February 2010
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“Even my gender has been questioned. I want that to be public because I don’t...”
– Johnny Weir, responding to commentators who questioned his gender, example he sets (via apsies) (via pedrosanchez)
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Just watched this week’s Lost.
WOW.
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sosafe:
txtsfrmlstnght:
(660): dude im at a party with a bunch of 17 year old gilrs this is awesome (816): no its not leave
It seems like his has been happening a lot around here lately.
Uh oh.
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“I am now going to ask you a favor which sounds quite crazy, and which I should...”
– Franz Kafka wrote exactly the sort of love letters you’d expect.
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Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers | Shouts |... →
3. Steal Cheryl’s famous potato-salad recipe. When Cheryl asks, “Why did you steal my recipe?,” say, “I don’t know, Cheryl, why did you break my heart?” Then laugh so she knows you’re just kidding.
Melissa sent me this link. Quality.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
Bon Iver (13)
Phoenix (11)
Darrin Patrick (4)
NPR (2)
Feist (2)
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“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with...”
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Republican VA state representative Bob Marshall, at a press conference encouraging the legislature to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. (Feministe) (via abbyjean) (via pedrosanchez)
Infuriating. His basic claim is that God punishes people by making their children handicapped; a hateful...
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pedrosanchez:
Emilio de Benito - Granada
Just...
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I brought a big mug of hot tea to bed with me. This could become a habit.
Rebecca and I baked a couple sourdough boules today from our own sourdough starter. The starter has been living for over a month now, and bread from it is starting to exhibit that characteristic sourdough flavor. We let it rise practically all weekend, and it developed a nice, chewy crumb with a hard, tough crust....
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who do
pedrosanchez:
i tried sleeping in pajama shorts and a t shirt a week ago or something and i really don’t get how people do it at all. i woke with wedgies and i was tangled in my shirt and it was just uncomfortable.
Sleeping in a t-shirt is unpleasant; I’ve done it a couple times, and I’ve never really gotten the hang of it. It always seems to end in near-strangulation.
Even boxers...
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3:00am. Still awake.
I’m watching Little Women and taking notes on the director commentary so I can write this 800-word paper about said commentary for my Film Appreciation class.
It’s not like this is a difficult assignment, or really that it’s that time-consuming. Basically, I should stop procrastinating. But we all know that I won’t.
That said, if I were in Warrensburg right now, I’d...
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copycats:
It Ain’t Me, Babe (Hub Sessions) by...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Ray LaMontagne (28)
Kevin Cawley (2)
Paul Baloche (1)
Ben Gibbard (1)
Darrin Patrick (1)
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Valentine's Day
Rebecca and I didn’t really do anything out of the ordinary on Valentine’s Day. I wasn’t sure whether I’d be working that day until about five days prior, so I didn’t have time to make reservations anywhere exciting. I gave her a letter I wrote for her, and we relaxed and enjoyed each others company for awhile. I helped her a little with her website and taught her...
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“I wrote Dug as a combination of all the dogs I’ve owned. Marcella, Precious,...”
– Bob Peters, co-writer and co-director of UP (via scout)
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BBC News - Women say some rape victims should take... →
The study found that women were less forgiving of the victim than men.
Some 71% of women thought a person should accept responsibility when getting into bed with someone, compared with 57% of men.
The survey also found more than one in 10 people were unsure whether they would report being raped to the police, and 2% said they would definitely not do so.
The main reasons were being too ...
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Ten Unexpected Collective Nouns
wordjournal:
rout • a rout of wolves
clowder • a clowder of cats
descension • a descension of woodpeckers
disworship • a disworship of Scots
mute • a mute of hounds
raft • a raft of ducks
unbrewing • an unbrewing of carvers
neverthriving • a neverthriving of jugglers
drunkenship • a drunkenship of cobblers
shrewdness • a shrewdness of apes
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Tyrannosaurus Sex
The Discovery Channel is celebrating Valentine’s Day with “Tyrannosaurus Sex,” an hour-long special that probes the courtship rituals and mating habits of dinosaurs.
Yes, dinosaurs.
“‘Tyrannosaurus Sex’ doesn’t just answer the questions, it shows dinosaur sex in all its glory with state-of-the-art CGI animation,” reads a press release.
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Twitter can change the world! Or, Woooo! Dinosaur...
“welp” is like when you say “well”, but with that bit of a cut-off at the end as you press your lips together. i wish there was a better way to write that word, you’d know it if you heard it, it’s a VOICELESS BILABIAL PLOSIVE
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I attach the following, in which I talk to Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics fame via Twitter, and he changes the alt-text...
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“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.”
– Isak Dinesen (via julianaeveryday)
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I am not very good at this whole: speak in middle...
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Historical Lingustics. Woo!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7) →
Neko Case (2)
The Weakerthans (1)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (1)
John Mayer (1)
Andrew Bird (1)
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Haircut
jdlayman:
I got my hair cut today at my favorite place (the only legit Fantastic Sam’s I know of). I’m on a first name basis with the two girls. Natalie even showed me her baby today. What’s great is that, since I’m their friend now, they actually try when they cut my hair. Basically, I get a $20 haircut for $12. It’s the only place in Overland Park that actually makes me feel like I used to...
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On Mondays and Wednesdays, I have a four-hour break between classes. All I want to do is fall asleep in the library, but I feel pretty awkward sleeping in public. The third and fourth floors are less populated, but I don’t get a wi-fi signal up there, so I would have to pack up my things and change floors when I want to study/sleep.
Summary: I’m so tired.
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Can you name a word in the English language with...
This is what happens when I stay up too late.
EDIT: No proper nouns.
The winners: Ben Williams/John Layman - queue Ben Williams - plateaued Myself - onomatopoeia
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Super Bowl Wager between New Orleans & Indy Art... →
jlovely:
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Museum directors trash talk via twitter and each selects a piece to borrow from the other if their hometown football team wins the Super Bowl!
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Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia →
From the article:
The Australian band Men at Work are facing a big legal bill after a court ruled it had plagiarised a Girl Guides’ song in its 1983 hit, Down Under.
Larrikin Music had claimed the flute riff from was stolen from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, written by Marion Sinclair in 1934
I love it. Could they have stolen a melody from a more Australian song for their own...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31) →
James Dueck (16)
Rilo Kiley (14)
She & Him (11)
Explosions in the Sky (6)
Dario Marianelli (5)
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I feel like I should explain this. James Dueck is the source of the rain sound loop on rainymood.com. I may have downloaded the rain loop to play overnight on my laptop, forgetting that all of my listens are sent to last.fm.
I’m glad I...