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things found on the internet

...which made me happy about all the amazing things humans do.

Draw themselves in dozens of animation styles

Make the news sound extra fun, doo-dah, doo-dah

Provide context for what you're saying using language features

Exploit streetlights to make Mary Poppins magic

This concludes your oldschool web-log for today.

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Is it a bumper sticker? A new exercise craze? Some sort of meta-irony that makes me groan? Who knows!

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A friend once used this phrase in reference to my more unusual exercise pursuits. I liked it a lot. And now it could be a cheesy t-shirt with lettering styles that don't make semantic sense!

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This first round of #PushFriday is the next round of edits for a logo I'm working on. I wanted to get something to my friends/clients by the end of the year, so why not a set of options today?

Nothing much to show, publicly, yet. But there is progress!

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Current status:

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meditation for a busy day

Adding items to my to-do list can be an act of acknowledging potential for the future, not one of immediate burden.

Sometimes mere presence is a form of productivity.

My expectations for a day may not be fulfilled, and that needn't be a bad thing.

Productivity, immediate output, visible results — these are not the only measure of value.

I can only do one thing at a time.

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Teach me your ways! Anything that involves actual scissors remains a terrifying mystery to me.

Various stages of my first attempt at cutting my own hair.

Achievement unlocked?

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Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in gear-dagum, þeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!

Anonymous, Beowulf

Monday First Sentences | Every Monday, we offer the opening sentences of a Penguin Classic to start the week.

(via classicpenguin) Attention greenlikejazz.

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Painter painting in our land pictures of only white angels Painter painting in our time in shadows of yesterday

Painter, if you paint with love, paint me some black angels now For all good blacks in heaven, painter show us that you care

Eartha Kitt - Angelitos Negros (1970 performance)

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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English Stop what you’re doing and watch this. Especially if you have a problem with AAVE or broken English. 

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“I can be someone’s and still be my own.”

Shel Silverstein  (via gothingtons)

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“sparkly urban rainbow pseudopunk” sounds like an excellent plan for the summer.

Random Aesthethic Generator

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Floral print.

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I need more floral prints in my wardrobe.

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Around two hours ago, I was partially woken up by my phone making noise near my head. As I awoke, I had in my head a song that my brain had composed. It was moody, simple, and had an alliterative chorus. I went back to sleep. I have now awoken for real with “The Little Drummer Boy” looping in my head. Happy June.