Nine years later, JibJab still has it.
(via all that glitters)
New shoes. I adore them.
Julia Alison, you have done something amazing: You have made it onto my radar. I am absurdly myopic when it comes to Internet celebrities—unless they become targets of criticism on the Huffington Post. All those updates about your crazy lives just fly right over my silly head.
But then haven’t I seen your name tossed around on the Post? Didn’t you write a few columns? About the Emmys or somesuch? Oh dear. I just haven’t paid attention! I’m very sorry. But now that you are lifecasting your crazy and different adventures on NonSociety, I can keep up without a problem. Isn’t that great?
Oh, oh, I have to talk about that horizontal layout. Genius. Not only can you scroll up and down to read your blog entries, you have to scroll sideways to see new ones! There are scrollbars vertically and horizontally, and you need to use both to get around on your blog. No, girl, AJAX is not for you. (Even your geekette Meghan doesn’t use it.) You’re being so crazy and different. You’re really getting your readers to live outside the box.
And the best part? You are already so well-known on the Internet! There’s an entire site dedicated to watch you. There’s even a parody site! After only a day! You’re a sensation!
But if you see or hear a few hurtful things, just ignore them, girl. Follow your heart. Live how you want to live. Be who you’re meant to be. You are a special, special star who is going to change the world with your crazy life in Manhattan. You’ve got the shoes, and you’ve got the attention. What woman wouldn’t want to be you?
Yesterday, the House and the Senate voted to override Bush’s veto of a bill that would cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians. Cuts in reimbursements are correlated to the decrease of physicians who see patients on Medicare, leaving the elderly less access to health care. The funds to support this bill will come out of the budget for private Medicare plans—which seems to upset Human and Health Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. But the government pays more for private plans that result in additional financial burden on the elderly, and there is no evidence that private plans are necessarily better. (Not to mention the profit-seeking and ethically questionable behavior of private insurers and their agents.)
This, by no means, is a long-term fix for Medicare spending and coverage. But it is a necessary move. Leaving people unable to get health care while you fix the system is not the way to go.
If you’re one of those strange people who care for legalese (like me), you can read the proposal of and the revisions to the bill that was passed yesterday.
What happens when you give a girl a chance? She can change her community and her life.
Learn how to contribute at GirlEffect.org.
(via Laurie, Servant of Chaos)
– Michael S. Gazzaniga, Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique
My brain finally got tired of four hours of sleep every night. The last thing I remember was my father calling me to dinner. (Never made it downstairs.) Fourteen hours later, I wake up feeling greatly refreshed but also terribly hungry.
The second kind has no such plan or patience for caution. They will think nothing of the risk being taken when investing in someone, nor will they bother to proceed carefully, but will choose instead to reveal everything about themselves to whomever wishes to know them. These are the people who believe in serendipity, who trust their feelings and are led by their heart, who are on a relentless quest to find, earn, and keep love in their lives. These are the people who do not tiptoe into love, but instead know only to dive in, head first, with abandon.
- Why I Love You by Gregory E. Lang
Why are there two types of people—the careful and the carefree? Isn’t there a third? Or even many more? By being too cautious, you will always miss opportunities. By being too careless, you will always make mistakes. Why can’t you be a little bit of both?
There is always a courtship, when you get to know each other to see if you’re compatible. After some experience, you can create a list of traits that work (or not) with you. With more experience, you can more easily detect those traits in other people. Once you find someone who is compatible, you can then (or not) throw caution to the wind, stay over every night, and take showers together in the morning.
There have been times when I’ve been cautious, venturing carefully into love. There have been other times when I dove in and haven’t looked back.
But I prefer the abandon. It’s so much less work, and—frankly—so much more freeing.
(via Weenie’s World, The Chicktionary)
This was hanging above our heads at The Pour House. I don’t know either.
Me at The Pour House. I had a sudden desire for a milkshake. I spent most of my time enjoying it by licking the whipped cream off my fingers.
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