August 2009
47 posts
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21), Week beginning August...
What life will you be living at noon on September 1, 2014? Who will you be? How thoroughly will your dreams have come true? What kind of beauty and truth and love and justice will you be serving? Will you look back at the time between August 27 and September 21, 2009 and sigh, “If only I had initiated my Five Year Master Plan at that ripe astrological moment”? Or on September 1, 2014...
"The truth is that running hurts."
Runner’s World Quote of the Day (conveniently, from an unknown source)
mondegreen
noun. a misheard lyric in a song (via)
dropping some knowledge on you
So is my affliction called mondegreenism?
[see: my favorite mishearing ever - in the Golden Girls theme song - “the heart attacks would say - thank you for being a friend”]
Were any of your college TAs ever embroiled in a... →
Edgewater, NJ: #4 Town in the Country for the Rich... →
question that needs to be asked: How much of their $105,830 goes toward their mortgages? via Hoboken411
reasons I love my 'hood, Tuesday edition
proximity to Fiore’s, and thus roast beef and mozzarella amazingness
that a supermarket is close enough to be convenient, but far enough away that I’m not tempted to roll on over upon every single cookie dough craving
the unending amusement and occasional compliments from the Italian men’s club contingent next door (today’s gem: “Don’t get too skinny!” -...
Take all that you have
and turn it into something you were missing.
– Brand New, “Sowing Season”
clipboard of fun: RunAmuck NY →
Jet Blue All-You-Can-Jet for a month →
so so so tempting - if only it were in effect for November….
Andrew McMahon solo show, October 12th →
what a fantastic post-marathon present from my musical boyfriend in honor of my accomplishment…
my flight from Chicago lands at 7:02 p.m.
Newark Airport to Highline Ballroom=14.2 miles - up to 50 minutes in traffic
this can, and will, happen
Did you ever think that a wedding invitation is just like a credit card bill,...
– Diane Vadino in Smart Girls Like Me
Another way-too-on-point statement: “…I was content with quantifying it, making statistical cases, trusting in math to prove the point of his affection.” [see also: exactly what I do]
Also, she dropped a Molly Pitcher rest stop reference in...
on cooking a proper dinner (e.g. what adults...
1. To say my vegetable cutting skills are abysmal is to give me far too much credit.
2. The reason I bought the pricier “lean ‘n’ fit” cuts of chicken was so that I would not have to further delay my eating by spending any time cutting away grossness. This was not how things worked out.
3. I would be much more enthused if food preparation didn’t have to involve...
So guys want someone to giggle at them, someone... →
via unicornfandance: lazymansload: condicondi:
Good read. On the money.
…humor researchers have long noted gender differences in the use and appreciation of humor. While women want to settle down with a guy who can crack a good joke, men, to a large degree, want a partner who laughs at their antics.
Bressler found that women want a man who is a humor “generator,” while men...
You shouldn’t have lent me “Eat, Pray, Love…
– me to my Mom, after divulging my master plan to make this happen
Historical Rider Strong Hotness Chart →
Shawn Hunter epitomized my type back in 1993. [via]
Why this gotta be all geographically undesirable... →
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (if you trust the internet - apparently Paulo Coelho may or may not have said almost the same thing, although since he lived later, I think Ralph gets the benefit of the doubt…)