November 2008
30 posts
Watchsaraliz:
Alfred Apol, my grandpa, left us to be in heaven on November 25, 2008 at the age of 90 years old.
This video, from 2005, shows him reflecting on a summer day spent on my parent’s sailboat. He loved woodworking, eating at the rainbow grill, going to church, playing card games, and spoiling his 12 grandkids and 8 great grandkids with peppermints and chocolate kisses hid in his palm. He...
Since the holidays are coming up I thought I’d share something awesome that saves my ass when people start putting me on the spot about what I want for Christmas/Hanukkah/birthday gifts. The reason I use it is because it helps when I’m trying to buy myself something but can’t think of which book I wanted or can’t remember which brand of some item I had decided on months...
Terror in Mumbai, India →
Right now: 78 people killed, about 200 wounded, five shootouts, two grenade attacks, ongoing battles between police and gunmen reported at two five-star hotels, reported hostages (15 or so) taken at the two hotels. It’s being reported that the gunmen were checking passports & ID’s looking for US nationals.
THIS is the sort of terrorism that my nightmares are made of. Even in...
WatchThe first webisode of Amy Poehler’s latest project Smart Girls At the Party was just released. I’ve been waiting for this program for quite some time (I think I posted the preview a while back) but if is this first you’re hearing of it, it’s basically a talk show where Amy Poehler and friends “celebrate girls who are changing the world by being themselves” by...
“[Frank Sinatra] was one of those guys where he liked you or he didn’t. I...”
– Quincy Jones, in an interview with Newsweek
onefootinthegrave:
drned:
Spacehog “In The...
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost (via everybodycares)
I had this quote taped to my bathroom mirror for several years as a kid. In three simple words it’s probably the most optimistic and terrifying truth that a middle school student could ever know.
Would it be intolerant
if I pointed out that everyone who voted yes on proposal 8 in California is probably going to hell? I never realized that Cali was so full of narrow-minded hillbillies.
That’s quite a message, that in the US we are accepting of all people regardless of race or upbringing… as long as they’re not gay & trying to have basic human rights.
I can’t wait until tomorrow when...
Death To Conventional Morals
ashley: i just thought you'd be mad at me, because it was something i used to be against..and now..
laura: why would i be mad? i figured out a long time ago that your morals are pretty loose.
chaely: yes, you have a very thin moral fiber. in fact, it's more like a fishnet stocking...
The Internet
The end of “you had to be there” moments.
“We don’t throw the first punch, but we’ll throw the last.”
– Barack Obama. October 6, 2008.
Obama and the Arts →
everybodycares:
In Senator Obama’s opinion it appears the arts have become essential to reengage our standing in the world. According to an article in Bloomberg, he is the first White House contender to include a far-reaching arts-plank in his platform. Quoting Robert Lynch, president and chief executive officer of “Americans for the Arts” a highly respected Washington based arts advocacy group,...
Gum Election 2008 →
Looks like the people have spoken.
