January 2011
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Amy Chua Is a Wimp - NYTimes.com →
So I’m not against the way Chua pushes her daughters. And I loved her book as a courageous and thought-provoking read. It’s also more supple than her critics let on. I just wish she wasn’t so soft and indulgent. I wish she recognized that in some important ways the school cafeteria is more intellectually demanding than the library.
This was taken from the comments section, and I think I...
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Watchmarchstudent:
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bgilliard:
Something I know many of you will enjoy: the entire film The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces.
YES.
Hell yes!
11 Awesome Lego Sculptures
chickenshit:
Some artists use paint, others bronze – But for Nathan Sawaya he chooses to build his awe-inspiring art out of toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact. With more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York studio, Sawaya’s sculptures take many forms.
http://carsigan.tumblr.com/post/2775622608/bitears2... →
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hotpinknzebra:
Hi, Mommy. I’m your baby. You don’t know me yet, I’m only a few weeks old. You’re going to find out about me soon, though, I promise. Let me tell you some things about me. My name is John, and I’ve got beautiful brown eyes and black hair. Well, I don’t have it yet, but I will when I’m born. I’m going to be your only...
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polis: The use of old buildings, 50 years later →
tashula:
Jane Jacobs’s iconic Death & Life of Great American Cities remains one of the most read and influential texts in urban studies, now 50 years after publication. Surely this year will see numerous celebrations in honor of its 50th birthday, with tributes galore as to how the book helped turn around the seat tide of high modernism, urban renewal and other anti-urban activities that...
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This semester will be different.
Every semester I tell myself, this time will be different. This time, I’ll work harder. This time, I’ll accomplish so much more. This time, I’ll do much better. And I never do.
Last year, a group of us got together and wrote messages to ourselves that we would open and read the following year. It turns out I didn’t do a single thing I set out to do last year. I failed at,...
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Thought of You (by Ryan Woodward)
Beautiful song, beautiful execution. <3
Goosebumps.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You’ll Go!)
inspireme: I had a dream →
eskao:
that I was pregnant. I was alone in my room and i could feel the baby coming out. I also felt like throwing up at the time and I could feel something coming out of my mouth. I raised my hand to feel what it was and why it was coming up so slowly. It felt smooth and round like a head. OH MY GOD IM…
And I thought Jon had weird dreams…
So I'm apparently heading to NYC in 5 hours
Any ideas as to what to do during my 3 day stay?
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