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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Mix the butter, eggs, bananas, and sugar together, using a potato masher. There can be small chunks of banana, as in pea-sized, but you want it pretty mashed. In a separate bowl, mix your dry ingredients and then mix your wet and dry with a spatula. I added half a cup of chocolate chips to one loaf and it turned out well, although choco-banana is not my fave. You could also add nuts or anything else wierd that you like.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Heavy grease a loaf pan, pour in the batter, and bake for about 50 minutes. Let the loaf cool for about 10 minutes before removing it from the pan.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-67842770988797201242015-03-25T05:47:00.000-05:002015-04-01T05:58:08.262-05:00Butterfly Feeders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make these butterfly feeders, we cut small triangles into canning lids and pulled half of a sponge into the triangle, so that a portion hangs out and the rest stays within the jar. We half-filled the jars with sugar water (1 part sugar to 3 parts water, heated on the stove to form a simple syrup) and added aquarium rocks just for funsies. We tied the twine around the jar before adding the lids. Finally, we placed the lids on tightly and hung them in the tree! You have to check their sugar water levels every now and again, but mine have stayed pretty full and very clean for a week now.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-48921210759608161122015-03-23T18:03:00.000-05:002015-04-01T06:14:04.770-05:00Teacup Bird Feeders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacups<br />Saucers<br />E-6000 Glue<br />Chain<br />Birdseed<br /><br /><b>Directions:</b><br />Glue the teacups to the saucers, following the instructions on the tube. Loop the chain through the handle and attach to a limb. Add bird seed. It's that easy! I haven't added birdseed yet, because I live in Oklahoma and it's still super crazy high wind season right now.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-36618930740726628222015-03-16T18:14:00.000-05:002015-04-01T06:20:53.750-05:00Jewelry Storage Solutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this piece, just get a cheese grater and spray paint the sucker. This grater was $3 at Wal-Mart and was getting a little rusty. I have a pretty amazeballs microplane and a small food processor now so the grater was just collecting dust. I already had a cheap can of black spray paint, $1 from Lowe's, so this basically cost me nothing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I fell in love with this bud vase at Hobby Lobby and bought it even though I never buy fresh flowers. I spray painted a dowel rod black and now it holds my bracelets and rings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I found these pretty teacups at the flea market last weekend, with the intent to use them for bird feeders. They're actual china, so too delicate for what I had in mind but perfect for this. I used e6000 glue and some Command strips to turn these into necklace holders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is made from a plate, bowl, ashtray, two candlestick holders, and a whole mess of E6000 glue. All of the glass items are from Dollar Tree. Ironically, I bought everything for this before those other things, for the express purpose of holding my jewelry. Now this is superfluous. Anyone wanna buy a jewelry/appetizer/whatever stand? ;)</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-89760527508566512772015-02-27T18:30:00.002-06:002015-02-27T18:32:59.295-06:00Cards Against Humanity - My Deck<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm working on my Cards Against Humanity deck, and this is my "write-in" card list. I've culled every official CAH expansion, main pack versions, holiday packs, spinoff card decks (Crabs Adjust Humidity, etc.), and friends' decks. I still need 38 more white cards. Halp?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All players discard and re-draw 2 cards. Current Card Czar plays the next black card.<br />All players discard and re-draw 3 cards. Current Card Czar plays the next black card.<br />All players discard and re-draw 4 cards. Current Card Czar plays the next black card.<br /><br />_____ ain't nothin' to fuck with.<br />_____ is neither amiable nor congenial.<br />_____ is the new black.<br />_____: Ain't nobody got time for that!<br />_____? _____? A Jedi craves not these things.<br />_____. Not even once.<br />_____. The other white meat.<br />_____. There's an app for that!<br />9-1-1, what's your emergency?<br />Disney presents _____ On Ice!<br />Everything changed with the _____ nation attacked.<br />Fuck the Zombie Apocalypse! What about the impending _____ Apocalypse!?<br />Give me liberty or give me _____.<br />How did I get this restraining order?<br />How did I get through college?<br />How did I spend my inheritance?<br />I missed it. What did my Patonus look like?<br />I would rather live in _____ than live in Detroit.<br />I'm so hungry I could eat _____.<br />I'm straight but _____ could turn me gay.<br />I've got a fever and the only prescription is more _____.<br />I’m a missionary with the Church of _____. Have you heard the Gospel of _____?<br />Indiana Jones and the Temple of _____.<br />It rubs the _____ on it's skin or it gets the hose again.<br />It took seven years in a remote Tibetan monastery, but I finally learned the art of _____.<br />It’s the first of May, first of May. _____ starts today.<br />Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is _____.