michelle, musing

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Fri Sep 17

thewayoftheworld:

iheartmyart:

“Picture of the Year”: today’s Brooklyn tornado as it hits the Statue of Liberty. [via loverbeau]

Is this for real? Looks like something out of “Independence Day” or “War of the Worlds.”

omg, I wish this had happened while I was still living there!

iheartmyart:

“Picture of the Year”: today’s Brooklyn tornado as it hits the Statue of Liberty. [via loverbeau]

Is this for real? Looks like something out of “Independence Day” or “War of the Worlds.”

omg, I wish this had happened while I was still living there!

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Mon Mar 22

danielholter:

(via soupsoup)

danielholter:

(via soupsoup)

Wow, it’s “done”! I’m simultaneously happy, worried, and disappointed. Happy that finally *something* has been passed, worried about the reactions from the GOP and the crazed teabagger-types, and disappointed that a bill which truly offers an alternative to the current insurance-company/big-pharma profiteering scene was not exactly what got ‘done’.

Still, so exciting…

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Sun Feb 28

melanyouth:

DeNiro, Springsteen, Obama

Wow, who wouldn’t love to eavesdrop on that conversation?

From The Year in Pictures by Pete Souza at the White House photostream.

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Sun Jan 17

danielholter:

soupsoup:

jonathan-cunningham:

This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen a politician say on television. Four minutes and thirty seconds into the interview, when asked, Bernie Sanders says;

The truth is- well, let me break the bad news to the American people- big money interests control the Unites States Congress.

Watch start at 4:30 and watch the rest, it’s depressingly accurate and given from the perspective of a US Senator.

I don’t agree with much of what Bernie Sanders says or does in terms of public policy… but I adore his style, candor, and honesty.

Matt Taibbi’s take on Sanders, in his fantastic Smells Like Dead Elephants, dealing with the Senator’s transition to the United States Senate (after a long and quite independent run in the House of Representatives) is revealing and remarkable.

Wow wow wow, amazing commentary about the state of our country, and our political ‘discourse’! Will have to check out more about someone willing to be so uncharacteristically forthright. In the face of the spot-on grilling he got from the MSNBC crew, I think, he made it totally clear that this bill was almost completely about using taxpayer resources to continue to feed big insurance and big Pharma, though. I don’t know if that serves even his claim that lots of people will be ‘saved’ by the bill who would otherwise have been lost. Because I sense that what’s good for those healthcare players isn’t necessarily good for, you know, people.

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Sat Jan 2

missworld:

killingbambi:

schmufflepuff:

jayjaystar:

domodaisy:

toxicramblings:

licensed2steez:

afrojr:

…what?

please no… no…no… no no

no no come on NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i will no longer be in love with her

her hair was half her sex appeal, say it aint so.

she ain’t no amber rose…

i like her eyes .. but thats about it.

Haters to the left.

Okay, okay…okkkaay…I have to think about this first.

I think she’s still stunning, but man, add ‘mutant ears’ to the ‘mutant thumbs’ on the ‘phew, and we thought she was physically flawless’ list!

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Fri Jan 1

Things I Find Annoying About Being an Adult

1. It seems so hard to enjoy something without getting all ego-engaged about it. Kinda kills the joy, and I think it wasn’t like that in childhood. Admittedly, it’s hard to remember once that capacity is gone…

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Wed Dec 30

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

The Wilderness Matthew Ryan

I don’t understand why Matthew Ryan isn’t wildly popular. Can’t stop listening to his newest recording.

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Mon Dec 28

missworld:

oldfilmsflicker:

11. Jessica Simpson & Billy Corgan

Unlikely duo Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan just started dating early this month, and gossip sites couldn’t believe it. But apparently Jessica has “fallen” for the Smashing Pumpkins frontman, although the two have decided to take it slow. He’s just about the complete opposite of Tony Romo, huh? (via Jessica Simpson & Billy Corgan - Cutest New Couples of 2009 - Zimbio)

It didn’t really hit me, how excellent this coupling is, until I saw their images like this.

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You wanna feel like you’ve been productive when you really haven’t?

missworld:

Get up, take a shower, put clean PJs on and get back in bed.

Works EVERY time.

yeah, but, some days getting up, taking a shower, and putting on clean PJs is an accomplishment!

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missworld:

Whoooooa.

Anyone else feel like this is what the world has become with respect to Starbucks?

Me Me! But I don’t really mind too much, because it’s a reliably decent cup of joe. Actually, I don’t much care for their dark-roast brews, but I love me their lattes! I truly want to support local and small purveyors, but I have yet to find one that can do espresso so consistently well.