December 2009
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Santa's not-so-little helper: inside an Amazon.com... →
Two fundamental processes are at work here. The first is bringing in millions of different items and putting them somewhere. The second is finding them again and sending them out.
Allan takes me to the starting point, a concrete expanse next to 30 loading bays where all incoming products are scanned and plonked in yellow crates. These automatically shoot off to a far corner of the Amazon jungle...
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“The venn diagram of guys who don’t like smart girls and guys you don’t wanna...”
– John Green (via itfeelslikegold and fuckyeahnerdfighters)
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“There are a lot of things about me that aren’t what you thought. But if you love...”
– Dirty Dancing (via lacedfantasy and filmquotes)
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Twilight gives new Brontë films wings →
The Brontës are back in fashion – with a bit of help from Bella Swan. New films of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre will shoot next spring, and a script about the teenage fantasies of the four Brontë siblings is in the works.
The film-makers are piggybacking off the success of the Twilight saga, which has sparked a renewed enthusiasm among financiers for gothic romance; the Brontës in...
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“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals...”
– The Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), “Love Actually”
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North Pole, Alaska Will Answer Letters To Santa... →
Letters that children mail to “Santa Claus, North Pole” will be destined for North Pole, Alaska after all, and the letters personally answered by dedicated volunteers. The program was initially shut down for logistical reasons, but restored after Rudolph paid a visit to Fairbanks and taught everyone the true meaning of Christmas. Or something like that.
The Santa’s Mailbag...
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Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Dies After 50 Years... →
Cormac McCarthy, author of cheery favorites such as The Road and Blood Meridian, is about to trade in the typewriter he used to write them. The Olivetti Lettera 32 has been in his care for 46 years, since 1963, and it wasn’t even new then — McCarthy picked it up for $50 from a pawn shop in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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“If you lie very still in bed in a hooded sweatshirt under all the covers, all...”
– @mindykaling
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