March 2012
single white female: the four agreements →
anniefromiowa:
1. be impeccable with your word. - speak with integrity. say only what you mean. avoid using the word to speak against yourself or gossip about others. use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. don’t take anything personally. - nothing others do is because of you. what…
“During stops in northwestern Illinois, Santorum declared he “didn’t...”
– Illinois voters to weigh in on races from White House to courthouse - chicagotribune.com
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“At least 10 people were killed, including a 6-year-old girl, in shootings over...”
– Chicago Tribune
I remember earlier this year, the media outlets reported with joy over the fact that Chicago had an entire week with no shooting-related deaths. I was upset not because they spoke too soon, but because these sort of things are reported at all. It was a report on a lack of violence,...
Why Obama?
bistrowen:
To quote Bill Clinton: “If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”
Every Law And Order SVU Character Summed Up In One... →
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Grenada
Good Lord, I miss Grenada so much. I almost started crying yesterday thinking about it. I didn’t write about my trip there, mainly because it was so incredible that summing it up with any sort of brevity seems impossible. But truly, it is such an unbelievably magical place, with one difference from other magical places in the vein of Bali or Thailand — unlike these locales, life there...
Can you overdose on shrimp cocktail?
Guess we’re about to find out!
Bike rider wearing knee high socks at Chicago and...
Giving the most aggressive and unceasing hand signals I have ever seen in my life.
Feels like an arrested development sketch come to life
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Being alone
I don’t know how married people do it, that whole business of spending every single night together for forever, save a random business trip or little trip to visit friends. Don’t get me wrong, I love being with someone and love to mostly live together, but a night every week alone is so very lovely. Things are quiet, you get to snuggle your puppy without complaint, you can watch your...