<br />My ______ brings all the _______ to the yard.<br />No wood? We'll have to build a raft out of _____.<br />Now it's time for Korben to say the word of the day.<br />On the 8th day, God created _____, and it was good.<br />Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, _______<br />The best Christmas gift that Grandma ever gave me was _____.<br />The most effective form of birth control is _____.<br />The road to hell is paved with _____.<br />There's nothing like the smell of _____ in the morning.<br />They found _____ in the dumpster behind the abortion clinic.<br />What doomed my marriage?<br />What makes Fred Phelps hard?<br />What the fuck is your problem?<br />What's my safe word?<br />Who needs friends when you have _____?<br />Why am I banned from Chuck E. Cheese?<br />Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of _____.<br /><br /><br /><b>ANSWER CARDS:</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">70's bush.<br />A beat so fresh, it just might destroy the universe.<br />A big black dildo covered in AXE Body Spray.<br />A box full of Tribbles.<br />A crying stripper.<br />A day care Fight Club.<br />A Fleshlight full of thumbtacks.<br />A jar of peanut butter, a hungry dog, and no one around to judge you.<br />A little glass vial.<br />A mediocre dominatrix.<br />A proctologist with abnormally girthy fingers.<br />A rug that really ties the room together.<br />A snuggie with a dick-hole.<br />A stripper with a mild case of Down Syndrome.<br />A xylophone made out of Holocaust bones.<br />Abstinence.<br />Accidentally committing a hate crime.<br />Accidentally sexting your mom.<br />Accidentally visiting a crack house.<br />Alan Turing's last blowjob.<br />An entire bottle of Jägermeister.<br />Anal seepage.<br />Autoerotic asphyxiation.<br />Axl Rose.<br />Beating red headed-stepchildren for fun and for sport.<br />Beating Rodney King.<br />Captain Jack Harkness.<br />David Bowie flying in on a tiger made of lightning.<br />Deadpool<br />Dihydrogen Monoxide.<br />Disgruntled Apple fanboys.<br />Donkey shows.<br />Editing Wikipedia to win an argument.<br />Euthanasia.<br />Felicia Day.<br />Filling every pouch of a UtiliKilt™ with pizza.<br />Finding out it’s pity sex.<br />Finding out you’re actually cousins.<br />Fingerbanging Tinkerbell to death.<br />Forgetting the safe word.<br />Forgetting the safe word.<br />Genital warts.<br />Ghandi hopped up on PCP and looking for a fight.<br />Girls who shouldn't go wild.<br />Going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.<br />Hello Kitty.<br />Hitachi Magic Wand.<br />Honey Boo Boo shotgunning a 2-liter of "go go juice".<br />Huffing paint in the bathroom to the sound of REO Speedwagon.<br />Ignoring the Prime Directive.<br />Invading Poland.<br />Kissing my hot cousin.<br />M-m-mocking s-s-stutterers.<br />Malaysian Flight 370<br />Miley Cyrus twerking.<br />Mjölnir, hammer of Thor.<br />Motherfucking Cthulu.<br />Mr. Miyagi.<br />Murka.<br />My pretty floral bonnet.<br />My windowless white van.<br />Neil DeGrasse Tyson.<br />Not using enough lube.<br />Our homeless veterans.<br />Paula Deen, covered in butter, shouting the N-Word.<br />Paying for porn.<br />Playing Steve-O to narrate your life.<br />Pronouncing "quinoa" properly.<br />Prostate orgasms.<br />Putting a hobo to the sword.<br />Rand Paul's daddy issues.<br />Raptor Jesus.<br />Reading the comments.<br />Sasha Grey and her trinity of penis-ravaged orifices.<br />Secretly feeding Cody bacon.<br />Soulless gingers.<br />Sucking the president's dick.<br />Swingers<br />That "not-so-fresh" feeling.<br />The Bechdel Test<br />The boner hatch in the Iron Man suit.<br />The episode of Full House where Uncle Jesse and Uncle Joey took turns plowing Kimmy Gibbler.<br />The rage that comes from hearing Link called Zelda.<br />The Slap Chop™.<br />The White Anglo Saxon Imperialist agenda.<br />The Wu-Tang Clan.<br />Thor, God of Thunder.<br />Toddler-sized coffins.<br />Twincest.<br />Twister at the leper colony.<br />Using 4Chan for parenting advice.<br />Using Taco Bell hot sauce as lube.<br />Van Gogh's severed ear.<br />Wil Wheaton crashing an actual spaceship.<br />Winning a drag race against Paul Walker.<br />Women in yoga pants.<br />Your vestigial tail.<br />Zyklon B.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-54649346999574207342015-02-23T21:20:00.000-06:002015-02-23T21:20:40.789-06:00Easy Tomato Bisque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Begin by caramelizing two medium yellow onions, toss in a full head of diced garlic, add three cans of diced tomatoes (or four large hothouse tomatoes), two small cans of tomato paste, and stir to mix. Add a cup of heavy whipping cream, along with basil, oregano, salt, and pepper to taste. Finally, stir in a box of chicken broth (about three cups), and simmer until to your desired thickness.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-3887274293129154162015-01-31T18:25:00.000-06:002015-04-01T06:28:47.529-05:00Chicken "Pot Pie"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-9564453735938362592014-10-03T10:41:00.000-05:002014-10-04T10:43:01.071-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="https://medium.com/cuepoint/in-defense-of-ms-hill-6fa84ba81d63" target="_blank">In Defense Of Ms. Hill: It’s finally time to stop letting folks from outside of our community tell us how to feel about Lauryn Hill</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.babble.com/best-recipes/what-i-learned-after-taking-a-homeless-mother-grocery-shopping" target="_blank">What I Learned After Taking a Homeless Mother Grocery Shopping</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/09/29/my_boyfriend_lives_in_a_dumpster" target="_blank">My boyfriend lives in a dumpster: When Jeff began his year-long social experiment, students wanted to know how it could possibly work. So did I.