November 2009
42 posts
Left vs. Right →
A pretty good breakdown of partisan concepts and perspectives.
Mamihlapinatapai →
bestofwikipedia:
Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.” (via Martin)
1940's slang.
goodolddays:
Ducky shincracker- A good dancer
Active duty- Sexually promiscuous boy.
Share crop- Sexually promiscuous girl.
Greeby- Terrible
Drooly- A cute guy
An Able-Grable/Blackout girl/Dilly- A cute girl
Some of Hitler’s Work/Void coupon- An unattractive girl
Khaki wacky- Boy crazy
Doll dizzy- Girl crazy
Dead hoofer- A bad dancer
Gammin’- Showing off
Hen fruit- Eggs
Hi sugar, are...
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m...”
– Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) (via kari-shma)
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one...”
– Clare Boothe Luce (Submitted by loveliftedme) (via quote-book)
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Mental Synergy ..
The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? Pinky: I think so Brain, but if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn’t it?
The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? Pinky: I think so Brain… but do I really need 2 tongues?
The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? Pinky: I think so, Brain, but this time,...
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Summer, circa 1940s and 1950s
Perception and Reality ..
Convenience .. The ability to hide behind one BIG, static emotion and leave others clueless as to what is REALLY going on.
I’d like to order one of these, please.
Graduate School Teachings and the Work/Life...
I love Venn Diagrams. If only it were as simple as constructing a Venn Diagram, I’d be set.
“…one of the highest compliments you can give a person is that when you are...”
– David Levithan, How They Met, and Other Stories
“Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because...”
– David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility
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That Damn Cranberry Family ..
I lose every sense of sensibility at the presence of you .. The ability to think clearly The power to feel my surroundings The wherewithal to smell but the scent of you The capability to distinguish shapes and colors The skill to comprehend the distinction of tones and pitches
Gone.
That voodoo you do that spellbinds my entire being and leaves me in a catatonic state of glee and ecstasy...
A Letter to My Exes ..
I don’t say what I don’t mean. I may speak at inopportune moments, and sometimes my comments may be misplaced, and sometimes the notch may have been turned up just a bit, but if I remodel my comments to be the right thing, at the right time, in the right tone/combination of words, you have to agree that I was/am right.
As I think back to the quietus[es] of my past relationship[s],...
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