December 2008
9 posts
French MPs to debate Sunday opening plan | World... →
There are many things that amuse me about this article:
5th paragraph - “leisure civilisation”
10th paragraph - ” ‘Sunday is the family day and we have to protect the family - what’s left of it,’ said Marie-Colette Stalder, a grandmother of four. “Otherwise why bother having children?’” Why indeed. I know that’s why most people have...
“Hell, no! I did not leave the Southside for this!”
– Best line from Mean Girls (via laurao)
Yes! I love this. And I love that movie. Must watch it again soon.
annoyances
Yesterday, a lot of annoying things happened. The first was trying to buy wrapping paper in town over lunch. The cattle-like populous only gets more so at Christmas. Can you buy wrapping paper online? I ended up with some, but it’s something to consider for next year…
Secondly, I have been wearing contacts since I was 13. I recently got a pair of glasses that I not only don’t...
Black people have their own web browser now? →
laurao:
ennuipartie:
livejamie:
It’s called Blackbird, and I’m not sure how I feel about this.
i’d surf using Jewbird.
One more vote for jewbird.
Now this is really interesting in light of a Newsweek article I recently read that said that although blacks are professionally much more integrated into public life, they are not particularly integrated into private and social life, even less...
Law & Order Love
laurao:
Is it bad that from my bedroom, I can hear snippets of dialogue from a rerun of L & O, SVU, and correctly identify the exact episode Brittin is watching?
No, it is awesome.
not for the faint of heart in matters of grammar →
November 2008
25 posts
We're Going to Party Like It's 1929 - NYTimes.com →
laurao:
oliviaisferosch:
Little article on doing a holiday dinner party — meal, wine and decor — on the “cheap” ($25 a head). Some good little tips. I am already thinking of what I am going to do—lights, candles, lanterns, cranberries, maybe some moss balls—it is going to be so pretty in here.
I think I’m still in the college phase (as mentioned in the lede). For my birthday party this coming...