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/flying-car-aeromobil-vienna-pioneers-festival" target="_blank">Finally, the flying car may have landed: Slovakian company AeroMobil to unveil prototype of ‘world’s most advanced flying car’ in at Vienna’s Pioneers Festival</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-28321042600909369172014-09-26T17:54:00.000-05:002014-09-28T17:54:25.521-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)These are things that exist in the world.<br /><br /><a href="http://prisonwivesapparel.spreadshirt.com/" target="_blank">Prison Wife Apparel</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2014/08/20/slideshow-sad-dads-at-one-direction" target="_blank">Slideshow: Sad Dads at One Direction</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ecc/hillbilly-beatboxing" target="_blank">Hillbilly Beatboxing is a real thing in the world.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-63239476214636705782014-09-19T15:28:00.000-05:002014-09-28T17:59:01.574-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal" target="_blank">ghazal</a> is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaticity" target="_blank">Automaticity</a> is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level details required, allowing it to become an automatic response pattern or habit. It is usually the result of learning, repetition, and practice. Examples of automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking, bicycle-riding, assembly-line work, and driving a car (see Highway hypnosis). After an activity is sufficiently practiced, it is possible to focus the mind on other activities or thoughts while undertaking an automatized activity (for example, holding a conversation or planning a speech while driving a car).<br />
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A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym" target="_blank">demonym</a> is a term for the residents of a locality. It is usually but not always derived from the name of a locality. For example, the demonym for the people of Canada is Canadian; the demonym for the people of Sweden is Swede. Some locations have double forms; for example, the demonym for the people of Britain can be either British or Briton. Here is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demonyms_for_U.S._states" target="_blank">list of demonyms for U.S. states</a>, including derogatory demonyms such as "Massholes" for people from Massachusetts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-19034823284334991322014-09-12T20:49:00.000-05:002014-09-24T20:49:58.393-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/?no-ist" target="_blank">For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II: In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201409/the-last-true-hermit" target="_blank">The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/american-soldier-found-living-vietnam-1862473" target="_blank">American soldier presumed dead 44 years ago 'found living in remote Vietnam village'</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/17/world/asia/japan-philippines-ww2-soldier-dies/" target="_blank">Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier who long refused to surrender, dies at 91</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-60872514447751894672014-09-05T20:26:00.000-05:002014-09-24T20:28:50.683-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140828/14401928353/is-it-torture-now-isis-apparently-fan-cias-waterboarding-techniques.shtml" target="_blank">Is It Torture Now? ISIS Apparently A Fan Of CIA's Waterboarding Techniques</a><br />
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<a href="http://the-toast.net/2014/06/23/women-listening-men-art-history/" target="_blank">Women Listening To Men In Western Art History</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/08/assisted_suicide_debate_in_united_kingdom_house_of_lords_on_death_with_dignity.html" target="_blank">Dignified Debate: The United Kingdom shows the rest of the world how to have a wise, honest, eloquent discussion about assisted suicide.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/08/khalid_sheikh_mohammed_s_guantanamo_defense_lawyer_jason_wright_is_departing.html" target="_blank">Indefensible: Why Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s lawyer is leaving the defense team—and the Army.</a><br />
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<a href="http://redwedgemagazine.com/articles/labor-intensive-defense-sex-work" target="_blank">Labor Intensive: In Defense of Sex Work</a><br />
Sex work is not a liability. It is a form of labor and art; its participants don't deserve violence or stigma.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6067175/grade-inflation-college-wellesley" target="_blank">What Wellesley learned when it stopped giving out so many A's</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-13724542634890268382014-08-22T20:24:00.000-05:002014-09-24T20:26:17.662-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://themindunleashed.org/2014/05/charles-bukowskis-top-10-tips-living-kick-ass-life.html" target="_blank">Charles Bukowski’s Top 10 Tips For Living A Kick-Ass Life</a><br />
