July 2012
51 posts
And I'll agree here as well. →
Worth reading - iPhones and Food Stamps
It’s really easy to assume the worst in a stranger. Thanks to Drew, I now know that this probably qualifies as the fundamental attribution error. There’s a nice long explanation on Wikipedia with all the social psychology details you might need, but the short version seems to be that people just assume the worst in others.
So: people deem themselves to be better than someone else...
Yay for the Independent Olympic Athletes!
One of my favorite parts of the opening ceremony. - M
“For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine,...”
– Bruce Springsteen, profiled in this month’s New Yorker (via happyhumanramblings)
Yikes. Well this is a little terrifying. Please no... →
theprettybooks asked: RE: Photo of chocolate on a book. I don't think it's meant (and this goes for the majority of photos) to elicit any sort of feeling. The girl who took it says, 'The chocolate is sitting upon my "travel" copy of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, an author I love just as much as chocolate, believe it or not.' I think it's just a spare copy of one of her favourite...
Things that are Awesome
When future brother sends me this with the title that he thought of me.
Because it means that he really does get me. - M
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“One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him...”
– If This Isn’t From a Book, It Should Be (via gaircyrch)
Noted. -M
Coocookachoo: DIY Galaxy Shorts! →
truebluemeandyou:
Truebluemeandyou: one of the best galaxy tutorials I’ve seen!
intensityofamillionsuns:
The materials you’ll need are:
-Fabric paint - blue, purple, black, glitter silver, bubblegum pink, white, and glow in the dark (optional)
-Black shorts
-Sponge
-Pencil
-Newspaper
Step 1: The first thing you’ll want to do is put some newspaper in between your shorts so no paint leaks...
Why Alone Time is so Important to Boys and Girls →
This. When I think about fears of having future children, one of them is this. Because I see a lot (A LOT A LOT) of kids now that are constantly on the GO GO GO GO GO and parents too, and it really looks exhausting on all counts. Being around families that run like this (granted, like a well oiled machine) feels like a tornado is spinning around me. I don’t want to be that way. I want my...
Due to seeing multiple people watching favorite episodes of their old shows, stories, programs - I am really REALLY in the mood to watch early Gilmore Girls and Felicity. -M
Thonday?
haygirlhay:
Today feels like Monday.
Tuesday night felt like Friday night.
Last night felt like Sunday night, complete with Monday dread.
Wednesday, you threw off my WHOLE WORLD.
“And if I just stay awhile here staring at the sea
and the waves break ever...”
– Fleet Foxes, “The Shrine”
I miss the ocean today. - M 