January 2011
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via julie911)
December 2010
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Guacamole
3 avocados, halved and pitted
1 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1 large ripe tomato, diced
1 teaspoon fresh garlic, finely minced
Cayenne pepper, to taste (I like 5 - 6 good shakes)
Use a potato masher to mash together the avocado halves, lime juice (fresh lime juice if you can, very tasty), and salt; the lime juice keeps the avocados from turning brown,...
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Vaka/eve
I want to sit outside in the cold. In a sweatshirt. Where I’m warm but I know it’s still cold. I want to feel it on my cheeks and on my nose. And I want there to be light. The perfect lighting; soft. The hum of a city around, visceral not noisy. I want to be able to see a body of water that expands into infinite isolation and darkness. I want Sigur Ros to play in the background. I want...
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End of Year
1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Had a flight cancelled because of snow. Got a speeding ticket. Got daily humps on command (I’m looking at you, Erik) (ha ha it’s like movies on demand except more exciting) (parentheses wheeee).
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I have things I’m changing in my...
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"60 Yard Pass" - Charles Bukowski
most people don’t do very well and I get discouraged with their existence, it’s such a waste: all those bodies, all those lives malfunctioning: lousy quarterbacks, bad waitresses, in-competent carwash boys and presidents, cowardly goal-keepers inept garage mechanics bumbling tax accountants and so forth
yet
now and then
I see a single performer doing something with a natural excellence
it...
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lucky | oneword
I am lucky because I am fortunate. I have love, passions. Things are good. Being lucky isn’t about random chance. It’s something you create for yourself by surrounding yourself with the things and people you love.
http://oneword.com/
You have 60 seconds to write about a single word. It’s cool to see the things people think up on the spot. I think that can tell you more about...
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“Foucault has produced a fair description of the mechanics of gender in modern...”
– Queer Theory, Gender Theory by Riki Wilchins
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The New Yorker: Neil Gaiman's fantasies. →
Really long, but really good, article on Neil Gaiman from The New Yorker. Best quote: “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘What kind of tea?’”
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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable....”
– Neil Gaiman
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Did 'Shrooms Send Santa And His Reindeer Flying? →
Harvard biologist Donald Pfister claims that both people and reindeer ate the mushrooms [Amanita muscaria]. ”Reindeers flying — are they flying, or are your senses telling you they’re flying because you’re hallucinating?” he says.
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Not asexual
genderqueer:
I’m not asexual. I like sex. But I am just as happy in an asexual relationship as an sexual one. As long as there is love, I really don’t care.
Submitted by Nick
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Cyrillic and weenie dogs →
My mother’s crackheadery got herself (via me!) onto When Parents Text. I consider this one of my more notable achievements.
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“Style occurs when someone does something according to their own perspective...”
– Robert Sumrell, The New City Reader
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“If you can’t excel with talent, triumph with effort.”
– Dave Weinbaum, Businessman, writer and part-time stand-up comic
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Recipe: Spicy Ethiopian Couscous with Red Pepper...
• 1 box whole wheat couscous • 1 red bell pepper, chopped • Ethiopian spice blend (paprika, salt, coriander, chili, onion, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, pepper), desired amount • Cayenne pepper, desired amount • Feta cheese, desired amount Prepare and fluff couscous. Sautee red bell pepper in olive oil, salt, pepper, and Ethiopian spice blend. Add Ethiopian spice blend, cayenne pepper, and sautéed...
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Beauty
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about beauty, attraction, and self-perception. For the longest time I fell into the standard societal mindset: beautiful people are happy and date other beautiful people and those who aren’t beautiful have to agonize and watch silently. Although a bit rudimentary, this thought or some variation thereon has always plagued me. That, combined with a low...
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The beginning
I always wondered what “mimsy” meant. As in “all mimsy were the borogoves.” I always associated the word with meaning whimsy, partly because they sound the same and partly because I feel Lewis Carroll was a pretty whimsy dude. My middle name is also Mims, so I probably have a slight bias for being so interested in the word. Well, I finally looked up what it means today, and...