January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Survey of Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District →
decoarchitecture: Last year at some point I posted a boatload of individual shots from this great survey of Miami Beach’s historic architecture. However, now that the Library of Congress has redesigned its digital archives, it’s easier to share the link that will let people simply browse. Some really delightful images. Sample below.
Jan 29th
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I’ve been reading Anna Karenina for a week but it feels like it has been a month.  It is a very long book that I have decided to challenge myself with.  I’m only 25% through it.  I could have done without the description of the horse and the race, however, I have a feeling that whole bit of the story is going to be symbolic to the outcome of a certain couple of people.  And the...
Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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AMERICAN GODS US Kindle $1.99 edition...
neil-gaiman: It looks like no-one at Amazon has noticed and taken their American Gods Kindle Special down yet. It’s http://say.ly/Qrj1i92 and was only meant to have been a 24 hour special, so may not last for very long.
Jan 21st
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“Falling in love, we said; I fell for him. We were falling women. We believed in...”
– Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid’s Tale (via blogut)
Jan 20th
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“If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact...”
– Newt Gingrich False. And stupid. And slightly scary. (via greaterthanlapsed) Andrew Jackson took this approach—so it’s been tried. It resulted in the Trail of Tears. (via squashed)
Jan 19th
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Yuengling Is Now America's Largest Brewer →
thegreg: passthemike: culby: fuckyeahbeer: Yuengling takes the number one spot. DAMN RIGHT And we still don’t have it in Boston! My beer of choice. Well done, Yuengling…
Jan 19th
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“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we...”
– Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855 Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president. (via politicalprof)
Jan 17th
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Jan 8th
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WatchWatch
cracked: Parks and Recreation and Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon performing “We’re Not Gonna Take It” will probably improve your day for days.
Jan 8th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 2nd
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Reading with Style →
I have been trying to find a book club for quite some time that would suit me.  Most of the ones I have looked into or briefly been a part of haven’t included much variety in their selections.  It seems to me that many book clubs focus on chick lit far more than any other genre.  I am not knocking chick lit, I am ok with reading books outside my main interest.  I just don’t want it to...
Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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