May 2008
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Enough studies and enough serious medical journals bring alternative ideas like...
– Mark Morford: Sit down, shut up, breathe / Can meditation make you a calmer, more compassionate person? Does the goddess sing in the shower?
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[We] feel that we achieved much of what we set out to create… to become...
– The Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival - Clones, Co Monaghan, Ireland - 23rd-24th August 2008
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Hey Rain, let me know when Korea lifts the embargo on balls.
– Stephen Colbert vs. Rain dance-off / re-cap
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OMG I miss LSD. “Is this skin or a cage for my soul?” (2:20)
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Best interview ever: Stephen Colbert and an astronaut whose babies I totally want. In space, no one can hear you scream; it’s true! (4:30)
I cannot stop. It is too brilliant. Beautiful synergy: history AND politics AND silly comedy AND intellect. It’s my wet dream.
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Worth watching because he punches a manatee in the face (2:03).
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“Iowa’s flamfur—what the hell, fuck it. Fuck you!” (4:21)
lindsaycampbell:
I LOVE YOU, STEPHEN COLBERT!!!
This American Life - No Need for Love
If you were mugged by any one of the women in the top 10 [in FHM’s list of...
– TheStar.com | Ideas | The sexiest woman (barely) alive
Dropkick Murphys – God willing – Listen free at... →
The Song Of The Mo
Extreme gender representations in commercials
I came across both of these in the same blog today. Both are interesting representations of fixed gender roles. In the first, it’s your stereotypic flirty-female and buying-boy, and in this case, children, learning their respective expected societal roles very well. In the second a twist at the end, the genders were not what we thought… they can still, arguably, fit into the...
BBC NEWS | Europe | Kampusch speaks out on abuse... →
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harpy
harpy
1. A predatory person.
2. A bad-tempered woman.
[After the Harpies, monsters in Greek mythology, who had a woman’s head and a bird’s body. The gods ordered them to snatch food from Phineus, a king who was punished for revealing secrets. From Greek harpazein (to snatch).]
therandomnessofyes: this is hilarious. this is brilliant. this is way too true.