“I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: “Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I’ll be ready.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.tricycle.com/ancestors/negative-capability-kerouacs-buddhist-ethic" target="_blank">Negative Capability: Kerouac's Buddhist Ethic</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/50-unexplainable-black-white-photos" target="_blank">50 Unexplainable Black & White Photos</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.scoutingny.com/patrick-batemans-new-york-what-happened-to-the-world-of-american-psycho/" target="_blank">Patrick Bateman’s New York: What Happened To The World of American Psycho</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-48263195771233110532014-08-08T20:19:00.000-05:002014-09-24T20:20:17.635-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)This week, I am thinking about food.<br />
<br /><br /><a href="http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/11/hipsters_on_food_stamps.html" target="_blank">Hipsters On Food Stamps</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-reign-of-the-red-delicious/379892" target="_blank">The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious: How the worst apple took over the United States, and continues to spread</a><br />
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<a href="http://thebollard.com/2008/08/01/the-land-of-forgotten-cocktails-5/" target="_blank">The Land of Forgotten Cocktails: Postcards from New Orleans</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-44158232799623049942014-08-01T20:16:00.000-05:002014-09-24T20:18:17.319-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/death-penalty/us-death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-and-race" target="_blank">Death Penalty and Race: Race of Homicide Victims in Cases Resulting in an Execution since 1976</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-the-ferguson-crisis-20140821-column.html" target="_blank">Economic harassment and the Ferguson crisis</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/08/michael_brown_eric_garner_debra_harrell_just_three_examples_of_why_i_don.html" target="_blank">Why I Don’t Call the Police: Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Debra Harrell. And that’s just the latest.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/white-privilege-insidious-virus-thats-eating-america-within" target="_blank">White Privilege: An Insidious Virus that’s Eating America from Within</a><br />
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<a href="http://gawker.com/what-ive-learned-from-two-years-collecting-data-on-poli-1625472836" target="_blank">What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/best-reporting-federal-push-militarize-local-police" target="_blank">What Militarization Has Done to Our Police Departments: A few facts you might have missed about the flow of military equipment and tactics to local law enforcement.</a><br />
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<a href="http://jezebel.com/whitewashing-and-the-problem-with-the-ice-bucket-challe-1629034733" target="_blank">Whitewashing and the Problem With the Ice Bucket Challenge</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-60445021166633955932014-07-18T09:43:00.000-05:002014-09-24T19:10:48.106-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)Things I'm reading and contemplating this week. Also, Christian Bale IS Patrick Bateman. That is all.<br />
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<a href="http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/the-troubled-birth-of-american-psycho" target="_blank">THE TROUBLED BIRTH OF AMERICAN PSYCHO</a><br />
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<a href="http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913" target="_blank">America Is Not For Black People</a><br />
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<a href="http://forum.songfacts.com/showpost.php?post%2F510578%2F" target="_blank">Line By Line: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"</a><br />
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<a href="http://flavorwire.com/472027/robin-williams-and-the-myth-of-battling-depression" target="_blank">Robin Williams and the Myth of “Battling” Depression</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/08/miracle_memes_and_inspiration_porn_internet_viral_images_demean_disabled.2.html" target="_blank">Despicable Memes: How “miracle” jokes and inspiration porn demean disabled people.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-69679500153110391152014-07-11T11:47:00.000-05:002014-09-24T19:10:35.800-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)I think about racism alot because it happens alot.<br />
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<a href="http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2014/05/14/preview-no-selves-to-defend-marissa-alexander-and-a-legacy-of-criminalizing-women-of-color-for-self-defense/" target="_blank">Preview: No Selves to Defend – Marissa Alexander & A Legacy of Criminalizing Women of Color for Self-Defense</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/inquiring-minds-david-amodio-your-brain-on-racism" target="_blank">The Science of Your Racist Brain: Neuroscientist David Amodio on subconscious racial prejudice and why we're still responsible for our actions.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/what-the-hells-the-presidency-for/358630/" target="_blank">How LBJ Saved the Civil Rights Act: Fifty years later, new accounts of its fraught passage reveal the era's real hero—and it isn’t the Supreme Court.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-64345517630971690722014-06-27T09:50:00.000-05:002014-09-24T19:10:20.672-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/jokes-only-nerds-will-understand" target="_blank">21 Jokes Only Nerds Will Understand</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_mysteriously_disappeared" target="_blank">List of people who disappeared mysteriously</a><br />
