Let's Be Honest Here...
Pippa absolutely stole the show at her big sister’s Royal Wedding. Home girl can rock a sheath dress.
Pippa and Harry 2012? Only if I don’t get to Harry first…
April 2011
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Everybody Hates the Mayor of Ponce →
purgeatl.com
I’m not sure how it’s possible that I’ve only recently discovered PurgeATL. They won me over when they did a ‘view with the one and only Mayor of Ponce. For those nonATLiens out there, MoP writes the Dangerous Moves column in Creative Loafing. He’s ATL’s less-attractive, more badass Tucker Max. In other words, this is his theme song.
Here’s to you, Mayor of Ponce.
Reform the PhD system or close it down →
nature.com
I think there’s a fundamental flaw with this piece in that it doesn’t consider that Ph.D. students may want to pursue careers outside of academia post-graduation. In a world where each field of engineering is increasingly complex, the need for highly trained professionals in these fields continues to grow exponentially. I would argue that the skills built while writing ones thesis (not necessarily the facts learned!) are the critical pieces responsible for later success. Mark C. Taylor, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Disclaimer
Just saw a hilarious disclaimer on the site Wikigenes.
“This precompiled information serves as a substrate and matrix to embed your contributions, but it is by no means the final word - Homo sapiens can do much better!”
Also, how hilarious is it that it’s formatted to look like Nature? Oh, scientists!
“And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same.” —Malvina Reynolds, “Little Boxes”
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same.” —Malvina Reynolds, “Little Boxes”
These are marketed as honeycomb storage shelves, but I prefer to think of them as buckyball shelves (or perhaps, cholesterol?).
Either way, I’m super into them, and think they would be awesome in my apartment.
“You can’t spell ‘panties’ without ‘spite’.”
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Daddy's Girl
It’s no secret now that I got in a bit of a scuffle with my cat and another neighborhood cat this past weekend. Bottom line is that I got some wicked bites and severed my radial nerve, so I have no feeling in my thumb (wah-WAH). I got this e-mail in my inbox this morning from my dad. I thought it was so sweet. I love you, Dad!
I love you.
Dad
The 10 Greatest Books of All Time →
time.com
“…here, in all its glory, is the all-time, ultimate Top Top 10 list, derived from the top 10 lists of 125 of the world’s most celebrated writers combined. Read it and— well, just read it.”
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald- In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
- The Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
Bronx Zoo Cobra pre-capture photo found. Late night debauchery revealed.
[Photo: Vogue Paris]
Science is a pie-eating contest; the only prize is more pie.
Atlanta Events: Dogwood Festival - 75th Anniversary! →
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It’s iconic to Atlanta and the annual festival coming up this weekend makes the most of the natural beauty that blooms all over the city this time of year.
I’m talking about the mother of all ATL fests, the Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park April 15-17th!
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I just wrote about the Inman…
Paris (Ooh La La) →
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Check out my favorite song from my fav new artist, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. If you don’t like it, you don’t have a soul.
PS- How hot is Grace Potter?? Girl crush.
Atlanta Events: Inman Park Festival →
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One of my favorite neighborhood festivals of the year has to the Inman Park Festival, happening the weekend of April 30th thru May 2nd!
This free festival is great for all ages. In addition to the arts and crafts Street Market, that features more than 250 booths selling handmade…
Men with Big Grundles Are More Fertile →
reuters.com
I don’t know who thought to take a ruler to their taint, but docs have concluded that men with longer grundles are more fertile.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term (Ahem, Mom), a grundle is the fine piece of real estate between Scrotumburg and Anusville.
For those of you think this article is hilarious and also enjoy old-school rap parodies, check out this reddit board. Sir Mix A Lot just got educational on yo’ (big) butt.
My apologies for the lewd posts lately, but I get a kick out of scholarly articles about dirty things.
How the human penis lost its spines →
cnn.com
The name of this article makes me anticipate an Aesopean fable. But no. It’s exactly what it sounds like, folks. The evolution of the human twig and giggle berries. Cock and balls. Frank and beans. Kibble n’ Bits. Pork Swords. Boney Cannellonis. Tummy Bananas. Lincoln Logs. (Well, that was fun)
For a follow-up article, click here.
