April 2011
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WatchGuys! The music video for Anglicans Just Wanna Have Fun is awesome!
“And I said, R.J., which is my older son, get up, son. And right when I said get...”
– Reginald Eppes, a survivor of the deadly tornado that has already claimed nearly 300 lives, tells NPR how his oldest son was pulled from their home by the tornado. His son survived and found his way back home with minimal injuries. Read full segment (via centerforinvestigativereporting)
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Drunderwear
= drunk in underwear
Broadway Musical THE BOOK OF MORMON Likely Coming... →
popculturebrain:
Nothing official yet, just “discussions” between Parker, Stone, and show producer Scott Rudin.
Saw the show this weekend. It was INCREDIBLE.
mattheww asked: Exact recipe for the martini you made?
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Eater: NYC's Top 15 Stoner Foods →
Liking Jessie J's album
TCG: An interview with Stephen Sondheim →
nw1406:
Are you hopeful about the theatre?
SONDHEIM: If you’re talking about the musical theatre, I don’t think in terms of hopeful or not hopeful. I wish there were more variety. I mean, musicals are really falling into two or three categories these days: There are jukebox musicals; so-called meta-musicals-i.e., musicals that make references to the fact that they’re musicals, or what a...
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Are Musicals Losing their Voice? - NYT →
“In the 1991 Gulf war Iraq’s armed forces used American-made colour photocopiers...”
– “Back doors” are secret systems hidden in microchips which may be used to disable, betray or blow up the devices in which they are installed. They are on the minds of Western governments pondering whether to send weapons to rebels in Libya. (via theeconomist)
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i want to go home and snuggle with my dog.
Ditto.
RHPolitics: What Do Black People Want? Opening A... →
ramou:
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White privilege is a set of unearned privileges that one benefits from because they are White. It is both a favored state of one race over another as well as a systematic conferred dominance of one race over another. Research scientist and anti-racist activist Peggy McIntosh has become the point person for the unpacking of Whiteness since her 1988 article, White Privilege:...
Getting web sprayed on time I'm so ginger syrup,... →
“Another great one from wearing a shut-in! Win! Made lasagne with Jesse &...”
– That Can Be My Next Tweet Generator
VERY appropriate for me this week.
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On Speaking from Privilege
There seems to be some particularly vehement argues on Tumblr right now about privilege and those dubious constructions of “reverse racism” or “reverse sexism.” Specifically, yesterday there was the complaint circulating that being white is tough because it’s often pointed out how good you have it. Today there’s the whining about “why can’t we abuse...
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Bachmann Quote Madlibs Time!
“(1)______________ is the (2)__________ of Big Abortion”
Go for it! How would you Madlib?
(see for original inspiration)?
