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So sad. jakefogelnest: Whitney Houston’s isolated vocal track...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:20:35 -0500

So sad.

Whitney Houston’s isolated vocal track on “How Will I Know.”

Breathe ...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:34:44 -0500

Take a moment today to flood your body with oxygen, taking deep, long inhales into the lower lobes of your lungs. Oxygen is a huge fighter and preventer of cancer and too often our breath becomes very shallow when we are stressed. Flood your body with prana/breath and send your inner organs a little extra love.

Tree tattoo love for February. (Taken with Instagram) From this...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:26:00 -0500

Tree tattoo love for February. (Taken with Instagram)

From this calendar: http://www.etsy.com/listing/76745205/on-sale2012-desk-calendar-in-cd-case

Google, you're starting to be evil

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:42 -0500

First Google changed the way it displays information on its search results pages to give significant weight to anything from Google+, in a clearly strong-armed move against Facebook, forcing anyone who cares about SEO to start using Plus. Whether you like it or not.

Then it updated its Privacy Policy. Have you read it? It contains this little gem (emphasis mine):

We may use the name you provide for your Google Profile across all of the services we offer that require a Google Account. In addition, we may replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. If other users already have your email, or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible Google Profile information, such as your name and photo.

Want to know why this is concerning? If you’ve created a Google Profile associated with your Google Account (and everyone who uses Gmail or YouTube has a Google Account), you can no longer keep it private.

And if that Google Profile is associated with a Google+ Profile, it must use your full real name or they’ll shut down your Plus Profile (I know because it’s happened to me).

Now so far, you are not required to use Google+ and you’re not even required to have a Google Profile to keep your Google Account.

How long do you think that will be true?

If we’re forced to use Plus, then here’s the scenario that results: If you have a Gmail account that you want to use quasi-anonymously so you can correspond with people you don’t know without revealing your full name (like Craigslist buyers, etc.), well, too bad. You’ve been forced to use a real name on your Plus Profile, and Google just went ahead and overwrote your identity on your associated Gmail account.

Mark my words, it’s only a matter of time.

Maybe I’d better dust off that old Hotmail account …

My executive assistant. (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:44:51 -0500

My executive assistant. (Taken with instagram)

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:39:48 -0500

““Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.””

- Gandhi (via dhammanovice)

wisefortunecookie: Denzel Washington Statistics

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:35:54 -0500

wisefortunecookie:

Denzel Washington Statistics

My hot cocoa has an attitude. (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:48:52 -0500

My hot cocoa has an attitude. (Taken with instagram)

I wouldn't listen to me anyway

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:53:00 -0500

We always fantasize about what we’d tell our younger selves if we could travel back in time. Somehow “fix” our adolescence with our hard-won wisdom.

Except it wouldn’t work.

If I visited my 14-year-old self today, she’d be hearing the advice of a 41-year-old woman.

And at 14 I did get the advice of a 41-year-old woman: my mom.

You think I listened to her?

What makes me think I’d listen to me?

Utne Reader: How Doctors Choose to Die

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:28:18 -0500

Utne Reader: How Doctors Choose to Die:

I can confirm first-hand that this is absolutely true. Dr. Husband’s Advance Directive is very clear on this matter and it comes down to three letters: DNR.

utnereader:

Doctors have the very best medical care at their fingertips. They read journals that publish the latest medical findings; they know the most up-to-date treatments for various ailments and diseases; they might even play golf with a top surgeon or two. And yet, when faced with death, many…

Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling Vigilante?

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:35:16 -0500

Nicely done, “Juli” Weiner … if that’s how you really spell your name …

vanityfair:

Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper should print lies or the truth, we here at V.F. looking for reader input on whether and when Vanity Fair should spell “words” correctly in the stories we publish.

One example: the word “maintenance” seems like it should only have one “a” in it. It should be “maintenence,” right? But it’s not. So is it our job as reporters and editors to spell it correctly?

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Ah, Louise Brooks. She was the photo I took to my stylist for...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:18:15 -0500

Ah, Louise Brooks. She was the photo I took to my stylist for years and years. Thinking of chopping these bangs again on Saturday. Stay tuned …

I totally had this phone. In red. It was the shizz in 2001, I...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:09:30 -0500

I totally had this phone. In red. It was the shizz in 2001, I tell ya!

sofapizza:

now you’re fucked

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another;..."

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:43:24 -0500

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”

- Anaïs Nin (via badideasophia)

Yes! for the New Year. Here’s to magic and growth in 2012.

Fascinated by this song & video since I discovered it via...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:30:28 -0500

Fascinated by this song & video since I discovered it via Slosh last week …

Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)- official film clip (HD) (by gotyemusic)

First visit. (Taken with Instagram at Basilica of the National...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:14:03 -0500

First visit. (Taken with Instagram at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)

Scaffold = sculpture. (Taken with Instagram at National Gallery...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:14:48 -0500

Scaffold = sculpture. (Taken with Instagram at National Gallery of Art - East Building)

Warhol by Warhol. #art (Taken with Instagram at Andy Warhol:...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:34:26 -0500

Warhol by Warhol. #art (Taken with Instagram at Andy Warhol: Headlines, National Gallery of Art)

Brancusi. #art (Taken with Instagram at National Gallery of Art...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:33:01 -0500

Brancusi. #art (Taken with Instagram at National Gallery of Art - East Building)

Mondrian. #art (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:31:42 -0500

Mondrian. #art (Taken with instagram)