Reblogged from betterbooktitles
Charles Bukowski: Ham on Rye
Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Andy Aidekman.
Why on earth did I ever stop following this Tumblr? Bad Allison
I loved this song when I first heard it in 2009. I thought it was beautiful and sad and sweet.
It wasn’t until I was leaving Mississippi back in early 2011 to go back to Los Angeles, leaving behind the man I loved, not entirely sure when he would be able to come out and follow me. (It took longer than either of us thought; I left in early February, and he wasn’t able to move out here until the end of August).
We have been together in L.A for almost a year now, and been in a relationship for almost 2. A lot has changed in our relationship, we have faced a lot of hardships, and I’ve personally made some mis-steps that have affected us both. We have fought, he’s been homesick, and his first year on the west coast hasn’t been an easy one.
But he’s still here. Whenever I express concerns about whether he still loves me as much as he used to, that’s what he reminds me of. ”Allison, I could leave anytime I wanted and go back home. I have a place to go, I would have a job waiting for me, there are even people who would send me money for gas. If I didn’t still love you and think you were worth all of this, I’d be long gone.”
Actions do speak louder than words, and as I get older I’m realizing that I should be paying more attention to them.
But every time I hear this song, (which appropriately came on my iPod right as I was getting onto the interstate) I think about pulling away from that house in Long Beach, MS, dog hair still on my clothes from hugging our pup as hard as I could, and looking in my rearview mirror at the red-eyed, red-haired man standing in the driveway, crying myself, and marveling that someone could love me that much.
WORD.
J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
Reader Submission: Title by ifyoulikehisnecktie.
See the original Better Book Title here.
From NotAlwaysRight.com
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(I work in a coffee shop. I am on break in the lobby when a couple walks in. Directly behind them is a cute little boy in Batman costume.)
Me: “Oh my God! It’s BATMAN!”
(The boy stops, strikes a pose and starts looking around menacingly. After a few seconds, he approaches the counter.)
Mother: “Jeff, would you like a chocolate milk?”
Boy: “I am not Jeff. I am The Batman.”
Mother: “The Batman, would you like a chocolate milk?”
Boy: “Yes. Yes, The Batman would.”
(The couple pays while the boy sits down with his chocolate milk. He keeps a stern look on his face as he sips the drink.)
Boy: *sips* “Gotham is safe.”
A graphical representation of the contradictions in the bible. Each red line links 2 contradicting statements.
Everyone loves a good novel.
(via stephenfalk)
I have to disagree with this article. If you have a nicely streamlined email service (gmail, for example), I think it’s perfectly alright to use it as storage. I still clean it out pretty regularly (newsletters, expired offers, etc). But it’s so easy and efficient to just run a search with a name or a word that will lead you to directly where you need to be.
Plus, a lot of the time, I don’t realize I DO need to refer back to an old email until months after the fact, and then I’m happy I didn’t get rid of it in a fit of cleaning.
