June 2012
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“G’Quan wrote, “There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the...”
– G’Kar - Z’ha’dum (via rifkind-moonchild)
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“The Romney 2012 campaign will be a big test for the national news media. Is it...”
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Romney’s “secret plan to balance the budget” tests press objectivity (via wilwheaton)
Y’know, this reminds me of an episode of The West Wing, where Joshua Lyman, in a fit of desperation, comes up with a “secret plan to fight inflation.” Except this is real, and not funny.
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mjolnirmaleficarum asked: Tag! You’re it! The rules are to state 10 random facts about yourself. Then, go to ten blogs and tell them that they are it!
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Guest Post: Why We Need Wonder Woman
dcwomenkickingass:
While I on vacation this week I have a series of guest posts from readers, bloggers and other writers. This guest post is by Josie Campbell whose name you may recognize from her work writing news at Comic Book Resources. Josie is writing on the importance of Wonder Woman. It’s a terrific essay and I ask that you read the whole thing. Her thoughts follow,
Of all the superheroes...
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SHIT I CAN'T MAKE UP: Convo between my 7year-old...
(Names have been altered slightly, just in case.)
Josie: I have a new crusshhhhh
Matt: Me too! On a boy!
Pearl: You're a boy with a crush on a boy?
Matt: Yeah he's really cute.
Pearl: Oh.
(pause for a bit)
Matt: Boys can like boys. I just can't marry him because boys can't marry boys.
Me: Yeah they can. You can marry whoever you want.
Matt: Really?
Josie: YEAH my tia has a wife so now I have a titi and a auntie.
Matt: Okay. Then maybe I'll marry him.
Dave: (from across the room) No you can't you're seven.
(Age was apparently the only foreseeable problem anyone of my elementary schoolers could see with gay marriage. I almost cried out of happiness. Later, when I was asked if boys could kiss anyone they wanted, I replied "only if they want to kiss you back." And Josie responded "Yeah! Your body your life.")
My students are the shit.
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Military Suicide Rate Surges To Nearly One Per Day... →
huffingtonpost:
The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year far outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan – about 50 percent more – according to Pentagon statistics obtained by The Associated Press.
The numbers reflect a military burdened with wartime demands from Iraq and Afghanistan that have taken a greater toll than foreseen a decade ago. The...
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So now when you do Alt + Reblog, the reblog symbol...
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incestuous-lesbianponies:
laurarw:
I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIDDING SOGMLASG
whoa ok that actually works..
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Diane Duane: Things to do today →
dduane:
As the June Bank Holiday weekend begins:
(1) Queue up many things on Tumblr
(2) Make crust for chicken pie
(3) Handle email
(4) Tweet a little
(5) Make filling for chicken pie
(6) Remove cat from filling for chicken pie
(7) Preheat oven
(8) Load up iTunes and queue all available Steve…
Augh! AUGH! I need to know what’s going on! *collapses in fanboy withdrawal*
