February 2012
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relovingit:
I will never not be grateful for the flexibility of my graduate program and my advisor. A small snowstorm is blowing in again today, and it’s the best feeling to know that I can stay in my cozy apartment in my pajamas all day long, if I want.
I’m a little bit afraid it’s going to spoil me for life. How will I ever adjust to a “real job” after five years of this?
I echo this...
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To Talk or Not
dearoldlove:
It kills me to talk to you. It kills me to not.
Still.
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Nightsong
By Philip Booth
Beside you, lying down at dark, my waking fits your sleep. Your turning flares the slow-banked fire between our mingled feet, and there, curved close and warm against the nape of love, held there, who holds your dreaming shape, I match my breathing to your breath; and sightless, keep my hand on your heart’s breast, keep nightwatch on your sleep to prove ...
“i am traveling, and it is making an impression on me…how many people say...”
– Diane Cluck’s status on Facebook
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TLM's favorite dessert o' the moment
1 large apple, sliced/chopped thinly
cinnamon
1 tbsp EarthBalance or butter
1 tbsp flour
2-3 tbsp brown sugar
however much dry, quick-cook oats you like
(raisins, if you like)
Spread the chopped apple on a small pan, sprinkle cinnamon on top (I like a little nutmeg, too). Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Scatter them on top of the apple. Shove all of that in toaster oven at 350...
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Cold Weather Running Tips (or why arm-warmers are... →
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A post from the archives for the folks who left this questions in my ask-me queue….hope this helps.
This post helped motivate me to run outside no matter the climes, and a fierce dedication to Be A Chicagoan led me to run the Polar Dash Half-Marathon a few weeks ago. On that one Saturday morning when we had a bunch of snow and ice and slush. When it snowed for the first hour of...
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“The Miss Albany Diner is a throwback, a place known as much for its quirks — the...”
– Miss Albany Diner, a Landmark, Is Closing - NYTimes.com
My favorite hometown diner is closing. It’s the end of an era. I really am growing up, huh?
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hoodinternet:
WIZ KHALIFA vs PHANTOGRAM ABX -...
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For all would-be academics. Please reblog widely. →
charlietangofoxtrot:
astationaryjew:
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phdork:
This may well be the best use of the internet ever: crowd-sourcing adjunct working conditions as way to introduce transparency to and positive pressure on institutions that exploit the holy hell out of their highly skilled and dedicated workers.
Get on it.
$6,800 per 3 crédit course would be heaven since I 1,700 meant forgoing...
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How The Midwest Was Won: Seriously though, the... →
howthemidwestwaswon:
- We might not have invented pizza, but we made that shit a meal. - We’re the birthplace of the Ferris Wheel, one of America’s most prized make-out destinations. - We’re the birthplace of pretty much every American beer worth drinking - We brought you the Stooges, Prince, Motown, MC5, The…
Also, the best running turf. No hills. Kaboom.
So much more I could add to...
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Kyoko has a blog: Life Lesson #4: Paths →
brain-food:
Theres two paths we get to choose to walk down. The path society designed for us and you customized, and the path you designed for yourself from scratch. There comes these certain points where both of these paths become parallel to each other, where both sides take a glimpse at what’s really going…
And in related news, I need to stop living by the “should”s.
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Misanthropy
I’m finding myself incredibly disappointed in most other human beings today.
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Ben Does Life.: One of the most popular emails I... →
bendoeslife:
“I’m stuck. I know I need to turn my life around but I have no motivation. Have you ever been stuck? What’s your advice?”
And the truth is, I was stuck for the first 22 years of my life. It’s always there; you know you need to do something, but you don’t. It’s overwhelming to even think…
“Once we begin to create better habits—a better life—everything changes. It...
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The slow cry
Horizontal relief.
Silence and calm for the first time in the day.
Tallest Man on Earth’s mournful cover of Paul Simon’s “Graceland.”
Slow cool wet release of too much of the too-much.
Solace from the world’s derisive eye.
Break(down) in thought, in worry, in anxiety, in indecision.
Hit pause.
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Call for Proposals: Collection on 16 and Pregnant...
I invite proposals for a collection of critical essays on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, particularly those with interdisciplinary approaches to the programs and (where applicable) their companion online spaces.
I’m sorry. Sometimes academia is just… just.
berezina:
‘Runaway’ presents a problem, a solution, and an outcome. The problem is you, yourself. The solution is for everyone to leave you alone. And the outcome is being profoundly alone.
~B Michael Payne [source]
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I Won’t Be Found - The Tallest Man on...
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Things to Worry About →
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In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about...
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thedisgruntledgradstudent:
Struggling to resolve my desire for chocolate cake with the fact that the skirt I am wearing, which is currently a bit tight on my natural waist could once nearly be pulled all the way off, over my ass, while still buttoned.
*sigh*
Oh my life.
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“We have forgotten that the scholar’s product is not only a journal article or a...”
– Jacques Berlinerblau on Saving Our Profession.
This. This is why I am in academia.
(via cupofchi)
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ShortFormBlog: Google, Facebook forced to block... →
shortformblog:
last month Facing legal complaints that their sites “create enmity, hatred, and communal violence” and “will corrupt minds,” Facebook and Google told an Indian court that they could not block content, and that it would be difficult to pre-screen. The complaint was filed by a journalist, Vinay…
“Democratic” rule.
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A vow
One day, I will be unapologetic for my opinions.
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Clarification
annaetc replied to your post<span >: <em >Superbowl Sunday
*enjoying football isn’t indicative of apathy, especially when it’s the Super Bowl, a once a year event.
My post about Superbowl Sunday actually was not saying that, “you’re all apathetic, uncaring people because you’re watching football and not thinking about the rest of the world.”
It was derived...
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Superbowl Sunday
Does it strike anyone else as strange and sad that Americans are so tuned in to the Superbowl and this halftime show and the commercials… while Syria’s government is murdering its citizens, and Egyptian riots are breaking out, and Europe is freezing, and Israel and Iran essentially have nukes pointed at one another?
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“Harris, Hitchens, Dawkins and Dennett know nothing about the Middle East. They...”
– Toobaa: Once religion is banished… (via mimitakestheleftturn)
I do believe in atheists, and I also believe that Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris occasionally make valid points. However, I also think this is an important consideration.
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Good things after 2 a.m.
Occasionally happen.
Date went well! Wonderful Pakistani food, falooda for dessert, good conversation, tea in my living room, more conversation, hugs at the door, and mutual text messages involving the phrases “great time” and “can’t wait.”
It’s too soon to tell if it’s something. But it’s not nothing.
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Do Nothing for 2 Minutes →
Go ahead. I dare you.
(I just did, and it didn’t kill my butterflies, but it did reduce them from quad-digits to triple-digits.)
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New one
Going on a first date in about… three minutes. Damn. I’ve got major butterflies - mostly because I’ve got actual hopes for this one. It’s exhausting getting ready for each of these dates, trying to be excited and anticipatory in a positive way, when so many of them just completely bomb.
Ah well, at the very least, I’ll get to eat Indian food.
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Kait Payne.: “The problem was you had to keep... →
kaitmpayne:
“The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little bit more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies,…
What's Happening in Syria Now. →
popmuslim:
The situation has grown more dire since Assad’s regime began a violent crackdown last March—including reports of hundreds massacred this week.
On February 3, 2012, multiple reports from activists inside Syria described massive shelling and an army offensive in the central Syrian city of Homs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights puts the casualty figure at over a hundred, and...