February 2011
19 posts
“As my Dutch teacher, Armelle Meijerink, said: ‘We look at the American...”
– Going Dutch - How I Learned to Love the European Welfare State. - NYTimes.com
OLD SCHOOL NICK: Rugrats is about feminist... →
raptoravatar:
whatisanipomoea:erikawithac:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver)
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a…
they don’t make them like they used to.
January 2011
29 posts
“Our mothers madly climbed gym equipment to nowhere; we decided we maybe just...”
– How To Be 1990s « Thought Catalog
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Why Is This Dude Running Through A Snowstorm... →
I’d go that far for ice cream. especially if it were blue moon. upper midwest, WHAT WHAT
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Word Clouds: Bachmann vs. Ryan →
Five Emotions Invented by the Internet, per Leigh... →
beatyourwings:
1) “A vague and gnawing pang of anxiety centered around an IM window that has lulled.”
2) “A sudden and irrational rage in response to reading an ‘@-reply’ on Twitter.”
3) “The state of being ‘installed’ at a computer or laptop for an extended period of time without purpose, characterized by a…
uuughhh
“Did you ever consider not becoming a writer? Did I ever. Do I ever. For a long...”
– 20 Under 40 Fiction Q. & A.: Jonathan Safran Foer : The New Yorker
Jurassic Park 1000% Slower →
beautiful…
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November 8th, 2010
themonkeysyouordered:
A unicorn is here to see you.
if you’re not following this Tumblr, you must. Recaptioned New Yorker cartoons.
First EAGLEHEART Teaser [VIDEO] →
Cautiously optimistic about this show.
“Democratic Illinois lawmakers beat a looming deadline and approved a 66 percent...”
– Ill. faces 66 percent tax boost amid budget crisis - AP
So glad they rejected a cigarette tax increase and aren’t paying back small business owners.
“I want you to know you have my support. But please look into protection for your...”
– Glenn Beck to Sarah Palin, via the Huffington Post
Yes, an assassination attempt on Sarah Palin might incite civil war. What? Seriously?
“None of us were very good at saying good-bye. For some reason, it always came...”
– Nightlight: A Parody
Can we stop politicizing tragedy?
Any shocking event that becomes a part of national discourse is going to invite people promoting some political agenda. It happened on 9/11, it happened in the Virginia Tech shootings, it happened right here on campus last September. This isn’t a new tendency.
Since yesterday, I’ve seen newly salient debates about the following political issues:
Concealed carry laws
2nd Amendment...
Interesting Times: It Doesn’t Matter Why He Did... →
Cosigned.
“The massacre in Tucson is, in a sense, irrelevant to the important point. Whatever drove Jared Lee Loughner, America’s political frequencies are full of violent static.”
“The vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio...”
– Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik
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Five Completely True Predictions for 2011
Uneasy about what the future holds for the most infamous stars and stories of 2010? Relax, guys! I got y’all covered.
The rapist in Lincoln Park, Alabama will be caught - and will be revealed to be Julian Assange. He is really dumb, for real.
Scientists will discover that a double rainbow all the way means one more year of a depressed economy and high unemployment. Damn it,...
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Top 10 Weird But Kickass TV Comedies on Netflix... →
There’s so much available on Netflix Instant Access now. I made a list of some of my favorite TV comedies - some are new, some not so new, some weird, some even weirder.
Be It Resolved...
So, it’s 2011. A new year.
Can anyone really keep those long term, vague, “be healthier,” “spend less money,” “be a better person” resolutions? The abstractness of that kind of goal virtually ensures that I’d think about a resolution for roughly 48 hours before forgetting about it and reverting to old habits. So I’m doing something a little...