February 2012
3 posts
no change of underwear this time
I’m about to head up to Pennsylvania to ski (despite the 50F temps in DC.. apparently there’s a lot of fake snow in this world). I grew up learning to ski on the Alps when we lived in Germany (it was “West Germany” back then). Apparently I wasn’t able to plan my potty stops as a 6-year-old and my mom had to bring changes of underwear, long johns, and extra ski pants.
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January 2012
19 posts
nap on the couch with a cat
It’s my dad’s birthday on Tuesday. He’s dead so I can’t call him up and wish him a good one. Someone asked me how old he would have been and I remembered that he won’t be a new age. I had to go back to work - close that drawer and not think about it - or I would have bawled like a sobbing baby.
It’s incredible how exhausting grieving can be. It can be smooth...
lineage
I just learned that beyond my Australian grandfather are some Scots and that there’s a House of Minto and some rebel Turnbull. It’s so exciting to know there’s history of causin’ ruckus in my blood. And that I could score a tartan and some coat of arms, which will make for a future awesome tattoo.
“All I want is work, and Brazil, thank God, has jobs for us.”
– Haitian-born Wesley Saint-Fleur • Discussing how, in the wake of 2010’s Haitian earthquake, he and his family moved to Brazil, a quickly-growing part of the world where he’s found it easy to get a job. Not everyone has been so lucky, however: Nearly 4,000 people have moved from Haiti to Brazil since...
December 2011
25 posts
List of people who disappeared mysteriously →
youmightfindyourself:
This is a list of people who mysteriously disappeared, and whose current whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, as well as a few cases of people whose disappearance was notable and remained mysterious for a long time, but was eventually explained.
reblog for future curiosities and prayers
“Awareness is the true path. Neither indulge nor renounce, but be aware. Do...”
– Osho (via lucifelle
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holidays
It’s odd to me how the dynamic of family changes.
Why the best times with my sister would be those when we were nursing our father toward dying. How the most uncomfortable feelings of loneliness can come when we are together now.
I guess she’s desperately trying to find a way to make her own family and is focused on falling in love. Meanwhile, I’m in recovery trying to find a...
Christopher Hitchens obituaries →
“We will be publishing a selection of Christopher Hitchens obituaries, and posting them all in this one thread. So please keep checking back, as it will be updated from time to time over the next few days.”
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One of the great interests of my father’s in the last days were that his friend Steve win a State Assembly seat (which he did) and when I read a...
The Superions : Fruitcake
The Superions...
Obama Endorses Decision to Limit Morning-After... →
nedhepburn:
peterfeld:
golden-notebook:
OK, that’s it. He won’t receive a dime from me again, and I will write to him and let him know exactly why.
Seriously. It’s time to throw this cynical politician, who once fooled a lot of people with knowingly hollow promises about “changing politics as usual” but turned out to be a completely willing (yet still inept) practitioner of politics as...
Attn: everybody
sexartandpolitics:
Quick guide for how to voice preferences about body types and grooming choices:
Say, “I like when women have some fat on them.” Not “women should have some fat on them.”
Say, “I like an unshaved crotch.” Not, “People shouldn’t shave their crotches.”
Etc. etc.
It is fine to have preferences. It is not fine to tell people what they should or should not look like.
ooh...
men
Really, I’m a big fan of the men of the world. But not at the gym. Totally not impressed.
November 2011
25 posts
