February 2012
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moral absolutes
“Excuse me,” I heard the bartender say to the couple standing around the seat next to me, “I have a solo diner, who’d like to have dinner. ”Would you mind letting him take that seat until two spots open up for you?”
God bless him. I was already trying to cover my left ear so I wouldn’t have to listen their inane conversation. And they were crowding me...
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Jeremy Lin lights up Lakers, sets new team record...
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89 points scored by Jeremy Lin during his first three starts with the New York Knicks this week
80 points scored by former team record-holder Bill Cartwright in his first three starts, way back in 1979-1980 source
» What can’t he do? With a solid showing against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, including a career-high 38 points scored, Jeremy Lin set a new Knicks team record for...
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I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to...
– Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
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drug love, reality and nostalgia
nine years ago, i fled California like I’d left a dead body in a ditch and was waiting for it to be discovered. Maybe I had. Maybe that dead body was me. Man. I was so unhappy. I had been a fairly focused teenager. I mean, I thought I knew what I wanted my life to look like. Career. Well, that was it. I never wanted to be married or have children. I did always take for granted that...
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You can follow someone on Twitter, friend them on Facebook, quote or be quoted...
– David Carr (via rubenfeld)
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Match.com Single In America Study: 11 Secrets Of... →
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A good day for the left
Yeah.
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What's Happening in Russia Explained →
caraobrien:
Putin’s grip on Russia: Over the two-plus decades since the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Vladimir Putin has been in charge for more than half the time. Currently prime minister, he is running for president—again—in the March 4, 2012 elections. The ex-KGB officer served as the nation’s president from 2000 until 2008. After two four-year terms, Putin then stepped into the role of...
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What's Happening in Syria Now. →
ellobofilipino:
mindbabies:
popmuslim:
The situation has grown more dire since Assad’s regime began a violent crackdown last March—including reports of hundreds massacred this week.
On February 3, 2012, multiple reports from activists inside Syria described massive shelling and an army offensive in the central Syrian city of Homs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights puts the casualty...
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Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
Apparently, i’m trying to put a hit out on this once perceived benevolent charity. i’m not. but this is politics and this is gross and i’ll send my donations elsewhere. it’s just such a tragedy. look at how much money they were giving to further breast cancer treatment, research and awareness.
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen...
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Ed Vallance - ‘Crystalline’
i love this.
also, i’m starting to miss new york.
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Here's an idea
stfuconservatives:
brazenbitch:
Rather than sending the Komen Foundation any money, send a donation directly to Planned Parenthood. And in addition,make your donation to Planned Parenthood as an “honorary gift”, requesting that a card be sent to:
Karen Handel Senior VP c/o Susan G. Komen Foundation P.O. Box 650309 Dallas, TX 75265
even if you could only give a dollar or two plus...
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i just remembered all the advice i've given about...
distant, polite, calm. keep it classy.
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quiet, lazy day... and why i'm also crazy, or at...
I’ve been in my beautiful homestate now for almost two weeks. which honestly, as much as i would rather travel elsewhere (i.e. someplace new) is always nice, but… perhaps never particularly relaxing.
it’s usually for the lunar new year, and my time in my san francisco is always packed with lunches and dinners and drinks with family and old friends. i mean, poor me, i’m...
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Komen cuts grants for Planned Parenthood cancer...
feralnostalgia:
wilwheaton:
laughterkey:
jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to providealmost 170,000 breast exams and 6,400 mammogram referrals.
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Watching Inside The Actor's Studio
George Clooney is the coolest.
knowing about something does not change it.
– george clooney
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I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.
– —Roland Barthes (via ignify)