February 2012
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Jim Lehrer To Speak At W&M Commencement →
Cool!
The Missouri Review: Princess Bride/ First Year... →
themissourireview:
via McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
LINES FROM THE PRINCESS BRIDE THAT DOUBLE AS COMMENTS ON FRESHMAN COMPOSITION PAPERS.
BY JENNIFER SIMONSON
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“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
“At a time like this that’s all you can think to…
"Personhood" bill approved by Virginia Senate... →
Note that this apparently no longer affects access to birth control or in-vitro fertilization, but as with the trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, it’s a rather shaky improvement on a sad, sad piece of legislation.
What is with VA right now?
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“He is exactly
the poem
I wanted to write.”
– Mary Oliver, from “White Heron Rises Over Blackwater” (via katida)
VA Will Not Require Invasive Ultrasounds →
YES!!
Unfortunately, I can’t say I’m completely happy about this. There are still some serious problems.
A) This bill was still allowed to reach the governor’s desk. It should have been laughed down long ago.
B) Read the governor’s statement about why he didn’t sign the bill and allowed for some “choice” in the matter. He is hardly enthusiastic. Yes,...
WatchJon Stewart talks about Virginia’s Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound bill.
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Birth Control Isn't Really About "Health," It's... →
Birth control isn’t about my health unless by health you mean, my capacity to get it on, to have a happy, joyous sex life that involves an actual male partner. The point of birth control is to have sex that’s recreational and non-procreative. It’s to permit women to exercise their desires without the sword of Damocles of unwanted pregnancy hanging gloomily over their heads.
It’s fascinating...
“I will remember your small room, the feel of you, the light in the window, your...”
– Charles Bukowski (via pullmydaisy)
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John Steinbeck on Falling in Love →
via The Atlantic.
“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
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Amateurs // Andy Davis
“I do not think it is wrong to envision a life with me, in your own words, with me as your only love, the only love you’ll ever need to find. I have envisioned the same thing with you. You are an amazing person who I absolutely adore, and we function perfectly together. I can’t imagine someone more wonderful than you, which is why I adamantly did not want to let you go at the...
WatchSNL: Seth & Amy talk Birth Control.
Just watch it.
Oh COME ON, William & Mary…. you couldn’t have given us this one snow day?!
Missing London.
Praying for snow.
Wishing for hot chocolate.
All the things that I want but can’t have right now.
It’s not too hard to remember that life is great regardless of the things I can’t have, but sometimes I lose sight of that.
"We Are Stronger": Atheists to Hold a National... →
“We need people to ask the tough questions, and they’re not. What’s more important: the Bible or the Constitution? Do they want theocracy? Do they want Christianity as the official religion, and if so, which version?” Silverman stated, adding that despite his Republican affiliation, he feels himself without a candidate that supports his beliefs. “Hopefully what we’ll do is get people talking about...
“Later — when things happened that they could never have imagined — she wrote him...”
– The History Of Love (via tothepersoninthebelljar)
VA Ultrasound Law: WTF?! →
I am shocked, disturbed, and deeply offended by this. I am actually ashamed to be an American right now. Why was this allowed to happen?
Put Me In The Car // Ryan Gosling
It cracks me UP...
jhnmyr:
Here’s a clip of the first single off...
“This innermost thing, this self - it is dearer than a son, it is dearer than...”
– Excerpt from the Upanishads.
Lightning Rod // Guster
It’s been a really...