Read this, please. Especially this, which I’ve heard critiqued recently (as in, let’s just do away with a holiday on this day entirely, which maybe
Read moreVonnegut
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.” – Kurt Vonnegut
Read moreYou Don’t Want Hygge. You Want Social Democracy.
“The fact that hygge became an American trend, even in bastardized form, was a sign that we perceived something lacking in our culture and longed
Read moreIrrefutable Proof that Santa is Odin
Discussing with Shelly the things I actually like about Christmas, she made the connection that they were the things clearly of pagan origin. That made me
Read moretoska
“No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish,
Read moreGarrison Keillor quote
“There is no freedom of speech when people are terrified to be wrong.” —Garrison Keillor
Read moreKids in the Hall’s Dave Foley on “too soon,” censorship and political correctness.
This whole thing, all day every day. Thank you thank you thank you. “The idea of people being, ‘Oh, political correctness is ruining the world.’
Read moreGolda Meir, by way of Sherman Alexie
Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh, either. —Golda Meir, by way of Sherman Alexie
Read more7 cultural concepts we don’t have in the U.S. | MNN – Mother Nature Network
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/7-cultural-concepts-we-dont-have-in-the-us
Read more38 Wonderful Foreign Words We Could Use in English | Mental Floss
http://mentalfloss.com/article/50698/38-wonderful-foreign-words-we-could-use-english
Read more” I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst thos…”
” I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small
Read more“He had good business sense. I, therefore, had to question his moral character.”
“He had good business sense. I, therefore, had to question his moral character.”
Read moreThis got me a little verklempt. In a forever-empty, at-once-alone-and-connected, utopian-performative/saudade Lacanian kind of way.
This got me a little verklempt. In a forever-empty, at-once-alone-and-connected, utopian-performative/saudade Lacanian kind of way. “You need to build an ability to just be yourself
Read moreJill: If you’re a self-declared cold hard bitch and we get along, am I one too?
Jill: If you’re a self-declared cold hard bitch and we get along, am I one too? Vee: no, you’re not inherently a cold-hearted bitch, but
Read moreWhat Paleo Means to Me (a non-dogmatic view) “My version of paleo goes beyond food (though that’s a vital piece of it), beyond exercise (also
Read more“Ms Rowling, let’s talk about my name. Cho Chang. Cho and Chang are both last names; they’re both Korean last names. I’m supposed to be
Read moreThis deserves reposting right about now.
Read moremarsneedswomen: What I lack in attractiveness I make up for in film trivia
Read morejuststarkidding: thegreenguitar: why does ‘liking someone’ have to be this big secret? why doesn’t everyone in the world just make it really clear? why can’t
Read more“Family Guy” wisdom–not a contradiction in terms
Brian: Look, Meg, I’ve had enough of this. You’re not going to convert me. Meg: But, Brian, I just want you to feel the joy
Read moreThere was no way of really knowing anything, he knew, not even that there was no way of really knowing anything. Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Read more[W]hile prose tends toward pure ‘interiority,’ coming to life in the reader’s mind, and cinema gravitates toward the ‘exteriority’ of experiential spectacle, perhaps ‘comics,’ in
Read moreShould Whole Foods “Close All Its Meat Counters”? (No.)
An open letter to James McWilliams and anyone who has signed or is considering signing the petition asking Whole Foods to “close all its meat
Read morefrom “Catch-22” (film)
Nately: America’s the strongest nation on earth. The American fighting man is the best trained, the best equipped, the best fed… Italy, on the other
Read moreWe were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared
Read moreAll this emphasis on youth–I don’t buy it…. Listen, I know what a misery being young can be, so don’t tell me it’s so great.
Read moreIf you watch advertisements, or cruise the supermarket shelves, you can’t fail to notice that everything is anti-bacterial now, as if common household bacteria have
Read moreSo the myth in our society is that people are competitive by nature and that they are individualistic and that they’re selfish. The real reality
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