January 2010
46 posts
loverfly:
Teddy Pendergrass - You’re My Latest,...
sherry:
Teddy Pendergrass, Love TKO
Teddy...
camillionaire:
Teddy Pendergrass - If You Don’t...
UK grading software fails Churchill speech for... →
savingpaper:
The system, which is a proposed way of marking exam papers online, found that Winston Churchill’s rousing 1940 call to “fight them on the beaches” was too repetitive, with the text using the word “upon” and “our” too frequently.
His reference to the “might of the German army” lost him marks because the computer assumed that Churchill had intended to say “might have”, instead of...
Here's the game: Grab the book nearest you right...
aubade:
‘A lover’, said the hoopoe, now their guide, ‘Is one in whom all thoughts of Self have died; Those who renounce the Self deserve that name; Righteous or sinful, they are all the same!
That’s one full sentence from Farid Ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds.
“Later, as she walks home, she will pick up a stone stained the copper of dried blood and hold the ghoulish souvenir...
jesuisperdu:
murmure:
Slum Village - Fall in...
I'm a little late on the New Year's Resolution...
…but with my internship, classes, and comps preparation, I’ve decided it would be best to implement computer-less Saturdays. Evey Saturday until May 8th I will refrain from using my computer. I just need to do some straight-up old fashioned book (/article) reading uninterrupted, all day.
I generally rarely use my computer on weekends anyway. So if I find this task fairly easy,...
marymack:
Lauryn Hill - “Tell Him”
Tips on how to become a better writer
savingpaper:
1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. 3. Employ the vernacular. 4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 6. Remember to never split an infinitive. 7. Contractions aren’t necessary. 8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 9. One should never generalize. 10....
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant.[…an elephant’s faithful...”
– Dr. Seuss (via justbesplendid)
You can learn a lot about someone by the music...
A Different Girl Every Nigh – Me’Shell Ndegeocello
Pain in my Heart – Otis Redding
Lady Madonna – The Beatles
Just Once – Amel Larrieux
My Same – ADELE
Help! – The Beatles
Down in Mexico – The Coasters
Delicate – Damien Rice
Hot Rod – Peaches
The Reminisce Over You – C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock
Princess of the Posse – Queen Latifah
Sticky Green – Devin the Dude
All I Want – Joni...
anditslove:
Monica - Angel of Mine
Nothing...
Happy Birthday Isaac Newton
(via jesuisperdu)
Today’s date, 01-02-2010, is a palindrome; it...
bugseatbooks:
heartwarming: aconstantache: s0hvi: bellaavalon: wicki: bethanydaigle: taleeroe: ostapoppi: hannahisdeceased: (via helloimabigail)
Of course, most other countries write their dates as day-month-year, and so today may also be 02/01/2010. So potentially, another palindromic date will be February first of this year (01/02/2010).
(Yeah, I’m a bit of a smart ass.)