January 2009
54 posts
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“You live in the most privileged nation on earth. You are the most privileged...”
– Robert F. Kennedy, UC Berkeley, October 10, 1966 (via spaceships) (via julyshewillfly) (via chicklit)
The Chronicle: Stipends for Graduate Students... →
“You know, if you ate more comfort food, you wouldn’t have to go around shooting...”
– -Hurley to Sayid on last night’s LOST Premier (via drshutterbug)
Caitlin Collier is a mean person, and will probably be a mean doctor. Also, I need John to start downloading this stat.
open letter to the American girl at the Red Chilli...
Dear American girl whose name begins with M I’m pretty sure,
Thank you for the ginger snaps. After a rash breakfast of bacon, eggs, buttered toast, and a hey-I’m-five-years-old glass of chocolate milk, your ginger snaps added much needed peace to a rebellious tummy on the ride through Kampala. As we bumped down rutted roads, lurched around roadside goats (and children) and around...
obama in africa
In Kampala, seen on
the fronts of matatus
spelled out in beads on bracelets
t-shirts
calendars and posters sold on the roadside
every newspaper and magazine (including a feature on whether Obama can actually be claimed as a Ugandan)
and screamed on streets at every passing white.
Are people as crazy about our new president in the outside world?
10 Updates
shelbysmith:
3. Sometime next week I’m going with two friends of mine to look at a house that will be for rent next year. A real house in a neighborhood that is so residential it hurts. Big yards, modest but well-kept houses, lots of trees, people out walking their dogs….it’s great. AND they allow cats.
What neighborhood?
On an unrelated note, yes, cider is the best, but unfortunately, Africa...
“Every day was an honor to be your President. I gave it my all. Listen, sometimes...”
– George W. Bush at a Welcome Home Rally in Midland, TX
And that, ladies and gentlemen, sums up GWB. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking he was some sort of evil monster. Time will vindicate this man.
(via randyhaddock, deliriousmuch, deadshot) (via scout)
Smile! Polaroid is Saved!
karenabad:
(link to The Independent via Cam)
“For a generation, the Polaroid camera gave near-instant pleasure to millions of users around the world, chronicling everything from births and weddings to the downright explicit. But when digital photography came along in the 1990s – with instant images and the ability to edit and delete pictures before they see the light of day – Polaroid was...
Dispatches from a Public Librarian: Patron of the... →
52books:
“If I’d been anywhere but the library, I would have shaken his hand and wondered what exactly he meant by “I’m crazy.” At the library, however, saying you’re crazy simply means you belong. What I couldn’t, however, shake from my mind as I shook his hand was how exactly a homeless man in drag got the name Clemens.”
Other favorite dispatches include: #30, #26, and #11
“But when she was gone Miss Pole began a long congratulation to Miss Matty that...”
– Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell
Reading List for Victorian Lit Independent Study
chicklit:
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Desire and Domestic Fiction by Nancy Armstrong
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Form of Victorian Fiction by Joseph Hills Miller
The Novel and the Police by D. A. Miller
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Darwin’s Plots by...
“Eh! You crashed your body!”
– Enid, our housekeeper, when John showed her his badminton injuries
“Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you’re feeling bad, you just look at...”
– Charles Bukowski on cats (via smut-to-go) (via scout)
for my sister.
proofreading fail
Got this message from one of the programs I’ve applied to today. Can you find the two errors, one pretty heinous in the message?
Dear [Name], Thank you for your application to our the University of X’s graduate programs in English. Your application is complete. While it is difficult to know definitively when decisions will be communicated, many of you will hear from us in the next...
proofreading fail
Got this message from one of the programs I’ve applied to today. Can you find the two errors, one pretty heinous in the message?
Dear [Name], Thank you for your application to our the University of X’s graduate programs in English. Your application is complete. While it is difficult to know definitively when decisions will be communicated, many of you will hear from us in the next...
Watchscout:
theoisjonesing:
Dan In Real Life.
i think that this is going to be one of those films we all look back on in like 5 years and realize that, sure, even though Dane Cook is in it, it is really just an awesome portrayal of family. plus Sondre Lerche’s music in this is astounding and touching.
in fact, i’m kinda pissed i don’t own this movie.
i think i love this movie a little more than...
Whopper Sacrifice on Facebook →
chriswarren:
allisonweiss | maura
“Instead of encouraging you to join a group, find new friends, or spread the word, Burger King’s new Whopper Sacrifice Application is offering you a free Whopper if you DE-FRIEND 10 people from your friend list. As Platforms Optional notes, normally when you de-friend someone they may not even notice. Not the case with Whopper Sacrifice. Part of the...
Mon.thly →
latenightliz:
Hey ladies! This site is mighty useful.
(track, predict & remind about period start-dates. add notes to any day you want. incredibly clean & simple interface, no ads.)
