Jobriath lived in this pyramid on top of the Chelsea Hotel until he died in 1983. This is him in a documentary made about the hotel in 1981:

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I don't think I believe in endings.

I see everybody doin' these "50 book challenges" and all, and obviously it's just a tool to trick oneself into reading more and that's awesome, but at the same time I wonder what kind of subtle effects it has on your reading choices. Like, if Christmas is creeping up and you find yourself falling short, do you run out and get a bunch of graphic ( Read more... )

Hello Vancouver and other friends! I am going to Vancouver in September to do an MA in English Language and I would like you to please pass on all hot tips regarding nice walks, good places, cheap foods, offers to hang, etc. I guess places to live too, although it will be saddening if me and Stephen can't find a solid joint ( Read more... )

from somebody else.

http://www.xkcd.com/393/

PS I'M GOING TO TURKEY!

Martin thanks Gary Gygax for ( Read more... )

This first link makes everything that's happened so far in the US presidential rigmarole instantaneously superfluous ( Read more... )

and not really in a mood for writing any more of these huge top ten lists. But I hate to leave a project half done. SO, one awesome thing from each remaining day of the tour (and if you're interested, do check out facebook for further photos and anecdotez ( Read more... )

1. The way the service on Ryanair actually isn't that bad and the drinks aren't that expensive and you don't actually feel like you're going to fall out of the sky, but they make up for it by just kind of being dicks about everything ( Read more... )

1. Monumental architecture. If every city had been the capital of a world-spanning empire at one time or another, we'd all be better off ( Read more... )

1. Catalonian accents. "Barrrrttthhhhhelooona."

2. The band. Has anyone ever been so immediately welcoming and rad to anyone who's 2/3 a stranger like I was? I think not. And the show was fantastic.

3. The band we they played with, this awesome group of cutes called Les Piats, who all swung their heads from side to side in time with the music and ( Read more... )