February 2012
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January 2012
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brb, watching this all day long
somuchsass:
This is making my day.
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“Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, made $27 million in 2010. They held millions of...”
– The New York Times
Is it just me or does this sound like the beginning of a John Grisham novel?
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Putting a Stop to My Own Pity Party
I spent a lot of time wallowing in my own sorrow today. In addition to the fact that I’m currently struggling with insomnia, I experienced yet more writerly rejection, learned that three running races I wanted to enter this year are already full, stepped in a deceptively deep puddle that resulted in my shoe flooding with slush, and struggled up three slippery hills home. In the rain.
Today...
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Memo to Myself: Never Stop Watching "Dirty...
In the past few years my friends have started making babies. It’s normal, being in our early thirties and all, but it also means they have re-assessed how they spend their time away from home. Take the movies, for example. Five years ago a 9pm showing full of graphic violence and sex would have been just fine. Now since they often tote their tots, entertainment has come to mean “a matinee that is...
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“Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.”
– James Dean (via myquotelibrary)
I am not so into James Dean but I am very into this quote.
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Anyone who has ever published something on the... →
This is a great essay about the angry “commenting culture that infects the Internet.”
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“No, no. To me, religion is like Paul Rudd. I see the appeal and I would never...”
– Jeff Winger on “Community”
This. Show. Is. So. Good. Guys.
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Yoga: Harmful or Helpful?
Last night I read with interest an upcoming New York Times Sunday Magazine article about how yoga can “wreck your body.” As someone who has been injured by my own practice in the past I was eager to see how the author approached this delicate topic, as yoga is often celebrated as a way to overcome injuries.
I was disappointed. While I believe that the risks inherent in practicing yoga should be...
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“GENERAL SCENE QUESTIONS
1. What needs to happen?
2. Who needs to be there?
3....”
– Laini Taylor’s blog: Scene Stuff
Love this. Copied it into my Rhodia notebook that houses book 2 notes and stuff.
Really, really good advice from a really, really good writer.
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