http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking? en Vox Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:04 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/discovery-channel.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/discovery-channel.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/discovery-channel.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:04 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/video/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00fad69465820005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00fad69465820005-50si" alt="Discovery Channel: I Love the World" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Found this video via MetaFilter a while back. XKCD has now come out with a tribute, of sorts. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/discovery-channel.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00fad69465ce0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> love video comic discovery channel xkcd http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-18.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-18.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-18.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:50:01 +0100 She had a sing-song accent, a melody of a voice and smelled strangely attractively of - of all things - fresh laundry. If she were a little taller, blonde, and didn't have that weirdly huge chin I'd probably have collapsed at her feet in worshipfu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-18.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00fad68f01e30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> laundry girl scratchings http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-16.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-16.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-16.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:36 +0100 So, after 5 weeks of putting it off, I have written a fairly straightforward note to myself so that, when I wake up in the morning, I'll stop putting it off: "Go swimming/ You stupid fucker." I wonder if my morning-self will cower with fear at t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-16.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00fa967667c50002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> improv love oxford singapore scratchings http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-15.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-15.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-15.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 May 2008 21:01:06 +0100 Can't concentrate. Tired. Why tired? Had sleep. Had plenty of sleep. Turns out my room faces east. At 8am the sun's rays shine directly onto my face; a delightful natural alarm clock. Love it. Will be great at the weekend. It's three weeks into... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/scratchings-15.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48d1437ba0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rants scratchings http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/note-to-self-regarding-catnap-music.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/note-to-self-regarding-catnap-music.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/note-to-self-regarding-catnap-music.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:29:56 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48cf36a120003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48cf36a120003-50si" alt="Ou Mono" /></a> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48d1218d30001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48d1218d30001-50si" alt="The Girl in Byakkoya" /></a> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/video/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00e398f502790005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00e398f502790005-50si" alt="Paprika" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Note to self: When taking a 20-minute nap, letting the Paprika soundtrack play in the background is a Bad Idea. Especially this song. This song... this song WILL make you have nightmares. It will. It is guaranteed. It's practically designed to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/note-to-self-regarding-catnap-music.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00e398f4f27d0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music dreams sleep paprika http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/religion-what-is-it-good-for.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/religion-what-is-it-good-for.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/religion-what-is-it-good-for.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:35:34 +0100 An excerpt from Jesus Made Me Puke: Matt Taibbi Undercover with the Christian Right ... Here I have a confession to make. It's not something that's easy to explain, but here goes. After two days of nearly constant religious instruction, songs,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/religion-what-is-it-good-for.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00e398f44e510004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion horror http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/at-the-last-improv-session.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/at-the-last-improv-session.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/at-the-last-improv-session.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:07:52 +0100 One joke got quite a laugh from the team. We were playing "It Just Gets Worse", where four players take turns to tell the story of a disaster which has befallen a small town, each taking on a different persona. The disaster was, "The post van has... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/at-the-last-improv-session.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48cf135050003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> improv humour http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/champions-league-wish-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/champions-league-wish-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/champions-league-wish-list.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:47:21 +0100 Mmm. I'd love to see Liverpool beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 1-0, Gerrard get yellow-carded for overly- enthusiastic celebrations, and Manchester United beat Barça home and away. Without Gerrard, Liverpool doesn't stand a chance. Oh, and the ic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/champions-league-wish-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48cf1126d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> football champions league http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/london.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/london.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/london.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:34:35 +0100 One of those days – lost my phone, never a good thing, feeling isolated – people used to exist perfectly well without mobile phones, but expectations are raised – people now expect you to have a phone, when previously nobody had phones, so it was... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/london.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00e398ee87520004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/windsor-castle.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Walter Mitty) http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/windsor-castle.html?_c=feed-rss http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/windsor-castle.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:33:46 +0100 Visited Windsor Castle today, as symbolic of the anachronism that is the British monarchy. They are rich; more than the usual rich, of course. And privileged. A rather convincing argument for egalitarianism as an ideology; such privilege! Neverth... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://walter-mitty.vox.com/library/post/windsor-castle.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3a224afcb8f00f48d0bad090001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rants windsor tourism