February 2012
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5.5kms after work. Not a bad run.
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3 Rounds and a Sound on Hart of Dixie! Josh Schwartz cliche! Drink!
Things that make me happy:
andyhutchins:
sunforallofflorida:
football season
Things that are out of season:
football
National state of emergency, I’d say.
Get into Australian Football. It’ll keep you going til September.
Oh, and it is TOTALLY AWESOME.
Watchmenwhotrustwomen:
“Any women who get angry about us making all these decisions are probably just on their periods.”
These very funny men trust women.
-CA
I didn’t think it was possible to me love Nick Offerman any more than I did before, but I do.
douglasmartini asked: I think it's more than that, though. I think it's the fact that Tom is regressing while everybody else is growing. During Tom's brief relationship with Lucy (before he found out Ron and Wendy were dating), he proved that he could be charming and human. You can tell he genuinely liked Lucy. Here, it just seems like Ann is a prop here, another one of Tom's great-looking clothing...
The problem with Tom and Ann
wonklife:
The problem with the Tom and Ann subplot in this season of Parks & Recreation is that it’s forcing viewers to confront the unpleasant fact that if they actually knew Tom Haverford in real life, they would hate him so, so, so much.
This is true.
“We’ve been hearing for years about how designers refuse to dress Christina...”
– Word, Alyssa Rosenberg.
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“The economic reforms of the Hawke and Keating era may have succeeded in...”
– Dennis Glover, “Hawke-Keating era saw Labor begin to lose its way”, The Australian, 15 February 2012
Another excellent op-ed by Dennis Glover
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Who needs to improve the actual life of its citizens as long as the party retains its romanticism.
I have hope →
zainyk:
naysayersspeak:
zainyk:
naysayersspeak:
Reading more about this, which nearly kills me, because Sufjan and The National are my two favourites, I have a little hope that I won’t miss out. It’s apparently being produced by three different theaters. Performance dates have been announced for two of them.
The third is the Sydney Opera House.
I better put some Emergency Sufjan Money...
I have hop →
zainyk:
naysayersspeak:
Reading more about this, which nearly kills me, because Sufjan and The National are my two favourites, I have a little hope that I won’t miss out. It’s apparently being produced by three different theaters. Performance dates have been announced for two of them.
The third is the Sydney Opera House.
I better put some Emergency Sufjan Money aside.
Front row baby. Me,...
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I have hope →
Reading more about this, which nearly kills me, because Sufjan and The National are my two favourites, I have a little hope that I won’t miss out. It’s apparently being produced by three different theaters. Performance dates have been announced for two of them.
The third is the Sydney Opera House.
I better put some Emergency Sufjan Money aside.
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I wish they’d announce the Awkward season 2 premiere date already.
I need some more Jenna and Matty in my life.
ninefruits asked: In terms of the ACTUAL meaning of the word "liberal" then Turnbull is very liberal. More so than populist liberals. See Isaiah Berlin's concepts of Positive and Negative Liberty. (This is sent to you, but directed at that guy who I don't know, and, you know, anyone else who wants to argue with me about such things.)
Worst. Sale. Ever.
wonklife:
Via Julian Sanchez.
LOL.
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citizen-cam:
// ]]]]>]]>naysayersspeak replied to your post: Hey remember that time when Malcolm thought a fake…
Remember when FDR cheated on…
Also, I think the reason some lefties love Turnbull is this: If Turnbull was PM, we might actually have interesting debates about policy. I mean, look at what happened when it was Rudd v. Turnbull on Climate Change: it wasn’t...
ninefruits asked: I still hold out hope that Malcolm will be PM one day. He's the only person in the whole Parliament who has the intellect, broad experience, understanding of political philosophy and gravitas to be PM. When we get our party going and convince him to move across then it will happen.
I should note, in addition to the last post, that not even FDR himself attempted socialized medicine in the US. It was a bridge too far, and he specifically mentioned how it was near-impossible to get through. Pretty much every Democratic, and most Republican, Presidents since have tried it. I wrote a pretty epic essay on the history of health care reform during my MA. I won a prize for it. I...
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Marathon Training: Week 1, Day 2
Today was my first outdoor run post-physio. The outdoor runs were always harder than the treadmill ones. It wasn’t painless, but it was better than before, and it will get better still. I did 4.5kms, about half running and half walking. Now that I’m using my butt and thigh muscles more, and my calves less, I get fatigued a lot more easily. It will take a while to condition those...
I managed to get up at 5:30 and go to the gym this morning. I did 45 mins on the cross trainer for the second day in a row. Every time I’m managed to lose a significant amount of weight, it has involved lots of time on the elliptical, so it’s a good start.
Having an iPad is surprisingly great for the gym. I could watch TV while I worked out, and the time flew by. It has really...
I finally started watching Luck.
I’m pretty proud of the fact I understood absolutely everything. There was nothing new to me.
And I find the shots of the races utterly breathtaking. It’s so great to see something I love rendered so beautifully on screen.
Ezra Klein has been on Tumblr like 24 hours and he’s already taken over my dashboard.
I just signed up for my first half marathon
The SMH Half Marathon. May 20.
I have 12 weeks and 6 days.
I can do this.
Oh, Hello There, Ezra Klein →
zainyk:
omg ezra is on tumblr. back off ladies, him and his brain are mine.
Shuttup, Zain, I loved him first.
I got an iPad and I love it and I’m not sure how I ever lived without it.
That is all
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edwardok:
I hate this part of the week because it’s the longest possible time before more Parks and Recreation.
Yes.
“So this is where Rick Santorum stands now. He remains a contender because he...”
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Jonathan Bradley is talking about 2011 comedy Cedar Rapids in today’s Blogbook for a reason, and it’s not just so he can make jokes about Rick Santorum’s sweater vests. He promises. (via americanreviewmag)
This is worth a read.
Hey guys, check out my awesome new website →
Our idea is to be “sport without soundbites”. We’re sick of reading the same articles in every outlet, about the same half a dozen players the media considers to be important. We’re sick of cowardly reporters protecting their access to clubs and players rather than writing insightful - and possible critical- articles about the game.
I’m not going to lie: it’s...
“Demetriou told ABC Radio last week that “… We are absolutely entitled to protect...”
– Claire Mehrtens on the Optus decision and the AFL’s reaction to it.
