quote [ UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1 (911 dispatch): You know, obviously, if he comes inside the residence and assaults you, can you ask him to go away, or do you know if he's intoxicated or anything? ]

quote [ I'd read enough blog posts and magazine articles and books about how the internet makes us lonely, or stupid, or lonely and stupid, that I'd begun to believe them. ]

quote [ 'I really like pastels,' she says, 'which is why there are so many pinks and and greens and violets in Centipede.'

'I think it will remain a male-dominated business' ]

quote [ This week the Daily Show ran a three-part series on Australia and the sweeping gun legislation banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons that country passed in 1996... naturally, Australia is now one of the safest places on Earth from gun violence, while at the same time being a place where sane, responsible people can own guns for hunting, protecting their homes, etc. Go figure. ]

quote [ The Tsarnaevs’ terrorism “worked” but only because the Boston government helped them make it work. This is not a conspiracy theory. By overreacting, the governments at work here magnified the Tsarnaevs’ effectiveness. ]

quote [ The tricky part was getting the right combination of temperature, electricity and solution. And it was very tricky indeed, said Dr. Chung. Over the course of years spent trying to make it work, he said, “I burned and melted more than a hundred brains.” ]

quote [ Game designer Jason Rohrer designs a game meant to be played 2,000 years from now, hides it in desert ]

quote [ The term "autonomous sensory meridian response" (ASMR) is a neologism for a claimed biological phenomenon, characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation often felt in the head, scalp or peripheral regions of the body in response to various visual, auditory, olfactory and cognitive stimuli. ]