January 2009
68 posts
New Year's Resolution
Get rid of clutter. A cleaner and more organized living space.
Write for 20 minutes (no less, no more), four times a week.
Finish old projects (!!!)
Keep in touch with friends
Keep promises
Excerise more
Bike more
Picnic more
Be nicer to parents and sister
Practice making yummy salads
“Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy”
– President Barack Obama (via inauguration) (via animinimalism)
Can Michelle Obama Save America’s Fashion... →
missconceptions:
• Michelle inspired a shopping frenzy at White House Black Market after she wore one of their $148 dresses on The View. • She showed the world money doesn’t buy style when she wore an H&M dress at a campaign rally in Detroit. • She made up-and-coming designer Thakoon Panichgul a veritable fashion star when she wore one of his dresses at the Democratic National Convention. •...
American Girl: Michelle Obama
“When I saw Obama in Chicago and took her for white, it was not because of her cadences, mannerisms, or dress, but because of the radical proposition she put forth—a black community fully vested, no DuBoisian veil, in the country at large. A buddy of mine once remarked that Michelle “makes Barack black.” But that understates things. She doesn’t simply make Barack black—she makes him...
Best Careers 2009: Librarian →
eldoggrag:
karenh:
“Forget about that image of librarians as a mousy bookworms. More and more of today’s librarians must be clever interrogators, helping the patron to reframe their question more usefully. Librarians then become high-tech information sleuths, helping patrons plumb the oceans of information available in books and digital records, often starting with a clever Google search but...
