March 2010
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“You have to love the subject you teach and you have to love the kids and make...”
– Jaime Escalante, Jaime Escalante’s Legacy: Teaching Hope : NPR. RIP, Mr. Escalante. Does anyone else remember his show on PBS?
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The healing power of Jane Austen - Telegraph →
Sometimes the troubled and eventful lives we read about simply help us to put our own lives in perspective (and no, I don’t mean; Being Jordan, by Katie Price). I am well aware that Austen’s characters are fictional. But it is impossible to read Pride and Prejudice, and consider the lot of the Bennett sisters, or follow the travails of Mansfield Park’s Fanny Price without feeling immense gratitude...
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WatchPoor Rachel. [The Rachel Maddow Show - Maddow to Brown: ‘Stop lying.’ Amazing word cloud is just a bonus]
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“Here’s the dirty little secret that we’re never supposed to say in...”
– Say it loud: I’m childfree and I’m proud | Grist
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“Prepared by a group of urban planners from the Haitian government agency...”
– Architecture - Plan Calls for Rebuilding Haiti Away From Port-au-Prince - NYTimes.com
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COMPLETE LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE 69th ANNUAL... →
How much do I love that Modern Family is first on the list?!?! PBS won a lot (not surprising!). Other notable inclusions: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Glee, npr.org, among others. I think the Peabodys are my favorite award. They were one of the few organizations to recognize the awesomeness of Homicide: Life on the Street.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Flight of the Conchords (25)
Metric (13)
Kathleen Edwards (11)
Rosie Thomas (7)
The Smiths (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Correction: March 30, 2010 A report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Monday...”
– Arts, Briefly - ‘Corpus Christi’ Canceled in Texas - NYTimes.com. This furthers my belief that most people in the Northeast have no concept of just how large a state Texas is. It’s not like you couldn’t look it up on Google Maps and see. That’s some great fact-checking, New York...
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“The race of the sources is important to me and here’s why: People of color are...”
– Newsweek Takes On Feminism On Behalf of Young White Girls Everywhere | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
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One of my favorite bands. I’ve already got...
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The Gay Jesus Place | The Texas Tribune →
“It baffles me that he thinks he has any right to weigh in on such a decision when this is an institution of higher learning,” says Otte of [Texas Lt. Gov] Dewhurst’s statement, likening it to having the state’s second highest-ranking official issue an unsolicited critique of a college English paper. “It was never intended to be an attack on Christians by the playwright or me. If he [Dewhurst]...
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"I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. Peabody!"
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Critics' Picks: 'Bringing Up Baby' - Video Library... →
BEST EVER.
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Used in this week’s episode of Chuck. I...
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“GlobalPost is a young organization, still finding its financial feet, and this...”
– GlobalPost embraces challenge of covering world news as U.S. papers trim bureaus - washingtonpost.com
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House Democrats report increased threats since... →
House Democrats are concerned about their security due to increased threats since Sunday’s vote to pass the health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday.
Hoyer told a news conference that “a significant number, meaning over 10,” had reported either threats, vandalism or other incidents. Capitol Police officials have briefed House Democrats on reporting...
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“To be told that your brother was held at gunpoint and led into an abandoned...”
– Debbie Wilson, sister of a murder victim, In Newark, Arrests Are Made in 1978 Killings - NYTimes.com
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The Morning News Tournament of Books - Presented... →
I read a good amount of these since the list was released … I’m pulling for the underdog Big Machine, but I’d be happy if The Lacuna won.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
Rosie Thomas (37)
Sherwood (22)
Imogen Heap (15)
Julieta Venegas (11)
Frightened Rabbit (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Postcard from Grand Teton National Park found in a...
Erin — We are still looking for the illusive (sic) moose. Tomorrow we raft down the Snake River — maybe then. Beautiful scenery & lots of fun. We will see you soon. Love — Mom & Dad
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Calorie Count Disclosure And The Health Care Bill:... →
More than 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants will have to include calorie counts on menus, menu boards and even drive-throughs.
The new law, which applies to any restaurant with 20 or more locations, directs the Food and Drug Administration to create a new national standard for menu labeling, superseding a growing number of state and city laws. President Barack Obama signed the health...
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'Spillover' Violence ranges beyond the U.S.-Mexico... →
A generic, well-manicured and spoon-fed explanation of spillover makes it extremely difficult to swallow, whether we are actually being spilled on, saturated, or could expect flood stages. The U.S. at bare minimum deserves a better threat assessment by at least accurately standardizing the true measurement process. Drug violence and murder with impunity is what it is, regardless of where it takes...
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'How I Met Your Mother': Why have they turned our... →
Ted is the lamest character on the show.
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“And if the two seem further away than ever at episode’s end, I’ve...”
– What’s Alan Watching?: Chuck, “Chuck vs. the Final Exam”: The Kobayashi Maru
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“Did we know what our intimates and dear relations thought of us, we should live...”
– Thackeray, Vanity Fair. Going through random receipts, paperwork, negatives and such as I am packing tonight, I found this quote written on a piece of note paper.
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Pelosi's Triumph: 'It's Personal For Women' : NPR →
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The social consequences of the health care reform... →
But is social network expression worth the cost of damaged professional perception? Regardless of which side of the health care reform debate I sit on, it doesn’t make me feel good to see those folks with whom I do business chastising others for being “unAmerican” or telling others to get out of the country if they don’t like it. It shows an immature side of an otherwise very pulled together and...
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“People don’t watch channels: they watch shows. When I was a kid, my favorite...”
– Lost Remote | The end of affiliation
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Listen Up: jj @ sxsw, wtf :: Music :: Columns ::... →
This is exactly how I felt. I left after two songs. TERRIBLE.
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“I’ve been on a soapbox for months now about the harm that our overheated talk is...”
– David Frum [Waterloo | FrumForum]. Wait, you mean the Republican talking heads/entertainment/radio show hosts don’t speak for the entire party? Well, maybe the party should have been a bit more vocal about compromise as far as health care reform was concerned. (which is basically what Frum...
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