January 2012
Twitter: Never let liberty stand in the way of...
As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there. Others are similar but, for historical or cultural reasons, restrict certain types of content, such as France or Germany, which ban pro-Nazi content. Until now, the only way we could take...
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Pros and Cons
Pro: I’ve lost enough weight that my chest and shoulders are now more prominent than my belly, which means I can wear a tucked-in dress shirt without looking like a fat slob.
Con: I’ve dressed so casually for so long that I feel really uncomfortable in a tucked-in dress shirt.
Carving a Nietzsche | National Post →
Interesting piece.
I’m alternately thrilled and terrified and plain pissed-off by Nietzsche. I love the idea that we shouldn’t be bound up by outdated norms and social conventions, but I hate the way he dismisses emotion and all the messy, mushy things that make us human.
And don’t even get me started on that “Will To Power” stuff.
Tuesday Bullets
I sent you a song. I wanted to send you a whole damn mixtape. I lose my words when I’m around you.
As bad as that is, I really just hope I never lose my safe word around you. That wouldn’t be good.
I have your picture hanging right by my desk. That one with the smile, and the light in your hair. You said it didn’t look like you, but you were wrong. You really are that...
Oh nothing. Just using Lightroom to make photos...
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Figured you guys were probably tired of seeing my bare ass all the time.
A conversation
I made us some eggs a few days ago, a mess of homefries and bacon. I splashed tabasco on my side of the dish.
N looks at me, twisting her mouth.
“What.” I say, sipping coffee.
She tastes my side.
“Mmm.” She says. “Why don’t you give me some tabasco?”
I am lost. “I thought you don’t like things that are so spicy.” I say.
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Migration
“I was told some years ago that the reason why some species of sea turtles migrate all the way across the South Atlantic to lay their eggs on the east coast of South America after mating on the west coast of Africa is that when the behavior started, Gondwanaland was just beginning to break apart (that would be between 130 and 110 million years ago), and these turtles were just swimming...
“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs. The simplicity of this law of proportion came to me early in life, growing up as I did so remotely that dogs were my closest childhood friends. It is for this reason I’ve always been a slow talker, though if my vocal cords had been otherwise constructed I may have done well at a growl or bark or...
Whew...
Amy says the emergency vet has Buddha stabilized and ready to go home for the night. I’d appreciate it greatly if you guys could send her any extra good vibes you can spare. She - along with her girls, and, of course, Buddha - have all had a very crappy evening, to put it kindly.
My President sang a bit of Al Green on stage last...
Pretty sure you won’t be seeing anything like this from anyone involved in those South Carolina debates anytime soon.
Sometimes when we have to do things like revisit...
Why should we not allow Christian prayers to be hung in a classroom? Because every single taxpayer, regardless of age, creed, color, gender, or sexual preference deserves equal and fair treatment by their elected government, that’s why.
True Stuff
Adrien’s post about being addicted to specific people? Yeah, that. In spades. And I’ll be damned if I know what to do about it. It sucks, it hurts, and it only pushes away the one person you want so badly.
It’s not yet 4:30, and I’m about to pour myself pint #3.
Grocery shopping is least-favorite chore. I get so anxious from dealing with the crowd that I’m...
Listen, I don't follow pro football anymore, I...
mrsbadcrumble:
If he’s ever said he’s specifically praying for a win, that’s one thing (although we could have a conversation about prayer as energy and a positive force) but as far as I know, no one knows exactly what he’s praying. The fact that he’s a Christian seems to mean it’s open season for mockery.
Two points:
When a public figure - or any figure, for that matter - brings something...
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dig-the-cat asked: Please settle a dispute: Do frogs have feelings?
: Facebook, I guess →
hellnope:
6od:
there are different kinds of people on it. people who “begrudgingly” have it for “necessary” reasons. people who keep in touch with those they went to high school with (MOVE FUCKING ON). those who have a fan page for themselves and use it to keep track of their fan page and promote their fan page…
Once again, Jen fucking nailed it.
Meh. Facebook is a medium, just like any...
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Act as if.
liquiddiamonds:
I’m not sure what self-help book I was reading in an attempt to cope with some perceived crisis (I used to have a lot of crises that really weren’t), but buried somewhere in Feel The Fear Of He’s Just Not That Into The Color Of Your Parachute, I came across this concept:
Act as if.
It’s a simple idea that has helped me immensely. Act as if there is no doubt you will achieve...
Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante? | The... →
Oh please, just get over yourself already. When a news-maker or politician says something that contradicts objective fact, point it out in the story. And when an uneducated schmuck contradicts a trained expert, don’t present the two arguments as equally valid, because they just aren’t.
And enough already with the “objective” BS. Your writers and your editors - just like...
Please Tumblr Bomb this poll asking whether or not... →
When You Are Old
kimalah:
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the...
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"It will just be us, trying to remember that we...
My friend Randi.
That sentence just floored me. Beautiful and heartbreaking, all in the same breath. God but this is a fragile existence we are stuck in.
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lefauxfrog replied to your post: Nice Guys, etc.
They should be tired of boys, period.
Yep.
I look at it like robbing banks. People who talk about how they aren’t going to rob banks anymore are obviously thinking about robbing banks, or else it wouldn’t be a topic of discussion. People who really don’t rob banks never even consider the matter. They just spend all their time...