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she-thinks:

thedailywhat:

Oh.

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she-thinks:

What did I do today?

Oh nothing…just stayed home from work and made a tie-dye snowman.

His name, courtesy of my eleven year old brother, is of course Tyler Dye. Goes by Ty for short.

Tyler Dye. I love it. I’d really like to meet him. Mind setting up a date for us?

she-thinks:

streeter:

See you soon, Notre Dame.

Have fun at my alma mater!

Just be prepared to freeze like no other this time of year.

Okay, it didn’t feel nearly this cold today. I was just out taking photos and it felt almost near freezing.

But then again, I went home over Christmas break to negative highs and windchills of –30°F during the day. Hm.

she-thinks:

thedailywhat:

New Music Video! OK Go - “This Too Shall Pass”

Directed by Brian L. Perkins. Third single off the band’s recently release studio album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

[ok go on vimeo.]

featuring the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MARCHING BAND!

“ We live in an age of conspicuous compassion. We sport empathy ribbons, send flowers to recently deceased celebrities, weep in public over murdered children, apologize for historical misdemeanors, wear red noses for the starving, go on demonstrations to proclaim ‘Drop the Debt’ or ‘Not in My Name.’ We feel each other’s pain. We desperately seek a common identity and new social bonds to replace those that have withered in the post-war era - the family, the church, the nation and neighborhood. Mourning sickness is a religion for the lonely crowd that no longer subscribes to orthodox churches. Its flowers and teddies are its rites, its collective minutes’ silences its liturgy and mass. This book’s thesis is that such displays of empathy do not change the world for the better: they do not help the poor, diseased, dispossessed or bereaved. Our culture of ostentatious caring is about projecting your ego, and informing others what a deeply caring individual you are. It is about feeling good, not doing good, and illustrates not how altruistic we have become, but how selfish. And, as Patrick West shows in this witty but incisive monograph, sometimes it can be cruel.

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Conspicuous Compassion (via beepbopboop)

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she-thinks:

multicoloredpenguinsandsocks:

apassingfeeling:

warningdontreadthis:clarkkentsalterego:

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!

I will donate the money on February 13, 2010. Please help spread the word. Thank you.

she-thinks:

lajoiedevivre:

ladidaladida:

thatgeeklover:

flickflickflicker:

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I just improvised my own smoothie like this (but used much more orange juice, apparently. Two tablespoons?! Really?)!! Mmmmm.

she-thinks:

kari-shma:

Strawberry-Orange Smoothies (via Betty Crocker Recipes)

Thanks!! Too bad I’m stuck in Indiana for the summer, though. I’ll have to use it when I come visit NY, I guess!

she-thinks:

booktumbling:

52books:

If you’re a reader and iphone user, indiebound.org offers one of the most helpful apps ever. It will tell you the location of the nearest independent bookstore, give various recommendation lists, and even let you search for titles and authors. Basically, it has helped me find a few things I never would have otherwise. Did I mention it’s free?

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almost worth getting an iphone for.