May 2011
“Once we were inside, my period lost its shit. “What should we get? I know! 13...”
– My Period Takes Me Shopping
I am not exaggerating at all when I say this is the funniest thing I have read all week. Every paragraph is more awesome than the one before it.
“You have total, unfettered access to anything you can muster the courage to go...”
– -Bryan Denton
I may or may not have a giant crush on this man after reading this piece, and not just because he’s 6’6” Seriously, the older I get the more I realize how important photojournalism is. I have such respect for anyone who can gather enough courage to document these...
“The most basic of requirements of a NYPD officer - to protect - could not be...”
– TOO SERIOUS, MAN: Let’s talk about the NYPD and rape.
Go read the whole thing.
Things I wish were different:
Now I’m not trying to make any bleeding-heart political points here. This topic has been analyzed and debated by people with much more expertise than I have. But I know that across the roughly 8,200 shifts worked since we opened our doors, the only people to get delayed or arrested while commuting are our two young black male employees.
- Christophe Hille
In all the times I’ve walked...
There's something horrifyingly intimate and...
For me, I don’t understand wanting to grieve that publicly. But on the other hand, I’m well aware that each person confronts loss differently, and it’s almost never appropriate to judge someone’s process.
I’m torn between a desire for privacy and understanding the need to be comforted. I’m torn between judging and comprehending. Above all, I feel forced to...
The only thing sadder than making chicken soup for...
Fact.
Another fact: If there was a Miss Hyperbole contest, I’d be wearing a tiara right now.
Late Night Bacon Recipe : Rachael Ray : Food... →
edp:
If you enjoyed the hilarious pile-on in the comments for Paula Deen’s English peas, click through to this recipe for some next-level shit.
“I thought these were instructions on how to have one night stands with Kevin Bacon.”
HTML5 Tetris
the816:
My brilliant friend Grady created Tetris using only HTML5 and JavaScript.
Good luck getting any work done today.
yes please.
The thing about wanting to be a certain kind of...
I’m in charge of bringing dessert to my friend’s house tonight. There is a Nectarine Blueberry Buckle in my oven right now. As I walked to the grocery store, I passed a bakery and a cupcake shop. I was tempted to just pick up mini-cupcakes or a red velvet cake. I could have. That would have gone over well, been easier and still delicious.
But, I wanted to bake because I love...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
Taylor Swift (15)
The Temptations (14)
Sam Cooke (11)
Otis Redding (10)
Marvin Gaye (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Examples of Ways in Which Hormones Fuck Up Shit.
Example A:
Last night, think “I’m so over people who don’t put in effort”
This morning, reminiscence about a particularly fun night.
Rue the lack of that person’s presence in your life.
Debate reaching out to them.
Realize you can’t make things fun and easy with hard work and effort.
Then, re-remember #1
Hate self.
Example B:
Get haircut.
Only one...
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep The Temptations
My...
"My Catholic high school prom ended with Mass at...
Andrea@twitter commenting over at The Hairpin
“An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald! (via rulesformyunbornson)
That is a serious truth.
"...what was going to be a private week of... →
This is a beautifully written essay that addresses so many feelings I have about why I’m uncomfortable with 9/11 (understandably) being an iconic symbol of terrorism, when it is also an intensely personal quagmire of grief for those who personally lost someone.
“There’s a reason that publishing is dying and that’s because everyone’s...”
– Ned Hepburn
““At some point in your adult life, you’ve probably walked into a party and felt...”
– Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby
If I was Oprah I would buy 10 billion copies of this book (Screw Inner Beauty/Lessons from the Fatosphere) and distribute them everywhere.
(via definatalie)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Adele (296)
Jónsi (62)
Taylor Swift (62)
Girl Talk (54)
John Mayer (41)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This is the first time I've been at a computer in...
Thoughts I’m having:
Wow. I’m a little in love with 2011. Even the hard changes are tempered with so much fun and love and kindness that it’s hard to be sad or lonely.
When I did become someone nice? Like really truly, not just “because it’s the right thing to do”?
I’ve reached a point where I can be happy for my friends without feeling like I’ve...
Thank you Edith Zimmerman for allowing me to... →
A girl gets raped, has the audacity to speak up... →
This makes me angrier than I can even put into words. Why is this Supreme Court denying review of this case? What is wrong with the world that this is deemed a frivolous case and all my coffee cups have to say “Caution Content Hot”? Why are the rights of women so low on the list of so many people? What kind of “men” are people raising, who feel so entitled as to...
A sour note...
catalogliving:
After failing to receive the pictures of lemmings he’d requested for his birthday, Gary vowed to work on his diction.
My scale of one to delightful doesn’t even go high enough for this.
