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Writer's Block: Six-Word Story

A very important note regarding risotto and...

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“All of you know about 20 trifling people in your lives, that...”
— Talking Points Memo | NC voter...

Love: thoughts on, now.

Love is not absolute; love is contingent.  Love is not perfect; love is finite.  Love is not the...

Apparently, because of the day of the week, and my totally...

cultrvultr: A so-called “mash van” in the UK shows off its...

Beg The Question // Get it right.

Baaaah...baaaah!

Name: Julianne Sign: Aquarius.  Aquarius!  (Sing it.  SING IT.) Job: Graduate student/failure City:...

Curious

There appears to be an inverse relationship between the seriousness of my posts and my getting...

Mea Maxima Culpa

I’ve been distracted by some rather pressing personal issues, and thus, posting has been light...

Stuff Hill People Like

“If we’d just made him Commissioner of Baseball in...”
— Keith Olbermann, on GWB. 

“The torch, en route from Paris, touched down in San...”
— Protesters drawn to Olympic...

The Gavel » Blog Archive » Hearing on KBR...

TED | Talks | Al Gore: New thinking on the...

Our Racist, Sexist Selves - New York Times

“A few Tibetan separatists attempted to sabotage the torch...”
—  Sun Weide, spokeperson for...

“Every day, it becomes more difficult to blame George Bush,...”
— Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)...

“So I have not said to my people: “Get rid of your...”
— Martin Luther King Jr.,...

Trailhead : Knockout Metaphor

1 in 50 infants suffer abuse, government...

Amazon.com: A People's History of American...

Hour without Power

Here’s a trick.  If you can do it once a year, why not once a week?  If you can do it once a...

Naming Conventions

mills: In offices with substantial racial and class integration, like mine, there are occasionally...

“Black Americans were a founding population. Africans and...”
— Condoleezza Rice I like this...

“Anyone under the delusion that you can’t make money from...”
— Linux-Watch, 3/28/08 (via...

Redheads 'have more sex than blondes or...

peterwknox: fatmanatee:greatwhiteshark: One of my...

“I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be...”
— Jeff Buckley (via...

I picked my love a daffodil… a month or so ago. ...

From Ireland

Glendalough Kilmainham Gaol Dublin (These are links to pretty pictures.)

Great Britain is Repossessing the...

peterwknox: To: The  citizens of the United States of America:In light of your failure to nominate...

seriouslythough: This. is. real.  Granted, he is...

Pelosi to 20 Clinton DCCC backers: Shove It

10 Ways History’s Finest Kept Their Focus at...

Can Racism Make You Sick? | Newsweek Health:...

“The Capgras delusion (or Capgras syndrome) is a rare...”
— Capgras delusion - Wikipedia,...

Sun Belt is growth hotspot - Life- msnbc.com

Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing...

Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why - New York...

Thinspirational Quotes

I heart being me, all things considered

Currently taking pictures of sort-of-drunk multicultural nerds fighting over old to semi-ancient...

“The president carries the biggest burden, obviously,”...”
— —Dick Cheney No farking...

Ice shelf on verge of collapse - Environment-...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran 'behind Green...

mudwerks: via images.huffingtonpost.com 4000 Americans...

To cigarettes

johnbrissenden: antoinetta: siddman: katrina: And...

“Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride,...”
— Steve Jobs (via tmblg) (via...

johnbrissenden: dtybywl: kingstoned: via...

siddman: antoinetta: jonathandeamer: How we all feel:...

“This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its...”
— -Pat Buchanan There is so much...

False Dichotomies: socially aware vs....

Why perfect dates make lousy partners -...

Prayer

Photography and The Law

Iraq Veterans Memorial

Take Action--Angola 3

Barack Obama’s Speech on Race - New York...

To cigarettes

topherchris: openletters: It would help me ever so much if you guys weren’t carcinogenic. Cuz I...

*sniff* I've been unfollowed!

Does anyone else sit around wondering “Which post was it? What have I done to offend you? ...

From my trip to Morzine, France. I could post a lovely...

"The natural distinctiveness of the...

Dear Natural Obsession Kettle Chips, There is nothing creamy about a potato chip.  Nothing.  They...

St. Patrick's Day?

So everyone is tumbling about it, I might as well. I learned a lesson in England in pretty short...

Oh My God, I'm Turning White

For clarification purposes, I was born white. At least, that’s what it says on my birth...

“1. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said America is damned —...”
— Crooks and Liars »...

I’m with the girl on the couch. Zombie Feynman fails...

