March 2012
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February 2012
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“A woman in a hospital gown, with hospital bracelets, hospital socks (no shoes)...”
– Customers Behaving Badly: 8 Horror Stories | Zagat
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“by looking at the pace with which viruses evolved, you can reverse engineer your...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, the history of the HIV virus. (via nprfreshair)
Thanks to a bubbly epidemics professor, I just said “Oh, I can’t wait to hear that” to myself at work. I just really like diseases okay?
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“I can dance. But there’s a time and place for that. And I don’t think that it...”
– Derrick Rose, on this year’s All-Star game intros. (Skip to around 4:48 to see what he’s talking about. Coach Thibs and Luol Deng make appearances too.)
M.V.P.
(via redeyechicago)
— Humility is hard to find in the NBA, which was proven by those other clowns… thank goodness we got a good one here...
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"You've confused a 'war on your religion' with...
— JON STEWART, The Daily Show.
Yep, conservatives.
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Watchjessicavalenti:
The Daily Show takes on VA’s transvaginal ultrasound law.
God I love him.
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“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.” (via mamaatheist)
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Fox News ' Xenophobic "Border Expert" Caught in... →
lgbtlaughs:
firthofforth:
leftist-linguaphile:
talk about ironic.
Story of the day.
Well.
I triple checked that this wasn’t The Onion. Nope, it’s real. And oh so satisfying.
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“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
– John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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“It is violation of human rights when people are beaten or killed because of...”
– Secretary Hilary Clinton’s LGBT Speech at Geneva (via suupjared)
Can I get an Amen?
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“Grammar is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit.”
– My flammable roommate’s fabulous writing professor (via commodore-sparklebutt)
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Watchredhead-monster:
Okay, forget everything I have ever complained about or told you to do, politically. Forget if you don’t read political posts. Stop. WATCH/READ THIS RIGHT NOW.
For those of you who for some reason cannot or do not want to watch the video, allow me to summarize. Right now there is a law that has passed the Virginia legislature that would mandate a trans-vaginal ultrasound for...
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“We’ve met it often enough to see it as a factor. That’s what the vow of celibacy...”
– Geoffrey Robinson, former auxiliary bishop of Sydney, Australia (regarding whether molesting children counts as a violation of the vow of celibacy)
Well, I’m going to lose my lunch.
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fuckyeahgirlcrush:
sadcomedian:
Something to blow your mind
Taylor Swift and Adele are the same age.
What. WHAT. WHAAAAT!
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It really is horrifying
vuhnessah:
that Kanye West got not only more flack, but a worse reputation for grabbing a microphone out of Taylor Swift’s hands and making a rude comment than Chris Brown did for beating his girlfriend until her face was unrecognizable.
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral”
(source: npr)
The most comforting idea I’ve heard in regards to death.
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“It’s a Biblical principle. If you double a teacher’s pay scale, you’ll attract...”
– Alabama State Senator thinks raising teacher pay is against the teachings of the Bible (via desertmar)
Who would have believed an Alabama Republican would have a sensible explanation of why our legislatures suck?
They pay too well, so they attract greedy people who shouldn’t be there.
(via...
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fuckyeahgirlcrush:
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felicefawn:
The fact that the majority of teenagers would rather listen to Justin Bieber or Taylor Momsen over Jimi Hendrix or Pink Floyd makes me want to fucking kill myself. Literally.
up next on MTV’s “White Girl Problems”: special snowflake and part-time tumblr user felicefawn is literally contemplating suicide over people having different music taste...
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For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains... →
veggielezzyfemmie:
This is actually really fun and helps others to boot!
You can change subjects, difficulty, and see how much rice plies up!
Posted before but always a good reminder. And let’s face it, the world could use a good grammar lesson.
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“The second point I would make is to push back at the idea that we should solve...”
– Melinda Gates Shares Insights From Her Recent Trip to Bangladesh. - NYTimes.com
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Watchjoanieholloway:
SHIAAAAAAA!!!!!! OHHHH SHIAAAA! YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A SCHOOL GIRL AGAIN!
My friends and I would regularly reenact this skit (and others from this episode) in school. The whole thing. Great days.
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“I read somewhere that the word nostalgia is Greek for ‘pain from an old wound.’...”
– Amy Poehler (via talking-bird) (via cyborglovesong)
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“In general, Joan Crawford was a stubborn, headstrong, unruly bitch in the most...”
– The 9 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered: Part 2 | Cracked.com
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