December 2009
35 posts
Fact: Granta has a preview of the new Joshua... →
Real talk self-awareness: Contempo-white male Brooklyn writer nerd news alert!
(via thehurrythrough)
Rep. Mark Kirk's sexual orientation questioned in... →
You stay classy, Andy Martin.
2000-2009: Restaurants to remember | Steve... →
I got married for health insurance - CNN.com →
From Nona Willis-Aronowitz, my weekly Feminist analyst, Wednesdays at 1 on :Vocalo.org!
This has to be seen to be believed: Bil’in leader... →
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The project is to transfer the indigenous population away. The means by which this project is enacted is to make the Palestinians daily life as difficult and Kafka-esque as possible. It’s all so mean-spirited.
-Says Max G, who is in Gaza City, working for the Palestinian Human Rights Center
Barry from D.C. just goofin’, killing time,...
Online Activism Can Work - Kristina Loring of... →
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Israel drags... →
The issue of Shalit’s detention had become a significant factor in the Israeli psyche, Levy said, reviving what he called the “national trauma” over Ron Arad, the now apparently deceased Israeli pilot captured during the Lebanon war.
Juxtaposed with a national trauma that involves 11,000 political prisoners.
Art House - At Home With Jenny Holzer, the Artist... →
timheidecker:
WILD HOGS 2 (LAMENT) - please...
Appropriations Bill Ends Abstinence-Only Funding,... →
WatchNew Beluga at the Shedd!
thehurrythrough:
The house was just twinkling in the moon light,
And inside it twinkling with delight,
Is my baby bright.
Twinkling with delight in the house twinkling
with the moonlight,
Bless my baby bless my baby bright,
Bless my baby twinkling with delight,
In the house twinkling in the moon light,
Her hubby dear loves to cheer when he thinks
and he always thinks when he knows and...
PRX » Piece » How to Be a Refugee in Syria. →
In case you need to know. Beautiful comparisons of Arabic dialect. This will be on YouthCast this week.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi punched... →
Well, at least he earned it.
I Think I Luv Her | Gucci Mane & Suzy E
GUCCI...
From "I Wish I had Written That," by William...
And the symbol of their doom: a White Whale. There’s a death for a man, now: none of your patient pasturage for little grazing beasts you can’t even see with the naked eye. There’s magic in the very word. A White Whale. White is a grand word, like a crash of massed trumpets; and leviathan himself has a kind of placid blundering majesty in his name. And then put them together!!! A...
Bathtub Sparks →
Bathtub Sparks 2 pieces Pez candy, one yellow, one pink 1 can King Cobra 1 can Red Bull Crush the Pez until reduced to a fine powder. Transfer the powder to the bottom of an empty glass. Pour in equal parts King Cobra and Red Bull. Don’t be alarmed when the foaming begins; it will subside. Adjust for flavor.
You’re A Jerk | New Boyz
(I know)
RECIPES FOR LIFE →
A cooking blog I look forward to: RECIPES FOR LIFE, by Pascale Boucicaut,which teaches you how to make fancy food with instructions like
3. Like Mr. Man, Spaghetti Squashes are not so tough as they appear to be. They fall apart at the slightest touch, and noodle themselves all over your fingers. It’s a shame because you felt great about this recipe, so you’re gonna have to improvise. You...
PRX » Piece » Raymond Carver "What We Talk About... →
This is the only recording in history of the author performing his signature story. We meet him in a motel in Palo Alto. After some conversation, the story begins. The original program was made in 1983, enhanced in 2009.
