December 2011
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The Infamous Proust Questionnaire: →
What is your greatest fear?
“Converting kilometers to miles” -David Bowie
And other sneak peeks into the soul of the sometimes interesting and usually famous interviewees.
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“I made some interesting friends, had enough money to get around, and learned a...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary
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greatestgeneration:
When My Man Comes Home...
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“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”
– Ernest Hemingway (via musingsinfemininity)
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The Troubador's Road: Top 25 Songs of 2011 →
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William McRaven: The Admiral →
William McRaven was tumbling from the sky, and there wasn’t much sky left.
It was July 18, 2001, midway through that quiet summer before the whole world learned Osama bin Laden’s name. McRaven, then a 45-year-old Navy SEAL captain, led a jump exercise near San Diego.
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Staying in Touch With Home, for Better or Worse →
The communication gap that once kept troops from staying looped into the joyful, depressing, prosaic or sordid details of home life has all but disappeared. With advances in cellular technology, wider Internet access and the infectious use of social networking sites like Facebook, troops in combat zones can now communicate with home nearly around the clock.
They can partake in births and...
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“It is not a fiction devoted to making the large historical statement. It is...”
– Bill Buford, Granta
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“Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much...”
– Herman Hesse (via @johannal)
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"My father-in-law described his 1972 Saab as a... →
STOCKHOLM — Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy on Monday, giving up a desperate struggle to stay in business after previous owner General Motors Co. blocked takeover attempts by Chinese investors.
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“… I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still...”
– John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Girl You Should Date →
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable.
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“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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Things Not to Say →
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Life and Death Choices of a Junior Officer →
Far from the generals in the Pentagon and Kabul, America’s front-line troops entrust their lives to junior officers like Captain Bonenberger. These officers, in their 20s and early 30s, do much more than lead soldiers into combat. They must be coaches and therapists one minute, diplomats and dignitaries the next. They are asked to comprehend the machinations of Afghan allies even as they parry the...
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WatchDon’t regret regret.
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