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smart-tart: thepoliticalpartygirl: Fields of Gold — Eva...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:02 -0500

thepoliticalpartygirl:

Fields of Gold — Eva Cassidy

Oh honey, you really are my musical soul mate. You just don’t even know.

"Cool runnings, mon. Bobsled."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:49 -0500

“Cool runnings, mon. Bobsled.”

- This is how I’m going to start signing off on phone calls.

A while ago, the woman who owns the kennel where we leave Howie...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:51:00 -0500

A while ago, the woman who owns the kennel where we leave Howie when we’re out of town told me there was another dachshund/Lab mix who frequently came to stay there. After asking some questions, we were able to establish that they actually came from the same litter. This past weekend, when we stopped to pick Howie up, the other dog’s owner was there at the same time.

Here they are together. (Howie is on the right.) You can definitely see the resemblance in their faces, but she’s half his size with short dachshund legs.

As much as I like to think they recognized each other in some way, the kennel owner says they don’t seem to react to each other any differently than other dogs. What a fun coincidence that we got to meet her and that Howie got to play with her, even if it was only for a weekend.

Day 1 without coffee or artificial sweeteners.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:14 -0500

I don’t really miss them so far, and I’m really enjoying my unsweetened herbal tea. We’ll see how it goes.

"Precious" was powerful, but so incredibly depressing.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:46:00 -0500

There is only one thing about the movie that I would change. I just wanted her to have a chance at a normal life.

Sigh.

Bloomington - Elizabeth Eckert I can’t wait until...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:09 -0500

Bloomington - Elizabeth Eckert

I can’t wait until I’m home.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:48:19 -0500

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The plague wins.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:47:57 -0500

I’m deathly ill for the third time in 4 months. As much as I hate admitting defeat, it looks like I’m taking a sick day. :(

Judge in U.K. rules Pink Floyd's songs were meant to be heard as complete albums, orders halt to single-song download sales

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:59 -0500

Judge in U.K. rules Pink Floyd's songs were meant to be heard as complete albums, orders halt to single-song download sales:

(via inothernews)

On Mississippi school board's decision to cancel prom to prevent lesbian students from attending together

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:00 -0500

T: McMillen says one student told her, "Thanks for ruining my senior year." HAHAHAHAHA, YOUR LIFE IS SO EMPTY AND VAPID WITHOUT PROM YOUR SENIOR YEAR IS RUINED.
Me: Remember when I didn't go to prom ever? And I grew up to have other more fulfilling experiences? And it all turned out fine?
T: Well, obviously look how you turned out — a lonely, sorrowful, empty shell of a person whose entire life would have been different if only she had slow-danced to a radio-friendly and sappy Green Day song.

Mississippi school prom canceled after lesbian's date request

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:54:00 -0500

Mississippi school prom canceled after lesbian's date request:

School policy requires that senior prom dates be of the opposite sex. The ACLU of Mississippi had given the district until Wednesday to change that policy, arguing that banning same-sex prom dates violated McMillen’s constitutional rights.

Instead, the school board met and issued a statement announcing it wouldn’t host the event at Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton, “due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.”

Just … why? Why is keeping same-sex couples from living regular lives so important to these people? I just don’t get it.

"All of our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone that makes us complete. We choose..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:15:44 -0500

“All of our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone that makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope. All the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there’s someone perfect who might be searching for us.”

- The Wonder Years (via quote-book) (via heleveeta)

"I have now heard — and am powerless to describe — reggae elevator music. I have learned what it is..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:26 -0500

“I have now heard — and am powerless to describe — reggae elevator music. I have learned what it is to become afraid of one’s own toilet. I have acquired ‘sea legs’ and would like now to lose them. I have tasted caviar and concurred with the little kid sitting next to me that it is: blucky. I now understand the term ‘Duty Free.’ I now know the maximum cruising speed of a cruise ship in knots. I have had escargot, duck, Baked Alaska, salmon w/ fennel, a marzipan pelican, and an omelette made with what were alleged to be trace amounts of Etruscan truffle. I have heard people in deck chairs say in all earnestness that it’s the humidity rather than the heat. I have been — thoroughly, professionally, and as promised beforehand — pampered. I have, in dark moods, viewed and logged every type of erythema, keratinosis, pre-melanomic lesion, liver spot, eczema, wart, papular cyst, potbelly, femoral cellulite, varicosity, collagen and silicone enhancement, bad tint, hair transplants that have not taken — i.e. I have seen nearly naked a lot of people I would prefer not to have seen nearly naked. I have felt as bleak as I’ve felt since puberty, and have filled almost three Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.”

- Davie Foster Wallace, on cruise vacations in “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” (via savingpaper)

Sadly true.

"I don’t get worn down. I wear them down."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:22 -0500

“I don’t get worn down. I wear them down.”

- President Obama, in St Louis last night. (via apsies)

My new motto.

dcwhip:jasontheexploder: “All right everybody, for tomorrow I...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:41:00 -0500

dcwhip:jasontheexploder:

“All right everybody, for tomorrow I want you to write a history poem on Hiroshima. But nothing too faaaaaggy.”

-Stephen Colbert, Strangers With Candy

OMG, ALL-TIME FAVORITE.

In my job, I spend a lot of time looking at what people actually type into search engines.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:00 -0500

Today, I noticed this keyword, which has a surprisingly high search volume (meaning a lot of people actually search for these exact words):

“how hd is it to get into medical school”

I’m guessing if you can’t spell hard, your chances are slim.

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole (via inothernews)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:00 -0500

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole

(via inothernews)

itsalwayssunny: (via alwayscarryalightbulb)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:06:14 -0500

itsalwayssunny:

(via alwayscarryalightbulb)

kaytee: Nat King Cole - Smile Light up your face with...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:20 -0500

kaytee:

Nat King Cole - Smile

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

apsies: “So, I get so speak first while he stands and watches —...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:00 -0500

apsies:

“So, I get so speak first while he stands and watches — I love this!” Mrs. Obama said of her husband, to the chuckles of the mostly female audience in the East Room at the White House.

“Look at me adoringly!,” she told the president.

To which he responded: “I can do that …”

To which she said: “… with sincerity!”

(via Mrs.O)