October 2009
September 2009
“Me: What size knitting needles should I buy?
Me: Helllloooooo?
Me: Why are you...”
– Notes from the Trenches — fighting the war on tantrums since 1994
it really doesn’t get any better.
“Nostalgia is a seductive liar.”
– George Wildman
“As healthcare reform shipwrecks and climate legislation lurches toward a similar...”
– Obama’s absurd Olympic boosterism | Grist (via andres)
“Presidents from the South include:
George Washington of Virginia (term 1789 -...”
– Politics of the Southern United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I’M SO GLAD I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH
because when we talk about presidents in grade school, i could always say “y’all, jimmy carter’s little sister shared a math book with my nana in college!”...
I'm so lucky I didn't grow up in the South
thedabara:
bowlingalleylawyer:
dcwhip:
joemuto:
Or else I’d have to deal with nonsense like this:
Community members are rallying around Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School cheerleaders after they were banned from displaying signs with Bible verses urging fans and players to “commit to the Lord” and “take courage and do it.” The banners — the paper ones that football players crash...
“The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keep...”
– Molly Haskell (via quote-book)
“In the Southern United States, the term is sometimes used as a derisive term for...”
– Yankee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm so lucky I didn't grow up in the South
bowlingalleylawyer:
dcwhip:
bowlingalleylawyer:
joemuto:
******* read the original post if you want*****
you have GOT to be one of the most closed-minded (or is it simple?) people I’ve encountered (and this from *gasp* a southern conservative).
the fact you post this with such a nasty, sweeping generalization in the headline says much more about you than this story that shocks you so...
I'm so lucky I didn't grow up in the South
bowlingalleylawyer:
joemuto:
******* read the original post if you want*****
you have GOT to be one of the most closed-minded (or is it simple?) people I’ve encountered (and this from *gasp* a southern conservative).
the fact you post this with such a nasty, sweeping generalization in the headline says much more about you than this story that shocks you so says about southerners or anyone...
I'm so lucky I didn't grow up in the South
joemuto:
Or else I’d have to deal with nonsense like this:
Community members are rallying around Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School cheerleaders after they were banned from displaying signs with Bible verses urging fans and players to “commit to the Lord” and “take courage and do it.” The banners — the paper ones that football players crash through at the beginning of games — have been...
“A powerful underwater earthquake has struck off the the coast of...”
– Al Jazeera English - Asia-Pacific - Earthquake rocks western Indonesia
“Tsunami waves swept across islands of the South Pacific, wiping out at least one...”
– Tsunami Wipes Out Village in the South Pacific - WSJ.com
“Correcting a terrible post-renovation mistake, MOMA has reinstalled Claude...”
– Claude Monet’s Water Lilies at MOMA : The New Yorker
don’t forget your earplugs either. we were there a few weeks ago for the members preview - hoping for calm - but instead found ourselves in turbulent water, if we take schjeldahl’s analogy. apparently children are no longer...
“People in the Administration tell me that the horror of unauthorized press...”
– Down with Stratcom!: Interesting Times : The New Yorker
“The Pier 39 area had so much ingenious language play, my notebook and camera...”
– ‘Walking English,’ A Language Travelogue : NPR
DATE WITH A CATCH
100jdates:
Not all bad dates happens to us – a lot of times, they happen to others too. Thank goodness we’re not the only ones to suffer from bad dating luck! And thank even more goodness, horror dates don’t only happen to girls.
A guy friend relayed a story of what recently happened to him and we’re still laughing because it’s so outlandish, you can’t make this shit up and the look of...
Hermès to buy Asprey? →
meredithnyc:
This would probably be a good step. I do love Asprey’s whole look and feel. Very classic. Like Hermès.
“ASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and other...”
– 7.9 magnitude quake sparks tsunami warning for New Zealand | Reuters
“A study by Britain’s Institute of Child Health reports that kids of...”
– British Researchers: Kids Healthier When Moms Don’t Work - working moms - Jezebel
