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"A 40-year project in the making, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first historical thesaurus to include almost the entire vocabulary of English, from Old English to the present day. Conceived and compiled by the Department of English Language of the University of Glasgow, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is a groundbreaking analysis of the historical inventory of English, allowing users to find words connected in meaning throughout the history of the language." - DeWitt Clinton from Bookmarklet

If it's just a book, I'll cry... - Dan Brickley

Hrm...has someone already ripped this off to make a rap song? LOL - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

indeed - Josh Haley

"In 2007, frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the Lower Ninth, Brad Pitt set up a foundation called Make It Right; the foundation then commissioned 13 architecture firms to design affordable, green houses. The organization plans to build 150 homes, all for returning Lower Ninth residents. So far, just 15 of them are occupied, but those 15 make a big impression. Indeed, from the main route into the Lower Ninth, the Claiborne Avenue Bridge, it’s impossible to miss the Brad Pitt Houses, as everyone here calls them. They are sprawling, angular buildings in bold hues not usually seen outside a gelateria. Monuments to the city’s resilience, and to Hollywood’s big heart, they are also New Orleans’s newest tourist attraction." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

"Coco Chanel invented a fashion vocabulary — camellias, the black dress, the double-C logo, the elongated octagon shape of the Chanel No. 5 perfume stopper — and she surrounded herself with these inspirations in her posh Paris apartment. Located at 31 Rue Cambon, the apartment sits atop the Chanel boutique and couture salon, where models showed collections to prospective buyers. Today, the apartment is used for press interviews and fashion shoots — and, of course, for haute couture clients, says Odile Babin, a Chanel archivist." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

To enter Chanel's universe, you climb a curved staircase, up steps carpeted in beige, with white trim. When new collections were presented, Chanel watched them being modeled from these stairs. During the show, she would sit perched on the fifth step down from her apartment, in front of a wall of mirrors. Looking down, she could see the models and the audience reaction to the clothes — without anyone seeing her. - Derrick

Chanel's apartment is filled with visible perfections — crystal chandeliers, gleaming mirrors, pairs of gilded Chinese horses, an ancient Russian icon from her friend Igor Stravinsky, a golden hand her friend Alberto Giacometti sculpted for her, and a shaft of wheat painted by her friend Salvador Dali. It's all very opulent, sophisticated and elegant, and yet the apartment isn't a large... more... - Derrick

OMG. The playground near my grandparents had Giganta. - Spidra Webster

I want a "Miracle Barrel of Fun"!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks to Kevin for another great logo... - Bret Taylor

1 yıl geçmiş üzerinden bretim taylorum vay anasına dimi.. - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

Fans are worried that the feature film adaptation of the beloved trailer won't live up to the original 90-second story's vision. - The Onion

That is awesome! - Katy S

Indiana makes the BEST expressions hahahahha - Mona Nomura

kinda related: http://www.hulu.com/watch... - Adam Kazwell

"Ironically, China, despite its dirty coal plants, is the world's leader in terms of fashioning policy to combat environmental degradation, thanks to its one-child-only edict. The intelligence behind this is the following: -If only one child per female was born as of now, the world's population would drop from its current 6.5 billion to 5.5 billion by 2050, according to a study done for scientific academy Vienna Institute of Demography. -By 2075, there would be 3.43 billion humans on the planet. This would have immediate positive effects on the world's forests, other species, the oceans, atmospheric quality and living standards. -Doing nothing, by contrast, will result in an unsustainable population of nine billion by 2050." - Jason Wehmhoener from Bookmarklet

Not just the birth rate, but improved health care is to blame too. If we had found fewer treatments and cures, more people would die, and there'd be less carbon output. And health care would be cheaper too, if expensive treatments didn't exist, and that'd bring down health insurance costs. :-/ - Amit Patel

I have that exact machine! - Rochelle

http://www.flickr.com/photos... one down! Too small though. :( Have to adjust the measurements. - EricaJoy

Congratulations! - Jess Lee from Bookmarklet

Awesome! Best wishes for a great life together... - Mitchell Tsai

with Ben Gibbard, Nellie McKay, and others - edythe

"This syndrome was thought to be particularly common among women who are successful in their given careers, but has since been shown to occur for an equal number of men.[1] It is typically associated with academics and is widely found amongst graduate students." - Adewale Oshineye

