December 2009
37 posts
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My mom’s so much more popular than me!
When does one admit that they are an accomplished athlete, public speaker, musician, consultant, subject matter expert…? We often need acknowledgement from others to realize that we are actually what we are aspiring to be. Among my other roles, I am a blogger. Though my # of posts confirms this, my lunchtime experience provided unsolicited,...
homo sapien exhibit
leggy:
At London Zoo, you can talk to the animals - and now some of them talk back.
Caged and barely clothed within a rocky enclosure, eight British men and women monkeyed around today for an amused, bemused crowd behind a sign reading “Warning: Humans in their Natural Environment”.
The captives in the Human Zoo exhibit sunned themselves on a rock ledge, clad in bathing suits and pinned-on...
Is it really necessary to include this sweet old...
Martha Meadows, 77, learned to bake 15-layer cakes from her mother, who cooked each layer one at a time in a cast-iron hoe-cake pan. The pan now lives in a kitchen cupboard in the small house in a cotton field between this town and Slocomb, Ala., where Mrs. Meadows has lived for 34 years.
Why 15 layers? “That’s just the way it comes out,” she said. “One time I got 17. Of course, I weren’t...
ChocoPecan PumpNogs
In an effort to use some pantry odds and ends before I jet away home, I just created some Frankenstein-ish, holiday-inspired sweet treats.
Chocolate Chips Chopped pecans ~ 1 Cup TJ’s Pumpkin Pancake Mix slightly < 2/3 cup Egg Nog
Bake at 400° for 8 minutes
They’re pretty delicious!
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2009 in photos.
WatchThe Ed Hardy Boyz: The Case of the Missing Sick Belt Buckle
Has anyone else’s iPhone led them to develop a habit of hitting the space bar on the computer twice expecting a period?
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October 1, 1946
leggy:
A view of the Bayou Club in Houston.
Photo: Dmitri Kessel.
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Pole Dancing with Paula Deen, y'all!
By Erin Hershey, McSweeney’s
Welcome to Paula’s Pole Party, y’all! I’m Paula Deen and I am just tickled to have you with me today. Now, does anybody here still think that nice girls don’t pole dance? ‘Cause y’all are out of your crazy minds if you do! Us Southern girls love a good twirl ‘round the ole sexy stick, and like my brother Bubba says, every...
Swedish fast food restaurant publishes the carbon... →
The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day| NYT →
absalomabsalom:
Sure, but is that information less complex than non-media sensory data input? I’d imagine so…
Mythbusted
My hair is loooooooooong and I’ve had the intention to eventually donate it for a very, very long time. What am I supposed to do with this information?
Should I send one of these organizations a check instead?
In Sarah Ruhl’s play, The Clean House, Charles’ lover, Ana, is dying of cancer. Charles travels to Alaska to chop down a Yew tree. Yew trees’ bark contains Taxol, which slows the growth and division of cancer cells. He sends Ana this telegram:
Dear Ana. Stop.
Have cut down tree. Stop
Cannot get on plane with tree. Stop.
Must learn to fly plane. Stop.
Wait for me....
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