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Frankie, Annette and we were so right on the edge of innocence...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:45:03 -0400

Frankie, Annette and we were so right on the edge of innocence disappearing (1967)

Have You Emptied Your Bowl?A monk said to Joshu, “I have just...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:04 -0400

Have You Emptied Your Bowl?

A monk said to Joshu, “I have just entered the monastery. Please teach me.”
“Have you eaten your…

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nervous little dogs…

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:23 -0400

nervous little dogs…

"Our life would be what we made of it—nothing more, nothing less."

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:16:20 -0400

“Our life would be what we made of it—nothing more, nothing less.”

- Paul Zindel, The Pigman

It’s the birthday of Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:26 -0400

It’s the birthday of Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in 1941. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and grew up in nearby Hibbing, just off the road that ran all the way up from New Orleans and lent its name to his sixth album, 1965’s Highway 61 Revisited.

He moved down to Minneapolis and studied art at the University of Minnesota, and though he’d started out his musical career with a rock ‘n’ roll band, he soon converted to folk, playing gigs at a coffeehouse, the 10 O’clock Scholar, in the Dinkytown neighborhood north of campus. Rock was catchy, but it wasn’t deep enough to satisfy him, and he later said: “I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings.”

He left for New York and became the darling of Greenwich Village’s folk community.

Great wildlife photos from njwight - who I must admit I found...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:20 -0400

Great wildlife photos from njwight - who I must admit I found and followed on tumblr initially because I thought he/she was a New Jersey photographer.

Turned out that nj is not from NJ at all - Nancie Wight - read all about her— and follow her tumblr for more photos.

"I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy."

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:30:16 -0400

“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

PENCIL SHAVINGS PORTRAITS

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:47 -0400

PENCIL SHAVINGS PORTRAITS

just ducky - How about you?

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:02:35 -0400

just ducky - How about you?

The Fault in Our Stars

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:45:12 -0400

This was recommended reading. Anyone read it? Any reviews?

Canopy of Lanterns - Seoul, South Korea

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:05 -0400

Canopy of Lanterns - Seoul, South Korea

"His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:41 -0400

“His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.”

- Laura Hillenbrand

even with all the injuries, hanging in first place

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:10:17 -0400

even with all the injuries, hanging in first place

This is your brain

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:24 -0400

This is your brain

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:19 -0400

Seaside Park, New Jersey postcard from 1954 (via eBay)

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:16 -0400

Seaside Park, New Jersey postcard from 1954 (via eBay)

morning berries

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:12 -0400

morning berries

Ray Manzarek, 1929-2013 thanks for the music break on through to...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:03:42 -0400

Ray Manzarek, 1929-2013

thanks for the music

break on through to the other side

marissamayr: I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:01:06 -0400

marissamayr:

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!

We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.

Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs. With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month. On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day. Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network. The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.

In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love. In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences. The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.

As I’ve said before, companies are all about people. Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing. I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.

Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/

"You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward."

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:45:13 -0400

“You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.”

- James Thurber, in “The Bear Who Let It Alone”