I'll tumble 4 ya.

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"With both the 1st Cavalry and the 4th Infantry Division based in Fort Hood but rotating through Iraq, there are many walking wounded here: a student who stayed up at night because he was afraid his mother would try to kill herself while his father was gone; a school employee whose husband had a breakdown just before he was to leave for his second Iraq tour and threatened to throw her out of her own house. A new economics teacher just back from Iraq replaced the one just sent to Afghanistan, and an assistant librarian’s husband has just left. Many, many students are connected to a parent through laptops and cell phones, waiting every day for a call or an e-mail. Fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters: For all the ripple effects the war in Iraq has caused in this small community, the fighting could be as close as Waco."

Heartbreak High: Texas Monthly, March 2006

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Now The Red Shoes will be even more glorious! [A Tragic Ballerina Dances Again, Her Shoes Now Redder Than Ever: NYTimes]

I am in love with this illustrated Missed Connections blog. Thanks for passing it on, newsweek!

*1

Amsterdam, by javiy. Such a classic look.

"You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are feeding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance."

more Anne Lamott. Maybe our church book group can read one of her books next. I’ve only read her fiction, not her non-fiction.

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

via tuneage:

Metric - “Help I’m Alive” (80Kidz remix)

Just when I thought I was going to have to retire Metric’s wonderful “Help I’m Alive” from my personal playlist due to over-listening, 80Kidz has gone and reworked it into a dancier, equally wonderful version of itself. Brilliance!

Metric FTW!

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"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do."

Anne Lamott (via livejamie)

GOOD LOOK: Green Jobs. Worth watching! It left me with a nice warm feeling.

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Can’t wait!! via thetvaddict.com

‘Doctor Who’ star lands ‘Rex’ pilot. Oh, I’m not sure I like this at all, and I love David Tennant.