January 2010
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“Brush your bittersweet shoulders off.”
– JayZ vs. The Verve mashup
Brooklyn Team Will Host “Jersey? Sure” Night -... →
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My best friend, husband and I are all going through some tough times right now trying to figure out this whole “Grown Up” thing. What if we had taken a different path? What if we could have had bigger dreams? What if we had not been followers, but instead leaders? What if we could find a way to be happy, right now with what we have? What if we decided now to change the course of our...
“Calm down.”
– Mr. Shoe
I love it when he bosses me around
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Ben Sandall, my friend and professional... →
shoe-fits:
Very proud of my buddy. Check out his website and blog.
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“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an...”
– Mitch Hedburg (via samwitwicky) (via constantflux)
Just get over yourself!
I have one part of my job that is fundamental to my success, and for some reason I’m scared to do it. All I need to do is pick up the phone and set some appointments, but the rejection (or fear of) has me shaken today…and to be honest most days. I know that I am very good at my job, it’s just getting the meeting to tell people what I do and how good I am that’s the issue....
“I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not...”
– James Kavanaugh (via unebellemelodie) (via skysignal) (via lovebot)
“We humans are so careless. We only realize how beautiful life is when we chance...”
– Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru (via johannal) (via aliehs) (via havealittlefaithinme)
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even...”
– “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Mitch Albom (Submitted by: imgrace) (via quote-book) (via thewildair) (via acquiring) (via pretty-bird) (via havealittlefaithinme)
Leaving for Chicago in the morning - and I can’t wait!!!
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This piece was presented as Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address at MIT in 1997. It’s great stuff, but apparently it wasn’t written or delivered by Vonnegut. It’s still a beautiful piece…
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have...
“It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if...”
– H. L. Mencken
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Fat Butts May Be Healthy →
pekingduck:
Having junk in your trunk is healthier than a spare tire around the gut, new research suggests. The extra padding on the backside and thighs could even help to protect against disease.
“The fact that body fat’s distribution is quite important for your health has been known for some time now,” said lead researcher Konstantinos Manolopoulos of the University of Oxford in England. But...
“I think it’s more interesting to see people who don’t feel appropriately. I...”
– Ryan Gosling (via chocolate-cigarettes)
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via littlemiss) (via heartwarming)
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent...”
– — Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) (via justbesplendid)
This I believe.
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for...”
– ~ Rita Mae Brown (via gatekeeper)
Pet Peeve of the day...
As almost every other day, it’s lazy passive/aggressive people.
If you’re going to be passive/aggressive, at least put some passion into it.
“Grace was in all her steps, Heav’n in her Eye, In every gesture dignity and...”
– John Milton Forsythia (to my baby) (via borgomani) (via lickystickypickyme)
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Why do I have a crush on Billy Bush? Don’t judge me.
“or what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever...”
– Curious Case of Benjamin Button (via kari-shma)
If you never waste time, then you’re really...
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If you’re going to seduce yourself, be sleazy...
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“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One...”
– John Steinbeck (via delgrosso) (via tomorrowstea)
Maybe this is why I love hearing a good story from a stranger…
“By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get...”
– Socrates (via justbesplendid)
For Mr. Shoe, the philosopher…