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beatgenx: John Hughes 1950 - 2009 screenwriter, director Dear...

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:16 -0500

John Hughes 1950 - 2009 screenwriter, director

Dear Mr. Vernon:

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simpliest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is:

a brain…

And an athlete…

And a basket case…

A princess…

And a criminal.

Does that answer you question?

Sincerely yours,

The Breakfast Club

thank you, John Hughes, for making films that changed our minds and opened our eyes.

happy birthday to me! AND this lovely man….

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:39:10 -0500

happy birthday to me! AND this lovely man….

Happy 70th, Sir Ian McKellen

Mon, 25 May 2009 23:44:39 -0500

Happy 70th, Sir Ian McKellen

Happy Birthday, John “I can’t let this go. I...

Sun, 24 May 2009 04:59:08 -0500

Happy Birthday, John

“I can’t let this go. I can’t let you go. Now, you… you listen to me now. You’re a good person. You’re a good and beautiful person and I won’t let you walk out on me. And I won’t let you say those things - those things about how stupid you are and this and that. I won’t stand for that. You want to be with me… then you be with me. You see?”-Magnolida

Happy Birthday, Mr. Dylan “I accept chaos, I’m not...

Sun, 24 May 2009 04:50:45 -0500

Happy Birthday, Mr. Dylan

“I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.”-Bob Dylan

Masters Of War

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand o’er your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead

happy birthday to Memphian and a Big Love gal….

Sat, 23 May 2009 00:51:29 -0500

happy birthday to Memphian and a Big Love gal….

President Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia, 2002 photograph by...

Wed, 20 May 2009 12:19:20 -0500

President Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia, 2002

photograph by Brigitte Lacombe

“It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, Dharamsala, India,...

Wed, 20 May 2009 12:15:00 -0500

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, Dharamsala, India, 2003

photograph by the very talented Brigitte Lacombe

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

happy birthday funny guy!

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:13:06 -0500

happy birthday funny guy!

happy birthday!

Mon, 11 May 2009 02:22:48 -0500

happy birthday!

Robert Pattinson on why he became an actor. gross. Hollywood...

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:21:00 -0500

Robert Pattinson on why he became an actor. gross.

Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson decided to become an actor after his dad convinced him it would help him pick up women.

The 22-year-old is among Tinseltown’s hottest new stars, thanks to his lead role in cult vampire franchise Twilight.

But he may never have been an actor at all, had his dad not pushed him to try his hand at London’s Barnes Theatre Company - so he could hang out with girls.

Pattinson says, “(My dad) saw a bunch of pretty girls who were going to it. (He) said: ‘Hey Rob, you’ve got to go to that.’ That’s the reason I still do it!”

via the imdb

9:02 on the clock a man calls a friend he asks a favor could you...

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:03:24 -0500

9:02 on the clock

a man calls a friend
he asks a favor
could you please pick up some paperwork
at the social security office?
he would drive himself
but he spends his days
in a wheelchair
to the friend, i am sure
it was a simple errand

i imagine
the friend
stood in line, making small talk
possibly with teresa
who was there
to pick up a social security card
for her 8 month-old-son, sean
or maybe
the friend
he no longer waited in line,
he was at the counter
chatting with richard
who had worked there for years
or maybe
the friend
he stood in line, talking to no one
alone with his thoughts
thinking of
the many things
he had to do that day
it was still early, after all

except
this was no ordinary day
it was
the 19th of april
the year, 1995
and the social security office
was in
the alfred p. murrah federal building
in oklahoma city

the clock read 9:02 a.m.
when a truck bomb
made of ammonium nitrate fertilizer
and fuel oil
exploded
outside the building
the explosion could be felt
30 miles away

168 were dead
19 of which
were children
one of which was
the friend
my father’s cousin
thomas was his name

he was a good friend
he was a good husband
he was a good father
he was a good man
he lived a good life

twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover. - mark twain

happy birthday

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:23:15 -0500

happy birthday

thedailywhat: Epitaph of the Day: Air Force Sgt. Leonard...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:11:19 -0500

thedailywhat:

Epitaph of the Day: Air Force Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, gay rights icon of the 1970s, buried at the Congressional Cemetery.

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Happy Birthday Duckie!

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:19:16 -0500

Happy Birthday Duckie!

Happy Birthday to the man, Robert Downey, Jr.

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:54:16 -0500

Happy Birthday to the man, Robert Downey, Jr.

mos def is the man

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:55:56 -0500

mos def is the man

(via allcreatures)

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:51:15 -0500

(via allcreatures)

Natasha Richardson (May 11, 1963-March 18, 2009) sigh

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:45:48 -0500

Natasha Richardson (May 11, 1963-March 18, 2009)

sigh

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:47:19 -0500