February 2012
223 posts
Watchpantslessprogressive:
ABC’s Jake Tapper to White House Press Secretary: “You want aggressive journalism abroad; you just don’t want it in the United States.”
TAPPER: The White House keeps praising these journalists who are — who’ve been killed –
CARNEY: I don’t know about “keep” — I think -
TAPPER: You’ve done it, Vice President Biden did it in a statement. How does that square with the fact...
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Quick request for advice: Flights from LAX to...
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I find it funny when my mom calls and asks, "Are...
“Uh, wasn’t planning on it….”
“Oh, well, if you do, could you get me a caramel macchiato?”
“Okay, mom.”
So people are freaking out the perks of being a...
dismiss-your-fears:
have they actually read the book?!?!?
It’s R?! Fucking YES.
Thank goodness they didn’t water it down.
There is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again. He says that leaves are old and that for flowers Mid-summer is to spring as one to ten. He says the early petal-fall is past When pear and cherry bloom went down in showers On sunny days a moment overcast; And comes that other fall we name the fall. He says the highway dust...
The virus has left the building.
Only not really, because it will remain in my nerve cell bodies for the rest of my life. Hopefully latent. And now all that remains are, you know, a thousand little scabs or so. And it still hurts like hell, which is formally called “postherpetic neuralgia”.
I’m wearing my glasses for the first time in a week because I had skin lesions around my ear, making it excruciating to...
Listen Before You Buy: [Listen] - Robin Pecknold... →
listenbeforeyoubuy:
Listen to the new song by Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes singer) below.
Over the last week or so Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold has been going through a bit of a public breakup, with long-term girlfriend Olivia.
He posted to his Twitter account a few times, all of which…
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Um. Awkward name usage. Not classy.
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This year, for Lent, I'm giving up on religion.
oh wait.
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So next time someone asks you where Ventura is, describe it as “a coastal suburb between Santa Barbara and the Santa Monica Mountains.” People flip out.
The Farmer & The Dell.
thegirlsmiles:
So today the 4 year old class was working on Farm Animals in their class and we were singing The Farmer & The Dell.
So the teacher asks what a dell is. Without missing a beat, I said “Oh, she’s a singer.”
And then Peter, the other SLP who was in the room goes “We could’ve had it allll.”
Me: “Nevermind, I’ll find, someone like youuuuuu.”
All of the adults in the class were...
Fucking excuse me, but Adele winning the Brit Award over Laura Marling? What the hell is wrong with people?!
TOLKIEN THEME PARK TO BE BUILT IN POLAND →
staygoldenkids:
highonhiddle:
krissy we’re going
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radiobread2:
I cant tell if I’m in a bitchy mood or just a bitch
clothezez →
I’m so good at making the background all pretty, eh?
Fun fact: Employers in Portland, Oregon typically pay 5.4% less than employers in Ventura, California; the standard cost of living in Portland is 10.2% less than that in Ventura, California; this makes for a 4.8% net gain in disposable income. Meaning that in Portland, I would be 4.8% better off.
Fun fact: Tentative moving date is August 14, 2012. If it comes down it it, moving trumps Europe....
“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.” (via mamaatheist)