Refer to me as the BLACK PHONE, call me.
The Gray Pencil is not very impressive.
Shiver at the thought of THE BLACK REMOTE!
The Aquamarine Spearmint Lip Balm is here to save the day!
THE BLUE COLA CAN RIGHTS ALL WRONGS!
(Source: kennonjp925)
Stet, motherfucker.
{via thisislobster}
“And I will find way to harm you or cause you suffering if you fuck with the mechanics of the piece.”
Classic David Foster Wallace correspondence.
DFW Gives me so much joy.
(Source: putthison)
1. Grow a raging Captain Ahab beard.
2. Get a six pack from replacing bread and cheese with leg lifts, weights, and cardio.
3. Finish bioethics graduate school applications.
4. Get enough slacks and button-ups to wear every day.
5. Get new horn-rimmed glasses.
6. Read a shitload of Thomas Pynchon.
You are an idiot. Not sometimes, all the time.
You’re probably the stupidest person I know.
And yet, you’ve taught me more about myself than anyone I know. Stuff that’s surprised me, made me a better person. And hopefully, a stronger person.
Consider this a belated thank you for the all the wild rides you put me through.
Really, thank you.
-MB!
Social media — Facebook, Google, Twitter, location-based services like Foursquare and more — are changing the way epidemiologists discover and track the spread of disease. At one time these guardians of public health swooped onto the scene of an outbreak armed with diagnostic kits and a code of silence. Officials spent weeks interviewing victims privately, gathering test results and data, rarely even acknowledging in public that an investigation was under way. The results might not be announced for weeks or months.
Now technology is democratizing the disease-hunting process, upsetting the old equilibrium by connecting people through channels effectively outside government control. While the online chatter can be unproductive or even dangerous — spreading fear along with misinformation about causes and cures — a growing cadre of epidemiologists sees social media as a boon. Future hunts for pathogens may rely as heavily on Twitter streams and odd clusters of search queries as on blood tests and personal histories.


