December 2009
Watchapsies:
Merry Christmas: Snoop Dogg & Martha Stewart make green brownies.
420 degreez!
i love dated songs: “& someday guantanamo will fall, until that day we all will ride on”-michael franti (cept for that rural ill. prison)
climate talks near deal to save forests →
the news makes it sound like chaos over there.
dear kim jong il,
will yu be my girlfraaaan? check yes or no.
love, barack
i visited foxnews.com for the first time in a long time today (by accident might i add), and this is the first picture i saw. LAWL!!!!!!! has fox news turned into page six? also LOL@ kim jong illin in an LL cool J outfit
““Toledo low point, teaser for the 11pm news: “up next, a local woman who had sex...”
– (via characterizationofmylife)
lara’s gchat status made my night.
ginger tea, gingerbread cookies, ginger ale.
growing gang violence on indian reservations →
viruses that leave victims red in the facebook →
Social networking attacks do not spare the experts. Two weeks ago, Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a nonprofit research group, accidentally sent messages to dozens of his Twitter followers with a link and the line, “Hi, is this you? LOL.” He said a few people actually clicked.
“I’m worried that people will think I communicate this way,” Mr. Rainie said....
at the library. i hate watching people throw recyclables in the garbage. this is why i need to study in a cubicle.
"Khazei, Karzai and My Lost Leaves" - Carly Simon →
man, wtf is carly simon talking about.
aw shit i already finished them all. not feeling so jolly anymore.
just nabbed four gingerbread men from the academic enrichment center. this ruthless abduction is getting me into the holiday spirit.
god i love this / these people
Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality? →
wtf @ uganda. i never saw any vitriol like this when i was there. frankly, it makes me sick, and it makes me worry.
ten best books of 2009 (nyt) →
did you know lou gehrig weighed almost 14 pounds at birth? and that he was an ivy leaguer? i did not.
“The time is never right for civil rights. The economy, wars. The troubles...”
– New York state Senator Tom Duane. (via andrew sullivan)
Switzerland's minaret ban about more than... →
still sucks balls though.
pitchfork's "worst album covers of 2009" →
LAWL my favorite is neil young:
“Neil Young: Fork in the Road
A/S/L?”
"surgery is easy" (via mcsweeney's) →
on a lighter note.
“Is it better to go to medical school before performing surgery? Oh, I don’t know, do you really need to go to talking school before talking? Surgery is one of the most natural things for a human to do.”
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill... →
wtf @ new york state senate. to be a coward and pander is truly the worst thing. also the quoted republican senator, tom libous, makes a point that sounds as invalid as it does insincere: “having a hard time making ends meet” means that “the majority [don’t] care too much about it at this time.” good idea! hardship (especially economic!) means we should put off...
Where The High Income Things Are →
fishingforbats:
Cool interactive map showing demographics of different NYC neighborhoods.
(Cheers Vero).
i love this!!!! good thing i tried to click on the median income of riker’s island. also note how the highest income in the city (upper east side- 178k) is smack dab against one of the lowest in the city (east harlem- 29k). didn’t realize it was that drastic.
an unhappy 25th →
places to get tested for hiv →
see also: http://www.hivtest.org/
HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3% →
“At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.”
via nikki.
it's world aids day →