one red speaker

new knife is hella sharp. i do it to feel alive.

anoopr — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:01:26 +0000

toothbrush

anoopr — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:36:03 +0000

I keep Pat’s toothbrush around in hopes that he’ll come home some day. It hasn’t happened yet.

fugly

anoopr — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:37:43 +0000

fishies at essex street market

anoopr — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:09:22 +0000

good morning, cornbread

anoopr — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:34:07 +0000

valentine’s day protip: there is no wrong way

anoopr — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:26:02 +0000

cast iron

anoopr — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:35:39 +0000

After I made eggs this morning, I used some rendered pork fat I’d saved to give my skillet some love. A just-seasoned cast iron skillet is a beautiful thing. If you look deep enough into it, you can see your future. I saw myself pressing a pause button. I also saw steak, depression burgers, and of course, bacon.

it will.

anoopr — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:48:18 +0000

theories of torture

anoopr — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:20:54 +0000

I read this article and immediately felt it was one of the truest hypotheses regarding torture I’ve ever seen…

Why would a government torque up its accusations to the point where they were no longer plausible? Because forcing someone to admit to something he might have done does not send a strong signal of power. Forcing someone to confess to a crime that everyone knows he could not possibly have committed, on the other hand, is terrifying.

Similarly, a regime that tortures its opponents and refuses to sign the Convention Against Torture shows that it fears international opprobrium. A regime that tortures its opponents and blithely signs the Convention Against Torture anyway shows that it fears nothing.

zomg! blizzard!

anoopr — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:36:02 +0000