January 2012
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MABtv3.0: PPSA: Personal Public Service... →
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I mentioned that I was starting a volunteer project…and it’s to be the media representative, for PurpleStride New York City 2012, which will raise money and awareness for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. As I’m trying to get my “ducks in a row” as it concerns the materials/resources I…
I have written six pages today, for a grand total of 12.5 pages. Pretty good for three days of writing. I’m exhausted because I stayed up a little too last night. I think I’m going to take a power-nap and re-group.
6.5 pages. Now time for gym, then some business on campus. I probably won’t have time later to write another half page. But that’s cool.
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Watchbarackobama:
Meet Debbie Bosanek, otherwise known as Warren Buffett’s secretary—and the inspiration behind the “Buffett Rule.”
Hm…
It seems that the Romney camp’s way of spinning things is to emphasize that he acted legally when paying his taxes. The Romneys are also emphasizing that it is not their “fault” that they pay low taxes. Both arguments miss the point...
2.5 pages down. Not stellar. Not horrible. I usually write better in the mornings, so how about I aim for seven completed pages tomorrow?
When I return from my afternoon swim (yes, I am so lucky that I can take off in the middle of the day), I will begin to write my fourth chapter.
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“I feel like there’s a red pill and a blue pill,” he said. “And you can take the...”
– Tenured Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via infoneer-pulse)
Wow.
I lean towards doing things pretty traditionally in the classroom, just as I liked them when I was student: long lectures,...
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Think Progress: 10 facts about the state of the... →
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Find more facts at ThinkProgress:
1. Since the last SOTU, the economy has created 1.9 million private sector jobs. [Source] 2. The top 1 percent take home 24 percent of the nation’s income, up from about 9 percent in 1976. [Source] 3. Private sector job creation under Obama in 2011 was
How did I only just start following Think Progress’s Tumblr?
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Think Progress: 6 Facts About Mitt Romney's Taxes/... →
think-progress:
1. Romney paid a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans, at 13.9 percent.
2. Romney makes more in a day than the average American makes in a year, and becomes a 1 percenter every week.
3. Romney likely paid $0 in payroll taxes.
4. Romney has accounts in countries notorious for…
I was pretty shocked to learn that Romney made $45 million in 2010 and 2011. Now it...
“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
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“I’m going to make a raw political statement here. A guy like Romney is a good...”
– Vice President Joe Biden talks Mitt Romney and the Republican way of thinking. (via kileyrae)
Tonight we booked our honeymoon hotels and planned out the music for the ceremony.
So productive!
Hahaha!
My fiance and I are those people that discovered Portlandia after Carrie Brownstein’s New Yorker and NY Times articles. We watched one episode one night and then, like, the remaining five episodes of season 1 on New Year’s Eve.
It’s because of that show that we started watching Battlestar Galactica. Sadly, for me, I don’t find it as wildly gripping as I found Mad...
So happy to see snow falling from the sky!
Heads up: boring post about a stupid book.
As I mentioned before, I’m reading up on some general history of religion in Europe in order to prepare for the class I am teaching this summer. The great thing about preparing for this class is it’s forcing me to learn things that I should know but, up until this point, have survived not knowing and have been too busy to learn.
Like, for...
Things I’m anxious about:
waiting all morning for a package from Fed Ex; deciding to bite the bullet and go to the gym, even though I risk not getting the package
just sent a draft of my first publication to my adviser; nervous to get feedback
Ack!
I went with my mom yesterday to All Saints and picked up two amaaaaaaaazing sweaters for a total of $114.
I’m wearing one right now and it is very cape like and I just want to stare at myself in the mirror.
Thanks to my “30 minutes of reading Russian news sites a day” (update: I do this about once a week), I just discovered that the Russian government has a website where people can complain about potholes that are bigger than the legal size (15 cm long, 60 cm wide, 5 cm deep). You can check out photos of potholes and see where they are located on a map.
Talk about civil...
Coincidences!
Today, as we were gearing up for an Ikea trip, we watched the end of Chopped and saw this woman win and say how thankful she was for her girlfriend.
Then, at Ikea, we saw the chef and her girlfriend.
Can you believe it?! I totally freaked out! I wanted to run up to her and say, “I just saw you on TV!” I mean, what are the odds?
President Obama Officially Opposes SOPA →
Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a winner!
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Love the side braid turning into a side bun. Would like the bun to be a little looser.
Fingers crossed that my hair will be long enough for such a creation in May.
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“I have to say, the last few days, it really does seem that the central claim of...”
– Ryan Lizza on Mitt Romney’s claims of job creation at Bain Capital, in this week’s Political Scene podcast (via newyorker)
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Things that are stupid.
For two years (at least), I’ve had an email signature that includes my email address. I felt so professional just creating the signature that it took me about a month to realize how redundant my email address in the signature was. But, I’ve been too lazy to change it. But! Not too lazy to manually delete it from emails.
Just corrected it. Took two seconds.
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Moscow under the snow 1908
moscowismyoyster:
This captivating video was shot in 1908 and we just can’t get enough of it. 104 years ago!
Oh, but the best part was unwittingly linking to the photos of a wedding of an old co-worker of mine. Too funny.
Uh-oh! Wedding fever!
I got an email today from my contact at the venue and she included a link to the venue’s twitter feed. I just scrolled through the entire thing (they only started in the summer) and looked for every link to photos.
Meanwhile, I was supposed to be going through my research notes…
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So excited for Downton Abbey tonight!!!
New Year’s Resolutions, one week down.
Why not do a weekly update?
I already mentioned that I only cooked three out of five weekday evenings. This week, to make it easier, I’ll make Friday’s meal really simple (paninis).
As for reading Russian websites, I did this a few days this week. This week I’m going to try to stick to a schedule where I do intensely-focused work...
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“With the leadership and the backing of the American people President Obama will...”
– John McCain accidentally endorses the wrong candidate. “That one.” (via kileyrae)