so on my drive this morning I was behind a car with the bumper sticker, “what would scooby do”, which I found initially marginally cute. but then I started thinking about it. when you ask, what would jesus do, the answer isn’t immediately clear. respond with love? turn the other cheek? go meditate in the desert? perform a miracle? frankly, ( Read more... )

if you want to check if you are registered or register, http://my.barackobama.com/vfc has an excellent set up. it's good for people like me who will vote for the first time in november and are like, I *think* I'm registered all right...

I just have to say that I think "quantum of solace" is possibly the most beautiful movie title ever ( Read more... )

I was reading an article about the death of former white house spokesperson tony snow and came across this:

"Snow resigned as Bush's chief spokesman last September, citing not his health but a need to earn more than the $168,000 a year he was paid in the government post. In April, he joined CNN as a commentator."what in the fucking world. why ( Read more... )

can you tell my bosses have been out of the office this week? post post post ( Read more... )

this woman makes purses out of the binding of old hardbacks. very very awesome. but more expensive than my $65 necklace ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage

yay!!!

A new study finds that people with conservative ideologies report greater life satisfaction than individuals with liberal beliefs. Why? Because right-wingers are supposedly better able to rationalize social and economic inequalities, while left-wingers lack the philosophical framework to view such disparities positively.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071128/ts_afp/environmentuntreesclimate

right on. some good news for once. yay for trees!