February 2009
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Song of the mo: Jinx Lennon & Paula Flynn – The... →
The triffid lamps of Bellingham are calling you Their crocus lengths are leaning towards you Their insides are made of alloyed steel P.E. and Wu Tang tapes in the car you start to feel…
You’ve got to get out for a while You can’t be sitting in the house fucking around like that Smell the coffee, Drive around Look to the left of you, look to the right of you Go on, go a little faster ...
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“Religion is not the opiate of the masses; religion is the placebo of the masses.”
– “House”
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“You’re a wuss. Part wimp, part puss.”
– “House”
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“You’re going to spend one day of your life on your deathbed. The other...”
– “House” (that’s 68 1/2 years. nicely.)
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“Forbid me? I’m familiar with your hands-on approach to parenting, but...”
– “Psych”
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Affordable health care
Q: I recently lost my health insurance benefits and now have to buy my own coverage. I can barely afford even the cheapest policy out there. Any ideas?
A: …You have to have insurance in case something catastrophic happens, so I favor a relatively inexpensive PPO plan with a very high deductible. This will deal with large bills that could result from hospitalizations, surgeries, etc. Under...
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“Lesbianism has finally come into a glamour of its own, an appeal that goes...”
– Daphne Merkin, Butch Fatale (via girlfriendisahomo)
FUCK YEAH.
(via fuckyeahrachelmaddow)
(via maddowphilia)
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“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.”
– David Carradine (via urlgirl)
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“Between desire and reality, between fact and breakfast; madness lies, lies,...”
– “A Bit Of Fry & Laurie” series 4 intro
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“—I was after a pair of shoes.
—Very well, I shall serve them first.”
– “A Bit Of Fry & Laurie”
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Two updates...
(1) I created a group tumblelog for all the Rachel Maddow stuff I post: Maddowphilia.
If you’d like to participate (like urlgirl is!), let me know.
You can do so, if you’d like, by commenting on this entry. Which brings me to update (2), which is that I reactivated Disqus comments on this tumblelog.
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I posed the question not to say there’s an answer, but rather to point out the ambiguity… So (as is our pattern I’m realizing ;)) we’re on the same page, we’re just reading in different directions.
Re thinking under things—that is poststructuralism!!
urlgirl:
See, and that’s exactly where I was before you brought up The Question.
The notion of thinking...
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“there is hope, but not for us.”
– (apocryphal) kafka (via Jean Gregorek)
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“I don’t care if people call me a radical, a rebel, a red, a revolutionary,...”
– Norman Mailer (via Jeanne Kay)
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“Not all slumber parties are created equal.”
– Rachel Maddow (2/16/09)
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Mark Morford: I Twitter for you! / Too... →
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Customer 1: Where is the Underdog Café?
Carmen: You're here.
Vanessa: I thought it was over there, that this side was Emporium Wines and that side was the Underdog Café.
Carmen: But isn't it like the border between life and death, which doesn't really exist?
Vanessa: Interesting! I've always thought of it as a Venn diagram.
Carmen: Oh, so there's an overlap?
Vanessa: Right. You can exist within the border. But if you go far enough toward one side (or the other), you can exist wholly in one (or the other).
Customer 2: I don't mean to interrupt this philosophical discussion, but can I get a muffin?
Carmen: Will it be traveling? To the café?
Vanessa: Crossing the border? Does it need a visa?
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“Since when does being a “strong woman” mean lying about your appearance and...”
– In the Saddle
Since about, oh, Spice Girl o’clock.
(via katoleary)
(via therandomnessofyes)
It’s strength! It’s empowerment! It’s liberation! You go, grrrl!
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“I’m fine first thing in the morning. All I need is a coffee, a bath, a quick...”
– Vimrod (via affremblequotes)
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“Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you...”
– Gertude Stein
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Nonstop Nomadic Again | The Nonstop Record →
My first article for the Nonstop Record, how exciting!
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Miep Gies, who hid Anne Frank, marks 100th... →
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This too shall pass
‘It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!’
—Abraham Lincoln
‘One day...
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“Let me think. To go back to what we were saying earlier about seeing and...”
– Jacques Derrida, Derrida (2002)
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WatchSuch ridiculous adolescent memories I’ve got, with this song…
Hulu - Psych: Psychout: Freak Me
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French Horn by Jane Hirshfield
From The New Yorker (via colinmeloy)
For a few days only, the plum tree outside the window shoulders perfection. No matter the plums will be small, eaten only by squirrels and jays. I feast on the one thing, they on another, the shoaling bees on a third. What in this unpleated world isn’t someone’s seduction? The boy playing his intricate horn in Mahler’s Fifth, in the gaps between playing, turns...
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Recent interview with Patrick McCabe →
I love this man!!
Patrick McCabe wanted to be a writer from the age of seven. “I tried to draw and I couldn’t, so I thought maybe I could pull it off with words.”
Who would you choose to play you in a film about your life? Sydney Greenstreet, because of his physical configuration.
What do you eat while you write? Custard creams and Jammy Dodgers.
How do you relax? I watch Columbo box sets.
...
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“It is reported that the Buddha once delivered a sermon to his devoted monks that...”
– Mark Morford: Spanking the Future / Are you in sufficient awe of just what the hell you can do with that thing?
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“Advancement tops advancement in an increasingly insane quest for new ways to...”
– Mark Morford: Spanking the Future / Are you in sufficient awe of just what the hell you can do with that thing?
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“i have no desire to procreate genetically, but i have a strong urge to procreate...”
– s.g. collins
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Why anarcha-feminism? →
The RAG is a magazine produced by a diverse group of anarcha-feminist women in Dublin. We are all feminists, united in our recognition that women’s subordination exists. We are all anarchists, united in our belief for the need to create alternatives to this capitalistic, patriarchal society wherein all are dominated and exploited.
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“This is how we love, Buddha-style: impartial to all, free from excessive...”
– Lama Surya Das, “A Buddhist Valentine,” from Ask the Lama column at www.beliefnet.com (via chenoa)
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“You can’t take a wheelchair on an escalator, or even a walker. You have to...”
– Anne Tagonist
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It's becoming more and more apparent
therandomnessofyes:
I only keep this up so I can reblog g-g.
That’s ok, I still wuv you, for I, I too, have become a reblogging fool.
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“Be not simply good - be good for something.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via affremblequotes)
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“You can choose to embrace or reject the trappings of femininity as they are...”
– From here (via gauntlet) (via therandomnessofyes)
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“People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that....”
– Cormac McCarthy, The Road (via overflowing)
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