January 2011
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Hooray Internet! I only spent $60 on books this...
I downloaded 3 of my textbooks in about 20 minutes. Although one is a pretty shitty, 1st edition version that I may buy if it proves useful. Otherwise, it’s just the architecture/sociology books (per usual) that I bought at Amazon (with free student Prime account and Living Social $10 discount). A little annoyed that E.B. White’s “Here is New York” essay needed to be...
Americans strongly favor military cuts (Times/CBS... →
mrgan:
seoulbrother on where the budget should be trimmed:
Here’s the thing: When they do make cuts in military spending, the government doesn’t make fewer missiles and bombs, they either freeze or cut pay and benefits for soldiers, sailors and their families. The soldier’s quality of life is unfairly held hostage by the defense budget as a whole.
A story I may have told before:
When I was...
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“A woman friend of mine moved recently from one apartment to another, a distance...”
– Here Is New York, E.B. White
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Coffee in SoHo
ericmortensen:
rafimama:
evangotlib:
There is a phenomenon that is occurring in most of the coffee shops in SoHo. That of the over-talkative barista.
There is an implied social contract when acquiring your morning coffee. I will pay $3 to $5 for what is essentially flavored and fortified hot water. I will place all change from the transaction into the tip jar. In return, the barista...
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Uh oh. My MacBook won't start up and the sleep...
Alternately freaking myself out and reassuring myself via forums that “the ram got unseated” when I knocked a glass of water over ( and I was so excited there was no water damage!). Anybody have a tiny screwdriver so I can check?
(and i’d make this a whispery post because no one cares but there’s no “markup” in the iPhone app)
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The Glass Ceiling and the Frozen Ground
correlationstonone:
My wife slipped on some ice on Friday, 6 months into her pregnancy. It was right outside my front door. She was hurrying - rushing - to take a final for her MBA night class because my wife is an incredibly motivated person. The week before she slipped she got up at 4:00, took a train to New York, took a train back, and sat in an MBA class until 9:00. The Saturday before...
Watchericmortensen:
Beastie Boys - Body Movin’
Are Beastie Boys music videos good enough to warrant a two disc Criterion Collection set?
Absofuckinglutely.
It’s a great set, with multiple angles and multiple audio tracks containing remixes and acapela versions.
Auto Beastie Boys reblog for a ridiculously entertaining video.
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“A nurse practitioner at an Idaho Planned Parenthood called a local Walgreen’s...”
– Pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for potentially life-saving drugs — Feministe
And now for a new subject: On what planet is this ok?
(via librarianinlittlecanada)
In what way are people raised that they think it is okay to demand shit like this? Like, who the fuck are you to demand...
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~tearz~
me: imagine when there are 80 yr old bloggers
when we're in retirement homes
blogging about our catheters
Christine: all of our grandkids making fun of us
"Grandma no one even reads that, why do you keep posting?"
me: "ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS ARE DEAD"
Christine: "SOMEONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS PLACE'S PUDDING GAME IS WAY OFF, MARGOT! STOP BEING SUCH A BITCH!"
me: we're all still on tumblr
"did you guys hear about Topherchris?" "yeah man. colon cancer. scary."
Christine: whats funny is that i would be upset
like there are so many tumblrs i dont know personally that i would feel actual things for if something terrible were to happen
me: oh yeah
god help us if anything happens to spena or whatever
we're all like "whatever happened to iamsosorry"
and then his mom posts a month later "i'm sorry to tell you all that he was in a car accident. we finally had to pull the plug today"
Christine: omg i cant even
me: what do we do, put little candle .gifs on his page, a lil' ~mEmOrIaL~
open it up for public contribution
Christine: blingee the pain away
me: tell about your favorite classic iamsosorry moments
put up a midi file of "the rose"
i'm surprised we haven't had a big tumblr death yet
Christine: time bomb
one of the greats
meets an untimely demise
oh god
me: funeral meetup
Christine: i'm nervous just typing about it
foursquare funeral
all of us with nametags
me: so many emotions right now #tumblrfuneral
Christine: hi, i'm drinkyourjuice
"he made some great posts, man"
me: we could make a collage of favorite 'shops
me: after there will be a .gif of a casket being lowered into the ground
Christine: this is sad to me
i feel actual sadness
me: it will get 5k likes
someone will put the deal with it sunglasses on top of it
azspot:
“There are two new “feminine mystiques.” I don’t think they’re as pervasive as the old, but they can be dangerous. One of them kicks in during the teen years, and that’s what I call “the hottie mystique.” The idea is that young women have to not only achieve in ways you were never expected to achieve before, but to compensate for that achievement they must show that they are completely...
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Why are the East of Cities usually Poorer? →
Many older cities rapidly expanded during the Industrial Revolution, as workers flocked to the urban centers. As the towns and cities expanded, the residential areas for the workers tended to be in the east, with the middle and upper-classes in the west. The reason for this is that in much of the northern hemisphere, the prevailing winds are westerlies – blowing from west to east. The massive,...
“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have...”
– The First Decade of the Future is Behind Us | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine (via arielwaldman) WE LIVE IN THE MOTHER FLIPPIN FUTURE!!! (via msg)
Well when you put it this way…!
“Suppose you are a little, nimble guy being chased by a big, fat, bully. You open...”
– Paul Graham - How to Make Wealth
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Watchdpstyles:
Quickie GoPro upload from this weekend @ Mount Snow. Up-and-over the ropes on the Snowdancer (x3!) (Xtian filming)]
So jealous!
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