THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS.

"Try to learn to let what is unfair teach you."

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:20:25 -0500

“Try to learn to let what is unfair teach you.”

- David Foster Wallace (via itiswellwithmysoul)

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Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:13:58 -0500

"Don’t say, ‘That’s the way I am—its my character.’ It’s your lack of character. Esto vir!—Be a man!"

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:23:10 -0500

“Don’t say, ‘That’s the way I am—its my character.’ It’s your lack of character. Esto vir!—Be a man!”

- St. Josemaria Escriva

"Congratulations, Fitty, for finding a way to make money off Twitter. That is something not even..."

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:06:46 -0500

“Congratulations, Fitty, for finding a way to make money off Twitter. That is something not even Twitter has done.”

- STEPHEN COLBERT, on rapper 50 Cent’s questionable use of Twitter to pump up the value of a penny stock, on The Colbert Report.

Zing!

(via inothernews)

"It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is..."

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:02:23 -0500

“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.”

- Mother Teresa (via itiswellwithmysoul)

inothernews: rosieloveswords: mohandasgandhi: soupsoup: Sarah...

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:28:06 -0500

inothernews:

rosieloveswords:

mohandasgandhi:

soupsoup:

Sarah Palin records a video message, accusing the media of “blood libel”

I’m not sure she knows the definition of the word.

I’d be surprised if she understood everything she just said. Ghost writers, man….

She is an idiot. Puppets r us.

We promise to shut up if she promises to shut up.

I thought Sarah’s speech was very eloquent, and while she probably did not write much of it on her own (if any), the elocution and delivery are there. Let’s be fair here, she had to come out and defend herself on this issue. Silence would be like an admission that this tragedy was somehow her fault. Given her history and personality, it would be suicide not to trust a tactful speech writer to the task.

There should be no crime in self-defense.

so.

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:22:00 -0500

I guess I’m back on tumblr. Thank you, winter doldrums. Thank you, blogging addiction. And to a much lesser extent: thank you office job.

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the...

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:06:10 -0500

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” — Ronald Reagan

“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be....

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:03:13 -0400

“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”
~C.S. Lewis

For Kim’s wedding in two weeks. So psyched to wear this...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:31:45 -0400

For Kim’s wedding in two weeks. So psyched to wear this dress from thelimited.com!

inothernews

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:07:43 -0400

inothernews

jordanreid: When I moved out to LA all on my lonesome after I...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:22:34 -0400

jordanreid:

When I moved out to LA all on my lonesome after I graduated college, my mom gave me the best gift I’ve ever received: a spiral-bound notebook filled with her (and my aunts’, and my grandma’s, and my great-grandma’s) recipes, complete with many blank pages for me to fill in myself. In the coming months, I look forward to sharing these recipes with you, and I just have to say…what a gift it is to be able to pass on such treasured memories.

Here’s one of many to come. Please enjoy, and pass on to others you love.

MOM’S BANANA BREAD

Preheat oven to 350F. Butter and flour a bread pan (or use PAM and flour, like me).

In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Mix in two eggs (one at a time).

In a separate bowl, sift together 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt.

In yet another bowl (yes, I know, I don’t have a dishwasher either), mash up 3 very ripe bananas (I just use my hands, but a blender or a potato masher works too).

Gradually stir the sifted dry ingredients into the butter/sugar/eggs, and then mix in the mashed bananas. Add 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts, if you like.

Bake at 350F for 1 hr (or until a toothpick comes out clean; our oven took an hour fifteen, and almost blew my head off because you have to light it with a match. You can see what a cutting-edge appliance I’m working with in the picture above).

I LOVE banana bread, — definitely going to try this recipe out next week — and I also love how Jordan’s so honest and self-deprecating about her lack of up-to-date kitchen appliances. That’s the kind of domesticity I can relate to :)

inothernews: apsies:bringmethathorizon:think4yourself: I...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:07:46 -0400

inothernews:

apsies:bringmethathorizon:think4yourself:

I want, not for personally for me, but for working Americans, to have a option, that if they don’t like their health insurance, if it’s too expensive, they can’t afford it, if the government can cobble together a cheaper insurance policy that gives the same benefits, I see that as a plus for the folks.
-Bill O’Reilly

Think Progress » O’Reilly endorses the public option, which he previously called ‘socialism.’

