September 28, 2011
September 22, 2011
Nobody ever got rich on their own
On the accusation of a class warfare:
"You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did.
"You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did.
“Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea? God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”
-Elizabeth Warren
(at least someone gets it)
September 21, 2011
September 12, 2011
End of summer? Here's the soundtrack... PART 1
Here's the soudtrack of the season... Some of my favorites and frequent visitors on my itunes.
Ingrid Michaelson's You And I
Mundy's version of Galway Girl
Josh Radin's Brand New Day
Girl Talk's Every Day
Amy Winehouse's F-me Pump: Rest is peace lady.
Amy's Version of All my Lovin
Foster the People's Pumped up
Paloma Faith's Upside down
Ingrid Michaelson's You And I
Mundy's version of Galway Girl
Josh Radin's Brand New Day
Girl Talk's Every Day
Amy Winehouse's F-me Pump: Rest is peace lady.
Amy's Version of All my Lovin
Foster the People's Pumped up
Paloma Faith's Upside down
September 6, 2011
Goodbye sweet summer.
But it was a good summer, full of camping, beaching, concerts on the pier, ferry rides to the island, drinking cold bevages while floating down a river, out of state visitors, bicycle rides until my legs are numb, climbing rocks, laughing so hard with friends around a campfire that you cry, dance parties, sewing/failure nights and honey tea vodka. Goodbye dear summer. Can't wait until we meet again.
My dear Kennebunk Beach.
August 29, 2011
August 24, 2011
August 11, 2011
PRISON MIKE.
I love it when Jim calls Dwight "buddy."
I love it when Michael did his impressions.
I love it when The Office would come on Hulu friday mornings...
So hurry up and come back. And miss you Prison Mike.
I love it when Michael did his impressions.
I love it when The Office would come on Hulu friday mornings...
So hurry up and come back. And miss you Prison Mike.
August 3, 2011
My Shark week cupcake fail
Thought it would be a good idea to make some shark week cupcakes...
This was my inspiration:
This is what I made:
UPDATE: Got a tweet from the official Shark Week twitter. YES!
More fail: I showed my mother a picture of this cake and she was so mortified that I spent money on such a catastrophe.
This was my inspiration:
FAIL.
So... not a success. Apparently twinkies don't want to be dipped into greyish chocolate. And aparently as much as I like to bake, it does not make me any good.
So I salvaged as much as I could from the somewhat expensive ordeal and made a few shark fins. Those are barbie arms reaching out for dramatic effect (left over from a barbie cake- also a disaster)
Whatever...
UPDATE: Got a tweet from the official Shark Week twitter. YES!
More fail: I showed my mother a picture of this cake and she was so mortified that I spent money on such a catastrophe.
Penguin LOVE
True story:
When I was younger, I used to visit my grandmother in DC in the summer for a few weeks. We would always go to the zoo and one time, I got a stuffed penguin from the gift shop which I affectionately named Iceberg. I've had this penguin for MANY years, all through childhood, and even dragged him along to college where he kindly never judged my actions. We all have that stuffed animal or what have you that has seen more birthdays that Fred Willard's Smuckers jars.
A few weeks back, my roommate was in DC for uber important stuff and got me a stuffed baby penguin at the gift shop. It's one of the sweetest things I've ever received and so ironic that both penguins are from the same place. I named him Ice-cube.
So here's to the adults out there with a stuffed animal still gracing their bed. And to sweet roommates.
When I was younger, I used to visit my grandmother in DC in the summer for a few weeks. We would always go to the zoo and one time, I got a stuffed penguin from the gift shop which I affectionately named Iceberg. I've had this penguin for MANY years, all through childhood, and even dragged him along to college where he kindly never judged my actions. We all have that stuffed animal or what have you that has seen more birthdays that Fred Willard's Smuckers jars.
A few weeks back, my roommate was in DC for uber important stuff and got me a stuffed baby penguin at the gift shop. It's one of the sweetest things I've ever received and so ironic that both penguins are from the same place. I named him Ice-cube.
So here's to the adults out there with a stuffed animal still gracing their bed. And to sweet roommates.
Iceberg and Ice-cube
August 1, 2011
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