November 2011
69 posts
Oh God. →
tbridge:
Masters exam is set for 18 January 2012 at 10:30 am.
Oh god. Oh god. Panic. Oh god. Panic. Panic pAnic panic.
Go remind Tom what a smartypants he is.
crankyreservationist replied to your photo: (via Instagram) So this happened. I rode back…
She kind of looks like a “Kit” to me. There’s something about the bike that makes me think of WW2, and that makes me think of a League of Their Own and now all I can think of is Tom Hanks yelling “THERE’S NO CRYING IN CYCLING”
I’m kind of digging “Kit,” and that suggestion has...
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it's hard out here for a shrimp
As you know, Tom and I are both working on fitting more exercise into our lives. Tom’s really been enjoying taking the Capital Bikeshare bikes out, and since my ability to get exercise by going to dance class is limited by things like “wanting to be home once in a while” and “teachers going home for the holidays,” I thought I’d try it too. I just needed a...
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“This film, although silly and filled with terrible puns and bright cheery music,...”
– Review: Jason Segel and Amy Adams help make The Muppets a big-hearted star-packed slice of awesome - HitFix.com
I got your franchising, right here…
(via jaybushman)
Yes, yes, yes. First, read the rest of this review. Then go out immediately and see the next available showing of “The...
150 cars on Penn. Turnpike get stuck in goo →
A flood of gooey black muck dropped from a tanker truck disabled about 150 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said.
A leaking valve on a tanker spread driveway sealant over the eastbound lanes of a long stretch of the Turnpike between New Castle and the Oakmont Service Plaza on Tuesday night, Turnpike...
Thanksgiving in my kitchen
Tom: What else do we need to put together?
Me: We've still got the stuffed mushrooms, the roasted veg, and the green beans.
Lisa: Do we NEED more food?
Me: WHO'S HOUSE IS THIS?
Lisa: Oh right. Clearly I lost my mind for a moment.
Every Day is a Hustle
tbridge:
This morning there was a knock on our door about noon. I didn’t recognize the gentleman knocking, but he handed me his card right away and introduced himself as James. He fixed my neighbor’s retaining wall last week after the car wreck destroyed it, and he’d seen that our could use some work.
We’ve been looking for someone to help with this for at least a year. He offered me a quote on...
cram it up the turkey
We spent the first Thanksgiving after we got married with Tom’s family in Davis, CA. The previous Christmas was the first holiday I had spent with them, so I was still a rookie on the whole Bridge Family Holiday Traditions thing. Really, I was kind of a rookie on the having family holiday traditions at all, since holidays in my family are mostly reasons to cook entirely too much food and...
a reminder for DC-ish peeps
We are cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house. If you do not have plans, but would like some, you are welcome at our place.
I can promise tasty food, minimal political talk, and zero drama about why you’re still single/childless/gay/not attending church. Or at least, Tom and I won’t bug you about that stuff. I make no promises about what Macro might say. He’s kind of a dick.
“so I know what you’re thinking
BUT OVID WE ALREADY HEARD THE AZTEC...”
– Myths RETOLD: Cipactli
Can’t wait till this guy’s book comes out.
“Fashion is one of the very few forms of expression in which women have more...”
– Fashion is a Feminist Issue: Greta Christina (via tulletulle)
RB because I think it’s an interesting point I had not previously considered to this level of specificity.
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Ever thought about the fact that someone from BBC...
doctorwho:
celestialcow:
They know everything we know and think and feel.
We are everywhere.
When BBC America posted their social media manager job, I would totally have applied if it hadn’t been in New York. Because this would be pretty much the best job EVARRRR.
“The first known alleged victim in the Jerry Sandusky case, known as...”
– Alleged Victim In Sandusky Case Leaves High School Due To Bullying
If anyone was wondering what the term “rape culture” really means, here’s a great example.
best holiday cooking investment ever
I’ve said this to a couple of people today, and it seems to be becoming enough of a theme that I will share it with all of you.
