January 2010
CANCELLED?!
thepoliticalpartygirl:
I was about to hop in the shower to get ready for the New Year’s Eve house party I was planning on attending when I got an email that it was cancelled? I have neither the energy nor desire to go to a bar with my friends or to a party where I don’t know anyone except my roommate (but thanks for the invite, Caro!), which are my other options.
Screw New Year’s. I’m in my...
resolutions
chill the fuck out. looking back to 2000, virtually none of the things i planned for myself have come to pass - i never converted to catholicism to marry that ex in the wedding his grandmother wanted, i don’t live in boston, i’ve stayed in LA long beyond the end of law school, etc. and those things that i least expected are those about which i’m happiest. so - less planning,...
December 2009
MSF's Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2009: Somalis... →
In 2009, the Somali population continued to fall victim to indiscriminate violence, while severe drought plagued parts of the country. Millions of people urgently require health care, yet the enormous gap between the needs of Somalis and the humanitarian response on the ground continues to widen. Ongoing abductions and killings of international and Somali aid workers is thwarting the efforts of...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Clipse (7)
Annie (4)
Massive Attack (4)
The Mint Juleps (4)
Kelis (3)
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Ezra Klein - Encouraging organ donation →
In January, Israel will become the first country in the world to give people who sign their organ donor cards points pushing them up the transplant list should they one day need a transplant. Points will also be given to transplant candidates whose first-degree relatives have signed their organ donor cars or whose first-degree relatives were organ donors.
In the case of kidneys, for example, two...
“Damien Hirst gets no apology. He has betrayed us all.”
– Jonathan Jones apologises to all the artists he’s been nasty about | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
what a lovely day
first off, i made mushroom and ham quiche and drank a pile of coffee. and then spent the day walking on the beach, watching the shorebirds, enjoying the sunshine and the smell of the ocean. and then some reading on the beach and staring at the waves - spotted a sea otter! and dolphins! - until the sun went down in a glorious sunset.
a delicious dinner of shrimp and scallops and artichoke hearts...
MSF's Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2009:... →
Five prior unsettled wars in Yemen’s northern Saada Governorate led to a sixth in 2009, the most intense so far. The Yemeni army ratcheted up its offensive against a rebel group drawn from the dominant community in the region, and the humanitarian fallout was unprecedented. Civilians and non-military targets such as hospitals were heavily affected by fighting. Hundreds of thousands were displaced...
MSF's Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2009:... →
As the war in Afghanistan escalated in 2009, Afghan civilians endured increasing levels of violence throughout the country. The insecurity has damaged an already beleaguered health-care system, leaving only a few poorly functioning hospitals and clinics in provincial capitals. Afghans in need of any health care must now make an impossible choice: risk traveling hundreds of miles through a war zone...
MSF's Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2009:... →
Precarious Situation for People in Southern Sudan and Darfur Medical humanitarian emergencies persisted throughout 2009 in several parts of Sudan. In addition to the ongoing crisis in Darfur, people in southern Sudan faced a deteriorating situation marked by escalating violence, disease outbreaks, and little or no access to health care.
Nearly five years after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement...
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Appeals court denies Roman Polanski's bid to throw... →
A state appellate court has denied Roman Polanski’s attempt to have his three-decade-old child sex case thrown out on the grounds of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal 2nd District said a lower court judge did not err a year ago when he ruled that the acclaimed director, then a fugitive in France, had to surrender to...
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U.S. military defends pregnancy punishment in Iraq... →
The U.S. military commander in northern Iraq defended on Tuesday a new policy imposing strict penalties, including possible jail time, for troops who become pregnant or get other soldiers pregnant. World “In this 22,000-soldier task force, I need every soldier I’ve got, especially since we are facing a drawdown of forces during our mission,” Major General Tony Cucolo, who...
Mexican Hero’s Family Killed - NYTimes.com →
Ensign Melquisedet Angulo Córdova, a Special Forces sailor killed last week during the government’s most successful raid on a top drug lord in years, received a stirring, national tribute in which the secretary of the navy presented his mother with the flag that covered her son’s casket.
Then, the next day, only hours after the grieving family had finished burying him in his hometown, gunmen...
Editorial - Appreciations - Ben Kennedy -... →
Unless you live in Helena, Mont., you’re unlikely to have any notion of who Ben Kennedy was. And even if you live in Helena, you may have never knew his name. You might have seen him on the street or in the alleys behind buildings downtown, collecting cans and flattening cardboard boxes for recycling. He probably would have caught your attention if you drifted downwind of him, for, in truth, his...
“I understand the model in which you don’t agree that this bill will expand and...”
– Ezra Klein (via amandaw)
What does a doodle do? It boosts your memory and... →
psychotherapy:
You know you’re bored when you start shading in the squares of your notebook. Apparently it’s a habit that could be helping you to concentrate. … Andrade said more research is obviously needed to find out how doodling helps us maintain our attention. However, her theory is that by using up slightly more mental resources, doodling helps prevent the mind from wandering off the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Clipse (20)
Sage Francis (12)
Sean Kingston (8)
Annie (7)
Rihanna ft Justin Timberlake (7)
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