December 2009
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new...”
– Benjamin Frankiln [via rulesformyunbornson]. (via librarysciences) (via lizlet)
instruction: “snacks. bring the wiimotes.”
I've never had a job that closes between Christmas...
Dining room tables and minimum wages - Paul... →
I own blue suede shoes. Yeah, bring on the banana sandwiches.
“It is this so-called “two-check” provision that has greatly frustrated...”
– The New Abortion Divide - Newsweek.com
This is a problem.
(via churchbells)
(via nihilistidealist)
(via rabbleprochoice)
This is the problem with maternity riders on private policies, as well. In the case of unplanned, but not necessarily unwanted pregnancies, if you don’t have the...
Cute Boys With Cats →
lizlet:
synecdoche:
matt-t:
I have a feeling this is ‘relevant to some of y’alls interests’
and I’m not just saying that because they used one of me and whiskey, but I am flattered.
i’m a big fan of that one dude who has a system of a down sticker on his dresser.
This is all right. But needs more Clooney.
I think this is a new kink of mine. And I don’t even want to OWN a cat.
awesome Studio 360 episode on wnyc right now about Sherlock Holmes. http://bit.ly/6ez4n4
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Coffee, please.
inothernews:
(via thedisgruntledgradstudent)
Here. Milk? Half? I just say “half” because saying “half and half” is sorta redundant. No need to do math that early, naw mean? Sugar? Artificial sweetener? Artificial sweetener made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar? Iced? You want it iced? God DAMN I’m tired. But here’s some coffee.
awesome day: sherlock holmes, approx a shit-ton of chinese food, epic apples to apples, and mulled wine. freezing rain can’t dim this.
I love how once I tell people that I am pro-life,...
rabbleprochoice:
lennonlove:
Seriously.
Anti-abortion laws kill women.
Seriously.
Love,
Rabble
co-signed, meaning: anti-abortion laws kill women. and restrict their choices about how they want to live their lives.
Someone outside keeps shouting “ho ho ho, meeeerrry christmas” running down the street.
I’ve got a glass of wine, white christmas and the west wing on dvd, and a new knitting project. Merry christmas indeed.
RT @michaelianblack: Charity gift idea for Christmas: Instead of presents, give your children real, unwanted babies.
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“The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack...”
– How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian (via david-noel) (via mikehudack)
Ugh.
(via inothernews)
Read this. Now.
“One was a survey of 1.3 million Americans done over four years by the Centers...”
– NYC - New York in Last Place in Happiness Rating - NYTimes.com (via meganwest)
You missed this bit:
We’re from the Harry Lime school. If you’ve seen the film classic “The Third Man,” you will remember that character’s admonition: “In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror,...
RT @MissJennaLauren: @ejbayer is The Starry Messenger. http://tweetphoto.com/6919204
“Scrabble has been repackaged in pink (the tiles on the front of the box spell...”
– The power of pink (The Guardian)
This is what happens when you start aggressively telling young girls what their place is: “Utilities turned into beauty salons.” “The tiles on the front of the box spell FASHION.” Flip flops instead of dogs. (?!) God forbid nascent females know words that don’t...
“Irving Berlin, the most prolific of Tin Pan Alley music men, composed “White...”
– The Bowery Boys: New York City History: ‘White Christmas’ roots in the Lower East Side (via meganwest)
I always love this story, because it highlights what I like about Christmas. Berlin was on a business trip, and away from his friends and family.
RT @NewYorkology: Last night: RT @columbiajames: Snowball fight in Times Square http://twitpic.com/uadxt
“no way I’m taking a cab, I think the train is safer.” #heytherewinter
(I kinda love snow. For, like, 10 minutes. While it’s falling. So yes, I liked trudging up the block on the unshoveled sidewalks in the blowing snow, but I only live 2 blocks from the train. Who’s up for a walk in the park tomorrow?!)
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RT @fuzzydinosaur: RT @FakeAPStylebook: “Frak” should only be used if you’re fighting Cylons. Are you fighting Cylons? Yeah, didn’t think so
And here's your suburban Chicagoland news!
tylercoates:
High-school beatings! They’re not just for the South Side anymore!
Four Evanston Township High School students have been charged with misdemeanors after a student from New Trier Township High School was pulled from his car and beaten after a close basketball game between the schools. Officials are seeking video they hope will shed light on the attack. The incident occurred Dec. 11...
The Awl teaches you how to cook a fucking latke. →
Looks like a pretty good recipe, though I don’t bother separating no eggs. My mother also uses matzo meal instead of flour, but that’s just because it’s always still around from Passover. But yes to grating the shit yourself, the secret ingredient is knuckles. (see also: horseradish.)
“I keep saying to the students as we move along in the course, ‘I believe there...”
– Rabbi Haskel Lookstein on his Jewish Sexual Ethics class offered to high school students at Ramaz High School. It’s great to hear a positive statement that is about empowering teenagers to make their own decisions about sex, since they’re going to anyway. (NYT: In A Manhattan Classroom,...
“Some family recipes were a must, however, like peanut butter blossoms, Italian...”
– I am all for homemade cookie bar. Let’s do this. (“The Wedding? I’m here for the cookies.”)
i hate those days at the office where you’re busy all day, and barely at your desk, but you got NOTHING DONE.
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seem to have racked up my knee. Am applying medicinal ice and taking medicinal irish whiskey.
