May 2011
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I don't know which thing is crushing more of my...
applying for summer jobs I’m overqualified for, or applying for real career library jobs I’m under-qualified for.
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Study: All American Problems Could Be Solved By... →
CHAPEL HILL, NC—A study published Thursday by psychologists at the University of North Carolina concluded that all American problems—from stuck jacket zippers to the national debt—could be solved if citizens just stopped, took a deep breath, and thought for two seconds before they acted. “We found that in 93 percent of cases, a positive outcome could have been achieved if Americans simply...
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On this episode of My Fair Wedding
David Tutera has to keep saying the bride’s name, “Lala,” with a straight face.
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The worst crime against the American people during...
Or not even necessarily a scandal. Just any news story.
Ohio House passes bills allowing more concealed... →
themattsmith:
sustainable-sam:
(Reuters) - The Ohio House of Representatives approved two bills on Wednesday that would give Ohioans more rights to carry concealed weapons, including one that allows people to carry a gun into a bar.
Nothing could possibly go wrong in this scenario.
I just really don’t know where I stand on Conceal And Carry laws, honestly.
I mean, it would seem to me that...
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Libraries & Lemonade: "I don't understand why... →
librariesandlemonade:
perhaps because it’s a low-budget (compared to almost all of US TV, anyway) show made in the UK?
I mean, yeah, ok, theoretically they’re traveling in all of time and space, but in-plot the TARDIS translates (and does accents, which is sometimes mentioned) and out-of-plot they’re hiring British…
All of this. Except Mark Sheppard, who played a Brit on the American...
“I hate you and who you are because you have the career I wanted when I was...”
– Guy at the bar. (via milkglassmao)
I had a bunch of people echo similar sentiments this weekend. Little do they know how boring it would probably be to them in real life.
(via zomganthro)
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A mysterious bag with a pair of sea-foam puppy-puke green swim trunks with flowers on them seems to have materialized in one of my suitcases.
Note to self: Ask mom what the fuck.
Finally, someone admits that SNL sucks except for... →
Disorientated?
Is this how we’re saying this word now, or is it just Matt Smith?
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Has anyone else seen the Skechers commercial about how if you wear Skechers running shoes, you’ll run as fast as Kenyans and everyone will think you’re Kenyan and you’ll get deported back to Kenya?
My "A" key is having difficulties.
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I just remembered something I had forgotten about...
c-newt:
I hate it when people have their kids record their voicemail greetings.
Hate. It.
I hate it when children are encouraged to vocalize in any venue. Commercials, performance, song, the mall. Hate it.
This is pretty much exactly my relationship with... →
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Shit my students write →
To people saying dumb shit - the last demographic I’m allowed to ridicule with impunity.
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Acid-Free Blog: Game archives and exhibitions have... →
arrrchivist:
—Frederico Giordano
In cleaning out my email inbox after the horrors of finals, a chore that eats up over an hour of my time every semester, I ran across two articles from the A&A list-serv that I had been meaning to read for a while. Both The Escapist and The Chronicle of Philanthropy ran…
I don’t think there’s any way to fully capture and preserve the game...
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BKAT: What aspect of the pre-bin Laden manhunt...
Country music that isn’t just about how proud we are to be xenophobic, exceptionalist, and willfully ignorant.
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Tom Haverfoods →
