September 2009
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Sep 29th
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“Virtually no one cuts a $13,375 check for health care. Most pay 27 percent of...”
– Analysis: You Have No Idea What Health Costs - washingtonpost.com
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July 2009
3 posts
Mr Singularity, or: How I learned to stop worrying... →
“The researchers — leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California — generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized superintelligences and the idea that intelligence might spring spontaneously from the Internet. But they agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are...
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May 2009
4 posts
“Still, nonsense about women, weight, and “health” is particularly pervasive and...”
– Paul Campos, Fat Judges Need Not Apply
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April 2009
5 posts
Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs... →
The title is so, so promising - but the text is disappointing.  Why do the Physorg.com editors wish to toy with my hopes and dreams?
Apr 28th
Apr 21st
1982: A footnote
“It is said to be common knowledge among time-travel enthusiasts (who have rather conveniently and suspiciously never been seen) that stopping in 1982 in Killearn, a small commuter village 15 miles north of Glasgow, is actually The Worst Rest-Break possible, as though nothing memorable happened anywhere else, nothing AT ALL happened in Killearn, not even a hiccup. Many choose to continue to...
Apr 20th
The Different Kinds of People That There Are - The... →
(via rxt) I am the type of person who laughs at articles like this.
Apr 2nd
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Occupational Migration
Friends and Family: Due to the Global Recession, I have decided to simplify my life and find a job that is more resilient to These Economic Times.  In times of hardship, people from across the Globe return to simple self-reliance to save money - in turn, they feed into a thriving home crafts industry. Based on my belief in the strength of the craft industry, I have decided to turn my lifetime...
Apr 1st
March 2009
12 posts
ListenSweet, delicious, weekend. Here’s a sufjan...
Mar 29th
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List of Books I Should Read →
Or have already read.
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Fisher's Take on Daylight Savings →
Seriously, I do not care what time you want to make it.  Just DO NOT KEEP ON SHIFTING IT.  This is me, hating on Daylight Savings Time.  It will be a good three weeks until I wake up well-rested again.  Grr.
Mar 12th
Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending... →
Via Copyfight.
Mar 10th
“I recommend avoiding white rabbits, and haberdashers or journalists in top hats.”
– My mother, who is helping me find places to have a formal spring tea or cocktail affair.
Mar 9th
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Problems with the Titus 2 Movement, for Single...
Rachel: Right, I think the hierarchy goes jesus, pastor, male relatives, crazy old women, our own opinions.
Me: cats?
Rachel: are at the bottom. filling the god-shaped hole in your life
Mar 6th
“Since mortal combat is traditionally a male activity, left-handed females...”
– Lefties Survive (Barely?) Due to Element of Surprise, National Geographic News
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February 2009
10 posts
Disabled kids show host draws criticism, praise →
Good on the BBC for not even mentioning her disability when promoting the show.  And boo to the parents who complain they were “forced” to talk to their children about people with disabilities.  Did these folks learn nothing from Sesame Street?
Feb 28th
National Geographic: Cat Shots →
In response to this comic: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1348
Feb 26th
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Nest with Truffle-filled Eggs →
Can’t wait until spring.
Feb 22nd
But I'd really rather not?
Dear —-, Thank you for contacting us. If this is the large hair-dryer, we can schedule a scrap metal pickup for it on your collection day. Otherwise, if this is the handheld hairdryer, that can be placed in a trash bag with your regular trash. If you have any questions, please contact us again. Department of Environmental Protection Division of Solid Waste Services ...
Feb 19th
Jaunty or Not: Presidential Edition
Me: I'm more of a Harding girl: http://pro.corbis.com/images/IH167631.jpg?size=67&uid={46e4f6c0-79fa-4cb2-bca1-19242d1dc14c}
Olivia: I could do without the facial hair
Me: it adds penache
Olivia: I could get behind a coordinated effort to keep the mustache from ever coming back in style
Me: We can't be friends
Feb 18th
“The best option is abstinence, the teen said, but added that she didn’t...”
– An interview with Bristol Palin.  From CNN.
Feb 17th
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“It’s like they’re trying to imply that hunger, rather than being a natural,...”
– Comment about the Weight Watchers fuzzy-orange “Hunger” commercials, from a post on Feministe.
Feb 10th
"Twilight," Explained →
I had no idea it was so… Mormon-y.  And dull. *Goes back to reading impossibly trashy novels.* [“Tess of the d’Ubervilles” - Ed.]
Feb 9th
January 2009
11 posts
"Spectacular" Gorilla Growth in Congo, Despite War →
See, it’s gorilla with an “o”, so it’s good news.
Jan 28th
Vice Magazine: LONDON - REMEMBERING EMO →
Jan 26th
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Our world may be a giant hologram →
NEAT.
Jan 21st
Books to Give Away : Part I
Ask me and they are yours: The Qur’an (I have an extra?) All quiet on the western front by Remarque Retellings: A Thematic Literature Anthology ShakespeareInside: Behind Bars by Scott-Douglass Isabella Moon by Benedict Orlando by Woolf The Ravaging Tide by Tidwell Water for Elephants by Gruen Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Hardy The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury Je voudrais...
Jan 19th
Karina's Kitchen- Recipes from a Gluten-Free... →
I will be cooking this today or tomorrow. That is all.
Jan 19th
Jan 18th
“It’s perfect because ladies love to buy pink things because they know that...”
– No Girls Night Is Complete Without Watching Hitch While Having A Discoball-Induced Seizure In A Vat Of Pepto Bismol H/t to Maggie.
Jan 16th
FYI: Planned Parenthood DOES NOT mainly provide... →
3% of all Planned Parenthood services are abortions.
Jan 15th
AFI's David Fincher Series →
OK, so you might not be able to sit through SE7EN, but this is a fun little film series to help get us through the rest of winter. “Zodiac” in February, anyone?
Jan 12th
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December 2008
17 posts
The Bechdel Test →
For 2008.  “Starship Troopers:3 (the Reckoning)” passes, but “Hancock” fails, hard.
Dec 31st