February 2009
“But don’t believe what you read. Rahm Emanuel is a real sweetheart. No, it’s...”
– Palin Attending Alfalfa Club Dinner Because Of Obama: UPDATED WITH OBAMA REMARKS [via]
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“best song EVER.”
– goodboyturnsbadboy commenting on YouTube - Bush - Glycerine Who knew that there were still people who feel the same way about this song that I did when I was 10?
Rekindling my love affair with the AAA style guide
Attempting to write a paper (my first in over a year! I somehow got through the first semester with no writing to speak of) comparing the evolutionism of Herbert Spencer and Marx/Engels. Wish it was comparing the social thttp://www.tumblr.com/new/texthemes of “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “90210”. Now that is something I could get into for 10 pages. One positive thing I have...
January 2009
“We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent...”
– Obama Issues Orders Aimed at Aiding Unions [via]
“Economies may fail, banking systems may collapse, but we’ll always have Davos,...”
– Marina Hyde. Here ([via]
“But does being pro-choice mean that one should support a woman’s right to decide...”
– Womb Raiders: New Facts About Mother Of Octuplets Raise Ethical Questions [via] Yes. Whether this is safe or not is an issue for a woman, her doctor(s), and whoever else she chooses to involve. This is not a social, political, or public issue. I am sick of hearing about it as though it is.
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“Jellybones” by The Unicorns [via] too...
“The Hymn for the Cigarettes” by...
“The question quickly becomes not what the world will look like after collapse,...”
– Quick economic roundup
Cardiopulmonary Spatialization →
The idea that architecture might have medical effects on the people who experience it was the premise of a project by Marina Nicollier produced this year at Rice University.
“But the smaller lots of residential emptiness should be more closely examined...”
– ground zero
“On top of that, letting a vehicle idle for more than 10 seconds wastes more fuel...”
– Anti-idling: Think of the children I need some scientific proof of this so I can once and for all prove that I have been right in the argument about this that Ryan & I have been having for the entirety of our relationship. He is a big proponent of idling. This is similar to the argument I had...
“1. Nonstick cooking spray instead of oil (for stovetop cooking)
2. Canned...”
– TOP ATE Calorie-Saving Cooking Swaps! Why not just real food? In, you know, reasonable portions. Also butternut squash? Nothing like potatoes. Even as someone with strange eating habits, I still find the whole culture of dieting totally bizarre.
“Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.”
– Gloria Steinem [via]
“Although, honestly, dating an ex might be smarter than going back to grad...”
– robot-heart
“The generation that sat in lines for gasoline at the pump in their 20s and 30s...”
– explosion commenting on Don’t let the door hit you on the way out [via]
“Ever since Alistair Darling hired a posse of City bankers to advise him on...”
– Simon Jenkins. From here. [via]
“Both Hands” by Ani Difranco, Live in...
“While it may be true that there are fewer women who identify as feminists these...”
– Beware the anti-feminists [via]
“This creeping up of teen pregnancy is not because so many more kids are having...”
– Maria Kefalas, assoc. prof. of sociology at St. Joseph’s University in The Myth of Rampant Teenage Promiscuity [via]
“In The Aeroplane Over the Sea” by...
“Is it more important to take a unique photo to prove you were there or to exist...”
– spaceships
“I like to hear songwriters like John Darnielle, David Berman, and Yoni Wolf...”
– Tiny Mix Tapes Features: WHY? The first two are probably two of my favorite (until recently!) currently active songwriters. Yoni Wolf is not so bad either.
WatchJennifer 8. Lee hunts for General Tso [via]
anthroLOLogy →
msbadkittie:
anthropophagous:
anthropology & LOL
Uh..
I guess they forgot to include all the hilarious photos of white people engaged in hilarious cultural antics. Maybe they are still getting around to it.
i took a look at it. what part of it is supposed to be LOL? the part where they make fun of other cultural customs? really?
but what isn’t funny about brown people with their...
anthroLOLogy →
anthropology & LOL Uh.. I guess they forgot to include all the hilarious photos of white people engaged in hilarious cultural antics. Maybe they are still getting around to it.
“If you wanna have this baby, I’ll go with you to Lamaze class. If you don’t...”
– teen naomi to knocked-up teen adriana on last night’s 90210, actually acknowledging that a pregnant teenager has a CHOICE. what what! (bitch blog) [via] Having just watched this episode (my exciting saturday night!), It was ridic seeing something like this on a teen show. wtf. love it.
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