June 2011
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Is the Duggar Family (19 Children) Really...
Because of their books, magazine articles, publicity appearances, and reality TV show, most people are familiar with JimBob and Michelle Duggar (now 44). The family has 19 children, travels in a bus, and would be happy for more kids - even if it means the death of Michelle, leaving 19 motherless children.
JimBob and Michelle are world class babymakers....
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Hey, Hollywood! Adele Is NOT Too Fat!
Let’s get this straight: Adele is a Goddess. The girl is unfreakingbelievably talented. She’s beautiful. She has stage fright. And rumor has it (from Star magazine) that Adele, 23, arrived in Los Angeles in May for her American tour and some IDIOT executive from her label - who must have known she is subject to panic attacks - told her she needs to lose...
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Colin Firth Is Brilliant in Every Way: His...
He was impossibly dreamy in Pride & Prejudice. He was charming and competent in Bridget Jones. He was adorable and befuddled in Nanny McPhee. He was majestic yet pitiable in The King’s Speech. And he has done a boatload of movies I haven’t seen, all the while staying married, staying out of the tabloids, and being a father to three children (two...
Stop Hating Your Body: Anti-fat arguments about... →
gregtron:
Take a look at my life. I’m 28. I don’t go to the doctor unless I’m incapacitated. I don’t exercise. If I didn’t have to go to work, then I’d do drugs. I’d do a lot of drugs. I sit all day - for 10 hours at work, and then when I get home I either sit in front of my computer or on…
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OPEN CALL TO WRITERS: What Editorial Comments Have...
Dear Fellow Writers,
I am seeking examples of the Best Editorial Comments and Worst Editorial Comments. This could be editorial advice, queries, remarks, or even cuts made to your work by a professional editor (NOT copyeditor). It would be most interesting to hear about editors who work for traditional publishing houses, but freelance editors...
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Fake Blogger: What’s the Harm? I’ll Tell You
This week we have the headline: “Syrian Lesbian Blogger Was a Male American Hoaxer.” Forty-year-old Tom MacMaster, a male graduate student from Georgia who has been living in Scotland, decided to create a fake blog called “A Gay Girl in Damascus,” using the persona Amina Abdallah Arraf, a 35 year-old Syrian/American lesbian with dual citizenship.
Amina wrote dramatic blog...
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Quote for the Day: Can We Learn in Time?
“We no longer have any leaders. There is no one “in charge” of any country any more. There is no committee in charge of the earth. We are all narcissistic capitalists with short-term vision. The only change, if it is to come at all in time to prevent a global catastrophe and the end of our species, must come from within ourselves. The key - listen carefully - is to learn to...
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Rupert Murdoch's Global Empire
The following information should frighten you. A lot.
You would think Murdoch has enough money and power already, but he shows no signs of slowing down. It’s clear he will never stop trying to spread his influence around the globe. I have an imaginary picture of him with a high tech world map suspended in midair in his office – and all over the world are a...
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Why Fox News Is NOT "The News"
Usually if something walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
But not always.
Fox News acts like it’s The News, and sounds like it’s The News, but it isn’t The News.
Unfair and Unbalanced
We think of The News as an unbiased presentation of important developments. Fox News, however, is a carefully crafted onslaught across every news medium – in print, online, and on...
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Always the Deeper Meaning
For instance: “The curtains were blue.”
What your teacher thinks: “The curtains represent his immense depression and his lack of will to carry on.”
What the author meant: “The curtains were fucking blue.”
I can’t find out where this came from originally, but thank you
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25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names →
broadenme:
OK, so a few of these stood out to me….
Semantic Satiation
What happens when you say a word for so long that it loses its meaning. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit.
Wamble - Stomach rumble.
Dysania - The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.
Petrichor - The it smells outside after rain.
Rectal Tenesmus - The feeling of incomplete...
