July 2011
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Be careful out there Chicago →
Golf ball sized hail and 80mph winds in the area.
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This moment's weather has been brought to you by...
This is some odd looking weather.
“Since No Child Left Behind, the distortions and corruptions to the American...”
– Teaching to the Test (via azspot)
Education that produced a love of learning would be heaven compared to what we have. For me, it was kind of a surprise to find that after fifteen years of torturous school, I still loved to learn! And that the learning I do now, on the interwebs and in books and...
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Drug Reverses 'Accelerated Aging' in Human Cells →
bringtheruckuss:
The discovery has implications for the treatment of several diseases—as well as normal aging in healthy people.
Rapamycin, you so crazy.
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June 2011
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Stop Hogging the Proverbial Blanket
I am often forlorn about being perpetually alone, but I’ve realized that I never really make room in my life for anyone else.
Why would anyone else want to climb into bed with someone new when all the space, blankets, pillows are occupied? Change blankets and pillows to time and thoughts, and you have a metaphorical bed that resembles my life. I have to be more open and more generous with...
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“The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, Fareed Zakaria explains why America is lagging behind other countries on indices that indicate long-term economic growth. (via nprfreshair)
Watchzionist:
Calling the president a dick is hilarious, apologizing for it immediately because the guy in the booth pressed the wrong button and you got caught is even better.
-Ben
Calling any president a dick is like calling water wet, it’s just an accurate and descriptive term for anyone in the office. Still, you would think people in the media would learn not to say anything while a...
Unreasonable expectations
Why do people I work with send lengthy e-mails describing in detail some minor thing they need which will take five minutes, and then at the end of the e-mail casually drop in a gem like this:
“Oh, also, could you give me a list of every patient since 1988, and let me know (some lab results we don’t track in our databases, meaning I’ll have to manually hunt down the information...
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Watchsickmainstreamdream:
(via Immersion: Porn By Robbie Cooper | Art | Wallpaper* Magazine)
Interesting video of people talking about and masturbating to porn. There is no nudity, but more of an in depth view of the act of “watching porn” and what usually results. Watch this video if for anything, the hilarious faces these people make when they are fappin away.
I found this completely...
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Where did the time go?
That was the fastest three hours I’ve experienced in a long time. I cannot say my painting is any good (mostly because my drawing skills aren’t well developed), but playing around with paint again was a lot of fun.
I love using oils so far, because the colors blend so effortlessly (often too effortlessly). I will work on my brush control in future sessions, though honestly at the...
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glamdalize
bandwagonpete:
new favorite word
Used in a sentence: ROWDY QUEERS TRASH AND GLAMDALIZE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN GIFT SHOP IN WASHINGTON, DC ON THE 42nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS
I’m do not necessarily condone the actions of the The Right Honorable Wicked Stepmothers’ Traveling, Drinking and Debating Society and Men’s Auxiliary (the glamdalizers), but I do enjoy their writing and...
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“To a militarized, authoritarian, collapsing Empire in a posture of Endless War,...”
– Glenn Greenwald
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Excited
I forgot until I looked at the date this morning that my oil painting class begins tonight. I’ve been looking forward to this class for a couple of months, and I’m glad to finally get started even though it disrupts the other plans I had for this evening. I’m looking forward to actually painting again in a new medium with which I am not familiar.
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“After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have...”
– Cato the Elder (via heartmindspirit)
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“Seventeen felony convictions, or as that’s known, ‘a Chicago dozen.’”
– JON STEWART, on Rod Blagojevich’s conviction on corruption charges, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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