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I could so go for one right now... - Derrick

Bleh, said the man eating Kashi high fiber cereal. - Derrick

"I've been thinking about audiences, and who artists make art for. When an artist is creating, is she or he thinking about the viewer? Are they thinking about the buyer, the gallery owner? Are they thinking about what their friends and peers might think? Are they thinking abut themselves? When you create a non-commissioned work, who do you think about?" - Melissa from Bookmarklet

... and I love the way these drawings also ask these questions inherently... who is the "I" and the "you" when you're looking at them? It's like an evolution of Magritte's paintings, especially "this is not a pipe" - Tracy Ruggles

go go go small-business entrepreneurs fighting the soul-less corporate schmucks!!! - Tracy Ruggles

"When my son was 3, my wife and I rushed him to the emergency room. Bouncing from couch to chair in our living room, he had slipped and crashed into a coffee table. The pediatrician and the nurse explained how to care for his five stitches. At some point, it dawned on me that neither one made eye contact with me, even after I asked a question. They gave directions to my wife only. Soon after, I was bringing my older son to school, and his teacher asked me: "Would you tell your wife to pack an extra pair of shoes for Jake tomorrow?" Admittedly, I'm not eager to pack the shoes, and my wife and I easily slip into classic gender roles. But at the same time, my better nature cringed. Why should I so easily be let off the hook?" - Melissa from Bookmarklet

Hmmm... I haven't really experienced this too much. I think it has a lot to do with the personalities of the parents. In those "official" situations (emergency rooms, school offices, parent-teacher conferences, cops), someone there usually quickly sizes up who they're dealing with and makes a decision about who is "in charge". Maybe it's just me & my relationship with my wife, but it's been a pretty even split as far as who they think is the more "in charge" parent. - Tracy Ruggles

What an awesome selling point! Nevermind, that most people never even heard of Socialtext. - Anika

Daniel, I need to read blogs more. I even have yours in my GR and I don't think I've looked at GR since July. - Anika

"Kim Wallen, professor of psychology and behavioral neuroendocrinology at Emory University, is busy doing the math to find out. And, yes, he says, simple physiology may have a lot to do with orgasm ease -- specifically, how far a woman's clitoris lies from her vagina. That number might predict how easily a woman can experience orgasms from penile stimulation alone -- without help from fingers, toys or tongue -- during sexual intercourse. In fact, there's even an easy "rule of thumb," Wallen says: Clitoris-vagina distances less than 2.5 cm -- that's roughly from the tip of your thumb to your first knuckle -- tend to yield reliable orgasms during sex. More than a thumb's length? Regular intercourse alone typically might not do the trick." - RAPatton

Every man should read this. - Lis

Heh - that's also a sign of good breadcrumbs you left for yourself - Tracy Ruggles

It was a good name, which is a wiki good practice. title search: knock - Adina Levin

"I've just been checking out what's new at one of my fave design spots — The Heads of State. They're doing lots more (beautiful) illustration work as well as posters these days, but right now I'm admiring these recent poster designs. Lovely." - Melissa from Bookmarklet

these are neat, love them - Melissa

"From Banksy to Katsu to Iz the Wiz, we often hear about guerilla graffiti artists who've taken their social critiques to the streets with powerful images and strong words. Along a quieter alley, Hungarian artist Edina Tokodi brings her art to the urban landscape in a softer way, but her message is no less provocative." - Melissa from Bookmarklet

Wow! That's so awesome! - Tracy Ruggles

very cool - SteVe C

"Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova record and tour together using the name The Swell Season, which is a shorter but far less descriptive moniker than "Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Who Won Oscars for the Song 'Falling Slowly,' From the Hit Indie Musical Once." So when we informed our coworkers that last Wednesday's Tiny Desk Concert would feature the pair, the response generally ran somewhere along the lines of, "Um, okay. ... Wait, who? THEM? REALLY?"" - Jason Toney from Bookmarklet

this was awesome - Tracy Ruggles

I hear ya Derrick - (jeff)isageek

Yeah. I definitely plan on staying till the end. But things are going to be a little different for me now, I think.. - Jonathan Hardesty from Android

