January 2012
11 posts
Vague notes-to-self on my desk
One pot/anhydrous ammonia method (but modified to use ammonia nitrate fertilizer) David Maguire CSC case RIP Bryan’s contact solution
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Jan 12th
“It is like the Walden of rat books!”
– Robert Hendricks, on this book, which he lent to me for, like, a year, and I never read it
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
19 notes
Conversations with my mother
Me: Wait, S or X?
Mom: X. As in. ... Fox.
Jan 11th
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Jan 7th
“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate,...”
– Eve Arnold (April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012) the first woman photographer to join Magnum Photos (via graycard)
Jan 6th
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December 2011
8 posts
Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
Things that happened that made today awful
In order: Miss eight consecutive phone calls from my editor re: breaking news because phone was left on vibrate Husband says, “What’s the big deal? Does editor think this is some kind of internet news show?” Think to self, “WHAT IS IT YOU THINK I DO FOR A LIVING?” Husband says, “Oh that? Yeah, I saw it on the 11 o’clock news last night. You were...
Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
16 posts
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“Sixty-one percent of paid interns working at for-profit companies received a job...”
– That’s Jean Chatzky, writing in Newsweek, on why students shouldn’t take unpaid internships. (via newsweek)
Nov 21st
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“I”m gonna call my new car the Hatermobile because it will be bought with...”
–  a friend, on being bought out
Nov 16th
“She told me she wasn’t making an apple pie this year and I was like,...”
–  a friend on his mother’s Thanksgiving plans
Nov 16th
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Cheryl Pell came to visit us today to help us with some redesign stuff. She brought all these lovely papers from all around the world, which I could’ve pored over for hours, except I wasn’t in on the meeting. Swoon!
Nov 11th
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Nov 7th
768 notes
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Nov 6th
Nov 6th
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Saying a prayer for all my friends at Michigan's...
Sounds like tomorrow is doomsday. Once again. Good luck, guys.
Nov 2nd
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October 2011
16 posts
A Confession
georgiaarhodes: I have been addicted to buying books since the age of seven. This is becoming an increasing financial problem. Word. You should see the stack sitting next to my bed. Most are half read, dog-earred or bookmarked. Others haven’t even been opened yet. And then there’s the bookshelf and the box in the closet…. 
Oct 30th
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WatchWatch
tyleroakley: Rihanna - “We Found Love” FLAWLESS. I don’t always reblog things on Tumblr, but when I do, I reblog Rihanna.
Oct 19th
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“I just want to say I’m proud of you, proud of the person you are, and I...”
–  a voicemail from my mom, which came on a particularly shitty Thursday. Love you too, mom.
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Oct 5th
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“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else...”
– George Orwell (via philphys)
Oct 4th
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