December 2010
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The only thing worse for your soul than diet, exercise and sobriety is publicly...
– 10 New Year’s Resolutions You Might Actually Keep (via The Gloss)
You all know I really need to lose 10 pounds, right?
And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you...
– Haruki Murakami
(via anneyhall)
(via girlwithlandscape, luvandluxe-deactivated20100820)
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gotagirlcrush:
Why we have too few women leaders | Video on TED.com
Got a girl crush on: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
“Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.”
Sit at the table. Make your partner your real partner. Don’t leave before you leave.
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Neighborhoodr gets it right as hyper-local news... →
neighborhoodr:
Great write up on Neighborhoodr by Courtney at The Next Web.
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Given the Senate’s failure to pass the Equal Paycheck Act, it’s unlikely that...
– “Go ahead. Raise the retirement age. Who can afford to retire anyway?” — Mariko Lin Chang — via OUPBlog.
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Jobs
Take my (old) job!
richtong:
Since joining the Tumblr crew doing fashion stuff, I’ve come across a number of companies who are looking for social media & marketing talent. If any of yall are interested in any of these positions, feel free to email me and I’m happy to introduce you to the right people. rich [at] tumblr [dot] com
Elle, social media manager
Ralph Lauren, director of...
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In which I talk about the Golden Girls Christmas episode on the TV Guide Network.
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What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with...
– Paul Auster, “The Book of Illusions”
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LOBSTER! →
leibrary:
The Upper West Side, once a culinary wasteland (even Alec Baldwin claimed it was one overpriced, mid-level restaurant after the next), has become a satellite neighborhood for well known food destinations and celebrity chefs: Fatty Crab, Shake Shack, Magnolia (ugh)—not to mention we now have the market cornered when it comes to outstanding grocers. Well, time to add another spot to the...
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Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks...
– John Lennon, in an interview with David Sheff for Playboy; September 8-28, 1980.
Death and Taxes
jennedeau:
$$$$
PLUS
$2.2 billion: The number of jobs that could be created through the tax agreement passed this week.
$12 billion: The profit that the Treasury received by selling the shares from the Citi bailout.
MINUS
$458 billion: The estimated cost of extending Bush Tax cuts over two years, according to the Treasury.
$3.7 trillion: The estimated cost of extending all the tax...
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Want to watch me on tv this weekend? I'll be... →
MODERATOR 1: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?
SECRETARY CLINTON: What...
– hillary clinton is asked what designers she wears moments after making point about sexism (via rachelinbrooklyn)
LOVE this so much.
(via apsies)
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Keeping Romance Alive in the Age of Female...
thingsthatscarelaurenleto:
A couple of days ago an article came out in the NYTimes headined Keeping Romance Alive in the Age of Female Empowerment. A selected quote, “‘Men don’t want successful women, men want to be admired,’ she said. ‘It’s important to them that the woman is full of energy at night and not playing with her BlackBerry in bed.’”
To be fair to the reporter, it ends by pointing...
npr:
“Sex And The City was not a documentary, and it was a whole recession ago, and really a whole generation of online dating ago. So do us all a favor: Stop with Carrie and Miranda and especially Samantha, and while you’re at it? You could give the Bridget Jones thing a rest, too. We’ve all moved on. Please move on with us.”
—- NPR pop culture blogger Linda Holmes on a recent New York Times...
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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or...
– Jim Jarmusch (via grandpatakesatrip)