January 2012
40 posts
Newsweek: On Charlize, Viola, and the Plight of... →
newsweek:
Yesterday we posted two frames from our Oscar Roundtable in which Viola Davis, alluding to the fact black women who are not exactly Halle Berry have it hard in Hollywood, was silenced by Charlize Theron’s well-intentioned, “Stop saying that…you’re hot as shit.” It kinda blew up. So we asked…
Watchdamnit-dave:
The Many Mispronunciation’s of Sofia Vergara’s ‘Gloria’
Love her
AMC Confirms 2-Hour Mad Men Opener March 25 |... →
Goal: catch up on Mad Men ASAP.
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Pay It Forward
One of the most important things I’ve learned is the value of the people around me, especially when it comes to my professional life. For the important decisions regarding my career and professional growth, there have always been people — some I don’t even know that well — who have taken the time to listen to my concerns and offered their advice and guidance. Without them I...
“Not one person in a thousand said that happiness accrued from working as hard as...”
– From today’s NYT article, Advice From the Graying Edge on Finishing with No Regrets. (via melissadahl)
Agreed.
(via today)
“Creative” is not a department at our agency. We expect it from everyone within...”
– Christine Fruechte, president and chief executive of Colle + McVoy NY Times || Where Ideas are Always on the Walls
Why Teach for America is not allowed in my... →
john-christian:
Interesting read that brings up some hard-hitting points about TFA.
Of course, this isn’t to say that TFA doesn’t recruit people that are passionate about dedicating their entire life to educational reform, but I do agree with the fact that many do use this program as a spring-board to do other things, and forget about the inequities they were recruited to address in the first...
“I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...”
– Nigerian author and artist Teju Cole (via xkimberlyx)
This combined with reading Open City last year has cemented by fierce, unapologetic love for Teju Cole.
(via delacroix)
Clever Tea Design
arrangealign:
I love tea but I have the problem of aaaalways forgetting about it in the kitchen while it steeps. This however would probably make me want to watch it steep.
Cleverly design by Pablo Mattedoa. http://pablomatteoda.blogspot.com/
I love pretty much anything related to tea.
December 2011
41 posts
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This Time Tomorrow
Krystal Bick is definitely my favorite right now. I love her and her fashion blog — This Time Tomorrow. I also love that she’s from and lives in San Francisco. Oh, and she works at Google. NBD. She’s just all kinds of awesome.
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