February 2012
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““remember 3/4 of the State population is south of Augusta.”
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– As I suspected, the best thing about Olympia Snowe’s retirement is the Bangor Daily News comments section.
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Technical difficulties at work
Mary: gonzalo's internet is going out, he has to wrangle cablevision
Dennis: matt's having internet problems too
Mary: christ are you serious
Mary: what is happening
Dennis: yes
Mary: is this it?
Dennis: i don't know
Mary: is this the end, dennis?
Dennis: it might be, mary
Dennis: it might be
Mary: there were so many things i wanted to do
Mary: i had like three posts in drafts
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Rick Santorum on the issues
On Title X:
As Congressman Paul knows, I opposed Title X funding. I’ve always opposed Title X funding, but it’s included in a large appropriation bill that includes a whole host of other things…I admit I voted for large appropriation bills and there were things in there I didn’t like.
I think I was making it clear that, while I have a personal more objection to it; even...
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We Are Augustines on Letterman
subinev:
I just watched the video of We Are Augustines performing on the Late Show With David Letterman last night, and I’m pretty sure they changed Dave’s life. I’ve never seen him end the show with such an oddly earnest music-related bit like that. Amazing. See for yourself here (it’s the whole episode so either be patient or scrub ahead to after the last break).
We Are Augustines photo...
I don’t know what is going on in Brooklyn right now, but in the space of twelve blocks I was rained upon, snowed upon, blown sideways and blinded by the strongest sunlight I’ve seen in months.
Maybe the apocalypse won’t be so bad after all!
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Tumblr is Wrong for Censoring Eating Disorder... →
philolzophy:
It’s still okay to have a racist blog on Tumblr. It’s still okay to have a blog where you take pictures of people eating and call them fat. In essence, it’s okay to have the kind of blog that causes someone to degenerate into the mental state where they might get an eating disorder, but once they get one we’ll sweep them under the rug unless they only talk about their disease in a...
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Can you sleep?
If so, I’d tell you to [expletive] off but hey, you’re probably asleep, so never mind. This is for the rest of us.
Drink a glass of almond milk. You could try soy or dairy or rice, but almond really tastes better.
Stare out the window, for however long.
Stare at the cat sleeping next to you. Is he rubbing it in or is he trying to lead by example? Augh! He is doing that thing where...
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Ahem. →
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The Republican Guide to Mocking President Obama's... →
“Why is Florence operating a machine?”
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Somewhere in the hustle and bustle of websites and work and production calendars and shoot dates and Nevada and Romney and Santorum and Gingrich and all sorts of other things that occupy time but are ultimately less important than we think they are, I missed the fact that Wislawa Szymborska had died.
The irony here is that I got the news late one night at work, when I was tired and needed...
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Nobody cares about your weird dreams, Mary
I was trapped in a windowless room with our motion graphics guy and D’Angelo, both of whom wanted to do karaoke, even though they knew full well that karaoke makes me terribly uncomfortable and I don’t like it. I tried to talk the motion graphics guy and D’Angelo out of this plan, and was rummaging in my bag for something with which to entertain/distract them, but before I could...
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Nevada caucus results liveblog →
Join me over at Indecision!
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Speaking of art and the internet: My NYC office is looking for a p/t designer to work in-house, M-F in the afternoons, starting very soon. It’s an entry-level gig and the primary requirement is excellence in Photoshop. Hands-on design experience necessary (college/internships OK); designing for digital media a huge plus; CMS experience nice but not necessary. This person will work closely...
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Locker room lady: Excuse me. Are you an artist, by any chance?
Me: I'm not.
Lady: Really? You're not an artist?
Me: Why, do I look like an artist you know?
Lady: I just couldn't help but notice your tattoos, and I was thinking they looked like tattoos an artist would have. Does your work involve art?
Me: Well, I mean- I work on the internet.