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I can’t think of a single trait more attractive than intelligence.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:20:10 -0500

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:27:50 -0500

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My sister is having another boy! This is exciting!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:39:50 -0500

My sister is having another boy! This is exciting!

Social Networks as Foreign Policy

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:22 -0500

In August, after the suppression of Iran’s pro-democracy protests, officials in Tehran accused Western governments of using online social networks like Twitter and Facebook to help execute a “soft coup.” The accusation wasn’t entirely off-base. In Iran and elsewhere, this year showed the growing importance of social networks to U.S. foreign policy. Long before the protests in Iran started…

The Advertisement That Watches You “It happens when nobody...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:29:20 -0500

The Advertisement That Watches You

“It happens when nobody is watching.” As the tagline on a poster raising awareness about domestic violence, that’s not bad. But it was the poster itself that was truly attention-grabbing — for it brought the issue of being watched (or not) to life.

The poster, placed in a bus shelter in Berlin, was a one-time installation sponsored by Amnesty International. When a person in the shelter was looking at the poster, he saw, along with the words, a photograph of an amiable couple: a stocky, professional-looking man in a blue oxford-cloth shirt, his arm around the shoulders of his girlfriend or wife. If no one in the shelter was paying attention to the poster, though, the image switched: now the man was raising his fist against the woman as she leaned away and protected her face. (There was a slight lag in the switch, so viewers could notice that the poster was changing its image.)

Don’t get me wrong I like Obama, but I love Hillary more....

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Don’t get me wrong I like Obama, but I love Hillary more. I was reading both on CNN and Gallop that she has the highest approval ratings (within the cabinet) by democrats, republicans and US citizens.

<3 you girl!

Merry Happy - Kate Nash Matthew’s IPhone sings this in the...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:22:11 -0500

Merry Happy - Kate Nash

Matthew’s IPhone sings this in the morning and now it’s stuck in my head. Damn him.

I don't even recognize the country my grandparents call "America."

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:15:42 -0500

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8 iPhone Apps That Every Artist Needs

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:52:58 -0500

8 iPhone Apps That Every Artist Needs

abenoit: Pixar Animation Studios cute

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:26:45 -0500

abenoit:

Pixar Animation Studios

cute

Home in Indiana for the weekend and catching up on shows instead...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:25:00 -0500

Home in Indiana for the weekend and catching up on shows instead of having family time. :)

GOD, I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

(via cinematt01) MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cake!

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:03:29 -0500

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MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cake!

snooz3r: falling in love with this cd <3 her!

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:48:24 -0500

snooz3r:

falling in love with this cd

<3 her!

“…my job consists of basically masking my contempt...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:38:47 -0500

“…my job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men’s room so I can jerk off, while I fantasize about a life that doesn’t so closely resemble hell.”

yuriyy: thedailywhat

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:23:36 -0500

yuriyy:

thedailywhat

If my aunt/uncle compare Adam Lambert to David Bowie one more time…to the moon

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:18:29 -0500

If my aunt/uncle compare Adam Lambert to David Bowie one more time…to the moon

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:17:37 -0500

If my aunt/uncle compare Adam Lambert to David Bowie one more time…to the moon

“Yea,your Aunt puts in the Adam Lambert cd before we go to bed.” —whoa, this is...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:14:05 -0500

“Yea,your Aunt puts in the Adam Lambert cd before we go to bed.”

—whoa, this is scary.

Top 10 Albums:10. The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga9. I and Love and...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:10:56 -0500

Top 10 Albums:
10. The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga
9. I and Love and You by the Avett Brothers
8. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
7. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt 2 by Raekwon
6. Love vs. Money by The-Dream
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4. Revolution by Miranda Lambert
3. Crack the Skye by Mastodon
2. Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
1. American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley

Top 10 Songs:
10. “Mad World” by Adam Lambert
9. “Sabali” by Amadou and Mariam
8. “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” by Jay-Z
7. “White Liar” by Miranda Lambert
6. (Tie) “Stillness Is the Move” by Dirty Projectors and also Solange
5. “Crown on the Ground” by Sleigh Bells
4. “The Fear” by Lily Allen
3. “No Line on the Horizon” by U2
2. “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear
1. “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson

***Wow, certainly missed the mark here.

"A great bank of darkness envelops the world. Every true teacher is a torchbearer, advancing into..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:10:00 -0500

““A great bank of darkness envelops the world. Every true teacher is a torchbearer, advancing into that darkness. We cannot add to the general illumination of the world by extinguishing the torches of others.””

- I like this. I think it’s easy to judge people, why not just educate them.