March 2012
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– Comment @ The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com
YES.
(via golden-notebook)
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Wish me luck!
I’m driving three hours south to the other end of the state for a job interview in the town my best friend (who is the reason we moved to Vermont) lives in. Not only am I super nervous about the interview which is for a job I really want, I’m kinda nervous about the weather as well. We’re finally about to get a winter snow storm and I kept waking up to the sound of plow trucks at...
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Book: This Bridge Called My Back
fuckyeahradicalliterature:
First published in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back has been out of print since the expiration of its contract with Third Woman Press in 2008. Hopefully the digital copy will find its way to those who will circulate it and possibly build up pressure to have it printed again.
URL Set:
Introduction: http://www.mediafire.com/?e2taou2lzzl
Children Passing In the...
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Eau,baby.: MONASTERY PARTY BUST
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Saturday, February 26-
1:13 A.M. on Saturday morning, police were called anonymously to report a noise disturbance on the campus of The College of St. Scholastica. The noise was reportedly coming from the monastery living center, home of the Benedictine sisters that originally founded the…
I love...
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Eau,baby.: MONASTERY PARTY BUST
grahammccullough:
Saturday, February 26-
1:13 A.M. on Saturday morning, police were called anonymously to report a noise disturbance on the campus of The College of St. Scholastica. The noise was reportedly coming from the monastery living center, home of the Benedictine sisters that originally founded the…
oh my god. Is...
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PS - It’s really uncomfortable to be trying to be in my kitchen to wash dishes and punch down my dough while my roommate (whose bedroom door is a blanket and adjacent to the kitchen) is having noisy sex. And then Boyfriend complains that they could hear them downstairs.
I tried to block out the sounds by listening to Planet Money and “Bob’s Burgers,” but eventually it was...
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Netflix added another season of “Toddlers & Tiaras” to instant.
Now I know what I’m doing tonight.
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Crazy but true: Google wants to be your cable TV...
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then In May 2011, Google made Kansas City, Missouri the second location of their highly-sought-after Fiber Project. The deal? A reasonably-priced one gigabyte-per-second fiber optic internet connection for roughly 50,000 to 500,000 people. Google: Your internet company.
now Google just filed for a video franchise license with the Missouri Public Service Commission. Reports claim...
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“When the woman answered the door, she looked at my daughter and said, ‘We don’t...”
– Girl Scout troop leader Kim Douglas • Discussing a recent situation her 10-year-old daughter faced when going door-to-door to sell cookies. Douglas’ daughter, by the way, didn’t know what abortion was. “It left my daughter very shocked, confused,” Douglas said. “She said, ‘Mommy, something creepy...
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100-Year-Old Photos of People Delivering Mail
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Vintage photos from the Library of Congress. Check out the last one to see what the Christmas rush looked like in the 1910s.
This needs to go on Old Times Fatties. A fat person delivering mail to another fat person - delightful!
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Happy Day!
I got a call from the “you’re not qualified but we have a job in mind for you!” people saying they’re checking my references!
Then an hour later I got a call from the job in Brattleboro that I was referred to BY A CURRENT EMPLOYEE THE JOB WAS INITIALLY OFFERED TO for an interview in two weeks!
Then I found a position in Chicago working for the National Archives...
