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This is mostly a list of things that I've come across out there that I found interesting. I wanted somewhere I could keep all the images/videos/quotes/ideas that I loved. If anyone's looking, I hope you find some things on here that spark your interest!
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You know what I think is so adorable? Kids wearing glasses.
I had a patient that was about 6 years old who needed glasses. He thought nothing of wearing glasses and was excited to pick out a super cool frame, until his mother said,
“Oh no, he has to wear glasses? That’s terrible. Everyone is going to pick on him.”
She said this right in front of him. He went from a bubbly happiness to extreme embarrassment in a matter of seconds. I was so angry at his mother, livid actually, that she would make her own son feel so inadequate.
So I’m trying to clear up this terrible idea that glasses make you appear weak or that they are nerdy/ugly/stupid. Glasses are cool people. Spread the word!!
I’ve worn glasses since high school, and I love them! I think of them as an awesome accessory, and I definitely think I look cooler with them than without them. ;) Picking out new glasses is so much fun that I’m sure I change my frames more often than I need to. I’ve tried to go to contacts a couple of times, but they hurt my eyes when I read and they’re a pain in the butt to put in! So, I’m sticking with glasses.
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Interview on NPR by Terri Gross with journalist Orville Schell about Assessing the US.-China Relationship
GROSS: Schell has written nine books about China, is the former dean of the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and now directs the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York.
Are there ways in which China is more advanced than the United States in terms of clean energy, transportation, infrastructure, power grids?
Mr. SCHELL: You know, I heard a statistic the other day that a couple years ago they had 700 miles of high-speed rail, and now they have 7,000 miles. Now, I may have those statistics slightly off, but that’s a staggering figure. The United States really doesn’t have one mile.
We have the corridor from Boston to New York to Washington, but that’s not really high-speed rail. That’s sort of faster-speed rail. So you see the infrastructure that’s getting laid down, the new highways, the new airports, the new ports, the new railroad systems. It’s extremely impressive, and I think, you know, it raises a question that is sort of frightening to contemplate for an American, and that’s this: Does the Chinese system, this sort of autocratic form of capitalism, deliver better than democracy?
And as an ardent democrat, I contemplate the answer to that question with some trepidation, because I think, you know, we feel in America, and in fact I think it’s more than a feeling, that in many ways our government is paralyzed, paralyzed by a lack of money, paralyzed in Congress, paralyzed by sort of vicious partisan politics, whereas China is able not only to gather information well but to form policy quickly and then, most importantly, to effect it. And you feel that everywhere you look in this country now, that they are on top of things, they’re able to do things swiftly to meet the very high-speed demands of the situation, whereas I think we are kind of languishing in many respects, and I’d say climate change is a kind of a metaphor for how difficult it is for us to do things, and health care would be another.
Read and hear the full interview here.
This blew my mind.
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
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1940's slang.
Ducky shincracker- A good dancer
Active duty- Sexually promiscuous boy.
Share crop- Sexually promiscuous girl.
Greeby- Terrible
Drooly- A cute guy
An Able-Grable/Blackout girl/Dilly- A cute girl
Some of Hitler’s Work/Void coupon- An unattractive girl
Khaki wacky- Boy crazy
Doll dizzy- Girl crazy
Dead hoofer- A bad dancer
Gammin’- Showing off
Hen fruit- Eggs
Hi sugar, are you rationed?- Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Motorized freckles- Insects
Snap your cap- To get angry
What’s buzzin’, cousin?- How’s it going?
Awesome.
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Mmmmmmmmmm. I want that in my tummy. Now!
The 10 Best Real Simple Recipes of All Time
I love it when Real Simple tackles food. The recipes they publish are always delicious, nutritious, and SO easy (uhh… simple?). Plus, these dishes are all hearty and filling — perfect to try during the chilly fall and winter months. Put these recipes on your “to make” list right now:- Golden Chicken with Tomatoes and Olives
- Southwestern Beef Chili with Corn
- Spiced Lamb Chops and Smashed Peas
- Baked Cod and Chorizo
- Curried Rice with Shrimp (pictured)
- Lasagna-Style Baked Ziti (I loooove this one! Use whole wheat pasta, lean ground turkey, and add more veggies, like zucchini or broccoli, to healthify it a bit.)
- Sweet Potato Risotto
- Basic Quiche
- Roasted Apple and Walnut Tarts
- Croissant and Chocolate Bread Pudding
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"It can be difficult to accept others and to accept ourselves. “I should be better. I should be something different. I should have more.” All of this is conception; it’s all mental fabrication. It’s just the mind churning up “shoulds,” “ought tos,” and “supposed tos.” All this is conceptual rubbish, and yet we believe it. Part of the solution is to recognize that these thoughts are conceptual rubbish and not reality; this gives us the mental space not to believe them. When we stop believing them, it becomes much easier to accept what we are at any given moment, knowing we will change in the next moment. We’ll be able to accept what others are in one moment, knowing that they will be different in the next moment."
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OK, so I know they’re tiny, but these look like the COOLEST SLIPPERS EVER! And I need new slippers! :) I found them at Simple Shoes online, which might become my new favorite brand of shoes.
These are also awesome:
Wink wink nudge nudge for all those buying me Christmas presents soon!
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"The sun was bearing down on the survivor. Blisters and sores. Poultices of algae paste. The water tight as glass and the wind, blue-faced, holding its breath. How did one get here? How did one’s eye-patched, rot-toothed life lead one along so cruelly, like a trick, to the middle of the sea?"
- Lorrie Moore from the short story “Two Boys” in Like Life.
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