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
Feb 29th
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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)
Feb 29th
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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...
Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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“I felt a tremendous distance between me and everything real.”
– Hunter S. Thompson  (via canonbeach)
Feb 29th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Craving avocados so hardcore right now.
Feb 27th
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I finally started watching Parks and Recreation from the beginning. It was a very good decision.
Feb 27th
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chowbabyy: Harry Potter is the Gretchen Wieners of the Oscars.
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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The Tangential: Why Reverse Racism is Not "A... →
thetangential: 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: … Accurate.
Feb 27th
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“La literatura es mentir bien la verdad.”
– Juan Carlos Onetti
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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"That's why the newsroom at the Times is often... →
No words to describe how excellent this is.
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 24th
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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
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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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...
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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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)
Feb 24th
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“A veces pienso que la prueba más fehaciente de que existe vida inteligente en el...”
– Bill Watterson, “Calvin y Hobbes”
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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“Police in New York broke up a drug ring that sold marijuana in Sour Patch candy...”
– Amy Poehler, Weekend Update
Feb 22nd
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College Majors That Put Women on Equal Footing... →
Feb 22nd
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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)
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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