August 2011
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Oh Mr. Darcy!
I know I had requested book recommendations the other day, and I am really grateful for all the titles given and nearly all of them are now on my “to read” list (nearly because I excluded the couple that are on the “have read” list), but I started reading Pride and Prejudice on the plane over, and its so good. I just get so absorbed, and when I’m not reading it, I...
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Ben Kweller — Falling
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“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter....”
– Kurt Vonnegut
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I've gone Kindle.
While deciding what books to bring for our upcoming vacation, I gave in to the digital reading age. When you share your luggage space and your carry-on space with a mini person who requires twice as much stuff as a normal-sized human, you quickly learn how to minimize your own stuff.
So, tumblr friends, I need books to put on my new mini-book!
I’ve already got the Hunger Games trilogy and...
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California school district bans the dictionary →
District officials said on Friday that they are forming a committee to consider a permanent classroom ban of the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. District spokeswoman Betti Cadmus said that school officials will review the dictionary to decide if it should be permanently banned because of the “sexually graphic” entry. “It’s hard to sit and read the dictionary, but we’ll be looking...
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My mom is an interior designer. Sometimes, I like...
Mom: I have to go. I have a big meeting in an hour.
Sabine: Oh. Is it about the other restaurant?
Mom: No. The airplane hanger.
Sabine: I have an idea! You should do a nautical theme!
Mom: ...
Sabine: In an airplane hanger! It's so clever.
Mom: Yup. Very clever.
Mom: Bye.
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Flavorwire: 30 Harshest musician on musician... →
“They play dress-up and sit on top of an apex of meaninglessness. They don’t mean anything to anybody apart from their fucking ugly girlfriends.”
Noel Gallagher on the Kaiser Chiefs
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How to Talk to Little Girls →
A very sweet and smart post from Joanna at A Cup Of Jo on helping little girls start to focus on the value of their brains rather than their looks.
I love and fully support this.
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I love this and from now on…
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Fleetwood Mac — Dreams
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Starbucks CEO urges halt to U.S. political... →
In his letter on Monday, Schultz invited executives to join him in a “pledge to withhold any further campaign contributions to the President and all members of Congress until a fair, bipartisan deal is reached that sets our nation on stronger long-term fiscal footing.”
Schultz also urged fellow CEOs to invest in projects or new products that will perk up the economy at a...
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“Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the...”
– Ryan Gosling.
It’s so true.
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Jimmy Ruffin — What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
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Reckoner — Radiohead
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Video: Japan's tsunami breaks off 300 sq.... →
Those are some serious waves.
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“Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged the British...”
– Iran picks up the opportunity to respond to the London riots.
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Architecture in Helsinki - That Beep
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They are making a movie based on the book "What to... →
GRRRRROOOOOOAAAAAAN.
This is a terrible idea.
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Patronus talk with Peter part II
Peter: Bine, my inspector patronus* evolved into a gryffin.
Sabine: WHAT? That's cool.
Peter: What is Luisa's inspector patronus?
Sabine: I'm not sure. She's never had to call her's yet.
Peter: Oh.
My mom: What do you think Luisa's inspector patronus is?
Peter: I don't know. Probably a little monster.
And yes. He calls it an "Inspector Patronus"
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Heather Locklear: What almost 50 looks like... →
Barf, People, barf. This should read: What almost 50 in Hollywood looks like. She looks puffy and shiny and plastic.
When I was a teenager, the concern was that teen girls were comparing themselves with Kate Moss. Starving themselves to get that heroin chic look. It’s an illness. One that continues to persist.
As I, and other women in my generation age, I worry that this is the next thing....
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Metric — The Police and the Private
I hate the...
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Want to live in Berlin? Why not work at a start-up →
Who doesn’t want to live in Berlin?
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Dear Scientists,
I’d like to apologize. I believe I may have ruined a terrific opportunity to study an insect that came from the Paleolithic era by killing the specimen. Allow me to explain.
Last night, I entered my bathroom to brush my teeth and what looks like a mosquito flies in. Mosquito, big deal, you might think. This one was the size of my palm*, so I figured it must be a mosquito...
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Today marks the first day of World Breastfeeding... →
Have you whipped your boob out to satiate a child today?
