January 2012
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Don't Call Introverted Children 'Shy'
Imagine a 2-year-old who greets you with a huge smile, offering a toy. Now here’s another child who regards you gravely and hides behind his parent’s leg. How do you feel about these two children? If you’re like most people, you think of the first child as social and the second as reserved, or as everyone tends to interpret, “shy.” From a very young age, we categorize children as one or the other,...
ACTA 'Is More Dangerous Than SOPA' →
[brightcove video=”1416453950001 ” /] SOPA and PIPA are stalled (or dead) in the halls of the U.S. Congress. Yet, there may be a bigger, perhaps more dangerous threat to Internet freedoms on the way, called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. At least that’s how U.S. Rep. Darrell…
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by now, you'd think I would know better then to...
ohmythespis:
It’s hard to explain to people why you’re bawling over a book. They just don’t understand…
i’m guilty of this. the number of times i’ve caught a peak hour train home and found tears falling down my face.. oh good times cityrail
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“1. The world is flat. Not in the sense of a level economic playing field (an...”
– In the Land of the Non-Reader - Jonathan Gourlay
Gourlay’s entertaining article on what happened to him when he stopped reading. This scared the bejesus out of me. Message received Gourlay, I will never stop reading in fear of being stuck in a dull soap opera.
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Live Forever - Drew Holcomb And The Neighbours
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Where did Clark go?? →
Haha - what a miracle. I never knew glasses had such disguising power.
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Almost Everything - Wakey!Wakey!
Another song...
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Homesick.
I’m homesick.
I don’t want to go back home but I am homesick. I miss scaring my 30 yr old sister around the corner. I miss those random times when my mum and I would exercise in front of the TV (Tae Bo or Zumba anyone?). I miss my happy, bubbly car Booger (shocking Green Mazda2). I miss my friends: teasing Jeff for his ridiculous spending habits (helicopter and boat, seriously...
Color me disappointed...
catalogliving:
Sorry you didn’t get that book you really wanted for Christmas Elaine, but as you can see our yellow book quadrant is at capacity.
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Gumption - Hans Zimmer (from The Holiday...