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<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE3DF1E38EE32A25753C1A9679D946896D6CF" target="_blank">LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/what-do-we-do-with-this-whale" target="_blank">What Do We Do With This Whale?</a><br />
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<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/the-other-downside-of-antibiotics-killing-the-useful-bacteria/" target="_blank">The other downside of antibiotics: Killing the useful bacteria</a><br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/the-other-downside-of-antibiotics-killing-the-useful-bacteria/" target="_blank">Author Martin Blaser looks at how antibiotics are reshaping our inner ecosystem.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-31003656619806791352014-06-13T09:55:00.000-05:002014-09-24T19:09:54.556-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/x-mens-ellen-page-life-701414" target="_blank">'X-Men's' Ellen Page on Life After Coming Out, the Bryan Singer Case and Her Battle With Depression</a><br />
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<a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/07/texting-exes-social-media-generation.html" target="_blank">All My Exes Live in Texts: Why the Social Media Generation Never Really Breaks Up</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/05/10/310996960/the-congresswoman-whose-husband-called-her-home" target="_blank">The Congresswoman Whose Husband Called Her Home</a><br />
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<a href="http://gawker.com/a-kinder-way-to-kill-1574397518" target="_blank">A Kinder Way to Kill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-44011380990928890192014-06-06T09:59:00.000-05:002014-08-17T10:00:26.758-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/05/smoking-gun-bee-collapse" target="_blank">Did Scientists Just Solve the Bee Collapse Mystery?</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/11/21/85-years-gremlin-alive/" target="_blank">After 85 Years, First Gremlin Found Alive</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/05/05/the-supreme-courts-city-council-prayer-decision/?tid=pm_national_pop" target="_blank">The Supreme Court’s city council prayer decision</a><br />
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<a href="http://mic.com/articles/92651/18-empowering-illustrations-to-remind-everyone-who-s-really-in-charge-of-women-s-bodies" target="_blank">18 Empowering Illustrations to Remind Everyone Who's Really in Charge of Women's Bodies</a><br />
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<a href="http://twistedsifter.com/2012/04/adding-monsters-to-thrift-store-paintings/" target="_blank">Adding Monsters to Thrift Store Paintings</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-2034897072813037382014-05-24T02:55:00.000-05:002014-05-24T02:55:00.847-05:00Bukowski, any day.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">what matters most is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">how well you </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">walk through the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">fire.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-42209470819527215612014-05-16T09:36:00.000-05:002014-08-17T09:38:18.197-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://flavorwire.com/454084/nudes-in-classical-paintings-replaced-with-camgirls" target="_blank">Nudes in Classical Paintings Replaced with Camgirls </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/28/slut_shaming_and_class_a_study_on_how_college_women_decide_who_s_trashy.html?wpisrc=obnetwork" target="_blank">Are You a Slut? That Depends. Are You Rich?</a><br />
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<a href="http://badgirlsbible.com/sex-toys-around-the-house" target="_blank">29 Insane Life Hacks With… Sex Toys</a><br />
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<a href="http://oneblackgirlmanywords.blogspot.com/2014/06/on-rihanna-teaching-me-to-say-no-to.html" target="_blank">On Rihanna Teaching Me to Say No to Modesty Culture</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html" target="_blank">THE GREAT IVY LEAGUE NUDE POSTURE PHOTO SCANDAL</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044207360127399502.post-4628537311861698372014-05-02T23:35:00.000-05:002014-05-03T23:36:26.175-05:00Headlines of the Week (Or Whatever)<a href="http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/12/27/the-heavy-metal-subculture-of-botswana-africa/" target="_blank">The Heavy Metal Subculture of Botswana, Africa</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/04/30/306590068/an-afghan-village-of-drug-addicts-from-ages-10-to-60" target="_blank">An Afghan Village Of Drug Addicts, From Ages 10 To 60</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/apple-cores-are-a-myth/281531/" target="_blank">Apple Cores Are A Myth</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/179577/there-no-such-thing-typical-low-wage-worker" target="_blank">There Is No Such Thing As a ‘Typical’ Low-Wage Worker</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/04/nigerias-stolen-girls.html" target="_blank">Nigeria's Stolen Girls</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0