January 2009
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we all got up to dance, but we never got the...
Amanda Hess via Jezebel.
Palin killed “feminist” not by altering the meaning of the word—its meaning has never remained consistent in a century of use—but by eliminating its taboo. Whatever “feminist” meant, it was a strong, scary term, one often prefaced with “man-hating” and followed by “bitch” and/or “Nazi.” Its power as insult was matched only by its usefulness as a community-shaping litmus...
elegantly posed to death.
via weburbanist.
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wild nights are my glory.
“…How can I explain it to you? Oh, I know. In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet.”
“Yes, yes,” Calvin said impatiently. “What’s that got to do with the Happy Medium?”
“Kindly pay me the courtesy of listening to me.” Mrs Whatsit’s voice was stern, and for a moment Calvin stopped pawing the ground like a...
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lord, i'm discouraged.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.
photo from 20865305@N03.
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the woods are lovely, dark, & deep.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long as I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning...