April 2010
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“Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I’m just a...”
– Lady Gaga (New York Magazine)
Great article. I think Lady Gaga is a good thing for pop music, and am generally very impressed with her positive message. The only parts I was disappointed to read were about her use of diet pills to slim down to be famous and her quote, “Pop stars should not...
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March 2010
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“The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after...”
– NYT
(article via juliaallison)
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“The overall picture of literacy in America is bleak—a decades-long achievement...”
– How to Make American Teens Smarter (The Daily Beast)
(via infoneer-pulse)
Teens aren’t reading anything more challenging than Twilight and Harry Potter, and as a result, they have lower reading levels than they should. The comments on YouTube drive this point home on a daily basis, as they...
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TO DO LIST
CR is out of town all week, so while I’ve got a bachelorette pad, I’d like to get some things done that I’ve been putting off:
patch some pants
scan pages re: wedding ceremonies from library book then return it
scrub tub
organize bookshelf
organize sock drawer
organize files on external harddrives
update my Quicken
What I’ll actually probably do is:
settle Catan
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“People keep talking about ‘what’s the hardest thing, are you...”
– No Impact Man, The Documentary (Netflix)
I’d read about this project in the New York Times and the New Yorker, and had impressions that this guy was pretty lame. This movie was a pretty good one, and I enjoyed what he was doing, and enjoyed the supportive and positive relationship he had with...
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“I believe my wife’s way of listening to music [focusing on the lyrics] is...”
– Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz (dyske) (via fascinated)
An interesting thought that will certainly be bouncing around my head for a while.
I’m also trying to decide if I disagree with this statement, in the paragraph about hip hop:
“If the song has any musical substance, it can be...
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“The house is making a bet that you will not live up to your intentions. If you...”
– Chris Farrell, author of The New Frugality and economics editor at American Public Media’s weekly radio show Marketplace Money (What the credit CARD act means for you — MintLife blog)
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TGIF
Doorman: What HAPPENED to you?!
Me: Um, nothing.
Doorman: No, look, right HERE!! [points to his forehead]
Me: Yeah, I know. It's just my skin. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Waving Good-Bye to the Joneses (GetRichSlowly) →
I like this article, and feel like I’ve really gotten into the swing of ignoring the Joneses over the past few years. Yesterday, I had a moment of weakness when I had a cute summer dress in an online shopping cart and my billing address typed in, then I just closed the window. I already have more summer clothes than I can wear, and I definitely shouldn’t buy anything new until I pull...
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“Pay close attention to what you are doing while you work, for precision in small...”
– - Volume One of Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
This passage will be read at my sister’s wedding this weekend. She is a chef. No First Corinthians for her. Forget the Bible. She’s got Julia Child.
(via diablocodyisnotevenherrealname)
As someone who has been thinking about alternative...
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“Imagine spending THOUSANDS of dollars on a surprise and having the store ruin...”
– Bride-to-be on a jewelry store ruining the surprise engagement ring by sending junk mail to their apartment before her guy proposed (Consumerist)
I know where she’s coming from, as I have already received several postcards from our jeweler since we placed the order for my ring. I knew that it...
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IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library →
An amazing resource for free public domain sheet music.
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Junkie Doodle Dandy
Microsoft rep: Ok, please type "http://, junkie, golf, echo, junkie..."
Me: I'm sorry, what was the first one? Junkie? "J"? Like...Joseph?
Microsoft rep: Yes, J, like jerk.
Me: Ok, that link didn't work. What did it start with?
Microsoft rep: J, junkie.
Me: Junkie? Let me read it to you again, because it's still not working. It starts with "J"?
Microsoft rep: No, J, like junkie! Like jung! Like jes!
Me: Oh, do you mean "Y"? Like young and yes? I'm sorry, I'm just not familiar with the word yunkie.
Microsoft rep: You've got it. J like junkie!
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Sergei Prokofiev - Dating, Gossip, News, Sergei... →
How did he end up on whosdatedwho.com?
Spoiler alert: There are no racy photos.
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Cocofe, 72nd between Broadway and West End
Thanks to a tip from Westside Independent, I just checked out this new cafe in the neighborhood. I’m very pleased that most of my (decaf) mocha came out of a huge vat of dark chocolate.
It’s putting my chocolate chocolate chip cookies from Duane Reade to shame.
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“Forty years ago 40 percent of our kids rode their bikes to school and the...”
– Lance Armstrong (Recordnet)
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