running latte
showing up late to work because you stopped for coffee along the way.
I told them I got stuck in traffic, but really I was running latte.
The story behind L.A.’s original dream home
Case Study House No. 22 may be one of the most photographed homes in the world. Julius Shulman took this iconic shot of the house on the warm evening of May 9, 1960.
via www.latimes.com
This guy knows what I'm talking about
An expression used to diffuse responsibility for an unpopular statement made in a public setting. Typically used to imply complicity or collusion on the part of an unwilling stranger.
You: I mean, really, who hasn’t made out with a rundown fat chick in a moment of drunken desperation.
Crowd: *silence*
You: *smile and point to a random guy in the crowd* This guy knows what I’m talking about.
Isaiah 40:31
“but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
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“ Which is the more American product, a Honda Accord built by Ohioans for a company with its headquarters in Japan, or a Ford Fusion built in Mexico for a corporation that is based in Michigan? ”
Which Cars Are Truly Born in the U.S.A.? - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
“ There was a time when American capitalists would have strongly protested totalitarian censorship, but that was before they became complicit in it. Moral indignation once again loses out to global profits. ”
air quote
In conversation, the dual flexing of the index and middle finger of both hands, to signify the presence of scare quotes. Used ad nauseam by ‘pretentious’ and ostensibly ‘intelligent’ university students, to advertise their ‘superior morals’ and ‘erudition’.
Using air quotes in this example is, like, so ‘post-modern’.
