September 2011
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“For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes...”
– Vincent Van Gogh
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“It is good to love many things, for therein lies strength, and whosoever loves...”
– Vincent Van Gogh
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The Idiot Culture (A Pre-Murdoch Report) →
jockohomo:
“For more than fifteen years we have been moving away from real journalism toward the creation of a sleazoid info-tainment culture in which the lines between Oprah and Phil and Geraldo and Diane and even Ted, between the New York Post and Newsday, are too often indistinguishable. In this new culture of journalistic titillation, we teach our readers and our viewers that the trivial is...
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Trendy Catchphrases You Should Quit Using →
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“Tonight, Rick Santorum disrespected our brave men and women in uniform … That...”
– Statement from conservative group GOPROUD, responding to Republican candidate Rick Santorum’s call for the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy be reinstated.
Santorum and the other candidates were replying to a question from Stephen Hill, a gay soldier serving in Iraq, who had asked if they...
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“It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.”
– J.K. Rowling (via independiente)
“There’s a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV....”
– Shel Silverstein, 1963. The author and illustrator of classics like Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree has a posthumous collection out this month, Every Thing On It. Read more at The Atlantic. (via theatlantic)
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Gayness Unconsciously Affects Others’ Impressions... →
bodandbeyond:
When it comes to white men, being straight may make you more likable, according to studies by psychologists at the University of Toronto. But in the case of black men, researchers say, gay men have a likability edge.
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Stem Cells Could Tell Hair When It’s Time to Grow →
bodandbeyond:
Are you getting burned out on gay guys’ tendency to shave their heads bald once the condition starts showing up naturally? Well, Yale researchers have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth.
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Prejudice Is Linked to Depression, Anxiety in Gay... →
bodandbeyond:
The harassment, discrimination, and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders.
“Editor about hiring process: ‘I’m looking for someone just out of college...”
– From @OHnewsroom (Overheard in Newsroom). | How wonderful to see how much our talents honed through the years are actually valued.
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“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
– Mark Twain (via ninagarcia)
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To Write a Wrong: Your online life as your resume →
towriteawrong:
Mashable posted an article last week about how most business know they should at least try to create an online community through social media, but they either don’t know how or they just don’t have the time to do it. But you know how, have the time and they could pay you. Maybe.
What caught…
Accurate spelling? Punctuation? What novel ideas these days!
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“The reason we don’t have beautiful new airports and efficient bullet trains is...”
– In Decline, Fall, Rinse, Repeat, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik takes a look at a new crop of books tackling the topic of America’s potential decline, including That Used To Be Us, by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. That book’s title comes from a remark made by President Obama in regard to...
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“BLANK-COLLAR WORKERS Formerly middle-class workers who will never be middle...”
– A Dictionary of the Near Future (via nevver)
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“I was the only kid in the audience who didn’t understand why Dorothy would ever...”
– John Waters
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“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the...”
– Alexandre Dumas
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On a Saturday, Especially
It can’t be an accident that “errands” begins with “err,” right?
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