July 2010
June 2010
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Altitude will have impact on World Cup ball →
abbyjean:
A study by Adidas shows altitude will have an impact of up to 5 percent on a ball’s speed. That means a 20-yard free kick during the final at Soccer City in high-altitude Johannesburg will reach the goal line 5 percent faster than it would at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, which is at sea level, according to the study seen by The Associated Press. That translates into a free kick...
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Girl hospitalized after self-inducing abortion
obliviousunction:
sluthaditcoming: naomiwaxman:
This story is horrific. A 13-year-old girl was impregnated by her 30-year-old “boyfriend,” with whom she had been having a sexual relationship with for a year, and tried to self-induce an abortion with a pencil. She is currently hospitalized, and the boyfriend is in jail. I’m not sure what more can even be said about this case. I don’t believe...
“There’s homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world but at the core you...”
– Sara Quin (via steelinmypalm, teganfuckingquin, stayperky) (via obliviousunction)
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Drinking
I’m going to have too much and Jesse is going to kick my ass for it. And I’m okay with that trade off. Unless he goes the guilt route. I am powerless before the almighty guilt route. Guilt is Catholic kryptonite.
“Holy Christ on a crutch—finding a peacefully sucking leech about a...”
– Head Nurse: Amateur Night, or: This Ain’t How We Do It
“The Obama administration on Tuesday announced the first-ever strategic plan on...”
– Obama administration steps up anti-piracy plan Well shit, I thought Obama was supposed to be the fun president.
“The first year of nursing is a combination of one part sheer terror and two...”
– Head Nurse: Okay, so you’ve been a nurse for a year or so….now what?
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“Christina Nieves’s life revolves around a handful of blocks in Brooklyn: Drop...”
– NYT (via meredithbklyn) (via thenewephemera)
Within a 10-minute walk, three day care centers, one senior center, one swimming pool, one after-school program and a health clinic are to close. Venture 20 minutes more, and six additional facilities — two day care centers, two after-school programs, a...
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phlegmatic
itfeelsgoodtobefree:
vaincre:
\fleg-MAT-ik\; adjective:
1. Not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
2. Self-possessed, calm, or composed.
3. Of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.
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BEST. COMIC. EVER. →
“Graham Greene, in Havana, with his dry wit.”
out of context text message of the day:
Um, yes please.
obliviousunction:
“man, i wish dwight schrute were a real person so he could be on our side with operation: burn fafsa to the ground.”
— kassie
New Rule
notemily:
stfusexists:
Courtesy of notemily:
“I think “make me a sandwich” is the feminist equivalent of Godwin’s Law. Mention it and you lose the argument.”
I totally second that motion.
“Two languages in one head?! Dear God man! That’s impossible! But…the Dutch speak...”
– Eddie Izzard (via bschwartz) (via eddieizzard)
No one can live at that speed!
(via notemily)
“People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me...”
– Daria (via smut-to-go) (via ruininglunch) (via bebelestrange) (via sentimentalgeek) 