December 2009
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The original word for "hungover" is "crapulous." →
herosquad:
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nickdouglas:
It dates back to the 1530s.
This should come in handy.
Not joking: 1530s, “sick from too much drinking,” from L. crapula, from Gk. kraipale “hangover, drunken headache, nausea from debauching.” The Romans used it for drunkenness itself. English has used it in both senses.
This is going into my vocabulary starting now.
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First video with the Flip. This may not be of interest to anyone other than my family, but it was fun to make. Welcome to rural Ohio, where everyone has a “finished basement,” chip-and-dip and popcorn balls count as a meal, a blind diabetic dog wanders around aimlessly, families down test tube shots and my mom tells really, really terrible jokes.
PS. Yes that is Grandma modeling a new...
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The Dockers "Wear Pants, Be a Man" Ad Campaign is... →
….not to mention unclever and insecurity-mongering (new term created specifically for this situation).
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In the wee hours of August 1, 2002, Britney Spears... →
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– Here’s the thing: teenagers are sexual. They just are, despite the many powerful cultural messages which tell them not to be. And, for teenage girls, in particular, sexuality is a minefield, given that all the images they see of “sexual women” consist only and entirely of their sexuality, and the...
Here, F2K, you are wrong. There are so many better... →
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Brooklyn Flea Moves to Williamsburg Bank... →
This is awesome! Even CLOSER to Ben’s and in such a beautiful space. Not to mention a building that happens to be shaped like a penis.
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In which I post a lot of photos of clothes.
(via whatiwore)
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Mortified. Tomorrow night. Facebook invite here. →
But 2009 didn’t totally suck.
I:
kicked off the year with a flaming ball drop from a second story window.
went to Nicaragua, Nashville twice, L.A., and a ton of weddings.
went on a mini-tour with the band
played around 20 shows
Shot a new music video in Gowanus
completed Bikram’s 30 day yoga challenge
Attended a Man vs. Food Taping
Won and lost the foursquare mayorship of Has Beans
Started an Etsy store
Went to a...
It's that time
In the spirit of self-reflection and inspired by Meg’s awesome year, here’s me revisiting my ’09 goals and looking forward to next year…. How’d I do on my 2009 goals: -Blog and write more outside of my job, seek more freelance work A handful of times, but basically, no. -Not get laid off from aforementioned blogging job Success. -Start running again Fail, thanks to my knees. -Give up eating out...
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totes:
check out all our sweet vintage goods on etsy, y’all!
Omg micro pigs, Britain’s latest new pet craze. Adorbs!
Today's Homework
newsweek:
This investigative piece from the AP on Monsanto is earnest, thorough and fascinating, if a bit long. A taste:
With Monsanto’s patented genes being inserted into roughly 95 percent of all soybeans and 80 percent of all corn grown in the U.S., the company also is using its wide reach to control the ability of new biotech firms to get wide distribution for their products, according to a...
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This is truly lowbrow brilliant and it will suck... →
Jingle cats cure holiday hangovers. (best watched maximized to full screen)
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I kinda want to say this for Jezebel and all the other kneejerk freaker-outers out there. I don’t love the Snookie Gets Clocked .gif because I love seeing a chick get punched by a dude, or I think that she had it comin’. I like it because it is SHOCKING, ok? Only the most fucked-up person would watch this and claim it is merely a dose of “equality” in a post-feminist world,...
So Tumblr either disapproves of Girl Getting... →
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I love list
I am a bit of a connoisseur of ‘to do’ lists (what disorganized procrastinator isn’t?) and am peeing my pants over Google Tasks. They blow MS Office Tasks out of the water and they’re going to Change. My. Life.
They pop up as Gchat windows! Where I will actually pay attention!
Seriously. I put things like “shower” and “make breakfast” on my lists. For some reason I think if there are more...
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