Marco Polio

Welcome to the gold rush.

One week ago, my Pinterest account was sitting at around 150 followers. Not too bad, but as with every social media platform, I have ambition. I knew Pinterest had the potential to make content go crazy viral, and I wanted to find a way into the action.

I signed up for…

He’s here.

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:44:45 -0400

He’s here.

So cool. nevver: Film Map

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:02:47 -0400

So cool.

nevver:

Film Map

A Frolicking Manuscript: A Story for #OccupyGaddis

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:57:09 -0400

Before we started talking about JR in Rick Moody’s class, he told us a fantastic Gaddis story.

When Rick was working at Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the 90s, Gaddis sent out the manuscript for A Frolic of His Own via FedEx. Well, at least he tried to. Days passed, then weeks, and still the pages hadn’t shown. FedEx lost it. It was the only extant copy.

The President of FSG called the President of FedEx. The Publishing President reminded the Shipping President of the millions of dollars per year they spend on moving paper around the world, and threatened to take their millions elsewhere if they couldn’t find these particular pages. (Probably at least 750 or 800 pages, since the hardcover was something around 600 (Also, I like the fact that the lost manuscript was called A Frolic of His Own because I like the idea that this title had to be repeated from President to Forklift Operator a hundred thousand times. “Have you found this Frolic book?”“Not yet sir, and we’ve scoured the warehouses.”“Damnit, Robinson, find me Frolic!”)).

Frolic was eventually found. It arrived in the FSG offices battered, boot-imprinted, shuffled around, with those X-shaped rubber bands holding it together.

Every page was there. Except for the last one. Gaddis had to rewrite it from memory.

Photo

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:37:31 -0400

Photo

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:32:05 -0400

Celebrate the passing of Universal Health Care by looking at...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:09:57 -0400

Celebrate the passing of Universal Health Care by looking at these waves in 3D.

Sad about Bradbury. noideasbut: RIP tongueoftheworld: from...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:33:22 -0400

Sad about Bradbury.

noideasbut:

RIP

tongueoftheworld:

from “June 2001: —And the Moon Be Still as Bright,” a section of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles

I wanted this to go on forever.

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:34:04 -0400

I wanted this to go on forever.

Want to see more of these! nevver: Tracking Album Art

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:04:25 -0400

Want to see more of these!

nevver:

Tracking Album Art

iraffiruse: Mario is a dick Too funny not to repost.

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:50:57 -0400

iraffiruse:

Mario is a dick

Too funny not to repost.

I needed this when I was 10. Make that 13.

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:25:53 -0400

I needed this when I was 10. Make that 13.

SO WHAT YOU GONNA DO DELAWARE? thedailywhat: Delaware’s...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:18:32 -0400

SO WHAT YOU GONNA DO DELAWARE?

thedailywhat:

Delaware’s Suddenly Become Very Important of the Day: And so it’s come to this: Unless he pulls off an upset in today’s Delaware primary, it looks like Newt Gingrich will leave the Obama fight to Mitt Romney. “I think we need to take a deep look at what we are doing,” Gingrich said Monday, adding that he would have to “reassess” his campaign based on the results in winner-take-all Delaware, which has 17 delegates at stake.

In other news, Romney STILL HAS 698 out of 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination.

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nevver: Bert and Ernie

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:42:40 -0400

nevver:

Bert and Ernie

Sienna Miller By Ryan McGinley For Vogue | April 2012 « The Libertine

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:06:31 -0400

Sienna Miller By Ryan McGinley For Vogue | April 2012 « The Libertine:

I have to say I really like these pictures of Sienna Miller. A hot actress and birds, what more could you want?