June 1, 2012
"My brother died in the World Trade Center. I promised myself, if something like this ever happened, I would never hide under a table."

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A man whom police are hailing as a hero in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Seattle’s cafe braved gunfire to hurl barstools at the suspect. Identified by police only as “Lawrence,” the man says he didn’t hesitate to put his life in danger, emboldened by the memory of his brother ….

Lawrence’s actions allowed three customers to escape, according to police. Four others died when Ian L. Stawicki, 40, allegedly unleashed a barrage of bullets inside Café Racer, a University District joint popular with music fans and artists. Two of the men killed were folk musicians and best friends; an aspiring actress and an urban planner also died. Half an hour after the slayings, a mother of two was shot and killed downtown. Police believe Stawicki was responsible for both shootings; the mentally ill man fatally shot himself Wednesday afternoon as police cornered him in West Seattle.

More here (HT: Matt Langdon).

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May 31, 2012
"I make the modest proposal that psychiatric care should be as easy to get as bullets at Wal-Mart."

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Andy Borowitz 
Accessible, flawless, & reasonably priced - what all health care should be.   (via mindovermatterzine)

I second this!

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May 28, 2012
SAM: You know anything about chaos theory?MALLORY: I know it has to do with fractal geometry.SAM: That’s about all I know too. But it has to do with there being order and even… great beauty, in what looks like total choas. And if we look closely enough at the randomness around us, patterns will start to emerge. I love Josh like a brother and he’s a world-class political mind but until today, I didn’t know he was smarter then I was. I’ve worked here three years and eight months and until you sit in the room all day, you can’t comprehend the chaos of the Oval Office. I had one good moment talking about the global ripple effect of budget defict, but that was it. The rest of the day was just keeping up. And this was a pretty light day.MALLORY: One moment is good.SAM: Oh, I’m not complaining. I’m saying one good moment is great. It’s a golf shot… I’ve got to get back in there. That’s where it’s happening.

SAM: You know anything about chaos theory?
MALLORY: I know it has to do with fractal geometry.
SAM: That’s about all I know too. But it has to do with there being order and even… great beauty, in what looks like total choas. And if we look closely enough at the randomness around us, patterns will start to emerge. I love Josh like a brother and he’s a world-class political mind but until today, I didn’t know he was smarter then I was. I’ve worked here three years and eight months and until you sit in the room all day, you can’t comprehend the chaos of the Oval Office. I had one good moment talking about the global ripple effect of budget defict, but that was it. The rest of the day was just keeping up. And this was a pretty light day.
MALLORY: One moment is good.
SAM: Oh, I’m not complaining. I’m saying one good moment is great. It’s a golf shot… I’ve got to get back in there. That’s where it’s happening.

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May 28, 2012
"I gotta get to Wisconsin… please, she’s in Wisconsin, I gotta go get her, she left, she went back to him… I’m gonna go get her, I gotta get to Wisconsin…"

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omg. crying. like sobbing a lil bit. MY BB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EMILY WHY WHY WHYYYYYYYYY

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS EPISODE IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN. REALIZING THAT NOW.

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May 28, 2012

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May 28, 2012
arcaneimages: Gibson

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Gibson

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May 28, 2012
"I’m (expletive deleted) starving."

— Celebrity chef Mario Batali • Discussing the diet he’s currently on — he’s eating like he’s on food stamps (an average of $1.48 per meal, or $31 per week) in protest of potential cuts to the federal food stamps program. His family was nice enough to join him in what he calls a conversation starter about being hungry in the U.S. Unlike most people on food stamps, he knows ways to make the best of a bad situation, smartly sticking to foods like lentils, apples, rice, beans, peanut butter and jelly. But the problem is, eating good on a diet like this is tough, so many do not. Think his family’s experiment will be effective? (via shortformblog)

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May 28, 2012
"A month before the launch of Apollo 11, we decided we were confident enough we could try and attempt on a descent to the surface. I thought we had a 90 percent chance of getting back safely to Earth on that flight but only a 50-50 chance of making a landing on that first attempt. There are so many unknowns on that descent from lunar orbit down to the surface that had not been demonstrated yet by testing and there was a big chance that there was something in there we didn’t understand properly and we had to abort and come back to Earth without landing."

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Apollo 11 astronaut NEIL ARMSTRONG, the first human being to set foot on the surface of the Moon, in an exclusive interview with, um, an Australian certified public accountant.

So just how did this dude, Alex Malley, land the get of the century?

“I know something not a lot of people know about Neil Armstrong – his dad was an auditor.  For people who are leaders or aspire to be leaders, listening to Neil Armstrong is far better than doing any educational MBA programme that exists in the world today.”

Fucking awesome.

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Filed under: quotes history 
May 28, 2012
Margaret: I think you should sleep for a few hours.
Leo: I'll sleep when he sleeps. But you should sleep for a few hours.
Margaret: I'll sleep when you sleep.
Leo: Well, this is going to be interesting 'cause we're going to have a small band of dedicated people who can't lift their arms.
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May 18, 2012
“Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world. ‘What do you mean you’re going to direct? Women are the actresses, they’re frivolous, not the ones responsible for finances.’ That really got me.” 

“Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world. ‘What do you mean you’re going to direct? Women are the actresses, they’re frivolous, not the ones responsible for finances.’ That really got me.” 

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