April 2012
March 2012
“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a...”
– Audre Lorde (via mmmajestic)
“You’re going to discover that conversations are best at 4am. The heavier the...”
– Jeff Stuckel (via loveyourchaos)
“What is your favorite word?”
“And. It is so hopeful.”
– An interview with Margaret Atwood (via myprivateopera)
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
– David Viscott (via americanmouthhh)
“No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via tillthemusicends)
Socialism: You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbour.
Communism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk.
Fascism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk.
Nazism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and shoots you.
Bureaucratism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away..
Traditional Capitalism: You have 2 cows. You sell one and buy a bull. You herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
An American Corporation: You have 2 cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow dropped dead.
A French Corporation: You have 2 cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
Japanese Corporation: You have 2 cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them Worldwide.
An Italian Corporation: You have 2 cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.
A Swiss Corporation: You have 5000 cows. None of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.
Chinese Corporation: You have 2 cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.
An Iraqi Corporation: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No one believes you and they bomb your arse. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.......
Counter Culture: 'Wow, dig it, like there's these 2 cows, man, grazing in the hemp field. You gotta have some of this milk!'
Surrealism: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
Fatalist: You have 2 doomed cows...
A West-Country Corporation: You have 2 cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.
“See that word?” he said. “Right there. That is not science.”
The word was...”
– Adam Ruben, Science, How to Write Like a Scientist. (via futurejournalismproject)
Watchnpr:
Hoodie In The House Leads To Shouting In The Capitol
On the floor of the House this morning, Rep. Bobby Rush’s effort to call attention to the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin turned into a contest of wills between the Illinois Democrat and the presiding officer because Rush donned a hoodie while speaking.
It’s against the rules to wear hats in the chamber when the House is in...
“It’s a really hard time for newspapers of all kinds. This is the Voice‘s...”
– Nicholas Kristof, NY Times op-ed columnist.
Kristof recently published two columns (January 25 and March 17) criticizing online classifieds, especially Backpage.com, for their adult services section as a vehicle for pimps trying to sell girls. Backpage.com is owned by Village Voice Media, and in...
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Me: Does he follow back?
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