the happy birthday bear edition (unfortunately there's quite a bit about assault)

apparently we create our own luck

it's videos like this that make the internet worth it

get psyched

this showed up in my feed. seemed appropriate though perhaps it should have gone into your feed.

a complete recap of the whole uva story for posterity

responses

1. that's useful but i haven't been able to get it to work yet.

2. the next generation will not understand this smoking section idea at all. Then again, it's a pretty idiotic idea. and really once they put inseat entertainment, flights were changed forever for the better. there's no going back. i went to china having to watch the dvd's my friend brought and intermittently going slightly crazy.

3. i guess i can agree that politeness serves as a socially acceptable censor. free speech exists apart from politeness and often directly in opposition to it.

4. they seem to connect ghosting with technology but i'm not sure it's that much easier to escape now than before. i mean, people can track you online now.

5. i don't agree with any of what the author thinks is good or bad about those shows. i think it's been going badly this season. however, this was an important gem from the story.

6. i mean i don't care for or against her messiness but i'm not much for lena dunham's rape story 

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1. i thought the 4- hour body would be something like - "outsource your workout." but it seems to be heavily researched for the optimal health results with the least effort. so it seems interesting. though i had to return it because it was on hold for someone else. i'll let you know.

2. it was supposed to be a link but i can't remember for what. maybe that dumpling restaurant in queens that you said you would never go to.

4. that first sentence is incredibly sad.

6. nicole kidman plays paddington?!?!?!role of a lifetime.

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3. in re princeton: this cosby accuser kinda reminds me of what feminists want to do with sexual assault cases - reducing the statute of limitations and putting the emphasis on shaming perpetrators and not questioning victims. what kills me about the cosby accusers is that you have 16 or so women and maybe 1 went to the police. do women really care so little about other women that they wouldn't alert someone to the danger? do they really care so little about themselves?