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October 2012
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September 2012
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“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman...”
– distractedbyshinyobjects
re: feministing - for women, heart attacks look different
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August 2012
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June 2012
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“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees...”
– Susane Colasanti, So Much Closer (via larmoyante)
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“Because men, when they think of women’s fashion at all, tend to see it only in...”
– A Man’s Guide to a Woman’s Wardrobe, by Luke Leitch (via theepitomeofquiet)
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May 2012
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MIT's Freaky Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup... →
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“…choose love over worry”
– yehuda berg
Grub Street: Courtney Love's Diet →
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February 2012
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a first
today is the first day i have felt excited to fall in love again. scared to death of it (pun intended).
grateful…i am for the change of heart…or opening of it i should say.
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The New Inquiry: Boor and Peace: The Russian... →
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By Christine Baumgarthuber
Snugs nooks outfitted with wall-length mirrors and chairs upholstered in red velvet shelter men and women, who chat as they sip from demitasses. A waitress in a white apron wipes her knife before slicing a cake into squares. Patrons pass in and out, quickly…
January 2012
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influence
last night before i went to bed i glanced at the photo next to my bed and said to myself “it is amazing how significant a person can be in your life”.
my first thought was “i wonder if i will ever get to have that experience again”
my second thought was “i hope to god i get to have that experience again”
that is what i consider growth.
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“nyc is finally cold. the earth is still moving. love seems distant and life...”
– cc to sugarpie
December 2011
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“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
– -Maya Angelou (via thatkindofwoman)
September 2011
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“Science denial, when projected from the level of the state, can cost millions,...”
– Columbia University Press » Blog Archive » James Powell: Science Denialism Is Not Free, Part II
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“Global climate-protection spending totaled a record $567 billion last year, a 7...”
– The Stream, September 14: Global Climate Spending Grows
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
– Maya Angelou (via thatkindofwoman)
August 2011
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“Researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute have established the first...”
– via Circle of Blue WaterNews
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The science of predicting a hurricane's path →
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25 Quotables from the 99% Conference :: Articles... →
“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” —Fred Wilson (via Nassim N Taleb) #99conf
“We’re not meant to operate like computers. Human beings are designed to pulse between spending/renewing energy.” —Tony Schwartz
“Reduce everything you want to do, to an action you can do right now.”—Jason Randal #99conf
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“She had scratched through her skull during the night—and all the way into her...”
– The Itch by Atal Gawande: The New Yorker
“2008 New Yorker article about a woman who had a chronic itch on her head and over time through her skull in till she reached her brain” via selectism
June 2011
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the difference
“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.” — William Hazlitt
May 2011
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the pinterest baker’s dozen for this week See the full gallery on Posterous kadyn John Cusack, Vanity Fair justenoughsalt grunge justenoughsalt what a terrible mistake justenoughsalt the silver penguin justenoughsalt lariat bbq scottsmallwood john besh’s gumbo recipe danielsmyth diy bookshelf grammarous circumstance angieohman midwest states in cast iron ...
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the top 10 list of "special issues" magazines...
the list of “special issues” magazines recycle the food issue the travel issue the fashion issue the sex issue the best of issue the music issue the beauty issue the health issue the holiday issue the summer issue if a magazine only publishes once a month that leaves a mere 2 months for not-so-special-issues.
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Self Important | Futility Closet
English is the only major language to capitalize its first-person singular pronoun. “How monumentally imposing is that upper case ‘I’!” wrote Henry Van Dyke in 1920. “If a writer is egoistic the capitals stretch across his page like a colonnade. When he writes ‘we,’ he descends to the lower case. “But this orthographic solipsism, mark you, is shared by Americans, Canadians, Australians, New...
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William Egginton on the Rapture
Looking forward to May 22, 2011, as a day to laugh in the face of apocalypse-nowers makes about as much sense as getting excited about showing birthers another copy of Obama’s birth certificate. via cupblog.org
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reasons I support #slutwalkla
the reasons I support SlutWalk LA and hopefully soon SlutWalk NYC because… a person’s appearance is not the cause of sexual assault it is not the victim’s fault it is not ALL men it is not ALL women no one should expect violence and no asks for it “my daughter who deserves to grow up knowing her body is sacred no matter who or how or how many she loves.” ...
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Drinking Up The Water: "Too Many NGOs in a Crisis"
“…after every disaster there is a renewed attempt to sort out the chaos of the burgeoning international NGO sector. DIY aid is a huge trend created by the massive media engagement in a disaster; everyone watches the pictures on television and the global good will pours out – incoherent, passionate and convinced it can make a difference.” via How can we curb the proliferation...
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a baker’s dozen from pinterest this week See the full gallery on Posterous justenoughsalt Harper’s Bazaar, 1957. em somera The First Grader justenoughsalt Black Cat Print Dress jackie gay retro stove justenoughsalt Hermès Custom Vans Slip-Ons: stylist Robert Verdi nick goodey Ichijo Narumi, Female Nude Seated in Water, 1906 justenoughsalt damon winter justenoughsalt petals...
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Early Innovation at GOOD Magazine
“When you donate money to Max Schorr’s charity network, you end up with more than a stack of free-return-address labels. Give $20 to one of a dozen organizations at goodmagazine.com and you’ll receive a subscription to Schorr’s new bimonthly GOOD magazine.” -via Blueprint Magazine, Fall 2006 p.26 I wonder how this early innovation at GOOD turned out. Schorr was...
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Peace & Admiration
“People who have made peace with themselves are the people I most admire in the world.” - Harper Lee, in Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields via Blueprint Magazine, Summer 2006 p.36
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echo the chemical (battle) cry
A Chemical (Battle) Cry by Deborah Blum via speakeasyscience With the right set of enforced laws the word “chemical” does not need to be synonymous with the word “toxic”. what you need to know: “noted that an estimated 50,000 chemical compounds are used by American industries and their customers and that about 300 have gone through rigorous safety...
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to become the next thing you'll be...
“New York…is where you come to become the next thing you’ll be.” -Bill Buford, in Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany via Blueprint Magazine, Summer 2006 p.34
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you do not have to be good
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the...
