January 2012
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The First Woman To Go 'Round The World Did It As A... →
She was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but she did it dressed as a man. For more than two years she traveled on a French naval vessel with linen bandages wrapped tightly around her upper body to flatten her chest. It was a small ship with 300 men who knew her as “Jean.” But she wasn’t Jean. She was Jeanne. Then one day, they found her out.
Why has nobody...
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themusiclibrary:
Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National...
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Miranda July Called Before Congress To Explain... →
“Perhaps we’re approaching this in the wrong way; Ms. July, when I wake up in the morning, I say to myself, ‘I’m going to go to work and help make the laws that keep our country running,’” McConnell said. “Now, when you wake up in the morning, what do you say to yourself? What is it that compels you to do all these things that you do?”
July,...
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Allston Blaze Sends Seven Students to Hospital |... →
This is three doors down from my old apartment! Also, this:
“BU Police Chief Thomas Robbins says his department received a call from a parent of one of the students in the apartment, whose first response was to call home.”
Geeeeeez.
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“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
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“All night the truth happens.”
– Michael Ondaatje, from “Country Night” (via the-final-sentence)
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Watchfunnyordie:
Noel Coward’s Last Play with Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant and Kerri Kenney
For the first time ever, we present the final play Noel Coward ever wrote, performed by the stars of The State and Reno 911.
“Let’s find a cat Johnny. Let’s find a cat and send him to college. College cat! Oh, they’ll say we’re mad, Johnny. Mad and in love, Johnny!”
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“If you’re not making mistakes, man, you’re not pushing yourself hard enough.”
– Chris Johns, editor, National Geographic
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In Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home -... →
“The sleepless become superstitious. Once she has tried the standard solutions and found them wanting, the insomniac devises her own treatments, her own odd rituals. In order to exhaust themselves, Emily and Charlotte Brontë walked in circles around their dining room table. Teddy Roosevelt took a shot of cognac in a glass of milk, and W.C. Fields found he could only fall asleep if...
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The Watershed Post's take on SOPA and PIPA |... →
Very well-written, clear piece by my friend Lissa about what SOPA is, and why it’s important that we pay attention to it.
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