April 2012
1 post
Dear Baby: Bloggers for Birth Kits →
dearbaby:
Did you know that the maternal death rate of women in Papua New Guinea is 1 in 7? That’s a pretty shocking statistic. A mama friend of mine, Adriel, is leading the charge to collect ” clean birth kits” through an organization called Medical Ships to get life saving birth kits into the…
March 2012
3 posts
Everyone should watch this and sign the pledge: →
February 2012
5 posts
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absurdités de l'existence.: Things to Worry About →
pinkhotel:
In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry…
January 2012
4 posts
“Dirty books have played a role in sex education for decades. I still remember...”
– Michelle Griffin - Why teens should read raunchy novels and straight-up smut | The Age
I have fond, vivid memories of reading Forever in the geography section of the library (i.e. where nobody would spot me). Is it still one of the most-stolen library books? (via clambistro)
December 2011
3 posts
HEY LANEY: Me, as a parent. →
heylaney:
In bullet form. Because me, as a parent, has very limited typing time:
It’s much more intuitive than I thought it would be. I’m a “go to the information” type person but all those books I bought? Those posts and articles I bookmarked? They’re gathering literal and figurative dust. Once you…
Rick Perry's latest campaign video →
elle-oh-elle:
gnomesweetgnome:
No seriously. Everyone should go on over to YouTube and flag this video as promoting hatred of homosexuals. I did.
Go now.
Done.
November 2011
5 posts
Bruce Hamilton, Organ Donation Hero →
twotravellers:
This week Bruce passed away from a brain hemorrhage in Canakkale Turkey.
He was having the holiday of a lifetime and was able to have his family with him here in Turkey at the end.
As a final act of thanks, as per Dad’s wishes, we have offered his organs to be donated.
The linked story shows how, even in death Dad is as generous as he was in life.
xx
October 2011
4 posts
“We don’t believe in the kind of smallness that says it’s OK for a stage full of...”
– President Obama in response to candidates for the Republican nomination remaining silent as audience members boo-ed a gay soldier posing a question to the debate panel about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
More of this please. Much more. (via throwing-myself-into-the-world)
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
Watchpinkhotel:
This is gorgeous + a perfect music choice.
Bondi Beach 8/17/2011 by Aquabumps
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July 2011
2 posts
“When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding...”
– - Sandi Toksvig
(via clementineford) (via rachelhills, learninglog)
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
“This is bin Laden’s lamentable victory — he has changed America’s psyche from...”
– David Sirota at salon. (via mavieenrose)
April 2011
1 post
Top 10 Myths about Introverts →
94monkeys:
devaluedandcorrupted:
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of...
January 2011
1 post
November 2010
3 posts
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
3 posts
“The white elephant in the room”
“Turning over a new leaf on life”
How to...make a sharehouse extremely awkward*
the scene:
tuesday night. i get home from dins with X and Y…it’s probably around 8.30-9. walk in, my flattie Boy is watching telly. ask him how his day was, have a little chitty chat, ask him if he wants apple pie and icecream (maybe this is where i went wrong? it’s clearly the moves of a flirty lady) go into my room to get out of my work clothes. come out, sit on couch, continue...
May 2010
6 posts
How to be remembered
Her: Do I know you?
Me: Yeah - did we go to school together?
Her: Yes! I just saw your face and suddenly had a flash of you wearing this white sheet in a church and you fainted and fell over!!
Seriously. THAT's what you remember?
April 2010
8 posts
scenes from my hood: in which i am 29 and have... →
i deserve a partner who thinks i hung the moon.
i deserve to think my partner is incorrect, since he is actually the one who hung the moon.
i deserve to be with someone who wants to hold my hand as often as possible.
i deserve to be with someone who will take out the trash because it is my…
Question: Does the three second rule apply if it...
Factors that you may need to consider before answering:
It was a BRAND NEW toothbrush
And it was a fancy pants toothbrush. The tips were all purple and the handle was all ergonomically shaped and all that jazz. It represented a tooth brushing investment.
It fell bristle side up!
And there’s no more toothbrushes in the cupboard. If it were my mum’s house, she would have a stash of...