September 2011
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“I will hold on strongly to my values, while still recognizing and respecting...”
– My newest mantra. Thanks, family dinner, for letting my thought process lead me here.
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Fake IDs made with under-21years old birthdays.... →
SAT test impersonators, of course!
This makes me sad on SO many levels. Kids, don’t be this stupid and pathetic. Parents, temper your expectations for the real abilities of your teen. And test centers… Really?!
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I want WAN!
The product is funny; the pictures on the website (including below) are funnier. WAN (a Wrap-a-Nap) is a pillow, a blindfold, and an earmuff all in one. This is something my mom would like for sure, but something I can’t really imagine anyone sincerely owning. But hey, it has fans! I suppose I can’t knock it til I try it!
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WatchAnderson ate spinach for the first time, and I clearly found it hilarious / sad / adorable / everything in between. (about 1 minute in…. even better than the last time, which was pretty awesome)
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Thanks, Karen →
Karen, my two friends and I learned well tonight. Thank you very much for helping us to reach this domestic milestone. We feel not only empowered but totally wowed. The art of the blind hem is excellent.
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2011 State Soda Tax Map →
Higher! Higher!
[Yes, I know, slippery slope with taxing sugary food/beverage. But I still support it.]
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Interactive Map - 2010 Poverty Data →
All I can say is OY.
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“I like the man-smell of a hardware store:
odors of old leather,
fresh cut...”
– An untitled, unattributed poem hanging in the back of Moody’s Hardware Store in Montgomery, Alabama. The poem and story of Moody’s was really a gem to stumble upon, because Boston Hardware in Uncasville, Connecticut was our family’s pride for more than 40 years.
It’s amazing...
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“The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the...”
– Troy Davis
I’m so saddened by how our justice system failed. There was far too much doubt for his execution to be justified, and the onus is now on us, the American public, to either change the judicial process with respect to the death penalty or to legislatively get rid of it all together....
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Nonprofit Board Variance by City →
Interesting study, and I’d love to see some of the raw data. Also, nonprofits, given this data, do you think it will influence your Board governance in any way?
Thanks Taproot!
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Low Line Park!
Yes please! Love the idea always of converting dumpy, unused, publicly-owned space to something amazing and rejuvenating in the form of a park. This old subway tunnel (below) is currently under the control of the MTA, so we’ll see if they can make a good decision (for once).
Check out more on this project at inhabit.
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This was the 90s:
I want to say things have changed, and I hope they have, but have they?
Also, College is a career? Really Parker Brothers?
[editor’s note: I most certainly do not have a problem with any of these professions. I am just commenting on the scope represented, the packaging, the total whiteness and girliness!, etc.]
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Sperm bank catalyzing redhead extinction →
Cyros International, the world’s biggest sperm bank, doesn’t want redheaded donors anymore. The demand is too low, they stated. I suppose there’s still a chance that the ever-popular brown hair brown eyed donor is a carrier of the recessive mutated MC1R gene, but my completely scientific theory is that even less redheaded babies are going to enter this twisted world.
What a...
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DIY: Host a clothing swap
On September 11, the National Day of Service and also a National Day of Remembrance, I wanted to do both without gratuitously doing either. So, what better than hosting a fun event and celebration of girlfriends with a charity component? In the end, 15 girls each went home with some fun new finds and also donated more than 120 items to Housing Works. Here’s how it went down:
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Reason #857 why I love NYC
Me: What country is this music from? It's beautiful.
Cab Driver: Oh, it's not music, it's the Koran.
Me: Wow, really? On the radio?
Cab Driver: Yes, it's New York! They have everything on the radio!
Me: I guess so! It sounds so lovely anyway.
Cab Driver: It's in Aramaic you know. It's been passed down for hundreds of centuries.
Me: Sure. It sounds somewhat like Hebrew but not quite. I should read it sometime.
Cab Driver: *laughing* You should! Why not!
Me: Everyone else does!
Cab Driver: I bet it's even all online!
Me: I bet you're right! I'll look into that!
Cab Driver: No, I know it is. sacred-texts.com. Cheaper that way.
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I work for Google now! →
A podcast for your Thursday morning pleasure. Can’t promise that it’s hilarious, but I know how much you all love my voice. And it’s not really me, it’s Jeanine Stottlemeyer.
If you like this interview, there are more funny interviews with surprised guests from me and from others at Pre-Recorded Late Night’s website.
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Programming games without knowing programming?!... →
This looks awesome. Can’t wait to test it soon. Kids, if you’re reading my blog, let me know how it works for you, too.
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Have you met Miss Gender?
This incredible documentary podcast by Jay Frosting featuring Ashley is an audio and visual commentary on a transgender girl’s transition and her adventures becoming a girl. It’s well-constructed, completely genuine, smart, and innovative. I like that Jay and Ashley are longtime friends, and that the format is just a sincere conversation. It’s not trying to achieve anything...
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Softball is a load of fun. So don't ruin it, ump.
[editor’s note: This is going to turn into a rant, so apologies for deviating from my normal style.]
I play in a wonderful softball league on a wonderful team. We have a good time and play to win (and also have fun). So do the other teams in the league (for the most part).
Tonight’s umpire was a true class act, a one of a kind man. A man in his 50s, sporting a pair of thick frames...
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How cool and practical is this art/furniture?!
These bookshelves that can be taken apart and reconstructed into a coffin are pretty amazing. No, I’m not being morbid….just think about how awesome it is that you fill the shelves with items of importance or that were at some point a part of you, and that the same wood that holds components of your life eventually holds you. It’s also a cool statement about one’s...
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9/11/2011
I devote today to remembering the strength and courage of our country 10 years ago, from the first responders to the heroes on Flight 93 to the support networks throughout the country, and celebrating the friendships of here and now. We all have our own stories and connections, but ultimately, as 9/11/01 taught us, this country is family, and that should trump all of the outlandish hatred and...
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WatchThis was sort of a brilliant scene. It was also a little insane how close we were on the other side of the track, and even more insane how close the people behind it were. Sparks were flying, literally. Yes, subway construction/repair seems to be happening all the time, but this was some intense soldering.
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Resident of 'a tree' running for City Council →
Good. This sounds exactly like the type of voice that SHOULD be on a City Council. I hope he gets elected just for that diversity of background. If it can happen anywhere, it can happen in Boulder.
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Comedy After 9/11 →
This is a pretty neat short piece from WNYC on laughing again after a national tragedy.
If you’ve come to terms with laughing again, too, come to Sweet Valley High (coincidentally, on 9/11).
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“Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.”
– Conan, setting what I think is a brilliant new model for Grade 2 Econ.
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This is gross and stupid and beyond irksome. →
(Grown) Kids, here’s a tip: suing your parents for bad birthday cards and no care packages at college isn’t kosher. At all. What’s your problem? Stop whining. Or if you must, take revenge, but don’t waste public resources in the court system, because your case is absolutely stupid.
[editor’s note: my care packages contained vitamins, newspapers, and bad jokes. but...
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