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For What It's Worth
1- The function of Fashion(tm) is to make bad taste popular (=to sell it ( Read more... ) -
Let's waste some webspace, shall we.
I stumbled on this little thing today. Basically all the music in the database gets lumped together and played on shuffle, and then the list is filled with the songs that come up. A bit of utterly meaningless fun in other words. Also the perfect chance to listen to all those songs I've never gotten around to picking myself. Turns out I have 1638 ( Read more... ) -
THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY
There was a widely publicised incident recently of a school shooting that took place in an Amish school in the US, and another one in a Colorado high school. The shock value of school shootings tends to attract plenty of press, but some observers noticed something about the coverage of these cases. Feministing links to an article by Bob Herbert , ( Read more... ) -
VALIOLLE KIITOKSENA UUTTERASTA TYÖSTÄ KANSANVALISTUKSEN HYVÄKSI
This entry is in Finnish. Unfair to those not in the know, but it is all about a pamphlet published in Finland in Finnish, so it would make little sense to write about it in English. Sorry. Better luck next time. Elokuun lopussa jääkaapissani ollut maito pilaantui. Tämä pilaantunut maito vuorostaan pilasi iltaruokani, mikä puolestaan vei minulta ( Read more... ) -
Two tidbits from past years
There are days when there are no words. There are weeks when there are no words. When the hours are filled by rays of colour, fragmented tunes or the sensation of wind and water on the body. Those days are light. Words are heavy and angular things that anchor to the ground, or -on exceptional days- powerful wings that lift me soaring to the sky. ( Read more... ) -
I scream you scream, everybody loves ice cream!
I discovered at one point that hot tea and cold ice cream compliment each other in a wonderful way. The slight sourness of the drink accentuates perfectly the sweetness of the dessert and the textures present a perfect matrimonial bliss. But one of them always seems to run out, melt or cool down too soon. The ideal balance and rhythm of alternating ( Read more... ) -
They (you) asked for it. Really. They DID.
This is old, but I could not resist it once I saw it. Apparently some time in 2003 the MSN homepage had a feature with 25 questions "men are dying to ask women, but are too embarrassed to admit". And well, you know, I just HAD to give some answers, even if this was over three years ago. Found it at the the f-wordSeriously, if these are the ( Read more... ) -
Silly Tips for Saving (STS)
The title says it all (except I really meant Silly Tips for Conserving Energy and Being Eco-Friendly in General but STS just works better than STCEBE-FG ( Read more... ) -
The best things in the world
A friend once called me a utilitarian. We were walking in late afternoon after rain and I had just purchased a compass. I told him it was so I could always find my way. The compass and the north star. And my trusted torch was so I could always see where I was going. I was in the mood for platitudes, which he didn't seem to mind. I had never heard ( Read more... ) -
The Entertainment = Your's truly
When I went into that first dancing class a few years back, I had no idea where I'd end up ( Read more... )