March 2011
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February 2011
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commence Elliott Smith binge
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Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Drink up, baby,...
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allielovely-:
No One’s Gonna Love You // Band of...
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bad grammar in journal articles is infuriating
“Self-enhancement values emphasize the desirability of achieving personal success through demonstrated competence, and attaining social status and control over others; whereas self-transcendence values relate to protecting and enhancing the welfare of others.”
The comma before “and attaining” is really iffy, but not too terrible. HOWEVER. “Whereas” is a...
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started typing 'Carlsbad Decrees' on Wikipedia;
based on previous searches, it tried to autocomplete with ‘Carl Weathers’.
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"Synergy" may be the most irritating word in the...
I love 30 Rock’s use of business jargon. “We have to synergize our upward revenue streams”.
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“Here’s how my brain works: It’s Stupidity, followed by Self-Hatred and then...”
– Louis CK, ‘Hilarious’ (via thedrollhouse)
"HR fables: schizophrenia, selling your soul in...
… is probably my favorite title for a scientific article that I’ve ever seen.
That’s saying something, considering I work on a research study that published an article beginning with the words “Me and My Baby’s Daddy”.
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What's Happening in Libya Explained | Mother Jones →
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heroichearts:
Okkervil River - “Our Life is Not...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Arcade Fire (27)
Sufjan Stevens (18)
The Tallest Man on Earth (15)
The Beatles (15)
The Kinks (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
gatekeeper:
blownechoes: Coldplay ~ Green Eyes
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Watchcatherinezetascarn:
Even Stevphen - Drink Responsibly aka Stephen Colbert gets Steve Carell wasted.
i hope that person is me
omg I miss Even Stevphen.
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all delighted people raise their hands
Mubarak 'ordered Tiananmen-style massacre of... →
nmac:
zeitvox:
Buried in this Robert Fisk report for The Independent is a startling account of the Egyptian army refusing to move with tanks against the Tahrir Square protesters on January 30. If this is true, it must be the defining moment in the history of the movement that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign. My emphasis below:
Last night [Feb 10], a military officer guarding the tens...
it's oddly gratifying when last.fm suddenly...
me: Did you tell me I looked like a tarantula last night?
boyfriend: … What?
me: Okay, so that was a dream. Okay.
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“Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
I fucking love Amy Sedaris.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-13) →
The Tallest Man on Earth (20)
Cat Power (13)
Bob Dylan (11)
Dr. Dog (11)
The Shins (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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and every one of them words rang true
and glowed like burning coal
poring off of every page
like it was written in my soul from me to you,
tangled up in blue.
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The conjectural science of the subject: Behind... →
unconsciouskoine:
Behind the promotion of Western ideas of mental health and healing lie a variety of cultural assumptions about human nature. Westerners share, for instance, evolving beliefs about what type of life event is likely to make one psychologically traumatized, and we agree that venting emotions…
Cross-cultural/multicultural psychology is where it’s at.
