June 2011
17 posts
RachelGoesEast: You know you have been in Israel a... →
2. You eat a cucumber whole, like you would an apple.
8. You’ve become a pedophile because all attractive people in uniform are probably 18.
9. You panic Friday morning when you realize the only food you have to last you through Shabbat is brown rice and an onion.
11. You go through a carton of hummus every few days.
my friend Rachel (not me) has been keeping this incredible travel blog of...
BODY LANGUAGE: High Expectations →
Maybelle is almost three years old, and she can count to ten, say the alphabet, and read more than 100 words. I share this with you and with other people in the world not because it’s “uniquely Maybelle.” She’s not a prodigy. She’s a child with Down syndrome who has been given the opportunity to achieve, and—like most of us in the world—when given an opportunity, she rises to meet it. I...
How to Keep the 'Good' in Goodbye →
Such angst! My friends’ discomfort made me think they might know something I didn’t about how tricky it would be to go from a day-to-day friendship to a long-distance one. I decided to ask them: Could I have made the farewell process less difficult or more meaningful? What should we do to ensure our relationship stays strong? Here’s what they said:
“I am having a...
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Postcard: Detroit’s floating post office
Twenty percent of the earth’s fresh surface water is contained in the five Great Lakes. From industry to recreation, the lakes affect life in the Great Lakes region. That connection is the focus of a new WBEZ series called Front and Center.
now that i live in the great lakes region, this series is pertinent. so, i feel justified in the...
“Ultimately discussions of “Man Down” should pivot on whether the gun shooting...”
– Mark Anthony Neal at the NewBlackMan on Rihanna’s new video Man Down. (via mayaslinklings)
because you know how i love my discussions of rhi rhi & violence.
