August 2009
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Consecutive statements by Bob McDonnell
“I believe government should not discriminate based on sex, or race, or creed or on sexual orientation.” [Emphasis added by me.] “I believe marriage should be reserved for one man and one woman.”
Aug 31st
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Pre-Feminist Artifacts From Rhoda Morgenstern to... →
patriarchyisbullshit: “At age 34, two years before his first election and two decades before he would run for governor of Virginia, Robert F. McDonnell submitted a master’s thesis to the evangelical school he was attending in Virginia Beach in which he described working women and feminists as ‘detrimental’ to the family. He said government policy should favor married couples over ‘cohabitators,...
Aug 31st
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Shockoe Bottom has yet to fully recover from... →
I moved to Shockoe Bottom nine months after Gaston and have lived on the ground level without flood insurance since then. Some people would call that stupid. Those people are probably right.
Aug 30th
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Aug 28th
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Aug 28th
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Aug 28th
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Aug 27th
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Aug 27th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Mr. Met Lands On DL With Vertigo →
Aug 26th
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“The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall...”
– Senator Ted Kennedy (via squashed)
Aug 26th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 21st
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Aug 21st
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Why a broken heart really does hurt →
Their study indicates that a variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), often associated with physical pain, is related to how much social pain a person feels in response to social rejection. I’d like to suggest a follow-up study to determine the level of actual butthurt which is felt upon being unfollowed or not invited to a tweetup.
Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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“This new hearing is a fool’s errand. This court has never held that the...”
– Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent yesterday in Georgia v Davis
Aug 18th
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Pro se divorce is on the rise « Virginia Lawyers... →
Holy shit. The creative advocacy project on which I’m working is being written about by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. I don’t know whether I should be flattered or terrified.
Aug 18th
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My places on the interwebs
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Aug 18th
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I couldn't do it anymore
I had to shave the mustache. Each time I looked in the mirror, I saw a creepy dude staring back at me and it didn’t feel right. Some guys can pull off a mustache but I am not one of them.
Aug 18th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 15th
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Aug 13th
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Aug 13th
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“i urge you to please notice when you are happy & exclaim or murmur or think...”
– kurt vonnegut. (via melissasantos) This has been my work email signature for more than a year now, so I had to reblog it.
Aug 13th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 11th
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Aug 11th
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Aug 11th
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iTunes on Random 08.11.09
01. Particle : Road’s A Breeze (@3am) 02. Pantera : Cemetery Gates 03. Mudhoney : Dyin’ For It 04. N*E*R*D : Chariot Of Fire 05. Archers Of Loaf : 1985 06. The Beatles : I’ve Got A Feeling 07. The Solution (feat. Dilated Peoples) : Believe That 08. Veruca Salt : Venus Man Trap 09. Primus : Is It Luck? 10. Smashing Pumpkins :...
Aug 11th