December 2011
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No Snow, Just Rain
by Eric Ellis
Rooftop apex, shingled out, down. No sun—no sky. I, crouched, hunched over, peaking at gravity from the highest point. No snow—no fear.
Leafless trees cackle as skeletons, brown, soaked in gray.
Posed at the edge, I, a seabird twisted, eyes diving for fish. No scales—just concrete. Fingers curled at the edge, white like talons. Ready to press. I’m ready to swim. To taste gray...
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“And even if the wars didn’t keep coming like glaciers, there would still...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
“Every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters.”
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (via thechocolatebrigade)
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“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the...”
– Alan Keightley (via musingsinfemininity)
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A major problem with e-readers, IMO, is that you cannot transfer already owned, beloved books to your device like you can with music/audio.
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Kinsey vs The Europeans →
youmightfindyourself:
Sixty years ago, Alfred Kinsey, a professor of zoology at Indiana University, published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, an 804-page tract documenting impressively high rates of non-normative behavior among ordinary Americans, including widespread premarital intercourse, marital infidelity, homosexuality, and masturbation. The report made a ponderous pretense at being...
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WatchThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
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