February 2012
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is―it’s to imagine what...
– bell hooks
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I may not be as theologically sophisticated as American bishops, but I had...
– Nicholas Kristof, in his NY Times Op-Ed Beyond Pelvic Politics (via nothingfalseabouthope)
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Today is my four year anniversary. D’aww.
Sorry to spam your dashes with a sappy romantic post guys, but it’s a a special occasion. Today (leap day!) marks four years with the love of my life. I think it’s kind of cool that we’re a leap year couple - we met in November 2007 and made things “official” Friday, February 29, 2008 - four years ago today. We were...
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I felt a tremendous distance between me and everything real.
– Hunter S. Thompson (via canonbeach)
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Craving avocados so hardcore right now.
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I finally started watching Parks and Recreation from the beginning. It was a very good decision.
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chowbabyy:
Harry Potter is the Gretchen Wieners of the Oscars.
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The Tangential: Why Reverse Racism is Not "A... →
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White people are terrified of the day that racism will turn on us. Or maybe it already has! Just kidding it hasn’t, because the idea of “reverse racism” is really fucking dumb. Here’s why.
1. Racism is not a simple two-way exchange.
Discrimination between races doesn’t go like this:
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Accurate.
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La literatura es mentir bien la verdad.
– Juan Carlos Onetti
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"That's why the newsroom at the Times is often... →
No words to describe how excellent this is.
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If you’re really gonna do this you’d better get a move on. Right now, there are...
– Jenna, 30 Rock
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gym
My body seems to operate in two diametrically opposed modes: Never Go To The Gym Ever mode or Go To The Gym Every Fucking Day mode (by which I mean like, five days a week). I can’t really explain it, but it’s pretty much all or nothing when it comes to me and exercising regularly. And since I’m currently in a gym-happy phase, here are my observations:
Downsides of Going to the...
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Craters. Burned houses. Mutilated bodies. Women weeping for children and...
– Marie Colvin, Sunday Times journalist. R.I.P 1956-2012. (via its-london-calling)
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A veces pienso que la prueba más fehaciente de que existe vida inteligente en el...
– Bill Watterson, “Calvin y Hobbes”
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Police in New York broke up a drug ring that sold marijuana in Sour Patch candy...
– Amy Poehler, Weekend Update
College Majors That Put Women on Equal Footing... →
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So who is a journalist? A journalist - good or bad - possesses a hunger to...
– Ellyn Angelotti writing today in the New York Times on how we can distinguish between journalists and non-journalists when ideally it is the story that should count, not academic qualifications. (via henryctaylor)
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