sounds like a breakfast mealTumblr (3.0; @prandbranbran)http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.listsofnote.com/2011/12/david-foster-wallaces-word-lists.html#.T4ghZw3Lqfg.tumblr">David Foster Wallace's Word Lists</a>: <p>I do this too. I’m a word and phrase hoarder. </p>http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021328929http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021328929Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:52:04 -0400<iframe width="400" height="203" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BpxVIwCbBK0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>YouTube trends director <strong>Kevin Alloca </strong>on <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html">why videos go viral</a> in this video that is almost seven and a half minutes long. </p> <p>Kev, anyone under 30 years old knows that if a video goes over the two minute mark, it’s probably not worth all that time watching it. </p> <p>Stick with the rule under 140 or less. </p>http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021156282http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021156282Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:45:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2f4invJ641rthajuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After David Ogilvy’s now-infamous <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/07/david-ogilvy-on-writing/">10 tips on writing</a> and Henry Miller’s <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/22/henry-miller-on-writing/">11 commandments of writing</a> (below) here comes a <a href="http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/03/orwells-rules-for-writers.html">list of rules for writers from George Orwell</a> circa 1946.</p> <p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/18946725250/1-never-use-a-metaphor-simile-or-other-figure">via</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/henrymillercommandments.png"/></p>http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021022831http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21021022831Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:39:00 -0400“Writing is excessive drudgery. It crooks your back, it dims your sight, it twists your stomach and your sides.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/21/monk-complaints-manuscripts/">Complaints</a> medieval monks scribbled in the margins of Illuminated manuscripts</em>http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21020922633http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21020922633Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:36:02 -0400exploreblog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2f450wuNL1rthajuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tmblr.co/ZWcUtvJ1kUz9">via</a></p>http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21020818950http://prandbranbran.tumblr.com/post/21020818950Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:31:48 -0400