January 2010
34 posts
“A man is a person who will pay two dollars for a one-dollar item he wants. A...”
– William Binger, farmer
Choices in Relationships, 2010
“The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that…women will...”
– Louise Otto, German Feminst
Choices in Relationships, 2010
“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious...”
– Gordon B. Hinckley (via kari-shma)
yep. but the best love has both.
I just had a 43 minute phone conversation with my dad. I don’t think we’ve ever talked on the phone that long. Even when I was homesick in Costa Rica, I think we only talked for 20 or 30 minutes. Not that me & my dad aren’t close, because we are, I guess we’ve just always been able to connect and relate to each other without really wordy exchanges. But tonight it was...
“…building a fence at the top of a cliff is better than putting an...”
– David Knox, Caroline Schacht (Choices in Relationships, 2009)
**Pro-prevention**
“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”
– Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American author
…thank you for always reminding me to be positive.
“Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that...”
– Barack Obama
The average amount of time the ball is in play on... →
tumbledore:
People watch three hours of football to witness 11 minutes of actual play. This is why American football is boring and why basketball and soccer are the greatest sports in the world.
11 minutes of actual play
12 minutes of shots of the head coaches and referees
17 minutes of replays
60 minutes of commercials
75 minutes of shots of players huddling, standing at the line of...
Mermaid vs. Whale
My mom forwarded this to me in an e-mail…
Recently, in a large city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. The ad asked, “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym with...
“You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for...”
– Gordon Hinckley (via kari-shma)
I think everyone has the potential to be good. It just depends on whether or not you’re in a place (physically, mentally, emotionally) where you can see that/ believe that in yourself. And “good” doesn’t always refer to the same thing....
“Being gifted doesn’t mean you’ve been given something.
It means, you have...”
– via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma)
“I have no regrets. Regret only makes wrinkles.”
– Sophia Loren (via kari-shma)
“I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn’t matter what...”
– Julia Roberts (via kari-shma)
Watchsimplekindoflife:
Sociologist Stephanie Coontz, in her acclaimed, fascinating, and fact-dense book, The Way We Never Were, illustrates the way that what is considered “traditional” must be socially constructed. For example, when people say “traditional marriage,” do they mean marriage between a man and his property? Between a man and more than one woman? Is the idea age for marriage 13, 20 or...
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize...”
– Lao Tzu (via kari-shma)
“Good relationships balance over time. This means that at any particular point in...”
– Gregory Godek (via kari-shma)
exactly.
Side note: Usually one of us is broke while the other is rich. Right now we both just happen to be broke, which I guess is still balanced…
“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through...”
– Ellen Goodman (via kari-shma)
I’ve recently become addicted to HGTV.
“A hug can turn your day around, it’s like an emotional Heimlich. Someone puts...”
– Pushing Daisies (via kari-shma)
“There is no such thing as the perfect soul mate. If you meet someone and you...”
– Madonna (via kari-shma)
Sorry for the last word, mom, but sooooo true. :]
“I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know that...”
– Amber Morely (via kari-shma)
Don't travel for the sake of saying, "yeah, I've...
kari-shma:
blnkpgs:
It doesn’t make you any less ignorant.