December 2011
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Lazy Self-Indulgent Book Reviews: Teachers... →
lazybookreviews: Sigh. I mean, poor move on the teacher’s part, but you can’t expect the entire world to participate in your weirdly sacrosanct largely-invented-by-Coca-Cola-in-the-1930s fable forever. I definitely think we gloss over the impact on poor kids who show up after Xmas to see the rich kids playing… Yeah. Santa is a bigot.
Dec 14th
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“English butlers, synonymous with Reginald Jeeves in the novels of P G Wodehouse,...”
– TODAYonline | World | English butlers wanted for super-rich clients in China and Russia
Dec 14th
Who Are These Female Firefighters Taking Care Of... →
yfiles: Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and to commemorate, MSNBC posted a slew of photographs taken that day. What’s likely to become a new iconic photo is a shot of several women fighting at fire at the scene. And now, the world wants to know who they are. Hit the jump for the full image. A commenter on the original post, James McClelland gives us his...
Dec 14th
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“I don’t think I’ve ever read a definition for art that wasn’t stupid. Generally...”
– Penny Arcade - Usurpers, Plural
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Dec 11th
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“As I sat glued to my black-and-white TV back then, though, I had no idea that...”
– A meeting of minds | The Japan Times Online
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