February 2012
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Sister Act →
Sometimes you are having a really long week and then the universe reaches over, taps you on the shoulder and reminder you that you have the most amazing people in your life. The kind of people who post Sister Act clips, the kind of people who make Back in the Habit references on their Facebook status updates (thank you Jess Agi) and the kind of people who send you funny giraffe pictures. You all...
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Nation's largest food forest planned for Seattle's... →
Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will...
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No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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The story Katims came up with “parallels what happened to Mike Leach … a coach...
– Peter Berg Reveals Friday Night Lights Movie Plot — Vulture
Yes, he is the MOST PERFECT HUMAN.
(via jennyjennybobenny)
So excited for this movie. I miss these characters.
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Mashable's Wedding Proposal Via Infographic →
journalofajournalist:
This is the sweetest tech thing I’ve ever seen. I’ll suspend my bitterness about the Valentine’s Day Industrial Complex 100%, if it leads to adorable infographics like this.
This is really quite sweet.
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The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect...
– Thomas Jefferson (via thoughtsdetained)
It has been a week of wins for gay rights: my home state of Washington has passed marriage equality in both the house and the senate, Proposition 8 was deemed unconstitutional by the 9th district Court of Appeals and a discriminatory amendment to the state...
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January 2012
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Word Revival #11
ineffectual
Adjective
Not producing any or the desired effect: “an ineffectual campaign”.
(of a person) Lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation: “an ineffectual parent”.
Synonyms: counterproductive, feckless, hamstrung, ineffective, inefficacious, inefficient, inexpedient
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Surprise, surprise - marriage equality would... →
gaywrites:
You know how people joke that gay weddings will save the economy? That’s becoming less of a joke every day.
The Williams Institute released a report Friday showing that legalizing marriage equality in Washington would add $88 million to the state’s economy in the first three years. The numbers are based on calculations of average wedding expenditures and consider the amount of money...
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How to Make Guys Like You by John Green →
(Original 2009 intro) “Hi, I’m a fifteen year old girl named Katie.” No you’re not, you’re John Green sitting slightly farther away from the camera. Right, no, I realize that, but I’m quoting a fifteen year old girl who wrote us an email. Oh, alright. “I’m not very popular. How do I get boys to like me?” Thank you for your question, Katie. Let me begin by acknowledging that I am not an expert in...
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(via jakefogelnest)
jess-agi:“I tried and therefore no one should criticize me.” So good.
Spot on.
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With $116 Million Pledged, Ecuador Moves Forward... →
After receiving pledges totaling more than its goal of $100 million by a year-end deadline, the Ecuadorian government last week announced that it would move forward with the so-called Yasuni ITT Initiative, an innovative plan to leave untapped more than 900 million barrels of crude oil beneath a pristine Amazonian nature reserve, in exchange for annual international donations.
An interesting...
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Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we...
– Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855
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Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and...
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via thoughtsdetained)
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My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation...
– Garrison Keillor
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Now that every single human being on earth has a camera phone, where are all...
– George Clooney (via journalofajournalist)
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DO IT FOR ME: coworker edition
Coworker: I want to set up an alias so we both get the emails
Me: I don’t want the emails
Coworker: they yell at me and I think you should know
Me: No, they yell at you and you want them to yell at me instead
Coworker: well, partially.
Me: no, totally. and the answer is no
Coworker: I think it will be better
Me: it will not be better, it will just be me getting yelled at
Coworker: well, I think that is better
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First bite: Cuy edition
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