I tumble for you
“The guests were asked to support the marriage and “come over for dinner sometimes.”
—Vows - Cindi Joost, Brett Augspurger - NYTimes.com
September 2012
“I’d been in love with several wonderful people before, but never with someone who wanted to make the same life as I did.” Ms. Joost said. “There was a feeling, even from the beginning, that our love was authentic, there were no games.”
—Vows - Cindi Joost, Brett Augspurger - NYTimes.com
August 2012
Abortions should also be legal for women who were just not in the mood to get up and look for a condom.
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In working on my book, I went to Rwanda in 2004 to interview women who had borne children of rape conceived during the genocide. …At the end of my final interview, I asked the woman I was interviewing whether she had any questions. She paused shyly for a moment. “Well,” she said, a little hesitantly. “You work in this field of psychology.” I nodded. She took a deep breath. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more?” she asked. “I want to love her so much, and I try my best, but when I look at her I see what happened to me and it interferes.” A tear rolled down her cheek, but her tone turned almost fierce, challenging. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more?” she repeated.
Perhaps Todd Akin has an answer for her.
” —“The Legitimate Children of Rape” - Andrew Solomon on the historical relationship between rape and pregnancy: http://nyr.kr/RsAKyQ (via newyorker)
“Sometimes I like to piece together all the dominoes that had to fall in order for me to do something. Assessing the butterfly effect or the chain reaction that lead to a decision. So here are some dominoes that led to me getting into it with a fellow passenger on my flight tonight.”
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Change, Memory | Accidentally Jewish
I wrote a very long post last night while I was pumped up on adrenaline about all the life moments that lead to me calling out a male passenger for talking shit about our flight attendant.
I manage to work Jay Smooth, Inga Muscio and a Denver club into this one.
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So you think there’s a slash-and-burn mentality in the tech world? For sure.
I think there’s a lot of lottery-playing going on right now. Companies staffing up, raising a bunch of money, hiring a bunch of people, and burning them out in the hopes that they’ll hit the lottery.
” —37signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO’s Model? His Cleaning Lady | Fast Company
Dang it. Quotes like this are why I have a perpetual crush on Jason Fried of 37 Signals.
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“Give yourself a minute to take that in. The cyclists were separated by time, but not by place. And for the Dutch, “that is not safe enough anymore.” Now that’s what I call respect.”
—What Real Respect for Bicyclists Looks Like - Commute - The Atlantic Cities
