December 2008
83 posts
Just ten days after her baby-daddy’s momma is arrested for running a Meth lab, Bristol Palin gives birth to a boy & names it Tripp.
“1. Dogs appear to experience jealousy and pride. Previously, only humans and...”
– 50 Things We Know Now (We Didn’t Know This Time Last Year): 2008 Edition (via didyouevernotice)
Yeesh.
Interesting…
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54 Mind-blowing Digital Paintings →
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Pain Hurts More If Person Hurting You Means It →
davereed:
trappedintime:
“Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that our experience of pain depends on whether we think someone caused the pain intentionally. In their study, participants who believed they were getting an electrical shock from another person on purpose, rather than accidentally, rated the very same shock as more painful. Participants seemed to get used to shocks...
Obama Calls For National Day of Service →
hilker:
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vruz:indieandyy:soupsoup:
He would never have even hinted at anything remotely like this before the election.
Citizen’s money, perhaps; but citizens’ labor has never been a resource on which the government can draw.
*cough*militarydraft*cough*
the government doesnt have a right to your money or your labor, quite honestly.
either...
“The background to all this, of course, is the contraceptive revolution. Once...”
– Faith Equals Fertility? (via christianity)
Interesting. From the cicle of people that I know, this holds true.
Only 17% of 8th Graders Can Read at Grade Level in... →
hilker:
i’m not saying this is legit, but what has the tumblrverse heard on this matter? i very briefly peeked at the national center for education statistics, but the city-level info is deeper than i have time for.
I taught summer school in CPS for two summers (4th grade & 12th grade). While obviuosly the students in summer school aren’t a good representation of the populous of the...
“The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they...”
– Albert Einstein (via jsth2breethe) (via kevintwohy)
“[I]t’s hardly the American way to just let people go bankrupt.”
– Barney Frank
Compare this to the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8: ”The Congress shall have Power To … establish … uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.”
Let me suggest that it is, very much, the American way to let people go bankrupt....
WatchKanye West - Heartless / Pinocchio Story (live on SNL)
Like many (read: most) “entertainers”, Kanye West is stretching it a bit with his efforts to “sing”… but he sure has become one heck of a performer & songwriter.
Facebook's Brand Advertising Success Story: A... →
mikehudack:
Includes some good advice for Facebook.
As an active facebook user, I’ll be very surprised if they ever figure out how to make the amounts of money that is necissary to sustain the sort of growth they have forced onto themselves. Good luck with that.
“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our...”
– Steve Jobs (via danw ruhi askvero) (via asprettyasasong)
Smart guy, that Steve Jobs.
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Watchschmult:
I’m a Dave Matthews Band fan and I just thought this video was HI larious as well. So check it out..
College Humor is awesome. If only I had some friends/cast that likes to do videos, I would do things like this more often.
Gosh DMB rocks! I used to be a super hard core dave fan… i’ve toned it down in the past few years, but it makes me so happy to listen to them still....
“A flat-screen TV bought in Dubuque is financed with part of the life savings of...”
– “The bailout has revealed the ignorance of many Americans about the the financial food chain. Just like consumers who believe beef comes from shrink-wrapped packages in the supermarket rather than actual cows, many Americans have long acted as though money comes from ATM machines and plastic...
Neighborhoods consider printing own currency for... →
hilker:
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