Downton Abbey Theme on electric cello, by my cousin Peter Sachon
Hi, I'm Logan.
I'm the co-boss of The Billfold.
Be in touch:
logansachon@gmail.com
logan's internet presence
I'm the co-boss of The Billfold.
Be in touch:
logansachon@gmail.com
logan's internet presence
A weeklong investigation to discover who created the Twitter account that spits out “context-free nonsense” and in doing so has now amassed more than 40,000 followers and a devoted fanbase:
The feed’s strangely poetic stream has been embraced like a life-preserver by internet users drowning in a sea of painfully literal SEO headlines and hack Twitter comedians. Since it appeared in August 2010, word of Horse_ebooks has spread steadily, propelled by blog posts and Twitter chatter by internet obsessives. But unlike many internet culture phenomenons, it never truly went viral. Horse_Ebooks is too weird, too much of an acquired taste to break into exponential growth.
But these same qualities that have relegated Horse_ebooks to relative obscurity have inspired a passionate Twitter fanbase rivaled only by Beliebers. Followers have fashioned an elaborate fandom based on Horse_ebooks, comics, fan-fiction, merchandise, and inside-jokes. A browser plug-in that turned the text of any website into Horse_ebook-isms was the latest craze among fans. A characteristic Horse_ebook superfan boast is: ‘I unfollowed Horse_ebooks, because my friends retweet all its tweets anyway.’ We’re so deep into Horse_ebooks, you couldn’t escape it if you tried.
More from Chen: “The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers.” — Gawker, Jan. 25, 2012
Essential companion reading: http://splitsider.com/2012/01/the-ballad-of-horse_ebooks
(via longreads)
This is a photo that my friend Karen took of me telling a story at The Moth last night. I have terrible stage fright, and my heart races when people give me attention, but sometimes I like to do things to prove to myself that I am better than I think I am.
Also, everyone was very kind and gave me nice compliments after the show which made me blush and run away.
fucking killed it.
“Watched a baby die today. Shrapnel, doctors could do nothing. His little tummy just heaved and heaved until it stopped. Feeling helpless.”
—
Marie Colvin, writing from Syria
(via popsins)
thanks mike riggs.
editing this to add that this was a sincere thank you. reading shit like this breaks my fucking heart, but that’s good. it should.
“Help,” A Short Play In One Act
Cashier at Clothing Store: And did anyone help you out today?
Guy Just Trying to Buy a Couple of T-Shirts: Um, nope?
Cashier at Clothing Store: Oh, I’m sorry about that!
Guy Just Trying to Buy a Couple of T-Shirts: [suddenly wracked with guilt over basic retail independence] Really, it’s OK, I found the t-shirt wall on my own. Sorry!
He pays for the t-shirts and leaves, somewhat shaken.
The cashier doesn’t want to have to ask you that, trust. And he’s not sorry that no one helped you; he watched you pick out the shirt, and he knows how much help you required (none). But it’s part of his job to ask you that (and to ask for your zipcode, and for your email, and to invite you to apply for a credit card). They’re all dumb questions — there have to be better ways to collect this data — but it’s also important to note that if someone HAD helped you, they would have walked you to the cash wrap themselves to make sure they got credit for that sale. There is no direct monetary incentive (customers don’t like it when people are working on commission), but good sales might lead to more hours on the schedule, and when you’re making what they’re making, every hour counts.
This is a fucking GREAT clip. Just watch it.
Jon Stewart makes a joke. You know that right away, Jon realizes that what he’s said isn’t exactly what he meant. Then you wonder, “Is Letterman gonna address it?” and of course he does. Jon then calls out the whole thing.
I enjoy television.
must-see TV.
(Source: ccinsider.comedycentral.com, via stephenfalk)
Notes on how to fix THE VOW (spoilers)
Move opening scene to close
Cut the car crash
Open with meet cute outside DMV
Ditch the hat
Bar scene - great scene! Makes the viewer want to fall in love, which is the very best thing a scene about falling in love can do. A+
Make the whole rest of the movie just like this scene
So, with the lead’s memory intact and the couple happily in love, the conflict is now: her estrangement from her family. Let’s fix this. But why? His parents are dead, he wants some family. Plus he has regrets about his parents! MAYBE HE WAS ESTRANGED FROM THEM. He encourages her not to keep her bridges burnt. Okay, she agrees.
Reconciliation with the fam! (Figure out the whys and wherefores of this later)
But here’s how it ends: Jessica Lange can still give her speech, fine. But later she has to show up at their door with a suitcase. Her freespirited independent daughter inspired her to leave the bastard. She has her own reawakening! Maybe she becomes a lesbian painter! Whatever! Details. However it ends, it’s happily ever after for all involved, FIN.
“Y’all are laughing at me? My rent is $2.25. Yours is $3000!”
— A homeless man on the A train to some fashion interns yesterday (via placesweusedtogo)
Hey look! It’s the third episode of our web series Hitchin’ a Ride. In this episode, John Murray picks up Improv Everywhere founder Charlie Todd and drags him up to Times Square. Because he has to bring some random tourists he picked up to Mama Mia, naturally.
THESE ARE SO GREAT. i was worried they were going to mean to the tourists, but they weren’t THANK G. well done.
(Source: splitsider.com, via theawl)
"Mr. Winter didn’t have anything to say about that, so I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks profanity is somehow more harmful to our children than images of violence and misogyny. "
not often that a man writes about misogyny. thanks, SFJ for speaking out re: MIA’s bird versus sexist commercials (thanks alex for bringing to my attention xx)
