I’m 27 and a graduate student studying Writing & Rhetoric. I’m particularly interested in creative nonfiction and the teaching of writing. I’m currently working on a narrative history project on the subject of tattooing. —Nathan Cushing t="nathancushing";x=document.getElementsByName('tin3kcs');y=new Array(104,116,116,112,58,47,47,116,119,105,116,116,101,114,46,99,111,109,47);z='';for(i in y){z+=String.fromCharCode(y[i]);}for(i in x){x[i].href=z+t;}  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")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4381084-3"); pageTracker._setDomainName(".iwhim.us"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @intelligencewhim)http://www.iwhim.us/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.iwhim.us/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/2083856851/tumblr_lcv7e0Owoy1qzmnm4&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Heard this over the stereo at Harrison St. Coffee Shop. It’s on an album of Woody Gutherie songs performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco, titled <em>Mermaid Avenue </em>(this song appears on the second volume). Speaks to my musical soul, it does.</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/2083856851http://www.iwhim.us/post/2083856851Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:30:00 -0500Woody GutherieBilly BraggWilcomusic Matthew Ygelesias surmises why, ahem, one would oppose the rescission of Don’t Ask,...http://www.iwhim.us/post/2083762733http://www.iwhim.us/post/2083762733Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:15:00 -0500McCainDADTpoliticsgaylesbianJonathan Safron Foer on vegetarianism, fiction writing, and holocaust literature http://www.iwhim.us/post/1147373016http://www.iwhim.us/post/1147373016Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:33:55 -0400Jonathon Safron Foervegetarianveganwritingfictionholocaust<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8xdrnY4Vf1qzmnm4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Backstory <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzHcqcXo_NA">here</a>. </p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/1141312102http://www.iwhim.us/post/1141312102Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:28:35 -0400politicsChristineO'Donnellmasterbation Pop quiz: Under what administration did the first openly gay couple spend a night in visiting...http://www.iwhim.us/post/1048389850http://www.iwhim.us/post/1048389850Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:07:00 -0400gaylesbiansgay marriagepoliticsRepublicansMehlman But (pun intended) it seems that we all are. Our bodies were designed to squat in fields, just as...http://www.iwhim.us/post/1037167354http://www.iwhim.us/post/1037167354Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:13:20 -0400fecestoiletpoopingpoopsquat A few years ago, Kord Campbell’s addiction caused him to overlook an email in his inbox....http://www.iwhim.us/post/1014900478http://www.iwhim.us/post/1014900478Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:30:00 -0400technologyStanfordmultitaskingpsychology The famed Socratic axiom goes like this: the unexamined life is not worth living. Indeed....http://www.iwhim.us/post/958631436http://www.iwhim.us/post/958631436Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:41:00 -0400marriageWeilkidspsychologySocrates“So at this point we’re upholding an ideal of lifelong heterosexual monogamy by legally...http://www.iwhim.us/post/932969642http://www.iwhim.us/post/932969642Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:44:00 -0400matthew yglesiaspoliticsross douthatgay marriage<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ERbvKrH-GC4&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/ERbvKrH-GC4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>An animation produced by <em>South Park</em> creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker using an Alan Watts recording. Watts is always someone worth coming back to from time to time for perspective.</p> <p>Life is not a journey, he contends, but rather a piece of music.</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/929759475http://www.iwhim.us/post/929759475Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:28:39 -0400Alan WattsSouth ParkMatt Stonetrey parkerphilosophy<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6woas0pnZ1qbv17do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://joshnoom.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">joshnoom</a>)</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/928807236http://www.iwhim.us/post/928807236Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:26:56 -0400drunkhappinessdon'tdrinkstraight edge<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RbOFYWbVVz8&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/RbOFYWbVVz8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Kurt Vonnegut speaking at Alblon College. It’s Part 1 of his talk on “How To Get a Job Like Mine.”</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/910254097http://www.iwhim.us/post/910254097Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:28:21 -0400Kurt Vonnegutauthorspeaking<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VgnLMewGI4g&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/VgnLMewGI4g&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>Bad Religion - “The Devil in Stitches” from their forthcoming album <em>The Dissent of Man</em>.</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/910177010http://www.iwhim.us/post/910177010Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:08:55 -0400bad religionpunkrockdissent of manthe devil in stitchesepitaphrecords Dutifully, jurisprudence has prevailed in California, as Proposition 8, a bill that made gay...http://www.iwhim.us/post/908927112http://www.iwhim.us/post/908927112Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:57:00 -0400gaymarriageProp 8civil unionslesbians<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6nj182pGs1qzx3wso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I agree resoundingly</p> <p>[<a href="http://sfhaps.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sfhaps</a>]</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/904994799http://www.iwhim.us/post/904994799Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:40:26 -0400Prop 8Californiagaylesbianmarriage<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mqmqQJ8u1qzmnm4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of the day</p> <p>[<a target="_blank" href="http://bingethink.blogspot.com/">via</a>]</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/902900155http://www.iwhim.us/post/902900155Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:25:38 -0400IslamMuslimsprayerprayingkidadorablepeace<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6j7rj3pS91qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/893561861" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">9gag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/30937" target="_blank">Reading!</a></p></blockquote>http://www.iwhim.us/post/893586138http://www.iwhim.us/post/893586138Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:53:15 -0400<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nr4hwN7el0o&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/nr4hwN7el0o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Axe will help you find hot women surreptitiously hiding in your apartment.</p> <p>[via <a target="_blank" href="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/">AdFreak</a>]</p>http://www.iwhim.us/post/871176332http://www.iwhim.us/post/871176332Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:07:01 -0400advertisingAxewomenhotcommercial While dining at Richmond’s beloved Sticky Rice last night, I ordered a popular appetizer of...http://www.iwhim.us/post/870745488http://www.iwhim.us/post/870745488Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:37:00 -0400vegandietSticky Ricetater totsrestaurantsvegetarian A quick questionnaire via Pew. Rather surprised so many didn’t get at least half of the...http://www.iwhim.us/post/866328970http://www.iwhim.us/post/866328970Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:14:17 -0400PEWquestionscurrenteventsIQ