August 2010
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I just saw a dead chicken...
…by the side of the road.
I think it died trying to cross.
Seriously.
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Hedgehogs are Elegant
My friend Margo and I took a road trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas and stumbled upon Nightbird Books, a locally-owned book store. I picked up this book, “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery. The clerk, a young baubled lady who may have been the owner or manager, noticed me reading the dust jacket and skimming the pages.
“Oooh, that’s a fantastic book!”...
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Clue: Faith-Based Organizations Ain’t Just... →
(via azspot)
Read this.
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I just got a DreamHost account
And I think I’m in love with it.
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Hipster Dinosaurs →
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OMG AMERICAN APPAREL SELLS SHIRTS AND PANTS... →
They have moved beyond leotards and leggings. THE HIPSTER FUTURE IS NOW!
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Anti-Duckface: Stop Making that Duckface! →
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My cats tried to blow up my parents' house
We came back from the Verizon store to discover that Cheddar and Tofu, partners in crime, had somehow turned on the gas stove. The house reeked of natural gas.
Suicide pact or attempted murder? What do you think?
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Anonymous asked: No question here, just a comment:
We don't really know each other - we talked at a bar once and I was impressed by your intellect and sincerity (you're also easy on the eyes)...I just want you to know this, thanks for having this blog.
We don't really know each other - we talked at a bar once and I was impressed by your intellect and sincerity (you're also easy on the eyes)...I just want you to know this, thanks for having this blog.
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Sen. John McCain wants to allow U.S. citizens to... →
This article is dated March 12th, 2010, but I just stumbled across it today on Reddit.
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Can a person be charged with resisting arrest... →
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I think I just accidentally destroyed...
That’ll teach me how NOT to be experimental.
“Hmmm… what I’m about to do might destroy everything I’ve ever created, or it MIGHT turn out to be really cool… OK I’LL DO IT!”
Edit: This is what happened:
I deleted some Wordpress plugins and the entire site died.
I’ve been trying to get it to update to the new edition of Wordpress for ages,...
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“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That’s when things...”
– John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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WatchOMG ZOMBIES ARE SO SCARY BUT I’M STILL GONNA WATCH THIS SHOW AND KEEP MY LIGHT ON ALL NIGHT WHILE I SLEEP AND CRY WHENEVER I WALK PAST A GRAVEYARD AND STOCK UP ON AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS IN PREPARATION OF THE GREAT ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE THAT MUST BE NIGH!
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“Although a democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back, it...”
– Aharon Barak, law professor, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel (b.1936)
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he...”
– Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)
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“Colleges are focused on teaching kids content, not on teaching them skills, and...”
– Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.: The Failure of American Higher Education
Thoughts?
(via world-shaker) (via infoneer-pulse)
“Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously...”
– Philip of Macedon, king, father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BCE)
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An Apology
Forgive me
for backing over
and smashing
you red wheelbarrow.
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It was raining
and the rear wiper
does not work on
my new plum-colored SUV.
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I am also sorry
about the white
chickens.
-F.J. Bergmann
“We are fast arriving at the contemptible and utterly counterproductive point in...”
– p m carpenter (via azspot)
Pots always call the kettles black. And we’re all pots.
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borgomani:
lickystickypickyme:
Lou Reed -...
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“exactly a year ago, the universe unfolded its logic upon me.
the day started...”
– faizrosli
“It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all...”
– Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase:...”
– Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)
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“Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.”
– Ouida [pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee], novelist (1839-1908)
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In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming →
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“While Plato disparaged emotions as irrational and untrustworthy - the wild...”
– Jonah Lehrer
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One small rant about the book "Eat, Pray, Love"
I despise the book Eat, Pray, Love with a fiery, burning passion, that can only be met and occasionally exceeded by my hatred for the Twilight series. I read the book because I was trying to figure out why it was so popular, and I am still at a loss. It’s a perfect example of the type of self-aggrandizing, falsely modest, confessionally flaky chick-lit that I loathe so much, set amidst...
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“The past, — well, it’s just like
our Great-Aunt Laura,
who cannot...”
– Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
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Domestic Cat Rescues Baby Bobcats! →
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But Will It Make You Happy? →
“Don’t try to understand women. Instead, meet one and just understand her.”
– I think this applies to the subject of men, cats, dogs, etc. as well.
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Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and... →
