February 2012
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Pinterest
This morning on NPR, the All Tech Considered blog shed light on the visually-driven social site Pinterest. Since July, it’s grown to nearly 11 million users. And a high percentage of this number are women. How high? NPR reports between 58 to 97 percent. Gizmodo called it “Tumblr for Ladiez” (note: as a ladie, I use both) and the Washington Post said it was “digital crack...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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An open letter to the corn tortillas from Union...
Dear “corn tortillas” from Union Market on Court St. in Brooklyn, Your low price deceives you. The $1.99 cost your sticker bears next to that green star leads buyers to believe that your taco-facilitating abilities are authentic. I am here to tell you categorically that they are not.  At just under two dollars, you presume to be comparable to the fresh, handmade masa corn tortillas I have known...
Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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Thoughts on love from around the web
“Other people’s happiness doesn’t bother me unless I’ve dated them before,” Ms. Kelly said. “And then I’m really disturbed by it.” - NY Times  Malaysian Valentine’s Day raids lead to mass arrests. “Officers raided budget hotels in the central state of Selangor and capital, Kuala Lumpur, detaining unmarried Muslim couples who were sharing rooms. The religious authorities in...
Feb 14th
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Stella McCartney-inspired citrus cake. Yum! →
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Things to get excited about today, based on...
NYC: The Giants. (Note: Do not go to Union Square, people).  California: Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional, marriage equality for everyone!  Elsewhere: The US has slightly more jobs.  Take your choice, y’all. I pick the middle one! 
Feb 7th
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Marriage Equality, Yay for California
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that “Prop 8’s limitations on access to marriage took rights away from a vulnerable minority without benefiting parents, children or the marital institution,” according to SF Chronicle.  Here’s the full decision over at KQED. And a timeline of Proposition 8.  Keep it up, courts. Supreme one: take note. Because...
Feb 7th
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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“It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and...”
– Wisdom from Ira Glass via Reddit’s in a thread about the best advice you know. Fight your way through. 
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
Looks like I missed National Good Day Day.  murkavenue: CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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F. Scott Fitz on worrying
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about:  Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about growing up Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you Don’t worry about triumph Don’t worry about failure unless it comes...
Jan 26th
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WatchWatch
Shit Liz Lemon Says, courtesy 30 Rock.
Jan 26th
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Poetics; Drunk people. A collection of missed... →
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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“Winning is good for fantasies and late-night insomnia, but losing is good for...”
– Jonathan Ames’ I Love you More Than You Know 
Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
Whoa, guys, they just shut down Megaupload and... →
newsweek: shortformblog: The Federal Bureau of Investigation moved against a group of suspected online pirates Thursday, targeting the popular file-sharing website megaupload.com a day after Washington lawmakers were besieged by complaints about legislation designed to crack down on the online sharing of pirated copies of music, movies and other material, people familiar with the matter...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Codeacademy announces partnership with the White... →
Woah. Code America. readnomad: WOW. This is incredible.  onaissues: Codeacademy, who have had more than 300,000 people sign up in the past few weeks for their initiative Code Year, has announced a partnership with the White House. 
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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LOL e-mails
From my email this morning: The Knot’s 10 New Wedding Trends for 2012. My personal favorite, below: “Brides can thank Kate Middleton and the latest Twilight installment for this wedding fashion trend — long sleeves and lace!” THANKS, TWILIGHT. Love the vampire fantasy look. Apparently so does Kate. I’ll have to write her a thank you note. 
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 14th
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The Best and Most Apt Headline about This Yoga...
Why Are We Discussing This?
Jan 13th
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Books I've read that I liked (or not)
OK, I’m paring this down to books recently since what with the holidays and travel I’ve got some real catchup to do in terms of my media/food/drink consumption. Will start up again en serio next week. Basically, the gist of it is: ate a lot, drank a lot, read a lot, went on a bunch of planes.  Books I finished: Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending Emmanuel Carrere’s Lives...
Jan 13th