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Feb 24th

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Tumblr's New Policy: Why it's Helping You, Not...

Everyone (we’ll take this to mean “a broad demographic of the internet” and not actually “everyone”) is whining about Tumblr’s new policy on self-harm content. ”This is a blogging website!” a lot of them seem to say. ”I want to be able to talk about my life on my blog! How could you stop me from doing that?” The more ornery people are...

Feb 23rd

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Me: I need to learn French.
Rosetta Stone: Use me! I'll teach you how to speak nearly-fluent French!
Me: You're pretty expensive.
Rosetta Stone: I'm on sale! And if you return me within six months, you get all of your money back!
Me: ...Um, okay.  That sounds like a good deal actually.
Rosetta Stone: Woo! I'm in your mailbox! Pick me up and install me and start me up!
Me: All done.  Let's start! Oh man I can't wait to learn French.  I want to speak it somewhat well when I'm there next semester.
Rosetta Stone: I can do that for you!
Rosetta Stone: First lesson.  You're learning words like "un homme" and "livre," okay?
Me: That seems reasonable enough.  
Rosetta Stone: Good job! You know those words now.  Don't you feel great?
Me: Yeah! Oh man thank you so much, Rosetta Stone.  What's next?
Rosetta Stone: Second lesson.  You're learning words like "le chien" and "conduit."
Me: 
Rosetta Stone: Say the sentence with me! "Le chat ne cuisine pas."
Me: 
Rosetta Stone: Le chat ne cuisine pas.
Me: Le chat ne cuisine pas.
Rosetta Stone: See how easy it is to learn conversational French with me?
Me: Le poisson nage.
Rosetta Stone: You're on your way to fluency!
Me: But-but... What about things like "I want water please" or "where is the university" or "my name is Jenn?"
Rosetta Stone: No, I'm doing this right trust me.  Now say "les enfants ne conduisent pas."
Me: 
Rosetta Stone: Les enfants ne conduisent pas.
Me: 
Rosetta Stone: Les enfants ne conduisent pas.
Me: Les enfant ne conduisent pas?
Rosetta Stone: Woo! Everyone is going to love you in France.
Me: 
Rosetta Stone: Next lesson!

Feb 23rd

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Saying it with a .gif:

Feb 22nd

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Just got French Rosetta Stone

france: ten
france: twenty
france: thirty
france: forty
france: fifty
france: sixty
france: 
france: 
france: sixty ten
world: france what are you do—
france: four twenties
world: france stop it
france: four twenties ten
world: france that doesn't even make any sense
france: 
france: 
france: 
world: 
france: 
world: 
france: hundred.

Feb 22nd

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Feb 17th

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Feb 17th

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excerpt from "Mayakovsky"

4. Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. The country is grey and brown and white in trees, snow and skies of laughter always diminishing, less funny not just darker, not just grey. It may be the coldest day of the year, what does he think of that? I mean, what do I? And if I do, perhaps I am myself again. Frank...

Feb 16th

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Changing the date so it looks like I posted this...

(say it with a gif wednesday)

Feb 15th

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Feb 15th

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Feb 14th

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“We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn...”

– Newt Gingrich, 2007.

Feb 13th

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Feb 12th

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One of my favorite songs.

Feb 12th

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Feb 12th

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Sometimes I really want to use tumblr for...

and then I’m like what no are you kidding you’re twenty years old.

Feb 12th

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Feb 12th

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Feb 11th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 10th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

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Feb 9th

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Me: So I'm walking back to my dorm from the gym and something crosses the path in front of me.
My brother: Yeah?
Me: It's a fucking deer with a broken leg.  I want to cry.
My brother: Oh.  I thought you were going to say that a Snorlax was blocking the path.

Feb 8th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 5th

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Feb 5th

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Feb 4th

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I can't tell if this makes her awesome or not.

chalifouxable: My sister just bought a happy meal just because they have Batman toys. One year later: it makes me awesome, okay? I still have that plastic Jokermobile.

Feb 3rd

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Also, because it's Wednesday:

Feb 2nd

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Feb 2nd

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A Thank-You Note to Men

To you, whom it may concern: Manly creature, who smells good even when you don’t, you wake up too slowly, with fuzzy, vertical hair and a slightly lost look on your face as though you are seven or seventy-five; you can fix my front door, my sink, and open most jars; you, who loses a cuff link and have to settle for a safety pin, you have promised to slay unfortunate interlopers and...

Feb 2nd

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