August 2011
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“Coupled with moral courage was Martin Luther King Jr.’s capacity to love...”
– Benjamin Mays’ Eulogy for MLK at Morehouse College, April 1968.
48 years ago today, Dr. King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and told us a story about what we might one day be, if we could summon the courage to live up to our ideals. Five years later, he was gone.
Sometimes you wonder if Darrin fell off the edge...
“Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to...”
– Aurora Levins Morales (via manspeaker)
I’ve been busy and in a bit of a creative lull, but I’m still here. This seemed a good a thing as any to share until I come up with something of my own. Thanks, Chad.
How is it that I spend 90% of my day walking over...
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So, the earthquake was 520 miles away and centered...
Figures.
That was felt from Virginia to New York
It must have been fierce at the epicenter.
EARTHQUAKE
HOLY CRAP.
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npr:
“Before the government “asks” for more from the rich, it should tax everyone more fairly and then spend that money more wisely, says Harvey Golub, former CEO of American Express. “Then you’ll need less of my money,” Golub argues on the opinion pages of today’s Wall Street Journal.”
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Raise My Taxes? Not So Fast, Retired CEO Tells Warren Buffett : The Two-Way
That wealth was...
“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself...”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
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In No Particular Order
Tight places Fire Heights Abandonment Conflict 3AM panic attacks That she really has written me off forever
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Coffeepot Zero. Almost time to get started on...
I’m still trying to adjust to having a set schedule, even if it is an extremely loose one. Part of me just wants to brew another pot and spend the morning tweaking my OKCupid profile while I feel all that caffeine working its dark magick on my central nervous system.
I wanted to post a #themesong, but all I've got is...
Time to stop looking back. If I could figure out how.
I just watched a very small toad hop his way...
It must have taken him 10 minutes to make to the grassy area on the other side. I wonder if their butts ever get sore from landing like that?
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steelopus replied to your photo: Grand Canyon, Arizona at 28,000 feet
prove to me that you’re not trelvix.
Dude, I think that just might be the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about me. Thanks.
Tux Life: indefensible: essdogg replied to your... →
indefensible:
essdogg replied to your post: Godwin’s Law stops certain important discussions from taking place.
Isn’t one of the unavoidable paradoxes of freedom that a private entity is entitled to create its own parameters for inclusion? Or would you say that the aim of…
I’m not sure that the comparison between the KKK hiding behind sheets to commit crimes and a disenfranchised...
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Toot Michele Day
monkeyfrog:
Since inthefade has trouble figuring out her own value, let’s let her know what we see in her.
Michele has been a great friend to me. She listened without judgment to my endless marital difficulties. She encourages me to write and take photos. She is great to my boy. She reads my secret writings and doesn’t mock them. She has trusted me to read hers.
Yeah, she’s a great writer and...
Wait a minute...
Why on earth would someone reblog a drawing that my friend made and mailed to ME? WTF, people.
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the question is: How do we love?
mkimarnold:
There is a devastating gem of a story by Jeanette Winterson, called “All I Know About Gertrude Stein” in “The F Word” issue of Granta. In it, the narrator, Louise, juxtaposes her own love affair to that of the relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. In alternating segments, she reveals the facts of her own relationship: she wants her lover to move in with her. He...
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Team Sexy Tumblrs
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Missing e {browser extension for tumblr}: What's... →
missing-e:
Well, I might as well break it to you.
It is unlikely that Missing e will come back. If it does, it won’t be the same.
Please note that what follows is my interpretation of communications and feedback I have received from Tumblr staff. It does not necessarily represent their full and complete…
So, wait, Tumblr. This guy improved the functionality of your website for you, and...
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The War on Web Anonymity →
utnereader:
(via Der Spiegel)
The Internet has always been a refuge of anonymity. Anyone could hide behind the cloak of namelessness and express the most offensive views. Now politicians and companies — including Google and Facebook — want to change that.
Bullshit. The “War on Anonymity”, whether online or off, is a war against the weakest members of any given community....
“Like most Americans, at this point, I have no idea what Barack Obama — and by...”
– Drew Weston - What Happened to Obama’s Passion? - NYTimes.com
in the fade: ain't that america →
inthefade:
In the past week I’ve talked to a lot of people about the Islanders and the Nassau Coliseum and the vote that didn’t pass. I discovered something disconcerting, something I probably should have known, or did know, but just didn’t want to believe. People just don’t give a shit. Unless it’s…
I’ve been mulling over the same sort of idea lately. For example, I’m almost...