August 2009
14 posts
The first women flight attendants, in 1930, were...
margartia:
fuckyeahfacts:
(World’s Greatest Book of Useless Information)
“Part of our emergency is that it’s so tempting to do this sort of thing now, to...”
– David Foster Wallace (via tmblg)
“In the interests, then, of peace; in the interests of commerce; in the interests...”
– Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1868. Quoted by Rory Stewart in the London Review of Books debunking one of the few remaining consensus items in American and international politics: the idea that maintaining an Afghan counterinsurgency is or ever was a good idea.
Uninsured idiot yahoo protesting against... →
(via claytoncubitt)
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Barack's Books, on the campaign trail and...
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers. —Politico, May 3
Netherland by Joseph O’Neill. —The New York Times Magazine, May 03, 2009.
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs. —The New York Times, December 16, 2008.
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan. —National Journal, November 26, 2008.
Defining Moment: FDR’s...
July 2009
3 posts
“The HP Alliance has adopted an unconventional approach to civic engagement —...”
– “How Dumbledore’s Army” Is Transforming Our World,” by Henry Jenkins (via somethingchanged)
June 2009
8 posts
Vie de Merde →
c’est la meilleure chose.
May 2009
12 posts
Strange Early Jobs of 23 Famous People →
(via mirza)
Ozzy Osborne and Christopher Walken are (perhaps predictably) the runaway favorites.
“It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be: ‘You came up with...”
– Ricky Gervais on being an atheist
(via tmblg)
This describes me precisely, but sometimes I’m not so sure we should be proud of our skepticism of fantastic things. Would that flying were so easy.
www.mylifeisaverage.com →
(via mmgiiirl)
I appreciate this on so many levels.
“Your body of work is yet to come.”
– Obama to ASU graduates (via mmgiiirl)
April 2009
5 posts
Escape For Several Seconds With This Refreshing...
magicmolly:
For each question choose one preference. From your selections, determine what sort of person you are.
Taste of seawater OR taste of lakewater?
Dappled shade OR deep shade?
Handful of mud OR handful of sand?
Maidenhair fern OR beach grass?
Smell of dust OR smell of dirt?
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POP QUIZ
Do you prefer:
A. Singing softly in an impromptu acoustic cadre of the loud and beloved, to share in their harmony and dream up talent and comfort.
B. Discovering you’ve surrounded yourself with precisely the right people—who will listen and speak and validate and question.
C. Delighting in physical pleasures and striving to wear out all five senses.
D. Realizing arising glum needn’t...
March 2009
2 posts
February 2009
1 post
“Whenever the moon and stars are set,
Whenever the wind is high.
All night long...”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
January 2009
1 post
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Regarding their rockets, amidst ours (Israel,...
(This was also posted on facebook for non-bloggy sorts; ignore or entertain at will.)
As a student of politics and a perennial news junkie, I spend a lot of time thinking about goings-on in the world around us, and subsequently harbor quite a few strong opinions, but Israel/Palestine is one issue I have never been able to wrap my mind around. Subsequently every time it nudges (or catapults)...
December 2008
12 posts
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Peruvian Parable (or, supping with stepmom's...
So, the Incans built the first walls of most structures throughout their gallant empire, and fine, worthy craftsmen and women they were. The Spaniards, in their infinite colonial wisdom, disapproved of their meager height and built them up, up, up—which we know today because the slightest tremor brings only storeys two and upward crumbling down.
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To Whom it May Concern
Everyone I am following needs to visit disqus and follow the instructions to enable comments because I am effervescing with responses to the lovely insights you share. kthx.