April 2009
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Not uncommonly, there are days when I wake up and...
FMyLife Moments in Greek Mythology
flourhoneymilk:
Icarus Today my father made wings out of feathers and wax so that we could escape the king’s castle. But I flew too close to the sun and the wings melted. I then fell into the ocean below. I can’t swim. FML
Odysseus Today I came up with a plan that helped my country win a 10-year war. But, because I forgot to pray to Poseidon, I won’t get to go home for another 10 years. FML
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I’m pretty comfortable with [age] when it comes to experience, maturity, er,...
– Björk (via fuckyeah-bjork) (via lyriquediscorde)
I also miss the lack of hangovers from my early 20s. I don’t get by with that much anymore.
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I think it's time for an actual photography...
I’m ready to dive into something. Who’s with me?
Funeral/conference
On a call the other day, someone mentioned that they were out of town for a funeral slash conference.
This got me thinking— What if I had a conference slash funeral someday when I move out of the earthly realm?
What sorts of break out sessions should there be? Who would be the guest speakers?
interesting tidbits
Uh— Another Article, Y’Know
Some callers are put off by automated phone messages that sound mechanical and robotic. IBM has patented an automated phone system that includes an acceptable level of background noise, “uhs,” and “you knows” to make the messages sound more authentic.
New Vocabulary
Hipsters may want to add the noun “frolleague” to...
I heart autotext
lindahl:
F2 is officially my favorite key on my keyboard now, because after 2 1/2 years the thought fiinally occurred to me to program it to autotext “Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.”
This would increase my productivity significantly, except for the fact that the I took the time to blog about it.
Some years ago, I temped at the company that put out a local real estate magazine, typing...
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imjustlikeme:
(via devface:paik:inothernews:microwalrus:f0g)
YES. This.
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kindafabulous:
Today I’m celebrating the emancipation from my mother’s womb
Mine’s Wednesday. Holla! Hope yours was swell.
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Celebrate up high! →
(via lindahl)
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Anne Sexton's daugher on suicide: "A Tortured... →
psychotherapy:
I have been crying for Nicholas Hughes.
I never met Dr. Hughes, yet I believe I know a great deal about him. He was the second child of the poet Sylvia Plath, who gassed herself in her oven when he was a toddler. I am the elder daughter of the poet Anne Sexton, who gassed herself in her car when I was 21.
Nicholas Hughes hanged himself two weeks ago at the age of 47. And...
chomp chomp
molls:
I watched What Would Jesus Buy? last night when I was trying to fall asleep and I was really enchanted by this little girl who they interviewed early in the movie. She was asked to show the camera her toys to illustrate how even little munchkins have more crap than they know what to do with, when she held up a small plastic alligator for the camera. “His name is Chomp Chomp”, she said. A...
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sometimes i google old friends and all I can find...