May 2012
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J: I sure like these Jeff Goldblum Law & Orders.
K: He's a little lizardy now, but I sure thought he was dreamy in Independence Day.
J: I'm glad you've always liked nerds.
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Photographer Chronicles the Dales Way →
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“Check with your doctor before any sort of trip. Ask how much weight you should...”
– Kristin Hostetter, “Gearing Up: Pregnant? Don’t Hang Up Your Hiking Boots”
(Oh yes. We are still gearing up for this trip, even though most of my training has looked like this. There may end up being buses involved. And no camping at all. And extra ice cream.)
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April 2012
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“I. Hate. Being. Pregnant.
Please note, I did NOT say ‘I wish I was not...”
– “I Hate Being Pregnant,” House Unseen, Life Unscripted
[current mantra. 11 weeks!]
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11 things
(Because Haley tagged me, and because I’ve been pretty quiet around here lately.)
1. The first rule is to post these rules. 2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 things about yourself/your life . 3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post. 4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them. 5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them that you’ve tagged them. I tag: Beca,...
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March 2012
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“The simple narrative equating American demand and Chinese suffering is...”
– Leslie T. Chang, Do Chinese Factory Workers Dream of iPads?
A really interesting article that gives a different perspective on this. Definitely worth thinking about, particularly with regard to how we tend to put ourselves at the center of any issue:
“Across China, there are a hundred and fifty...
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Anyone need a roommate in the NYC area?
beca:
I hate to use this medium, but I really have to ask everyone. I need a place to live for a month or two in New York starting April 1 or sooner. I’d prefer staying in Brooklyn near a subway stop. Please spread the Tumblr love and stick your antennae out for me, gang! I’d do it for you!
Here’s a picture of some bread I made once! (What a cool person to live with!)
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Kony 2012 Reopens Uganda's Old Wounds →
Thoughtful piece by a (Ugandan) friend of John’s. While we were in Uganda in 2008-9, Kony was definitely a matter for the national newspaper coverage, but not a local concern for us in the southern part of the country. There, the scars were mostly from rebel activity in the early 2000s and troubles just over the border.
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fake it till you make it -- how to love your job... →
helenlindsay:
In this economy, we can’t afford to be picky. A lot of us are suffering through less-than-fulfilling day jobs with the hopes of someday breaking those chains and pursuing our dream jobs. Now, I know better than to blog about hating my job, lest I get fired. However, it’s completely true that I’m not currently pursuing my dream job (stay-at-home mom and author) at this juncture....
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AIDS: Why Africa suffers for the West’s sins →
Some of this I knew from living on a Ugandan hospital compound for six months and volunteering at a rural orphanage, where the children were mostly orphaned by malaria or abandoned out of extreme poverty. It’s particularly interesting to read this after tackling Tim Butcher’s Blood River last month — a really accessible travel narrative of Butcher’s trip along the Congo River,...
“A cow
To milk’s a good excuse
To bring you home from places
You do not...”
– Wendell Berry, “The Farm,” A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997
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me, too, kid.
Me: What's your favorite kind of fruit?
Cutest Little Unibrow Girl Ever: Uh... spaghetti.
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“Loving you has taught me the infinite
longing of the self to be given away
and...”
– Wendell Berry, A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997
February 2012
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Dear Committee for the Distribution of Snow,
I write to you today to beseech you to give my area, the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, a snow day tomorrow.
I do not ask this idly, because it would give me a break from work (it would) and let me catch up on my truly terrible XSLT project (also true), but because I think I would in fact use it well. My proposed schedule, should I be given a snow day tomorrow:
sleep in a little,...
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thebronzemedal:
Whiskeytown ~ Dreams (Fleetwood...
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Download the Complete Chronicles of Narnia →
Haven’t tried this myself because several years ago J gave me the versions read by Paris Geller’s old boyfriend and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but it seems like a pretty sweet hookup.
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Why Do Lent? (a beginner's guide) →
“Why a Failing Lent Actually Succeeds.”
Have a good Ash Wednesday, y’all.
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“The Negro has already come outside. His forehead is an ambiguous sienna color...”
– — Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
(a lovely novel that ends in ashes.)
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a shirt a day keeps the drama away. →
helenlindsay:
can you survive in the same shirt every day for a year? my friend nathan did.
Simple, humorous reflection on going without, both Lindsay’s and Nathan’s posts. Among the things I’m considering fasting from this Lent are new clothes and online shopping.
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“For now, I’ll keep hosting small groups in my home every Sunday night....”
– Annie S. Butterworth, a former Teen Democrat writer I knew, in a lovely, thoughtful piece called “give me a bigger heart.”
With some overlap with my thoughts about community and service in a post I wrote some time ago, but more eloquent than I could ever manage.
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