April 2010
49 posts
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Apr 30th
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Tim James Might Want to Learn the History of... →
Alabama just can’t get ahead.  Every time we try to pull ourselves up by our muddy, aged bootstraps, some good ol’ boy or gal (ahem, Tim James) comes along to publicly pronounce something ignorant and shove us back into the red clay dirt.
Apr 30th
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Reddit community teaches you how to live out of... →
You never know when you might need to know this.
Apr 30th
Net Neutrality →
azspot: The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. There’s a debate heating up in Washington, DC on something called “net neutrality” – and it’s a debate that’s so important Google is asking you to get involved. We’re asking you to take action to protect Internet freedom. In the next few days, the House of Representatives is going to vote on a bill that would fundamentally alter...
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Listencopycats: No Surprises by Regina Spektor by...
Apr 27th
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“When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they...”
– Anais Nin, writer (1903-1977)
Apr 27th
“Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.”
– Fran Leibowitz, author (b. 1950)
Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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A white bank robber fooled cops with an elaborate... →
Apr 26th
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Morale According to Margo
Me: Unhappy people get very mean.
Margo: It's true! That is why it is important to keep morale high on your team. We're working on that right now with trumpets and cowbells.
Apr 26th
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“One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether...”
– Richard Hofstadter, historian (1916-1970)
Apr 26th
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“Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive; they walk and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving,...”
– John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)
Apr 23rd
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and...”
– Susan B. Anthony, reformer and suffragist (1820-1906)
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts once one knows the necessary...”
– George Sand [pen name of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin], novelist (1804-1876)
Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 15th
“A couple of months in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library.”
– Frank H. Westheimer, chemistry professor (1912-2007)
Apr 15th
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Neatorama's soundtrack comprising the worst hold... →
(via inothernews) When I had my old job at a call center, hold song number 4 on this list (which sounds kinda like the new-agey soundtrack of a spa) served as my oasis of calm amidst a tempestuous sea of stressful phone calls.  Sad, right? 
Apr 13th
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'Growing concern' over marketing tainted beef →
Suddenly, my years of refusing to eat ground beef seem a little less paranoid.
Apr 13th
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Why I Challenged Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life →
(via azspot) Read this.
Apr 13th
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James Beard Foundation's Essential Baking Books →
I just added 10 more books to my cookbook wish-list.
Apr 12th
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Road trip reading list
Image via Wikipedia I’m about to drive a very long way with two annoying adorable cats in tow, and I need some audio distractions to maintain my sanity amidst the incessant MMMRRREEEOOOWWW-ing of carsick felines. Not to mention the stink of the kitty litter box on the back floorboard, which each cat will visit at least once within the first hour of driving, and which will create a noxious...
Apr 12th
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that...
Cover via Amazon “The Big Burn” is the title of an interesting book I recently read and highly recommend to other history buffs and tree lovers.  I don’t want to reinvent a wheel and write my own inferior review of the book when there are effective and concise reviews on Amazon.com, so…*click*…I’m gonna just…*click*…copy and past this...
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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“One day, we’ll live in Paris. I promise.”
– From the song “Paris” by Friendly Fires
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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First Animals to Live Without Oxygen Discovered →
dondolare-fuori: ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Deep under the Mediterranean Sea, small animals have been discovered that live their entire lives without oxygen and surrounded by ‘poisonous’ sulphides. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology report the existence of multicellular organisms (new members of the group Loricifera), showing that they are alive, metabolically active,...
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline,...”
– Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
Apr 8th
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems...”
– Gilda Radner -actress and comedian (1946-1989)
Apr 8th
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kangaroos snooze when they gots nothin’ to dos and they gots nothin to lose and lotsa folks to amuse
Apr 8th
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“The U.S. military inquiry into the killings cleared the soldiers of any...”
– Amy Goodman (via azspot) Amen, sister.
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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“Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a “necessary...”
– Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986)
Apr 7th
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“I don’t think Palin’s phraseology is actively attractive to her fans. Rather,...”
– What Does Palinspeak Mean? (via azspot) Read this entire article, especially if you’re interested in language or politics or both.
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
“A gun gives you the body, not the bird.”
– Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)
Apr 5th
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“There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of...”
– Neil Gaiman, novelist and short story writer (b. 1960)
Apr 2nd
Apr 1st
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