February 2011
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When someone asks you when you're going to get a...
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…and you’re just like “I don’t know, I guess tomorrow when I walk out of my house I’ll just choose one from the swarm of guys that all come sprinting towards me.”
God, this.
My dad just will not stop.
Just wait until you’re an old hag like me (you enter your 30s) and people ask, “when you’re going to have a baby“… I have learned...
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January 2011
64 posts
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Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
Stay gold Ponyboy!
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under books, reading,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #books, #reading, #nerd
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the...
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Hotness: Here’s a toast to the douchebags! Here’s... →
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Attractiveness isn’t discussed in feminist academic writing or even here because it’s so “subjective.” Yes, obviously, we have a Western standard of beauty: “fair” skin, thin, etc. (All this ignores the “exotic.” Asian women, after all, is a stunning #11 on Stuff White People Like. I remember having a conversation with some writer – I can’t remember who – who said that all the male...
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Ugandan Who Spoke Up for Gays Is Beaten to Death →
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the murder of David Kato. In Uganda, David showed tremendous courage in speaking out against hate. He was a powerful advocate for fairness and freedom. The United States mourns his murder, and we recommit ourselves to David’s work. LGBT rights are not special rights; they are human rights.” - President Barack Obama
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Will an 11-year-old get life in prison for murder? →
A Superior Court panel in Pittsburgh must decide whether a boy who was 11 at the time should be tried as an adult in the slaying of his father’s pregnant fiancee. The US is the only country where juveniles are serving life imprisonment without parole under the so-called ‘life means life’ policy. Only the US and Somalia have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
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Star Trek, Google, and the Dream of Universal... →
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There’s a terrible risk inherent in writing science fiction: sometime in the distant future, some nitpicking soul will remember to check up on which of your outlandish predictions come true, and which turn out to be wildly, laughably off the mark. In the case of Star Trek (of which—dare I admit?—I’ve always been an ardent fan) it seems that some of the inventions that once struck us as...
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why would anyone hate the library? Amy Poehler...
Amy Poehler mentions, in an interview, that they just made up their anti-library stance in order to make a joke. But it turns out that they found many government officials actually shared those sentiments.
How much does Parks and Recreation hate the library?
The library represents that branch of government that’s like the smart kid—the teacher’s favorite. And the library always wins. They get...
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We'llBeBackShortly.com →
Tumblr, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.
Ah, memories, I really did enjoy Brokeback Mountain.
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Welcome to FedFlix (like Netflix but free and...
Fedflix is an archive of over 3,000 of public-domain films made by the U.S. government over the past 70 years.
I just wanted you to know about this resource. That is all… carry on.
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I live with someone who ONLY reads non-fiction… I don’t think he has an imagination at all. He claims he read ALL his fiction in middle school.
He saddens me.
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Too Blue by Langston Hughes
I got those sad old weary blues. I don’t know where to turn. I don’t know where to go. Nobody cares about you When you sink so low.
What shall I do? What shall I say? Shall I take a gun And put myself away?
I wonder if One bullet would do? As hard as my head is, It would probably take two.
But I ain’t got Neither bullet nor gun - And I’m too blue To look for one.
This...
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Too Blue by Langston Hughes
I got those sad old weary blues. I don’t know where to turn. I don’t know where to go. Nobody cares about you When you sink so low.
What shall I do? What shall I say? Shall I take a gun And put myself away?
I wonder if One bullet would do? As hard as my head is, It would probably take two.
But I ain’t got Neither bullet nor gun - And I’m too blue To look for one.
This...
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You Are What You Read →
A social-networking literary website where users can create a profile of the five books that have most influenced their lives. This website allows you to connect with people (including celebrities), share your interests and discover new books to read via Scholastic.
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You Are What You Read →
A social-networking literary website where users can create a profile of the five books that have most influenced their lives. This website allows you to connect with people (including celebrities), share your interests and discover new books to read via Scholastic.
The Pretty Girls With Glasses Appreciation Society →
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Public Domain
General Definition: The setting in which written work or visual displays are accessible to everyone without hindrance or financial barriers to access, not protected by copyright or patent.
General Rule: Any book that was published before 1924 and whose author(s) has been dead for seventy years is automatically in the public domain.
Small print: Due to new laws in copyright and public domain...
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Public Domain
General Definition: The setting in which written work or visual displays are accessible to everyone without hindrance or financial barriers to access, not protected by copyright or patent.
General Rule: Any book that was published before 1924 and whose author(s) has been dead for seventy years is automatically in the public domain.
Small print: Due to new laws in copyright and public domain...
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Zeitgeist of Book Covers →
Book jacket trends via Publisher Weekly. Worth a click.
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Zeitgeist of Book Covers →
Book jacket trends via Publisher Weekly. Worth a click.
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55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For... →
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55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For... →
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WatchTrailer for the imaginary feature film “The Library”
I want to live in the library too!