April 2008
Angel Sisters Of Love: Unbelievable Spells →
My Google clips link just now in my Gmail… not sure why they think I need love spells. What are you trying to tell me Google????
Today in Rotten History →
Mar 31 1996
During a homebrew exorcism in Rhode Island, a man accidentally punctures the esophagus of his mother-in-law when he jams two pointy steel crucifixes down her throat, causing a large quantity of blood to gush out. Mario Garcia is later charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
Oh the irony…
Words that killed a relationship
atheistramblings:
In relationships that end there is usually a trigger moment when you start to think that “this isn’t go to work”. You might fight it for awhile but eventually that one moment keeps playing back in your head over and over, and eventually you just know there is no way around it, you know that there is something fundamental wrong in the relationship and the best path is to end...
March 2008
Bring it.
My heart is warmed by seeing Glavine out there on the mound in Atlanta tonight wearing the proper uniform.
“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions,...”
– Annie Savoy, Bull Durham. Amen. And goodness me, how I love that movie… via: Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend: 3 Reasons Why Smart Women Love Baseball
How to know you're a total dork:
You plan to discuss things like the First Council of Nicaea and pagan sex rituals with the person you are “more than friends” with by sending each other emails and links to articles relating to these things throughout the day … and are excited and looking forward to parsing the material.
jessicap: Skee-Lo: I Wish Hells yes.
I don't know how to put this...
fatmanatee:
But I’ll try: if any group of you women want to go get together and do some crazy collaboration online, I’ll go to bat for you. Specifically… I thought the relationship column was largely beaten to death, no need for it anymore. That might be because I only have one experience with a dating column. Then I see posts like this and it’s cool. The dating discussion lives on! EDIT:...
Bitches be crazy, yo.
“Crazy women/ That’s the only kind I know/ Crazy women/ Keep me running for the door/ Crazy women/ I guess they’re all the same/ Crazy women/ Got my foolish heart to blame” - Jupiter Coyote, “Crazy Women”
Inspiration for this particular rant: the Rhapsody commercial which let’s you know that you can take your music everywhere even “your...
“typical democrat: stealing from the pockets of the workers”
– My “friend” Kevin in response to my Gchat away message: I just donated $100 of my parents’ money to Obama. I cannot wait till they get their credit card statement! Bahahahaha.
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love this. We all fuck up, but like Scarlett said, “Tomorrow is another day.” Think Quick!
3 Female Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With... →
(via icanhaslaughz)
I WILL NEVER BE ONE OF THESE TEACHERS - THE JOKES ARE NOT FUNNY. KTHNXBAI!!!! :)
Overcoming Romantic Jealousy →
peterwknox: …even if you don’t admit it.
And same as jackieheartsb, I also like this paragraph:
Most of us have some unresolved conflicts we carry from our childhood. We experience these conflicts as vulnerabilities, insecurities, or fears. When we fall in love and our love is reciprocated, these vulnerabilities, fears, and insecurities seem to vanish. We are loved despite our imperfections. We...
Top Ten Reasons to Quit Your Job →
You need ten? Do what I did, quit your job to go back to school and become a teacher. Altruism can feel as good as money (hahahaha).
Baseball in the lap of luxury: new $24,900 seats... →
The new money in Atlanta is contemptible. (Does that sound snobby?)
“Corbin, whose Corbin’s Baled Pine Straw sold 4.5 million bales nationwide last year, bought two seats and plans to use them mostly for business entertainment. He calls them ‘the deal closers.’”
“This year has taken me from sea to shining sea. Sarasota and her Gulf Stream...”
– a friend of a friend’s email letting her know he’s moving to NYC…
I’m haunted by my girlfriend’s sexual past. →
Wow… just wow. (via atheistramblings)
“Go send for the preacher to come and pray for me/Go send for the doctor to heal...”
– Nina Simone (via reversecowgirl) (via melissa)
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant....”
– Albert Einstein
Nina Simone - “Revolution”
Baseball is important.
Oh Bushie! I’m enjoying you on ESPN now talking all about baseball… That “high heat” pitch really was pretty good, kinda. And I feel like given your experience with the Rangers you should totally go into announcing after this whole presidency shit is all sewn up. I’d find you much more credible on this topic than I find you to be on anything else these days. Plus, you...
Students of Virginity →
Making a rational case against premarital sex was easier before reliable contraception. But to shore things up, the club has turned to Catholic thinkers like Elizabeth Anscombe, the philosopher and student of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Anscombe’s arguments against premarital sex are as impressive as they are difficult to summarize, and the students so admired her logic, they named their society after...
“No self respecting guy will date you because he does not want to sleep with a...”
– Plucked from the comments section of my last column; add that shit to the Hate Mail Greatest Hits Collection. Jeez. (via jennabrom) Don’t you just love the mentality that women “use themselves up” by sleeping with men? As if we’re of a limited quality and somehow damaged goods for enjoying our...
An Ominous Past
After the age of 21, I’d venture to guess that most of us who didn’t get married straight out of high school probably have obtained “a past.” I, for lack of a better phrase, have made a few mistakes - quite a few I’ve documented here for all prying eyes to see. My biggest fear is that I’ll be judged wholly on things I did before I managed grow up a bit. I never...
How to Disagree →
marco: By Paul Graham.
“Many who respond to something disagree with it. That’s to be expected. Agreeing tends to motivate people less than disagreeing. And when you agree there’s less to say. You could expand on something the author said, but he has probably already explored the most interesting implications. When you disagree you’re entering territory he may not have...
“Dear President Bush,
I’m hungry. Mommy lost her second job at Target and now...”
– Children’s Letters to George W. Bush by Mike Richardson-Bryan - The Morning News
“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world...”
– Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides), 1135 - 1204
11 "Don't-Tell-the-Wife" Secrets All Men Keep →
(via testumblrone)
Law Student Seeks Paramore for Law Prom - 23
Reply to: xxxxxxx@craigslist.org This is my first time posting anything craig’s list. I’m new to Athens and a first year law school student at UGA. Weekend after next (Mar 29), the law school is hosting a formal event with an open bar, and I’m currently seeking someone fun and laid back to accompany me. Nothing weird—I just haven’t really had enough time to meet...
You need to hear this.
alexbalk: Hey ladies: you know how your boyfriends are always bugging you with music? Insisting that you sit through a whole song even though there are about eight million other things you’d rather be doing? It’s because men have a hard time expressing themselves and they somehow think that if you listen to a particular song you’ll magically be able to understand the feelings that song engenders...
Watchhesafriendofmine: I am so afraid of this. Like, you DO NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND.
“A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it...”
– Eric Idle
“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless...”
– Woody Allen (via alarchy:pica:missdelphine) (via katydid)
Brotherly love.
I adore my little brother. He’s a sweetheart but it pisses me off that he only calls me when he needs something. Like today, “Hey Drew wants some Umphrey’s tickets to the show next Friday, can you go buy some? Oh yeah… please.” I don’t why I expect more out of him than I do other 22 year old boys, but I always hope when he calls it’s to talk or whatever....
“When social and market norms collide, trouble sets in. Take sex again. A guy...”
– Prof. Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational (via boutofcontext)