March 2011
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February 2011
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“forgiveness is the final form of love”
– Reinhold Niebuhr
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“How can I explaine 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...
“I like to be tender to human infirmity - though i don’t get many chances of exercising that virtue in my line of life. You think Mr. Franklin Blake hasn’t got a suspicion of the girl’s fancy for him? Ah! he would have found it out fast enough if she had been nice-looking. The ugly women have a bad time of it in this world; lets hope it will be made up to them in...
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The Modern Library List of 100 Best Novels of the... →
…and imma read you all - yay! trip to chapters, pls. :] (lmfao @ battlefield earth being on the readers list - UHG!)
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“Oh they say I come with less than I should rightfully possess.
I say the more I...”
– Joe Pug (Hymn #101)
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oh pre-imprisonment oscar wilde… i am having such difficulty reading your only novel, “the picture of dorian grey”. i know there are flashes of brilliance in here, but your views on women, aestheticism and art are making me kinda want to punch you in your “look at me im just going to flip common sayings and beliefs around so as to appear clever” pompous upper-class...
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Pink Rubber Boots
To my knowledge Princess Leia was never seen wearing pink rubber boots
But when I was five they were just the thing to make me feel the part
I miss my pink rubber boots.
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Startling New Umbrella Technology
by Carolyn Quinn on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 3:25pm
a new wave of umbrella technology has hit the streets.
i give you… nubrella!
you can use your cell while carrying your briefcase/shopping bags/starbucks/small canine/tricorder at the same time.
you can ride your bike with maximum avoidance and navigational ability.
plough your driveway whist keeping toasty warm and vision clear...
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“Sharp is not a moralist but a pragmatist, who bases his claims on an empirical...”
– John Horgan (Egypt’s Revolution Vindicates Gene Sharp’s Theory of Nonviolent Activism via Scientific American website)
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brownonbothsides asked: oh, hai! :D
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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