what noisy cats are we Email me at pileofnearmisses at the g mail (all one word) var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3785154-1"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @pileofnearmisses)http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktewfsL0nw1qz7njno1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Get well soon, Lindsay Lohan.</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/250831070http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/250831070Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:33:28 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0bmifcuo1qz6d6bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cosmopsis.tumblr.com/post/241641730/by-r-moola">cosmopsis</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riazm/2081559571/">R. Moola</a></p></blockquote> <p>We call these “misery memoirs.”</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/241754792http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/241754792Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:06 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqujzgjBMW1qz7njno1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/201896590http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/201896590Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:45:16 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZTJgJtFBrQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZTJgJtFBrQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Bob Dylan and Harry Dean Stanton, straight jamming on a fundraiser telethon. This is a can’t miss.</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/187943851http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/187943851Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:53:51 -0400<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLqhv6dktYEpbiQUSo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://criggo.com/2009/07/28/what-are-you-waiting-for/">PONCHOS! via Criggo</a></p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/151687814http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/151687814Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:17:11 -0400<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLp5uswfvvipgYYVWo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://store.americanapparel.net/aa-for-dogs.html">Look at this fucking hipster dog - American Apparel for dogs</a></p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/130371562http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/130371562Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:53:45 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj-x9ygQEGA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj-x9ygQEGA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kayfabe.net/post/115620532/ronworkman-logandavis-total-eclipse-of-the">kayfabe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://ronworkman.tumblr.com/post/115619727/brianfeldman-logandavis-total-eclipse-of-the">ronworkman</a>:<a href="http://mynameislogan.com/post/115432738/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-version">logandavis</a>: </p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Version</blockquote> </blockquote>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/115908554http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/115908554Sun, 31 May 2009 17:27:57 -0400<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLnssye29czYAMpUqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Does this mean the Atlanta airport has just stepped out for some Newports?</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/111565627http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/111565627Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:20 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oWSQ9YQa_6w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oWSQ9YQa_6w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>NPR: Oak Ridge Boys Cover White Stripes<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2009/05/oak_ridge_boys_cover_white_str.html?ft=1&f=15710080"> via Carrie Brownstein’s excellent NPR blog</a></p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/111076728http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/111076728Thu, 21 May 2009 14:28:22 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/WB6eMkiHJnh98ojbLGMXiDqwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://filialpiety.tumblr.com/post/107775224/nevver-flak-photo-this-is-right-outside-of">filialpiety</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://nevver.tumblr.com/post/107773319/flak-photo">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://alexjdsmith.tumblr.com/post/107763422/flak-photo-photography-online">Flak Photo</a></blockquote> Yep. this is right outside of Jay’s apartment in LIC</blockquote>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109272734http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109272734Sun, 17 May 2009 21:48:50 -0400“Portions of the Apollo 11 mission are dramatized in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon episode entitled “Mare Tranquilitatis”. In that episode, Michael Collins made the following suggestion as to what Neil Armstrong should say upon stepping onto the lunar surface: “If you had any balls, you’d say ‘Oh, my God, what is that thing?’ then scream and cut your mic.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Event_of_Moon_Disaster">Wikipedia</a></em>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109126650http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109126650Sun, 17 May 2009 14:51:08 -0400<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLnlkmuatMP1Tkfago1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I got a car</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109100748http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/109100748Sun, 17 May 2009 13:34:05 -0400<a href="http://bookmooch.com">BookMooch</a>: <p><a href="http://kayfabe.net/post/106780168/bookmooch">kayfabe</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want. Every time you give someone a book, you earn a point and can get any book you want from anyone else at BookMooch. Once you’ve read a book, you can keep it forever or put it back into BookMooch for someone else, as you wish. </blockquote></blockquote> Yeah, or you could just come to my house and steal food right out of my mouth! (Just kidding, this is a neat idea.)http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/107359069http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/107359069Wed, 13 May 2009 17:06:32 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Td29-SApubM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Td29-SApubM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Baby polar bear looking in a mirror. Aw.</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/105488036http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/105488036Sat, 09 May 2009 12:36:06 -0400<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLn8ijzpt8o7i0si3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Statue of Liberty’s light killed a buncha birds <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty">Wikipedia</a></p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/105034434http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/105034434Fri, 08 May 2009 10:14:48 -0400Maintenance man: They live by the water, right?<br /> Long Island lady: Some of them live in trees.<br /> Maintenance man: I didn't know that.<br /> Long Island lady: Yes, so they get to know the birds and the birds get to know them.<br /> Me: (WTF ???) http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/102695356http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/102695356Sat, 02 May 2009 15:15:28 -0400<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLmweu5i8vV3qtZP1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mystery Wardrobe is undoubtedly the greatest game in the world, and I just now made it up. Find a friend. Buy him an outfit at a thrift store for under ten dollars, and have him do the same for you. Then wear the hell* out of your outfits for one day, and (thank you, good conscience) one day only. <a href="http://theplug.net/41/mysterywardrobe.htm">The Plug - Mystery Wardrobe</a> The Plug rules.</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/101710244http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/101710244Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:57:30 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/101691921/jSzw9tEugmvws0mzm7FYti5r&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sarahb.tumblr.com/post/101542278/lucksmiths-guess-how-much-i-love-you-okay-so">sarahb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lucksmiths, “Guess How Much I Love You”</p> <p>Okay, so this one’s pretty schmaltzy… I’ve had it on my computer since someone sent it to me in 2003 but only appreciated it today.</p> <p>Josh, I can never tease you about twee ever again.</p> <p>Move along, nothing to see here.</p> </blockquote> Good god. Sarah, I love this band so much!http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/101691921http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/101691921Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:06:04 -0400<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLmnddy4dnLFAIPHxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Watchbabies!</p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/99374552http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/99374552Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:06:59 -0400<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/DsfCBIRbLmkeyg64N964DxIro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/boeing_unveils_40_000_foot?utm_source=onion_rss_daily">Boeing Unveils 40,000-Foot Emergency Slide | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source</a></p>http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/98577851http://pileofnearmisses.tumblr.com/post/98577851Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:27:36 -0400