January 2012
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“Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most...”
– Emily Rapp Transformation And Transcendence: The Power Of Female Friendship - The Rumpus.net
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“Every breath that we take — from first gasp to last breath — we’re...”
– Nicholas Money: The Man Who Studies The Fungus Among Us : NPR
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“Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it...”
– Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar. His debut novel, American Dervish, tells the story of Hayat Shah, a Pakistani-American boy in Milwaukee coming to terms with his religion and identity. (via nprfreshair)
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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Listenisomorphismes: Duet by Emmett Williams ember of...
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“MJ: Do you get tired? How do you push yourself to sustain your routine on a bad...”
– Maria Popova’s Beautiful Mind | Mother Jones
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“For me personally, thinness never made me dream. But I was lucky to grow up in...”
– Karlie’s Body | Garance Doré
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“I don’t see how the party that says it’s the party of the family is...”
– Newt Gingrich on his immigration policy. (CNN debate.) Gingrich, Romney Offer Stark Immigration Choice : NPR
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Misread #5
What I read: “Our clever author Sarah Vowell invents a new holiday on the Daily Show: Happy Execution Day.” What it really said: “Our clever author Sarah Vowell invents a new holiday on the Daily Show: Happy Evacuation Day.” Which makes more sense. Although…Sarah Vowell did once say, “What, you’ve never thought of stabbing your mother?”
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“When I started to write it was the ’70s and throughout that decade we didn’t...”
– - Young adult lit author Judy Blume on the rise of censorship in school libraries over the last several decades. (via npr) The energy that goes into censorship would be better spent teaching children how to think critically. 
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“Bachmann is the first 2012 GOP presidential candidate to be on Fallon, although...”
– Maura Johnston has some smart things to say about The Roots choice of walk-on music for Michelle Bachmann.  (via villagevoice)
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“I think that the spiritual journey is to uncover God’s image that was...”
– Rachel Held Evans | Kathy Escobar: Insecure Christians This is one of the reasons why I can’t give up on Christianity.
Nov 22nd
“We’ve all hidden our failures in dark comets orbiting the peripheral edges of...”
– 7 Things Happen to You When You Are Completely Honest Altucher Confidential via @zenjournalist
Nov 20th
“But true masculinity, like true sportsmanship, contains other virtues, too:...”
– Secret Dread at Penn State - NYTimes.com
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Misread #4
“Dozens of pairs of caiman eyes peer out from the water at night. A caiman is a type of crocodile or alligator…”, read as, “Dozens of pairs of caiman eyes peer out from the water at night. A caiman is a type of chocolate or alligator.” 
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Not a single stick.
Yesterday I got up at 4AM to go duck hunting with a friend. After several hours and two teals we tore ourselves away from the duck blind and took a cruise up river through some back channels, then down through the main. In the afternoon my dad showed me how to sharpen the chainsaw blade, and I used the tractor to pull a trailer down to the pasture where we spent a few hours cutting and splitting...
Nov 9th
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Misread #3
“The ice cream of the future files for bankruptcy,” read as, “The ice cream of the future flies for bankruptcy.”  It made me wonder, for a split second, about the (space) future of bankruptcy.
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