“Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
—Henri Frederic Amiel
January 2012
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ShortFormBlog: Study: Teens flocking to Twitter more than they did two years ago →
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- 8% of young people ages 12-17 had Twitter accounts in 2009, according to a Pew study
- 16% of young people ages 12-17 had Twitter accounts in 2011, according to an updated study source
» Not so square anymore? Two years ago, Twitter had a bit of a reputation as the social network of…
“No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.”
—Desiderius Erasmus
“Parenting is just one part of a French mother’s life, alongside stilettos and a briefcase, not the high- investment, all-consuming project it has become to over-anxious parents in New York or London.”
—Ever since “French Women Don’t Get Fat” became a bestseller in America a few years ago, a new genre has emerged devoted to the failings that French women don’t possess. Now a new book turns attention to the impossibly well-mannered offspring of these impossibly chic women. (via theeconomist)
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter to his eldest son →
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New York
November 10, 1958Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.
But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.
Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.
The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.
We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Love,
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Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works →
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no no god damn it fuck you
Why? What good will come of this? Are you high? Because I’M HIGH and I STILL disagree with this bullshit
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.”
—(via wegotthatattitude)
you can't always get what you want
I have everything I need. How do I know? I’m here, safe, loved, alive, fed, I have a warm place to sleep, air to breathe. If I need it, I have it. If I don’t have it, I don’t need it.
NPR Social Media Desk Internship
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The deadline for applications to the summer internship on the NPR Social Media Desk is February 15. If you’re interested in applying for this, or any other internship at NPR, check out the “Internships” page on NPR.org. —Wright
“It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield.”
—William Butler Yeats
Champagne Year
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