: “the interpretation of ‘life story’ and how to do it is up to you”).

100 Greatest Hits Of Youtube In 4 Minutes

joannemerriam — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:21:09 +0000

(via)

This joyous, frightful circus romp is emblematic of, and yet somehow transcends, Unknown’s entire body of work.

joannemerriam — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:51:26 +0000

Circus of Despair at the Museum of Bad Art.

This, he thought, was the only way he wanted to live. All he needed to do, sometime soon, was sneak back into the house and get some of his things—his knives, blankets and glue and rope, maybe some of his mom’s matches. Then he would build a forest home, high in the trees, and become one with the woods and the animals, learn their languages and with them plot an overthrow of his home, beginning with the decapitation and devouring of Gary.

joannemerriam — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:10:28 +0000

Read “Max At Sea” by Dave Eggers.

Michael Steele apparently had a stroke while on the air.

joannemerriam — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:44:39 +0000

“Crazy nonsense empathetic! I’ll give you empathy. Empathize right on your behind. Craziness!” – RNC Chair Michael Steele (via)

A drop of golden sun.

joannemerriam — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:13:04 +0000

This made me smile today. (Thanks to Jen Romita for the link.)