August 2012
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Astrological Fun
I don’t believe in astrology, but I find it entertaining. Codified systems of symbolic theory and application fascinate me, and after seeing the results posted by a friend I thought I’d post my analysis too. I understand that most of what I’m getting out of these results are self reflective projections, but it’s my blog so deal with it. I will bold the parts that appear...
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“So I own or co-own a few businesses that have experienced varying degrees of...”
– John Green’s tumblr: I Didn’t Build That (via jasmined)
The best thing about tonight:
This was Mitt Romney’s night to supposedly capture the hearts and minds of the undecided American electorate, and all anyone is going to remember is Clint Eastwood arguing with a chair.
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In The Emerald City: i like my body →
thominoz:
by E. E. Cummings
i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite a new thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your body. i like what it does, i like its hows. i like to feel the spine of your body and its bones, and the trembling -firm-smooth ness and which I will again…
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"Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947, in Ohio,... →
motherjones:
Somebody put a tiger in David Brooks’ tank this week.
I cannot believe I’m so thoroughly enjoying a David Brooks column. Mitt is really messing with his programming.
The teenage years were more turbulent. He was sent to a private school, where he was saddened to find there are people in America who summer where they winter. He developed a lifelong concern for the second...
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“If the media were doing its job in this election, the story it would be telling...”
– Marty Kaplan: Romney/Ryan and the Lullaby of Lying (via apsies)
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The Neuroscience of Twenty-Somethings →
jtotheizzoe:
Ferris Jabr takes a cue from Lena Dunham’s Girls and dissects current research on the biological maturity of the twenty-something brain. That age is a period of intense flux in the Western world, with jobs, relationships, emotions and stability all in limbo … is there neuroscience to explain any of it?
“To reflect the ongoing structural changes in the adolescent and...
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“You know, in the past, when people pointed out that something was inaccurate,...”
– Mitt Romney two weeks ago
Compare with his campaign strategist Ashley O’Connor who yesterday stated to Buzzfeed, “Fact checkers come to this with their own sets of thoughts and beliefs, and we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.”
I loathe this election.
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“The Supreme Court is saying that campaign spending is a matter of free speech,...”
– David Axelrod, quoted in “Schmooze or Lose”, The New Yorker, Aug 27, 2012
Right now a million regular citizens sending in $20 and $50 checks can be countered and overwhelmed by just one or two billionaires without involving any true sacrifice from the the billionaires, just look at...
“I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: Everyone has a self-image, an ego....”
– A wonderful explanation.
Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen
(via buddhistintraining)
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“Hourly wages (adjusted for price changes) of the majority of American workers...”
– Jeff Faux, Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, discussing his book The Servant Economy with the AFLCIO.
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“As we embark on the second decade of the 21st century, the commanding heights of...”
– Mike Lofgren, The Party is Over, 2012
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“Millions of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes do pay federal payroll...”
– Mike Lofgren, a veteran Republican Hill staffer, explores the “secession” of the financial elite. via Andrew Sullivan
“After his big moment, he largely withdrew, and that was all right, too. For at...”
– Neil Armstrong Dead - What Neil Armstrong Knew Is What We Never Will - Esquire (via mopostal)