"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

x_x - Derrick

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! - edythe

Thirty-one years joined in navigating life's challenges and blessings. Happy anniversary, Jack! <3 - Anne Bouey

Thanks Dominic - hi to you and all your family there :-) - Jack Norris from email

I want some !! - Holly is Happy

hi im tony and hapy foor see you - tonyessaf

"For the most part, what we "know" about introversion is still more theory than fact. We talk about introverts losing energy in social interactions but what, exactly, is that energy? What is energy directed outward? Or inward? We know what we think we mean when we talk about such things, but how do you measure them in a way that scientists can get a grip on? Nobody has figured that out yet. With that in mind, I learned of another interesting theory developed by Jennifer Grimes, a graduate student of cognitive sciences at University of Central Florida who started looking at introversion while she was an undergraduate at Wellesley College, studying under Jonathan Cheek. Grimes wants to help pin down the energy model of introversion/extroversion proposed by Carl Jung (who also gave us the words introversion and extroversion)." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

Love it! - rowlikeagirl

I don't have today's paper Mark. But I'll find something later. In other news Indiana takes good care of me and brought me my slippers. She always tries to make sure I keep my feet warm and don't catch a cold! :) - Rachel Lea Fox

"For three seasons, Sterling Cooper has sold Lucky Strikes, Hilton hotels, and Belle Jolie lipstick. And for three seasons, AMC has sold us Mad Men, in an effort to re-brand itself as something greater than the home of not-so-old movies. Sometimes the sell has been too ham-fisted, and sometimes we've resisted. But after the fireworks of that spectacularly satisfying finale, we can no longer deny that we're watching one of the most bold and unpredictable shows to ever air on television — and that AMC has given Matt Weiner full creative license to go for it. AMC's new marketing is all about "original" content — and you will not find more original TV than a show that can accommodate Betty's Demerol-addled delivery (the most brilliant childbirth we've ever seen on TV), the lawnmower bloodbath (the boldest mid-season correction we've ever seen), Betty and Don's confrontation (simply the tautest piece of television we've seen in years), and a season finale as original, striking, and madcap-crazy as this one. We're sold. Signed, sealed, delivered, Matt Weiner, we're yours. (At least until next season.)" - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

"One thing to remember about the fall of Rome metaphor that has dogged this season: When the Roman empire collapsed, its people didn’t just cease to exist. A new order rose up. In fact, when Freud wrote Civilization and Its Discontents, he also leaned heavily on the metaphor of Rome, as an example of how successive social orders warp and shape individual psyches, with each generational... more... - RAPatton

The Mad Men season 3 finale was satisfying on so many levels. I thought the Season 2 finale arc was mesmerizing, but this was better; simply amazing to watch. The writers have really figured out what makes these characters pop and they delivered that secret sauce by the bucketful. Season 4 is going to be a delicious cocktail of Mad Men concentrate. I can't wait. - veo

aw it's babby's birthday! - Andrizzle Gizzle

Happy Bday little man! - Mark Krynsky

""A convex logo substitutes colorfully sprayed can. Naked can help to reduce air and water pollution occurred in its coloring process. It also reduces energy and effort to separate toxic color paint from aluminum in recycling process. Huge amount of energy and paint required to manufacture colored cans will be saved. Instead of toxic paint, manufacturers process aluminum with a pressing machine that indicates brand identity on surface."" - Derrick from Bookmarklet

I really like the look! - Jeff P. Henderson

"Speaking of Alexander Skarsgård, will we actually ever see any of Lafayette's dreams with Eric? [Laughs] I think I heard Alan Ball say there might be a scene or two... Why, do you want to see that? You wanna see me and Alex getting it on? [plenty of slash-fic screams/applause from the audience]" - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

LOL, I'm like half a milimeter away from being a full on LARPER myself... at the Ren Fest last year I was trying to justify buying a cape and wearing it around DC. - Jason

Inspired by http://friendfeed.com/kpedraj... - RAPatton

Yep, Mark, you'd be very close to my dad's age. He enlisted before he was drafted. - RAPatton