February 2012
6 posts
A Daughter is a Colony
a territory, a progeny a spitting image like Athena sprung
from her father’s head: chip off the old block issue and spawn;
a namesake, a wishbone — loyalist and traitor — a native, an other,
a subject, a study, a history, a half blood, a continent dark and strange.
- Natasha Trethewey (as seen in Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow)
January 2012
28 posts
“I’ve been an ex-pat for long enough to understand that I will always be an...”
– ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Author Wonders Why Anyone Has Kids - Alyssa Rosenberg - Entertainment - The Atlantic
“Did the librarians drink all your tequila?” I asked him.
He looked...”
– The Librarians of America Just About Destroyed Wild Salsa on Saturday Night
“I say it doesn’t matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are...”
– Cynthia Nixon ‘Chooses’ To Be Gay | Radar Online
“I don’t have many friends; I’m very much a loner. As a child I was...”
– Anthony Hopkins: ‘I’ve never been really close to anyone’ | Film | The Guardian
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“Pay attention to the person in the office that comes across standoffish or cold....”
– Does That Make Me Crazy? Living With Bipolar II | xoJane
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“(K)now that you are amazing. I’m really sorry for the struggles that are facing...”
– I will start doing this.
You Look Really Nice Today. : misszoot.com
“All of us have our bad habits, but an especially bad one is indulging in...”
– No Proof Paula Deen’s High-Fat Southern Cooking Caused Her Diabetes - The Daily Beast
“Always was a promise! How can you just break the promise?”
...”
– Hazel Grace in John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. Go buy it. Go check it out of your local library. I’d never say go steal it, but get your hands on it NOW.
“I grew up hard and am still hard and I don’t care. I did not choose this face or...”
– Being Mad on Twitter « Margaret Cho
“I’m not so much an angry black woman as a livid one. I live in a state of...”
– Hannah Pool in Calling us angry? Michelle Obama and the ‘angry black woman’ label | The Guardian
“Axe body spray has a new product for women. I’m guessing it’s mace.”
– Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report 01/09/2012
“People like to tell you that confidence is sexy. And to that I say: well, of...”
– Shoot, it isn’t any easier in your 40s either, hon.
No Great Illusion
December 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
PJ Harvey (12)
Panda Bear (12)
Cut Copy (11)
St. Vincent (11)
Wild Flag (10)
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michellej 2.0: Why Menu and Hours? →
Michelle is really onto something here.
michellej:
Some people have said that Menu and Hours is “reinventing the wheel” because apps like Urbanspoon already do what Menu and Hours is going to do and they do it for free. I, respectfully, disagree.
Menu and Hours is going to give you the contact info, the location, the hours and the menu…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Bon Iver (4)
The Smithereens (3)
Depeche Mode (1)
The Cars (1)
The Fixx (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
A Tribe Called Quest (15)
John Legend (1)
Ananda Project (1)
Wu-Tang Clan (1)
Mat Mathews Quartet (1)
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November 2011
16 posts
“[It’s] like asking me to judge the Miss America contest — if your heart’s...”
– Barney Frank on asking the White House to support more government intervention, to the New York Times in 2008.
“There have been discussions as to why there aren’t more blacks involved in...”
– Police Brutality at OWS: Common in Black Communities
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Alice Russell (31)
M83 (22)
Drake (15)
Nicolay (15)
The Black Crowes (3)
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