April 2010
20 posts
First World Problem of the Day
I wanted an egg and sausage sandwich for brekkie.
THERE ARE NO EGGS IN THE HOUSE!
It’s hardly Darfur, is it?
“There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character? Hang about, Thor’s mythical, right? Thor has a hammer that flies to him when he clicks his fingers. That’s OK, but the colour of my skin is wrong?”
—You tell ‘em, Idris Elba. (On playing Norse god Heimdall in the upcoming Kenneth Branagh-directed Thor movie.)
I got nothing.: My sister-in-law, who is white, adopted a black baby boy from the... →
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My sister-in-law, who is white, adopted a black baby boy from the state in which they live. The burden of proof was heavily weighed on THEM to prove that they could care for and nurture my nephew.
Sandra Bullock, who is adopting in the US, may have wanted to lay low and prove, to whomever she is…
*h: 5 Hilarious Facts You Might Not Know About Women →
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1. “We are amassing an army, sponsored by the Zingtorx Corporation of Jupiter, and we expect to conquer Earth and seven other planets by 2089.”- Allison Fields, 29, Miami
2. “We are born, and then we grow, and then we die.”- Maxine Clements, 37, Phoenix
3. “Some of us like pretzels. Some of us…
Buffy & Spike FOREVER
Spike: You listen to me. I’ve been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that. I’ve seen things you couldn’t imagine, and done things I’d prefer you didn’t. I don’t exactly have a reputation for being a thinker; I follow my blood, which does not always rush in the direction of my head. So I’ve made a lot of mistakes. A lot of wrong bloody calls. A hundred plus years, only one thing I’ve ever been sure of. You. Look at me. I’m not asking you for anything. When I tell you that I love you, it’s not because I want you, or ‘cause I can’t have you, it has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try… I’ve seen your strength, and your kindness, I’ve seen the best and the worst of you and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You are a hell of a woman. You’re the one, Buffy.
Buffy: I don’t… I don’t want to be the one.
Spike: I don’t want to be this good-looking and athletic. We all have crosses to bear.
I’d bear your cross, Spike!
Um, that doesn’t even make sense. Still, I would.
“If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to serve as a horrible warning.”
—Catherine Aird
This delicious honey and mustard sauce is too good for this incredibly bland rice. Boo, bland rice. Boo.
One of my favourite words: MILQUETOAST. Shame about its definition, though.
“Someone should do a medieval French lute refix of Fiddy’s ‘Ayo Technology’ and call it ‘Bayeux Technology’. Like, immediately.”
—Dan Hancox, via Twitter.
Why...
… did I read Breaking Dawn? I will never get those hours of my life back. It feels now like I’m being punished for my folly by intense insomnia - Nature is claiming her hours back.
Well played, Universe.
WELL PLAYED.
“The only response to ‘I can’t come with a condom on.’ is ‘Huh. That’s funny. I can.’”
— Megan Carpentier, via Twitter.
The Loneliness Of The New Insomniac
Insomnia is new to me.
I don’t have any perfected tricks to while away the hours yet.
Is this what the world is like for babies? Everything new, but not entirely good?
Perhaps I can cultivate a wholly different night-time persona - suave, learned, somewhat bleary-eyed…
“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.”
—- Gloria Steinem