The “public option” O’Reilly endorses is actually an OPTION, not a mandated public healthcare. He never switched camps. I agree with O’Reilly and I respect him so much as a real independent thinker. He doesn’t deserve his rap as a blindly conservative ranting head. Check out the rest of the interview.

armeck: But of course, nobody cares because it is all about a...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:23 -0400

armeck:

But of course, nobody cares because it is all about a few rogue, bad apples.

"That the GOP and its conservative supporters would single out this particular organization for such..."

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:46:00 -0400

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That the GOP and its conservative supporters would single out this particular organization for such intense demonization is telling. In September of last year, the entire world came perilously close to complete financial catastrophe. We’re still not out of the woods and we’re deep within one of the worst recessions in U.S. history. This situation was brought about by the recklessness and greed of our banks and financial institutions, most of which had to be bailed out at enormous cost to the American taxpayer (exponentially more than all of the tax dollars given to ACORN over the years). The people who brought about this near catastrophe, for the most, profited immensely from it. These very same institutions, propped up by the American taxpayer, are once again raking in large profits.

But rather than focus their anger on these folks, conservatives choose to go after an organization composed almost entirely of low-paid community organizers, an organization that could never hope to have even a small fraction of the clout or the ability to affect the overall direction of the country that Wall Street bankers have. ACORN’s relative lack of political influence was on full display yesterday, when the U.S. Senate (in which Democrats have a supermajority) not only entertained a vote to defund ACORN, but approved it by a huge margin (with only seven Democrats opposing).

”

- The Anonymous Liberal: You Can Tell a Lot About People By Who They Choose to Demonize (via shorterexcerpts) (via soupsoup)

I don’t get it.

Since banks are making money again, ACORN should get away with the fact that they were caught encouraging underage prostitution rings made up of girls illegally snuck into this country? In essence, facilitating human trafficking?

Watch the tapes. They demonized themselves.

There is NO EXCUSE for us continuing to fund that kind of behavior. We need a full investigation conducted by an independent, nonpartisan party before anybody decides how much of what these people are getting out of our pockets.

Daily Bilson begins again with a fall fashion...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:03:25 -0400

Daily Bilson begins again with a fall fashion preview…

(You’re welcome, Adam)

Barack Obama Apologizes to Kanye West

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:48:39 -0400

Barack Obama Apologizes to Kanye West

Dear Prospective Employer

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:41:31 -0400

Thank you for posting your job opening on the internet, so that it took no real effort for me to find and apply for it. That being said, I’m slightly interested in your opening and I hope this cover letter makes it seem that I’m actually interested in your company and not just applying for any and all job openings.

I see in the job description that you require *expert* knowledge of Microsoft Office. I am pleased to say that I have been using Microsoft Office since I was seven, like the vast majority of my generation. You state further that you’d like advanced knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables and formulas. After a degree in mathematics and four years of programming functions in MATLAB and C++, I would hope to god I can type “=sum(X:Y)” five times and construct something you seem to think requires any real training.

In addition to this basic training, I am also proficient in Googling. On the off chance that I won’t know how to construct a rudimentary document for you, I possess the ability to search for the missing information and complete a task within seconds. Once I get the hang of a task, I can most likely set some macros that will do the work for me. This is not only more efficient, but will allow me more time to play World of Warcraft in the office.

All in all, I’d say that I’m very well qualified to fill your bullshit excuse for a job opening. If you’d like to meet with me to discuss my qualifications further, I am available at the phone number listed above. I do request that you state clearly the name of your company, job title, and a short description, due to the fact that I probably applied to your position at the same time as fourteen others and won’t remember anything about you. But please, pretend that I’m interested in you alone.

Sincerely,
Jonathan

“Crazy Horses” by the Osmonds. Seriously ridiculous.

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:40:12 -0400

“Crazy Horses” by the Osmonds.

Seriously ridiculous.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:38:26 -0400

           
           
   I am stuck in traffic in a taxicab
   which is typical
   and not just of modern life
             
   mud clambers up the trellis of my nerves
   must lovers of Eros end up with Venus
   muss es sein? es muss nicht sein, I tell you
   
   how I hate disease, it's like worrying
   that comes true
   and it simply must not be able to happen
   
   in a world where you are possible
   my love
   nothing can go wrong for us, tell me

-- Frank O'Hara