December 2008
41 posts
“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do...”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via travelproblem) (via iindia) (via kari-shma) (via breathsoftruth)
worst pickup line of the year
“I just had to come over here and talk to you and let you know, after two years of working as a lapdance supervisor at the nicest strip club in all of Baltimore, you are the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. Like really hot, classy hot. But what I really gotta ask is, how was your holiday season?”
followed closely by being hit on by a federal security guard ten feet away from...
a long december — counting crows
requisite
2008 in photographs →
study finds common food additive linked to lung... →
dreams (fleetwood mac cover) — the morning...
last-day-of-hannukah-eats
made sweet potato latkes for the roommate served with greek yogurt & apple butter, brown bread with currants & walnuts, asparagus, and a glass of manischewitz.
in a silent way (remix) — miles davis
“I have no sympathy for you. I know you are invulnerable to true regret.”
– Sister Aloysius, Doubt
those who are dead are not dead they’re just living in my head
(you thought you might be a ghost, you thought you might be a ghost, you didn’t get to heaven but you made it close, you didn’t get to heaven but you made it close)
“Fall in love with the process and the results will follow. You’ve got to want to...”
– Bradley Whitford
“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the...”
– Owen Feltham
certified financial advisor
www.mint.com
dear molly,
stop spending all your money on starbucks and booze. the bar graphs don’t lie.
love,
mint
free fallin’ (cover) — john mayer
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petition to support sustainable agriculture --... →
Top Issues for Next President and Congress
According to GAO, the 13 “Urgent Issues” that require urgent attention and continuing oversight are:
Caring for Service Members
Defense Readiness
Defense Spending
Food Safety
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets
Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies
Protecting the Homeland
Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
...
eats
sweet potato risotto + maple-glazed swiss chard + south african chardonnay = last night’s dinner
the illness of indecision
“It’s typical in our society to feel a conflict between what we want to do (our heart) and what we feel is practical (our mind)…
The main reason we suffer from this illness of indecision, is that we’ve mistaken the purpose of heart and mind. The heart is like a compass, it’s purpose is to guide the direction our lives should take. Our heart takes a birds eye view on our life and says...
“tell yourself
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air
that you will go on...”
– lines for winter, mark strand
cowgirl in the sand (live at massey hall, 1971)...
“I guess it’s always changing,” she says. There’s another pause. “What else can I...”
– Michelle Williams, on Heath Ledger’s death, Newsweek
Can’t Help Falling In Love (cover), Ingrid...
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
Imitosis, Andrew Bird
“Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read
to the end just to find out who...”
– Dorianne Laux
“I remember when we stood
In the shadows of the skyscrapers
and wondered what...”
– tidal wave, denver butson