February 2011
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January 2011
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URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
roxanneritchi:
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“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even...
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
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“…Because you can’t argue with all the fools in the world. It’s easier to let...”
– Christopher Paolini (Eragon)
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Read this. →
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left—right:
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shazari:
It occurs to me that, for those of you who haven’t been able to listen to the coverage of the Egypt riots all day and sifting through the information, it might be helpful to try and provide you with a very brief rundown on not-so-much what’s happening as why it’s happening, and why now.
When I first started trying to get a ...
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“So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would...”
– ~Sylvia Plath (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
大島ミチル (15)
岩崎琢 (15)
中川幸太郎 (14)
下村陽子 (13)
植松伸夫 (12)
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waldosia
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. [Brit. wallesia] a condition characterized by scanning faces in a crowd looking for a specific person who would have no reason to be there, which is your brain’s way of checking to see whether they’re still in your life, subconsciously patting its emotional pockets before it leaves for the day.
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“We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the...”
– H L Mencken (via ageofreason)
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Age of Reason: A Summary of Seven World Religions →
ageofreason:
Christianity (2.1 billion people): A cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father will torture you forever if you don’t make him your invisible friend and master so he can save your soul from an evil force unleashed on the world when a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to…
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I died for beauty
melancholynotes:
by Emily Dickinson
I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed? “For beauty,” I replied. “And I for truth,—the two are one; We brethren are,” he said.
And so, as kinsmen met a night, We talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips, And covered up our...
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“It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.”
– ~Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
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“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity...”
– Mark Twain (via thechocolatebrigade)
(actually, I did as a child).
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Taphophilia
tamburina:
Taphophilia is a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries. The singular term is a taphophile. Taphophilia involves epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and history of (famous) deaths.
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20 Untranslatable Words →
rosemaryandthorn:
Tosca - (Russian) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning.
Mamihlapinatapei - (Yagan) the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire...
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Colvin Wilt, Urbanite: The 13th Sign →
colvinwilt:
January, 2011. The Minnesota Planetarium Society introduced a thirteenth sign in the Zodiac’s original Ring of Twelve. Shortly thereafter, distress littered the streets. A huge organization who called themselves the Alliance of People with Zodiac-sign Tattoos set fire to a crude replica of…
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aureole9:
BUCK-TICK / DRESS
This song is also...
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“The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness...”
– ~Douglas Adams (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
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“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
– Aldous Huxley (via uncle-iroh)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-9) →
梶浦由記 (22)
Nanase Hikaru (21)
中川幸太郎 (20)
和田薫 (13)
Takanashi Yasuharu (13)
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