The best thing we ever did for our holiday cooking adventures was buy an electric roaster oven. Seriously. That’s where the turkey goes (or the prime rib at Christmas), and the contraption sits on a small (but sturdy) table, out of the way, near an outlet,...
“If that doesn’t sound like much to you, then take into account the fact that the...”
– Suburban Fantasy, Gender Politics, plus a Goblin Prom: Why Labyrinth is a Classic | Tor.com
to have a house of grace
lizzindc:
I missed yesterday’s post but I have a really good excuse, I was eating chili* and watching football at the Bridge’s! Just coincidentally, Tom and Tiffany are the subject of my post this morning.
These two are some of the nicest, most openhearted people I know. Events at their house always involve delicious food, interesting people, and lots and lots of laughter. They seem to attract...
“Please, dear College Presidents, stop sending for the police. Our students face...”
– Cathy N. Davidson (via azspot)
The whole post is completely worth reading, even if I do wish the obviously intelligent writer could grasp how to embed hyperlinks.
Chili at my house
We’re making chili at my house today. Want some? Come by. Soonish.
afgurri replied to your link: Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike - Atlantic Mobile
Sometimes a bully is just a bully.
Bullies do not exist in a vacuum, and especially not when similar bullying incidents have happened across the country.
Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman,... →
The big picture on police overreaction to protests.
BBC - Doctor Who - Your Chance to Own the Doctor's... →
You know, for the many thousands of dollars you have in your couch cushions…
Protect The Internet →
Tumblr’s anti-SOPA page, with information (from reputable, knowledgeable sources) on why the PROTECT-IP bill and the Stop Internet Privacy Act are actually terrible, horrible ideas that would break the Internet. (The idea of having to use a DNS server in another country because the ones in the US are required to censor the Internet is offensive to me as an American.)
As a person who creates...
Thanksgiving with the Urban Tribe 2011 →
Facebook event for Thanksgiving at our house. If Facebook is something you do.
Thanksgiving - a note to locals
frageelay:
Dan and I were talking this weekend and wanted to put this out there: if any Chicago(ish) people don’t have Thanksgiving plans, you’re welcome to spend the day with us.
Bonus day-after ‘Lighting of the Square’ festivities the night after. Get in touch if you’d like to join us for either celebration.
I think this should become a Tumblr thing: If you have the space, do an open invite...
Robotic bear pillow stops your snoring by gently... →
Best. Idea. Ever. I’ll take two.
mkhall replied to your chat: Me: I am thinking, though, that it will be harder…
You know I now have the mental image of you on a Big Wheel.
Um, “recumbent tricycle,” TYVM.
“But it is still a question that has yet to be answered by palaeonto-anthropology...”
– The Bible: What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have? - Quora
I’ve finally discovered what Quora is good for. It exists as one more platform upon which Stephen Fry may be brilliant and charming. On every possible topic.
(The above is excerpted from...
Me: I am thinking, though, that it will be harder for me than for you to borrow a bike from your parents when we're in CA. Since they're both a foot taller than me.
Him: You might be surprised.
Me: I might be! That just seems like a lot.
Him: Or they might still have the bikes we had when we were kids.
Me: ...
Him: I had an awesome tricycle.
post-breakfast
I have over 2.5 dozen jumbo eggs left over from Breakfast at Tiffany’s (the pancakes and waffles were the bigger hit this year). What should I do with them that does not involve mixing them up with way too much mayo?
“These turkeys are free range,
pasture...”
– Red Apron Butchery is selling locally produced free range turkeys for Thanksgiving. (via tbridge)
…and we will be serving one at our house this Thanksgiving, Internet.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Internet, I don’t know if y’all know, but we are having a breakfast party tomorrow 10-2, and you are welcome to come eat eggs and sausage and pancakes with us.
“Basically, this is a side dish of gaslighting to go with your main course of...”
– Sexual Harassment, Online Abuse, And The Contortions People Will Go Through To Not Believe Women | xoJane