"John Hughes never won an Oscar. He really never won awards at all. He made mainstream, popular entertainment. But for a period of time in the late 1980s, he made a series of movies, mostly about teenagers, that people still watch, still love, and still quote. And those movies have never really been replaced, because the guy knew something. These five moments are the best explanation I have of what it is he knew." - Jason Toney from Bookmarklet

@Cecily ditto on Some Kind of Wonderful. - jbrotherlove

I haven't seen Some Kind of Wonderful, either. - Jason Toney

"Last week, NPR Arts correspondent Lynn Neary had an enlightening piece on All Things Considered about the new graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic Fahrenheit 451. I say enlightening, because one learns several things upon listening to it, among them:" - Melissa from Bookmarklet

Orange sneakers ... oh yeah! Summer of love. - Kate Foy

Orange? AWESOME those are a PERFECT match for the walls in my sons room! - Nicholas Kreidberg

"When Ray Bradbury was 15 years old, he saw images of books being burned in Hitler's Germany. "It killed my heart and killed my soul," he says, "and the memory of Hitler burning the books caused me to sit down and write Fahrenheit 451."" - Melissa from Bookmarklet

New article says he loves it: http://www.writerswrite.com/blog... - Shevonne

a good policy - RAPatton

VERY good policy. - Melissa

of course I'm wearing pearls, rocking a clutch and carrying a danish. - Melissa

hee hee. :) - Melissa

for tiffany - Melissa from Bookmarklet

raiiiiiiiiiight? - Melissa

SO CUTE - Melissa from Bookmarklet

Oh snap, we have a pic of Vegas kind of like this! <3 - Derrick

"Grace loves Squeaky Ball more than life itself." - Melissa from Bookmarklet

"This is our puppy, Wookie. He had three surgeries last week (his neutering went horribly wrong - and it took a couple surgeries to repair the damage) Yesterday was the first day he didn't have to wear his "cone" or be confined to a crate. Although he looks calm here -- he's been bouncing off the walls ever since we sprung him free!" - Melissa from Bookmarklet

"Abdul Sattar Edhi has personally washed tens of thousands of corpses that he has rescued from gutters, beneath bridges and from the sea. The 82-year-old Pakistani has devoted his life to the destitute of Karachi, burying the city's forgotten and giving fresh life to its abandoned newborns. His pioneering social work has drawn comparisons to Mother Teresa's. His mission is synonymous with this sprawling port city, where rickshaws bearing veiled women, scooters spewing smoke and drivers pressing palms to horns all squeeze in the narrow streets through spaces as thin as a ray of hope." - Melissa from Bookmarklet

I heard this on NPR a few days ago! I loved him! - Ayşe E.

"The Coen Brothers are already back again with yet another black comedy, titled A Serious Man, following up their CIA black comedy Burn After Reading last year. Out of nowhere comes the first trailer for A Serious Man straight from Apple. Up-and-coming actor Michael Stuhlbarg stars in the lead role as well as funny man Richard Kind as his brother. You probably won't recognize too many people in this, which is probably a good thing. Considering it's the Coen Brothers, they've got some crazy, twisted, dark comedy up their sleeves, so why not let some incredibly talented unknown actors take center stage." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

I still haven't been able to see Burn After Reading but all my so-called friends tell me it's not worth seeing :-( - Tracy Ruggles

totally digging these guys right now - Melissa from Bookmarklet

awww, thanks girlies! Tracy, I found randomly through last.fm of course. So so good on that ambient indie tip. - Melissa

Did you see them on Austin City Limits? KTEH broadcasted their episode on Saturday night... they're great sounding live. - Tracy Ruggles

Weird. I was just listening to this very song on pandora this morning and noting how much I dug it. I don't think I've seen them in ACL, nor have I seen them live. Big fan I am. - Gabe Wachob from email

OIC, this is from last.fm - not "strange timing" at all - Gabe Wachob

buddyfeed is the business! I missed you, friendfeed! - Tofu De la Moore from BuddyFeed

I think I'ma have to visit the grilled cheese cart this weekend. you know, for scientific purposes. - holly #ravingfangirl