Blank Spots in the Sun: Archive

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Mar 30th

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Still Not Going To Do This Every Day: A Sad... →

soupsoup: hipsterdiet: I’m completely bummed that not one of the companies, or publications I follow on Tumblr have donated to the Tsunami relief effort. I know there’s corporate protocol to follow (in another life I worked in social media for a very large brand) and they all probably… Soup personally told me EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD on Neighborhoodr is going to donate $10!

Mar 29th

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Mar 29th

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The Moment →

by Margaret Atwood The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island, country, knowing at last how you got there, and say, I own this, is the same moment when the trees unloose their soft arms from around you, the birds take back their language, the cliffs fissure and collapse, the air moves back from you...

Mar 29th

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“You know how I define the economic and social classes in this country? The upper...”

– George Carlin, Little Things We Share, 1992 (via absurdlakefront)

Mar 29th

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Mar 26th

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Newsweek: Wow. In Which Marie Claire Breaks Down... →

newsweek: LATE NIGHT, BY THE NUMBERS: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Male writers: 19 Female writers: 1 Conan Male writers: 17 Female writers: 1 The Colbert Report Male writers: 16 Female writers: 1 The Late Show With David Letterman Male writers: 13 Female writers: 1 Lopez…

Mar 24th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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But, more interesting is what it says about the ways ultra-smart woman are perceived. What’s implicit in Good’s outrage is the assumption that Fried, badass engineer and genius, couldn’t have possibly been as attractive as she appears on Wired’s cover. The underlying message is that there has to be a distance between brains and beauty. Consider any article that marvels over the fact that Natalie...

Mar 23rd

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Mar 16th

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Blind Melon, “Galaxie” But if I can...

Mar 16th

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Mar 13th

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Ways you can help the Japanese relief efforts →

Mar 11th

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Best Cellars

Blakeley: Yes! I finally stole the mayorship from Timmy M! 
Hipster Wine Store Guy: Oh, Timmy. He's a friend of mine — he used to live around the corner, but he just moved to Park Slope. You'll probably keep the mayorship for a little while. 
Blakeley: Not if my girlfriend has anything to do about it. 
Hipster Wine Store Guy: You know actually, there was a girl who was here a few months ago who stole the mayorship from Timmy. She went crazy, and was all, like, "Suck itttt." 
Blakeley: Oh, I see you've met her.

Mar 11th

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“I’ve often thought there ought to be a manual to hand to little kids,...”

– Kurt Vonnegut — Playboy, 1973

Mar 10th