June 2011
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Michele Bachman Gaffes →
Boo!
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Russian scientists expect to meet aliens in next... →
What fools! Don’t they know that there are already aliens among us?!!!!
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Are you for real?!?!?! "Woman sprays police with... →
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“Since No Child Left Behind, the distortions and corruptions to the American...”
– Teaching to the Test (via azspot)
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Most Sedentary US Cities
Lexington, Kentucky
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jackson, Mississippi
Charleston, West Virginia
Most physically active:
Seattle, Washington
San Francisco, California
Oakland, California
Washington, District of Columbia
Men’s Health has the complete list.
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Foreign Policy: The World's Most Dangerous Borders →
Thirteen places you don’t want to be.
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Iran to send a (unfortunate) monkey into space →
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ATTENTION HARRY POTTER FANS →
“Pottermore is a free website that builds an exciting online experience around the reading of the Harry Potter books. Come back on 31st July to find out how you can get the chance to enter Pottermore early.”
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A con
I finally understand why I don’t like foam mattress toppers! I slept on one last night. The bed is just way too soft so I woke up so many times feeling uncomfortable. The firm foam mattresses are so much better than the mattress toppers. I’ve been had!
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How to survive the age of distraction →
In the age of the internet, physical paper books are a technology we need more, not less. In the 1950s, the novelist Herman Hesse wrote: “The more the need for entertainment and mainstream education can be met by new inventions, the more the book will recover its dignity and authority. We have not yet quite reached the point where young competitors, such as radio, cinema, etc, have taken over...
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Good Read: Embattled Selves
Though I am only a few pages into Embattled Selves: An Investigation into the Nature of Identity Through Oral Histories of Holocaust Survivors by Kenneth Jacobson, I must say how riveting and poignant it already is.
I can already anticipate the tears that will come. To be honest, I’ve been hesitant to begin reading this particular book after all the tears that fell while reading only the...
“Apprendre une langue, c’est vivre de nouveau.”
– French proverb
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Have you ever played Set?
It’s a card game. The basic rule is this: To make a set, you must select three cards where two do not share a characteristic that the third does not have. It took me a while to put it together and seems to be too concise at times. There are four characteristics: color, number, fill, and shape. Here is a link to try the Set Daily Puzzle.
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Metta World Peace = Ron Artest's new name →
Odd.
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Snippets from HBO Game of Thrones →
One of my favorite books, Game of Thrones, is now a television series. Unless you have HBO, you can only watch the episode recaps.
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A camera that allows you to choose the area of... →
Thanks R.!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER!!
I love you, Tinkerbell!
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Eskenazi just doesn't have the same ring to it.
The $754 million dollar project to replace the aging Wishard Memorial Hospital has secured $40 million from Sidney and Lois Eskenazi. So now the hospital is to be named Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital - and the Wishard system will be renamed Eskenazi Health in 2014. Wow.
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Top 10 List Website →
I recently stumbled across this website and am enjoying the little bits of knowledge I glean! The ones I’ve read so far include:
10 Interesting Facts Behind Popular Posters
Top 10 Craziest Modern Dictators
10 Differences Between the North and South Poles
It’s pretty neat!
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Good for a Chuckle: Prince Philip's Gaffes! →
One of My Favorites: ‘If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.’ To a meeting of the World Wildlife Fund in 1986.
I got a massage today. I feel amazing. SO MUCH BETTER.
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Favorites from AJ Jacob's The Know It All (Great...
“Did you hear about the middle Eastern potentate?” he asked me.
“This potentate called a meeting of the wise men in the kingdom, and said, “I want you to gather all the world’s knowledge together in one place so that my sons can read it and learn.”
The wise men went off, and after year, they came back with twenty-five volumes of knowledge. This potentate...
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What's Missing in Politics: Vision
OK, none of them are blind. But seriously - lack of vision is driving me nuts. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE SO I CAN DECIDE IF I’M WITH YOU OR NOT. JUST SPIT IT OUT!
My secret fear is that no one truly has a vision for America…or that they’re afraid to say it in fear of alienating each other.
I should host a debate:
Do you think we need to invest in...
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FDA unveils mandatory disgusting pictures on... →
So stop smoking! (What a Singaporean move!) Click link for pictures. Gross!
