January 2009
64 posts
“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.”
– e. e. cummings (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
“‘If you are careful,’ Garp wrote, ‘if you use good ingredients, and you don’t...”
– My favourite quotation about cooking, writing and love:
John Irving, The World According to Garp (1978). (via petronillapaperdoll) (via ambivalence)
President Obama's Inaugural Address →
thedailywhat:
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been...
“The inaugural itself will be at the Capitol, which was built by slaves who baked...”
– CNN: Monumental change still hard to believe (via heilemann) (via inauguration)
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition....”
– Barack Obama (via littlemiss) (via kari-shma)
“Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when...”
– Tina Turner via RealSimple.com (via legallyheidi) (via justlia) (via kari-shma)
“The bottom line is this: for someone who loves making things on the web,...”
– Gina Trapani on leaving Lifehacker (via 43folders) (via marco)
Hey SMM is your name Le-a?
spontaneouslove:
sedatedm:
A friend of mine forwarded this to me:
OKAY. How would you pronounce this child’s name? Le-a ( written just like that) Leah?? NO Lee - A?? NOPE Lay - a?? NO Lei?? Guess Again.
It’s pronounced ‘Ledasha’ Oh yes…you read it right. This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA. Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong. SO, if you see...
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle...”
– Buddha (via kari-shma)
