January 2012
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“On a desert island, when faced with the Toad of Destiny, I wept.”
– OH at Nicky’s New Year’s party.
December 2011
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Priorities: How do they work?
frageelay:
If Tumblr would concentrate on being useful instead of expending a weird amount of energy cock-blocking the one-man operation who did just that, Tumblr would really be something.
ARB for truth and great justice.
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How to watch UK TV shows
tj:
lindstifa:
A lot of you have asked how to watch UK shows as they air there. I started using TunnelBear after Neil Gaiman mentioned it on Twitter. TunnelBear makes it look like you’re in the UK and TV channels’ websites will then allow the show to play.
If you get the Giant TunnelBear ($5/mo) you can even use it on your iPad.
Boom.
Even I find this nerdy.
So proud.
Noted for...
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Karen Mangiacotti: The Penis Mom →
jwisser:
When I was little I wanted to be a lot of things: Johnny Carson’s replacement; A Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader so good I was the only one on the team; an artist with my own wing at the Boston Museum of Fine Art — you know, normal stuff. I wanted to be a lot of things, but I never — I PROMISE you — ever wanted to grow up to be someone known as “The Penis Mom”.
But here I am.
It all...
hi, new people
Okay, so there are a bunch of new people following me all of the sudden, so it’s time to revisit the speech I give when this happens.
This is where I dump all the bits and bobs of whatever attracts my notice on the Internet, so it gets a bit schizophrenic in here. Overplayed Internet memes, photos of my cats, feminism, religion, grammar, rants about DC politics, inside jokes with a...
Redux: On weight loss, fat acceptance, and That... →
markicksass:
Very interesting, but pretty discouraging, article. One thing I noticed about the slide show is that the Bridges look happy in the before picture, but not in the after pictures. Nearly every picture has a stern face, not a smiling face. It’s just not what I’m used to seeing when I look at before/ afters on Tumblr. Usually it’s the other way around.
Also, the fact that they were...
On weight loss, fat acceptance, and That Article...
(For those of you who haven’t followed the conversation, my in-laws are featured in next week’s New York Times Magazine for their significant weight loss and the more important fact that they have mostly kept the weight off. Read the article because it’s really important to this conversation, and be sure to see the slideshow. Wife brag: That first photo was taken by Tom! Look at...
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of ‘Blue Valentine’. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he performs cunnilingus on Michelle Williams. (via agarfields)
He didn’t become a meme for nothing.
“There are people you do not want to upset in the world. And big groups of people...”
– http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/dont-mess-with-firefly-how.html (via neil-gaiman)
It’s funny because it’s true.
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WatchASCII Heart Necklace (video) by Bekathwia on Flickr. One of my Christmas presents from Tom was “made with love and lasers.”
Because pretty much the only way to make “made with love” better is to add freakin’ LASERS.
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An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry |... →
And now there is something else to add to my priority list for Kiva loans.
“On Friday, the Greater Washington Board of Trade sent off about 178 pounds of...”
– Lumps of coal delivered to Congress | Liz Farmer | Capital Land | Washington Examiner
Oh Greater Washington Board of Trade, you’re my favorite.
(via tbridge)
So, 535 packages at $10.95 flat rate equals $5,858.25 that could have been spent on supporting a candidate that better represents their...
GoDaddy supports SOPA, I'm transferring 51 domains... →
A list of deals other companies are offering to help you boycott GoDaddy over their support of SOPA by transferring your domains.
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“As we sang together on this longest night of snow stacking up, I thought about...”
– don’t eat alone: advent journal: god.with.us.
“More than 100 eminent constitutional scholars have joined that chorus. They...”
– Censoring the Internet—Julian Sanchez - NYPOST.com
sick at Christmas
1. Cold-Eeze tastes like crap.
2. OTC drug manufacturers really need to get it together on making their product labels less confusing.
“The holiness of these days is found in the very origin of the word “Hanukkah”....”
– Hanukkah reminds us that even miracles require action - The Washington Post
“and he’s like HEY CHINESE SATAN
WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?
and chines...”
– Myths RETOLD: MONKEY KING
“I’ll freely grant that frequently a prayer is not sincerely offered or perhaps,...”
– Squashed (via azspot)
“It amazes me that in less than a century Christians have gone from opposing...”
– Skye Jethani (via azspot)
“Lego Friends, on the other hand, is cunningly designed to be shelved right by...”
– Cut Lego Friends a Break - Deus Ex Machinatio - Andrea Phillips
lizzindc replied to your post: eep.
If you break it up into 4 8 mile legs, it will be much more doable….maybe you and Tom get an early start and they meet you at the mid point to continue on?
It’s basically 16 miles to Putah Creek Cafe for breakfast. We’ll have breakfast and drink lots of water, and then get on the bikes to head back. But I would not be at all surprised if we...
eep.
My in-laws have very generously rented a suitably-framed bicycle for me while we’re in Davis, because they were able to lend one to Tom from their stable of bikes-suitable-for-giants, but obvs I am way shorter than any of them. We rode to and from lunch today, including a little detour through the UC Davis campus (no pepper-spraying cops encountered), for about 5.5 miles.
Over lunch, my...
“Drawing on Jewish tradition, Martin Buber had some fine things to say about...”
– The Table an Altar « iBenedictines
“The English version was written in 1855, six years before the American Civil War...”
– Experimental Theology: A Christmas Carol as Resistance Literature
lizzindc replied to your quote: At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to…
Is there one close enough to walk? And how does one do this?
Theoretically, I expect one walks into the Kmart, heads for the layaway counter, and says, “I would like to pay off some layaway accounts for people.” I would probably additionally specify a preference for accounts with items for...
“Last December, when temperatures dipped into single digits and the winter...”
– A warming place | Greater Milwaukee Synod ELCA
Brilliant. And I’m just going to throw it out there that this church accepts donations earmarked for this program.
“At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help:...”
– Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts - Yahoo! Finance
BRB, finding my local Kmart…
“Now with this in mind, consider why being a girl first may be a hindrance to...”
– Nerds and Male Privilege
This whole article, while dealing in some broad generalizations, is pretty good.
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“I would rather pretend to be a prince than feel like a prisoner.”
– MIKA, on thinking big, delusions of grandeur, and fear.
brittany replied to your quote: This article is not especially interested in…
At Rogue 24 they are doing a bourbon-and-“coke” with a housemade chai cola. They are very proud of it; perhaps you will enjoy it as well.
That seems like something I would give the opportunity to delight me.
“This article is not especially interested in dispensing advice. I really...”
– The old-fashioned: a complete history and guide to this classic cocktail. - Slate Magazine
The old-fashioned is what I learned to drink when I decided it was time to grow up and stop ordering bourbon-and-coke everywhere I went. It is still the drink I use to assess the quality of a bartender.
...
“Nearly one in five women surveyed said they had been raped or had experienced an...”
– Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report Sexual Assault - NYTimes.com