February 2012
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Father/son talks
E: You know what my favorite date ever was? Peperoni Pizza at a laundry mat.
E's father: Which explains the conspicuous absence of grandchildren.
Ghetto Hikes →
“I’m 28. I have a full time job leading urban kids on nature hikes. I simply write down shit they say.”
Good grief is this blog funny!
My favorites:
I’mma tape a Kudos bar on Raymond’s back… We get attacks by a bear or sumthin, he gunna eat his ass first.
Jamarcus mad cuz I change his facebook to say he like men and he can’t change it cuz this forest...
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January 2012
25 posts
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“I hope Pitbull knows that his songs are being enjoyed by middle-aged women in...”
– Heather, a friend from college.
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“Mama, are there snakes on this plane?!”
– Little girl to her mother in the airport.
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For egocasters and word-lovers alike!
adverve:
The American Heritage Dictionary gives us You Are Your Words, a nifty application that enables you to upload a picture, input text (400 character minimum) and see your likeness recreated with your very own words. It’s a deliciously pop and shareable way to portray a notion so intimate: that we are, in effect, the words we hold dear.
Very cool work.
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“By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself,...”
– Tina Fey, Bossypants.
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Burger King tests out delivery in DC →
Because going through the drive-thru is too difficult? Because obesity rates need to increase? Because a whopper is just so desirable?
Oye.
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Adventures in interviewing children
Me: What do you like about staying with your grandma?
7-year-old: Well, that's not really my grandma.
Me: It's not?
7-year-old: No, that's my mom's mom.
Me: Yep, that's your grandma.
7-year-old: It is? Then I guess I have two or something.
“Every run felt triumphant, like I was getting there. I jogged on cobblestones...”
– Andie on how she started her weight loss journey. This woman lost and kept off 135lbs! She chronicles her recipes, life story, and general shenanigans at Can You Stay For Dinner.
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How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body →
“In 2007, while doing the extended-side-angle pose, a posture hailed as a cure for many diseases, my back gave way. With it went my belief, naïve in retrospect, that yoga was a source only of healing and never harm.”
Yes, that is very naive. And very silly. Just like any kind of exercise, you must use proper alignment and listen to your body to practice yoga. Developing flexibility,...
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“Look, it doesn’t happen twice.”
– Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle explaining to his friends that he won’t fall in love again.
Watching my favorite Tom Hanks movie to sooth my wretched headache.
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Diagnosis: throat & double ear infection
Me: I have convinced myself that I have a brain aneurysm. I hate the internet.
Laura: Do you think you could be having a caffeine or sugar withdrawal? I see this as a much more likely scenario.
Me: Hmm, maybe. DOES THIS MEAN I CAN GO GET A SLICE OF CHEESECAKE?!
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December 2011
18 posts
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“Overheard at the student center today. Student #1 “what’s...”
– My favorite econ professor’s Facebook status. It’s finals week over at Ithaca College … guess some students are having a rough time!
JET LAG, YOU ARE A MEAN GIRL.
It’s 3 am and I’m eating captain crunch and watching Hulu. Solid way to spend my first night back in the States.
“I’m mostly just glad to hear that the communists didn’t get to you.”
– Tristan. Why does everyone think the Chinese government is going to get me?
My flight to departs this afternoon so please keep your fingers crossed that I don’t have any delays!
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Chinese Starbucks
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … Chinese Starbucks is just terrible. I don’t know why I even bother.
“Leta looked at the pile of cushions sitting in the foyer and asked what we were...”
– Dooce, mommy blogger and accidental comedian
