DINNER: a lentil-rice pilaf with spiced, baked fennel and tomatoes
Mr Obama had told his audience that he was a “big supporter of non-censorship”, and that unrestricted internet access was a “source of strength” that should be encouraged.
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“Summit Talks for Obama in Beijing,” BBC News
Remember this one the next time someone tells you that liberals have no spine.
Another choice cut from my grandmother, said to my mother: “Don’t order the salad. You’re here to eat, not to play.”
Henry Louis Gates relates the story of a group of black high school students in North Carolina who, dismayed over the rigidity of standardized achievement tests, devised one more to their own liking. They convinced a group of employees at publisher McGraw-Hill to take this exam, and these custodians of the written word all received Cs and Ds.
A typical question: “Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?” The correct answer, the Harvard scholar tell us is “Your mama.” Gates, in his characteristically dry manner, adds: “It is difficult to explain why this response is so funny.”
— an excerpt of The Birth (and Death) of the Cool
seeing them tonight.
Sonotheque is CLOSING on November 15th! You read that right. It's been sold. It's closing. It's gone. The best soundsystem in the city with the best and most diverse programming...gone! SAY GOODBYE NOW.
This makes me feel a million years old. Now what will 17-year-old Arianna dream of?
(via britticisms)
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