June 2011
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May 2011
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“Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear...”
April 2011
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“Snooki is one impossibly lucky, unusually spunky, freakishly tan, beer guzzling,...”
– Anderson Cooper, 4/13/11
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Job Opp [LA]: Overnight News Producer, LATimes.com →
—————————— The Los Angeles Times website seeks a flexible news producer who can run our homepage during overnight hours. Candidates for this position might be line, design or copy editors with experience making fast-paced news judgments. They should be able to write compelling headlines quickly and communicate with colleagues in a...
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Job Opp [DC]: Project, Manager, HRC's Jewish... →
Position Description: Project Manager, Jewish Workplace Equality Program Reporting Line:
Director, HRC Workplace Project
Department: HRC Public Education and Outreach Location: HRC Headquarters, Washington D.C. Staff Tier Level: Program Staff Service Employees Int’l Union: Covered
**This is a grant-funded position that will serve for the...
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“Those who wish to sing always find a song.”
– Swedish proverb
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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Job: [PHL] Campaign Fundraiser -Chestnut Hill... →
Position Description:
Lead major donor fund raising for Chestnut Hill area by working with and supporting Capital Campaign team of volunteers, consultants, and advisors in identifying, cultivating and soliciting major donors for the Chestnut Hill Friends New Meetinghouse project featuring a “Skyspace” by James Turrell.
Qualifications:
Demonstrated success with cultivation,...
March 2011
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This is hilariously brilliant. →
The Egyptian cobra that escaped from the Bronx Zoo earlier this week has decided to share her NYC adventures with us. If you need a laugh, follow her @BronxZooCobra.
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Job: Account Coordinator at Tonic Life...
Tonic (formerly Dorland Public Relations) is accepting resumes from public relations students with internship experience who expect to graduate in May, or young professionals with up to about a year of experience. We are looking for motivated, hard-working individuals to excel in a fast-paced environment, and to help us exceed the demands of our pharmaceutical and healthcare clients....
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Watch@CraigeryTM Morgan on that William Shatner show that no one watches.
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“Mistakes happen & must be dealt with. How you deal with and recover from...”
February 2011
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“Joan and I have never been warm friends. We are not simpatico. I admire her, and...”
– Bette Davis (enjoy the Oscars everyone!)
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“Carol Connelly: “We all have these horrible stories to get...”
– One of my favorite quotes from As Good As It Gets.
WatchDedicated to all those who were depressed by the Sarah MacLaughlin ASPCA ad. (Courtesy of Josh Limbaugh.)
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Man with low IQ banned from having sex →
Now if only they would enforce this law…
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“Time and patience can bring even a snail to America.”
– Irish proverb
terrydassow asked: You are very passionate about censorship! What is your favorite banned book?
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“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.”
– Washington Irving #quotes
January 2011
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Changing Huckleberry Finn to be politically... →
Censoring a book due to the fact that it disagrees with what is deemed politically correct in the modern world is sophomoric at best. The whole point of Huckleberry Finn is, from Twain’s perspective, to expose the hypocrisy of slavery and demonstrate how racism distorts the oppressors as much as it does those who are oppressed.
As Huck questions the world around him, he begins to realize...
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“If you are hiding your story, you have no story to tell.”
– Levi Kreis
December 2010
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Lost in translation - Ireland for beginners →
BEING A foreigner in Ireland can be tough. Unknown words, pronunciations and cultural peculiarities have led to a lot of confusion in our first three months in Dublin.
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9 ways to improve your speaking skills →
9 ways to improve your speaking skills
(Source: Ragan.com) You know the standard presentation tips and tricks. You’re good; you can get by. Here’s how to take your delivery to the next level. By Mitch Joel | Posted: December 16, 2010 DataSource: The requested DataSource 5f4ce871-9abc-4ec7-89fd-43fb6c737f57 is not accessible. Over the past few years, I’ve spoken at a lot of...
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Top 10 Business Resolutions →
Great advice for all businessfolk.
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“Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things...”
– A lesson I learned after a week that began with loss and ended in friendship and love.
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“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience...”
– Chinese proverb
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“The only thing that lasts longer than a friend’s love is the stupidity...”
– Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06 Webcomic pioneer
November 2010
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“What is there to be loved and desired if friendship is not?”
– St. Francis de Sales
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“A little bit (frustration) is normal, you get frustrated when you miss your...”
– Pau Gasol (Spanish basketball player) on frustration.
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“The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.”
– Mark Twain (Source: @Richard Avalon’s Facebook page)
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“565: Number of times a line of all the cranberries produced in the U.S. would...”
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USA Today: New HIV drug gives hope for prevention →
According to USA Today, “a major study shows for the first time that a drug duo widely used to treat the AIDS virus can block HIV infection, researchers said today.”
The HIV epidemic is still growing among gay and bisexual men, who now account for more than half of roughly 60,000 new HIV infections that occur nationwide each year. Gay and bisexual men are 44 times more likely to...
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“TSA Advisory: Children who “opt-out” of scans will be told Santa is...”
– Tweeted by @TSAgov
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“Remember, if you gobble, gobble, gobble, you’ll wobble, wobble, wobble.”
– My Mom’s Weight Watchers coach circa 1965
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the...”
– Joseph Campbell
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What I really want for Christmas. →
At $180, it is too expensive for me to expect it but I am in lust with this coat.
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7 Reasons to Keep Your Tyrannosaurus Off Crack... →
While not quite as funny as Stanley and the Pineapple, its still pretty damn funny.
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“*soapbox* All you Vick trash talkers, I know what he did was horrendous. I am a...”
– -Julie King Gorniak on Facebook
I completely agree!
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BBC News: 40 Commando marines strip off for... →
Royal Marines from 40 Commando have stripped off for a charity calendar which aims to raise money and awareness for their injured colleagues.
Now, where can I purchase one? ;)
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@jeffsheng in the news for his #DADT exhibit. →
Jeff Sheng is a activst and photographer in West Hollywood. He is also someone I call a friend. During my days in Los Angeles, I remember Jeff telling me and his then-boyfriend, Brandon, about “Fearless,” his photography project on “out” lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes on high school and college sports teams. It was his way of confronting homophobia in sports.
In...
