January 2012
8 posts
Metaphors are in the mind →
People have known about metaphor for a very long time. Until the end of the 20th century, most everyone agreed on one particular explanation, neatly articulated by Aristotle and carried down through the centuries. Metaphor was seen as a strictly linguistic device—a kind of catchy turn of phrase—in which you call one thing by the name of another thing that it’s similar to. This is probably the...
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Treat me like a pirate and give me that booty
My big fat Greek Puerto Rican wedding.
Once upon a time,
Nestor and I watched the Royal Wedding from a Motel 6 bathtub.
Fuck wedding planning.
Straight up the pooper.
December 2011
18 posts
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil... →
spytap:
Shameful bullshit.
2012 will be the year those who understand the internet fight back.
indigent mindset of belligerent silence: One... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
“And here was another thing many in the middle class were discovering: the...”
– The Making of the American 99% And the Collapse of the Middle Class (via azspot)
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“Does my mustache and this burrito excite you?”
– Nestor, in regards to his new mustache (RIP amazing beard) and microwave burrito
“Teenage girls are dealing with all sorts of “down there” bodily accoutrements,...”
– Hullabaloo (via shorterexcerpts)
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Man, my following list was a graveyard
My followers list probably is, too.
My tumblr is old.
Poops.
I think I follow too many tumblrs
How many people do you follow?
“Thanksgiving leftovers aren’t the only things that get reheated this time of...”
– Tony Perkins, via Family Research Council press release.
Quick note to world: you will not be chided for saying “Merry Christmas.” No, you won’t. You never have been. No, you haven’t. The end. Knock it off.
PS: If occasionally having to hear other viewpoints or share a national holiday with...
A long but important post.
shorterexcerpts:
oforganon:
To all those men who don’t think the rape jokes are a problem:
I get it—you’re a decent guy. I can even believe it. You’ve never raped anybody. You would NEVER rape anybody. You’re upset that all these feminists are trying to accuse you of doing something, or connect you to doing something, that, as far as you’re concerned, you’ve never done and would never...
November 2011
75 posts
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“When I started to write it was the ’70s and throughout that decade we didn’t...”
– Young adult lit author Judy Blume on the rise of censorship in school libraries over the last several decades. (via npr)
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There are some things that I am too small to...
I will pour over these thoughts and search the words for meaning.
Leftover pumpkin pie and Twin Peaks
The best way to spend Black Friday.
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The mister is young and it makes me feel old...
I really feel the age gap when he starts getting googly-eyed over Pokemon.
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“I wonder if Andy ever played Pokemon”
– Nestor, while watching Toy Story 3
"Anyone who defends the police who caused Jennifer...
"For those complaining about that the OWS...
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A gin and tonic to fuzz out my brain
so I can stop being so critical of myself and finish writing this fucking paper.
PAPERS FOR DAYZ
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He's so beautiful
and he still takes my breath away
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I have grouchy feelings
It’s been a rough couple of weeks.