September 2011
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In the balmy air of an early August night in Prague, with Czech hippies playing their guitars on the baroque Charles Bridge, with rock-and-roll music wafting through the streets from student discotheques, and with the moon rising above the spire of Hradcany Castle, the prospect of a Soviet military intervention seemed highly improbable. But Prague is a city where dreams can turn into nightmares,...
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You Look at Me Like You've Never Seen a... →
goodbyeolepaint:
Hey guys, long time no see, toss me a PBR—actually, better make it a Coors Light. I know, I look different, but before you all start saying how I look like some midtown suit, let me explain. I haven’t gone pleb on you, I’m actually a neo-hipster now. It’s basically where you’re a hipster, but since hipsterism has gone so mainstream you dress and act like a regular person,...
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Orchid Fever by Susan Orlean →
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The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.
— Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief (1998)
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