A Guide To Shana

(via Historical Figures for the 21st Century -...

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:07:47 -0400

(via Historical Figures for the 21st Century - Telegraph)

She’s still quite pretty , QE1

(via The Scientific 7-Minute Workout - NYTimes.com)

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:27:34 -0400

(via The Scientific 7-Minute Workout - NYTimes.com)

Obsessed! Staging Silence (by The July 16) (really Hans Op De...

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:55:49 -0400

Obsessed! Staging Silence (by The July 16) (really Hans Op De Beeck)

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Thu, 09 May 2013 19:31:54 -0400

gemdust: this sexy

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:40:16 -0400

gemdust:

this

sexy

badlydrawingonlife: Now Adam is definitely gonna kill me. Do...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:36:20 -0400

badlydrawingonlife:

Now Adam is definitely gonna kill me.

Do you get the reference?

Tee-hee. Yes I am really like this. badlydrawingonlife: Second...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:15:59 -0400

Tee-hee. Yes I am really like this.

badlydrawingonlife:

Second strip! Also drawn badly. Featuring Shana.

I want a puppy this smart and cute - suggestions?

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:43:28 -0400

I want a puppy this smart and cute - suggestions?

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:52:47 -0400

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via oliviacirce)

beautiful story - author is very jewish.

Is a Kickstarter Campaign a way out of obscurity in art?

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:59:41 -0400

We know you are really helpful, so why don’t you join us?

(via The Proper Way to Eat a Pig - NYTimes.com) I can’t...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:17:17 -0400

(via The Proper Way to Eat a Pig - NYTimes.com)

I can’t decide what I think of this picture

Tupperwolf: Wealth, risk, and stuff

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:57:21 -0400

Tupperwolf: Wealth, risk, and stuff:

So true

vruba:

Via Anne Galloway on Twitter, I just saw Living With Less. A Lot Less, an opinion piece in the New York Times.

I run into some version of this essay by some moneybags twig-bishop about once a year, and it bugs me every time.

Here’s the thing. Wealth is not a number of dollars. It is not a…

great magazine art iheartmyart: Priscilla Ono by Vijat Mohindra...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:43:02 -0500

great magazine art

iheartmyart:

Priscilla Ono by Vijat Mohindra for Slink Magazine #9 - Health Issue

CREDITS : Photographer: Vijat Mohindra - Makeup/Model : Priscilla Ono - Hair Colorist : Teresa Cliff - Hair Stylist : Benton Lee - Wardrobe : The Kids - Manicure : Stephanie Stone

(via chding, pussydem0ns, locustsandvultures, facticemagazine)

Should I be nervous for my breakfast tomorrow?

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:15:06 -0500

Should I be nervous for my breakfast tomorrow?

"If aesthetics could be hacked like code, then a beautiful rose, in the beak of a beautiful flamingo,..."

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:58:21 -0500

“If aesthetics could be hacked like code, then a beautiful rose, in the beak of a beautiful flamingo, flying in a beautiful sunset, would be 3X-beautiful. It isn’t. It never will be. You can’t make it be. That’s not the way the world works.”

- An Essay on the New Aesthetic | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com

Uh, yeah, clearly the writer can’t code. Or doesn’t understand user experience design. In fact, you can hack human behavior on the internet, including our aesthetic responses.

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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:46:18 -0500

200 calories

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:04:51 -0500

200 calories:

Different foods, 200 calories. You’ll see why healthy food is filling :)

I learned to program to make films - why did you? What Most...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:37:19 -0500

I learned to program to make films - why did you?

What Most Schools Don’t Teach - Short Film (by CodeOrg)

The best Valentines gifts are from those who know you well.

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:31:07 -0500

The best Valentines gifts are from those who know you well.

So cute. And it is something I would do :) (via Kiss people who...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:15:22 -0500

So cute. And it is something I would do :) (via Kiss people who make you happy. | Kate or Die!)