January 2012
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BUY ALL OF THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES →
“if a child identifies as a girl and the child’s family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout”
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
8 posts
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reed hastings just doesn't get it
take, for example, this misinterpretation of why everyone hated the idea of qwikster:
Last month, when announcing Qwikster, you apologized for the way Netflix handled its price hikes, writing, “In hindsight I slid into arrogance based upon past success.” But wasn’t introducing Qwikster the way you did the most arrogant move of all? No, I think it was just a mistake in underestimating the...
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Naomi Wolf: how I was arrested at Occupy Wall... →
kateoplis:
“Last night I was arrested in my home town, outside an event to which I had been invited, for standing lawfully on the sidewalk in an evening gown.
Let me explain; my partner and I were attending an event for the Huffington Post, for which I often write: Game Changers 2011, in a venue space on Hudson Street. As we entered the space, we saw that about 200 Occupy Wall Street protesters...
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while... →
nelvieee:
This is perfection.
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of...
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R.I.P. Qwikster (b.2011 - d.2011) →
frangry:
Well, that was qwik (via dietcock) Also, what a bunch of doofuses.
“It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult” — really, netflix? you didn’t have the foresight to think that it would be “difficult” for people to have to manage two completely separate websites of movies that show no reflection of each...
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The FBI again thwarts its own Terror plot →
Last year, the FBI subjected 19-year-old Somali-American Mohamed Osman Mohamud to months of encouragement, support and money and convinced him to detonate a bomb at a crowded Christmas event in Portland, Oregon, only to arrest him at the last moment and then issue a Press Release boasting of its success. In late 2009, the FBI persuaded and enabled Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year old...
September 2011
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Reebok to Pay $25 Million in Settlement Over... →
Under the settlement, Reebok is barred from making fitness claims about its shoes unless it provides more substantial scientific evidence.
ha! it’s about time. did anyone really think those worked anyway?
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“Women are taught so many messages about how we need to behave in order to...”
– A Guy Jerked Off To Me In The Subway, And NYPD Didn’t Do A Thing (via Jezebel)
August 2011
6 posts
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New York planning to shut down transportation... →
frangry:
So, I guess this is really happening then? In the 13 years I’ve been in NY, the only time they’ve shut down the transportation system was on 9/11.
yikes. glad i bought supplies today. things are about to get craaazy…
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EARTHQUAKE?!
i thought it was building construction — and i was in the middle of a phone interview when it happened! at least the guy won’t think i’m crazy now (“i think my building just shook…no, it was not the train…”)
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drumroll, please...
remember that “mystery project” i mentioned a while back? no? well, i’ll tell you about it anyway:
i started a food blog!
i know, there are a million food blogs, but this one is mine and it’s fun and it’s awesome. so check it out. i’m sure it will change and evolve as i go along, but i like having a place to talk about all of the things i’m making (and...
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“Kimberly,
I think everyone who met you liked you and thought you would be a...”
– seriously? i spent the last two years chained to an espresso machine. i have never worked in an “office” that wasn’t either my dad’s or a summer internship.
JUST HIRE ME.
Link of the Day: Stephen Colbert Exposes the... →
adjoa:
Incredible. Just incredible. Too much to even handle.
Though on a serious note, it’s not government-funded, it’s the insurance company (and thus those insured through premiums) that absorbs the cost.
July 2011
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self-inflating high-fashion airbag bike helmet →
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Watch Baby Ryan Gosling and Baby Justin... →
LOL!
“Observing footage of the Bachmanns dancing together, Jon Stewart remarked that...”
– The Marcus Bachmann Hypocrisy
(yes, i laughed at jon stewart too, and i agree that the bachmanns advocate damaging, irrational opinions about homosexuality…but daum also makes an important point)
TeenNick's '90s Nostalgia Fest →
nice! but what about roundhouse and alex mack??
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being unemployed is weird.
even if i’m really productive, sending cover letters and researching a bunch of new things to apply to, i feel like i haven’t accomplished anything with my day. i think i need to try working in coffee shops. sitting here all day is…boring. and weirdly draining.
on the up side: creative juices are flowing on a new project (stay tuned!), i properly assembled my bike (and got a...
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aaand i'm back!
no, not back in chicago, but back on my computer! (and in BROOKLYN!) my computer decided to conveniently break mid-way through my move to new york last friday, so i’ve had to steal minutes on dan’s until now. but apple was quick and free and now i have no excuse not to get serious about finding a job (and apartment).
…but while i do that…it’s also pretty nice to be...
June 2011
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Oxford Writing and Style Guide no longer... →
flavorpill:
harpermd:
As a general rule, do not use the serial/Oxford comma: so write ‘a, b and c’ not ‘a, b, and c’. But when a comma would assist in the meaning of the sentence or helps to resolve ambiguity, it can be used — especially where one of the items in the list is already joined by ‘and’.
YES. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
RIP Oxford Comma
boo! i love the...
bon voyage, bicyclette!
safe in billy’s hands, my bike is soon to be en route to new york. at least i know something will make it there okay! as for packing the rest of my apartment…
t-minus 36 hours…
ugh…
