Mommy Issues: Parents are People Too [FRANKIE SAYS...]

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Frankie says… Parents are people, too. Since I recently wrote about my daddy issues, I find it only fair to write about my mommy issues as well. Now my issues surrounding her are not so definable – they’re much more convoluted and intrinsic to that weird and confusing bond between a mother and a daughter. [...]

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A Short Police Procedural About Life After Zombies [Procrastinate on This]

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Take 18 minutes to check out Michael Mann-esque short film, SPOILER on your lunch break. Here’s the synopsis: The zombie apocalypse happened — and we won. But though society has recovered, the threat of infection is always there — and Los Angeles coroner Tommy Rossman is the man they call when things go wrong. via [...]

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A Menu of Two Cities: Food Culture in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles [Elbows on the Table]

May 17, 2012 No Comments

There is nothing like paying a visit to your hometown to make you feel like a fish out of water. I really do not know how I survived in D.C. as long as I did in a lot of ways. My mother is the quintessential D.C. political glamazon. She has big, beautiful blonde hair that is [...]

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Eat Your Spinach! [Procrastinate on This]

May 16, 2012 No Comments

Friendly reminder… Image via LikeCool  

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Purple on the Side [Fierce Foodie]

May 16, 2012 No Comments

Warmer weather makes us lazy as a species. Unfortunately, ice cream for dinner every night will lead to a myriad of problems, such as running out of pants that fit. Thankfully there are some easy and relatively healthy recipes that require no attention to the stove. Someone once told me, “You don’t have to cook cabbage, it [...]

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Every Major’s Terrible [Procrastinate on This]

May 16, 2012 No Comments

I don’t necessarily agree, but I laughed, so… [xkcd]

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Assessing Shame at THE AVENGERS [On The Contrary]

May 16, 2012 4 Comments

Sometimes you have to capitulate to the cultural zeitgeist, if only to have an informed opinion on the major movements in our (pop) culture. An English teacher of mine once encouraged us not to actually read the great works of literature (that would take far too long) but to instead develop a nodding acquaintance with [...]

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Kymera Magic Wand Remote Control [One More Thing Before We Go]

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Wha??? My mind is all the way blown on premise alone. Then I read the product features list: Can learn 13 infrared remote control codes and replay them at your command with 13 easy to learn gestures Control almost anything that can be remote controlled with just a flick and a swish No need for [...]

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You are Probably Going to get Fired (Maybe) [HorroR Stories]

May 15, 2012 2 Comments

Dear Madame HorroR, Recently, my boss called me in to her office and gave me a counseling notice and said I had 10 days to improve my performance. Should I be worried? Am I going to get fired? – Called into the Principal’s office Dear Called, Yes… Probably… I don’t know. I’m doubtless not saying [...]

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The ABCs of Movie Monsters [Procrastinate on This]

May 15, 2012 3 Comments

Help me out with this one please. I guessed every one except H, I, Q, U, and Z. So let me know if you got any of those five in the comments. [via Likecool]

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