20 Insane Supervillain Schemes In Flowchart...

The FAIL Blog

Iraq: a response to Mills Baker

johnbrissenden: (Apologies for the delay: 40 minutes’ worth of tightly-crafted argument...

“If there’s anyone that should pledge allegience to put...”
— spEak You’re bRanes Dude,...

Bear Stearns Closes in on Deal To Sell Itself...

(via topherchris) This cannot be serious. 

What should Hillary get?

squashed: For those of us who have carefully followed the primaries, it’s becoming increasingly...

Weak Dollar Costs U.S. Economy Its World No....

Which megacorp owns your favourite organic...

Public Service Announcement

Dear World, Stop psychoanalyzing Eliot Spitzer.  Stop interpreting his philandering in the context...

“I look at Rosa DeLauro up in Connecticut. She represents New...”
— Geraldine Ferraro. I call...

“At the heart of “go iron my shirt” is “I have a bigger penis...”
— squashed Ha.  In my anecdotal...

“It wasn’t a racist comment, it was a statement of fact.”
— Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic...

A Heart Device Is Found Vulnerable to Hacker...

Keith Olbermann To Do "Special Comment" About...

On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful...

mills: When painter William Utermohlen was diagnosed with...

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. ...”
— Geraldine Ferarro lets her...

GOP lawmakers threaten to impeach Spitzer -...

siddman: mascarah: A ton of people have picked this up,...

More from the “we are doomed” files:   Standing...

spEak You’re bRanes

Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger,...

WTFCNN?

via dkos Shame on you, John McCain.   You know, I respected...

The rooster is dead, the rooster is...

Preparing to leave for a holiday in France, it occurs to me that in addition to...

Barack Obama | Blueprint for Change

“just accidentally sent the text: “I really need a mouthful...”
— Twitter / audaciaray (via...

“Tony Blair is to add another job to his portfolio: teaching...”
— Blair plans to teach religion...

The heavens are opening!  The celestial choirs are singing!

Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding

Daily Kos: Maps: Survey USA GE by Age,...

Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding -...

katydid: Here goes: I’m on the “California cocktail”:...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: The...

“Can it be resolved that women are only to be discussed as...”
— by Rob, RamblingYes! Rob gets...

peterwknox: onandon: Steps 6-8 from a “How to Give a...

Bicyclist sought in Times Square bombing -...

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STFU ALREADY: Response

siddman: I agree totally! seagull: Okay, I have to say something about this because I’m getting...

Obama's grandmother: No more dirty tricks -...

Love at three weeks

Reblogged from my livejournal.  “Right now I kind of feel like the luckiest person ever.  So...

Slate's Delegate Calculator

A nice follow up to this. Best part? “GRUMPY...

“I’m surprised he didn’t wait till 3 a.m.”
— Rachel Maddow on MSNBC when...

Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck: Why voters always...

peterwknox: tiffbits: New sheriff in town.  Stellar bit of...

“Men find funny women threatening. They ask me, ‘Are you...”
— Joan Rivers : Who Says...

“Take Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign. By all...”
— We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb...

claudia: rosano: Neatorama » Chromatically Arranged...

No Cussing Club™

This is what inevitability looks like.

TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo |...

UK's Prince Harry fighting in Afghanistan -...

Useful Fact of the Day VI

“You should not take [insert hormonal birth control brand] if you are pregnant or planning to...

peterwknox: foodinmouth: this picture needs to be...

I want one.

Useful Fact of the Day V

Metal receptacles that contain bubbling and/or steaming substances may be hot. I R dumb scientist. ...

mudwerks: L Ron Hubbard plagiarized Scientology | Boing...

Wtf?  7 of these in 24 hours, and none before… Did I...

Lets Get Tight - The Tightness (Blog) - Top 5...

onemoretimewithfeeling: I try this everyday. Word.  

peroty: iGod: iGod. Now the lord in a convenient,...

MSNBC serves political news with a side of...

The Political Scene: My Grandma's...

So, I got a handwritten letter from my grandmother today. She just turned 80. She is an...

Me and Earthquake

I just sat through an earthquake...

At first I thought it was something Matthew had done with his little noise-making hardware project. ...

Useful Fact of the Day IV

Say “I love you” when you mean it.

“I see little value in drawing attention to something that I...”
— Jakob Lodwick (via marco) I...

onemoretimewithfeeling: I posted this a couple of months...

“If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a...”
— I find the response to the...

Clinton to Launch "Kitchen Sink" at Obama -...