December 2009
32 posts
“I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that...”
– All That : The New Yorker
this is a lovely little david foster wallace piece.
carrie brownstein's favorite music of 2009 →
you know when you are getting to know someone and you’re talking about music you like, and they play you a song that’s totally perfect, or you realize you both like the same totally random song that no one else ever listens to?
this post made me feel like cb and i could be real pals. listen to “antonia jane” and the telekinesis song. so gorgeous.
“Like many of you who live in New Jersey, I’ve been following the progress of the...”
– Bruce Springstein Comes Out in Support of Marriage Equality « NCLR Blog: Out for Justice
hell yeah. unfortunately it’s hard to know whether this is in fact the Boss, or some dude with a similar-sounding last name.
seriously?
dear world, i am an excellent proofreader. you should...
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dance away - roxy music
idle... hands?
m: i don't know, sometimes i flirt with him i guess.
l: really? i don't find him attractive at all.
m: yeah, i mean, come to think of it, i don't actually flirt with him. but sometimes when i'm bored i brush up against him strategically.
JDub Records: Innovative Jewish music, community... →
saw these guys last week. very cool.
Ex Hedge Fundie and Inventor whose $20mm a year... →
ifightevil:
“Hope you don’t need to sue the government in 2010.”
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don’t these people know i need a job?
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I Am Locking the... →
“Dear Josie,
After repeated instances of vandalism and abuse, I have taken the step of locking the Wikipedia article on our sex life. Although I have previously banned both your user account and your home IP address, malicious edits have continued, both anonymously and from newly registered users ‘alanequalswanker’ and ‘ooohImabigimportantadmin.’
I know that’s...
Flavorwire » 10 Awesome Books for the Readers in... →
flavorpill comes up with some of the best gift ideas. i’m really into the adverbs book, and stoked that they picked a daniel pinkwater. any kid who likes daniel pinkwater is going to be awesome.
“The blind man and his bull dyke guide are back today. He follows her, half a...”
– Municipal Archive
sleater-kinney + NPR = →
yes!
The Awl - Be less meta-enabling. →
this is another instance of storing-for-later. (it also happens when i have too many tabs open and my computer is overheating so i have to close things without reading them.)
but anyway this site looks potentially neat though i wish they wouldn’t have written that office post because it’s depressing.
“I happened to pass by the Jelly concerts when I was riding my bike through...”
– Schumer Vows to Help the Pool Parties Concerts Stay at State Park - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Schumer, you hipster! What I wouldn’t give to see Chuck Schumer riding a fixed gear through bburg.
“I am a single mother of a two year boy. On my residential block, there is a bar...”
– Holla Back New York City - If You Can’t Slap ‘Em, Snap ‘Em!: Harassment Leads to Violent Threats
“My patient Carol was excited to give birth to her first child. Her husband was a...”
– PRCH : The Reproductive Health Consequences of Being Uninsured
“The idea of reproductive rights as human rights is new and challenging. But...”
– Are Repro Rights Human Rights? | Center for Reproductive Rights
everysaturdaymorning →
clinic escorts blog about being clinic escorts
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“Life for women has not come together…
The wage gap persists, particularly for...”
– When We’re Equal, We’ll Be Happy - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
a good reminder to a generation that has had the luxury of dismissing feminism as unnecessary and overblown.
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD →
dope (& memorable) holiday gift!