February 2011
68 posts
January 2011
62 posts
Wikipedia Ponders Its Gender-Skewed Contributions... →
Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia’s Contributor List
Via Priya’s wall post to Granacki. (Both fabu members of the 2011 corps!)
When Dorks Have Conversations About Books
H: Oh my god! You hate Brett?!
M: OH MY GOSH YES.
J: Wait, what are you talking about.
M: The Sun Also Rises.
J: I LOVE LADY BRETT ASHLEY. I WANT TO NAME MY DAUGHTER THAT.
M and H: NO. HOW CAN YOU FEEL THAT?!
J: Yes, she's a bitch. But women are like that.
H and M: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?
Yes. We are arguing Hemingway. After dinner. Like dorks.
“i spend too much time reading about your life instead of living in it.”
– Danielle. Truer post grad sentiments have rarely been referenced.
Confession:
girlwithalessonplan:
teachingtoday:
I never read Hatchet
Me neither. BOOM.
I did read it but I wish I hadn’t. Hatchet/River, Things Fall Apart and Zorba the (fucking) GreeK are pretty much the top of my list of “books I had inflicted on me during my education that I do/did not appreciate.” Too borderline mysogenistic/dude-oriented.
I say this as someone who loves...
On Short Hair (c1988) →
Hair is time. Women with short hair always look as if they have somewhere else to go. Women with long hair tend to look as if they belong where they are, especially in California. Short hair takes a short time. Long hair takes a long time. Long hair moves faster than short hair. Long hair tells men that you are all woman, or a real woman, or at the very least a girl. Short hair always makes them...
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this... →
girlwithalessonplan:
elsi:
htmlwings:
This is extremely difficult, guys. I probably got about 98% of it right, but some things were just impossible!
Challenge Blog ‘10
Saving for the next unit.
Teach for America’s Most Influential Alumni | Fast... →
Ahead of Teach for America’s 20th-anniversary alumni summit in February, a look at the influentials who have emerged from the ranks of TFA vets.
Other Things Stumbled Upon Recently on the...
This blog about school lunches and how grody they can be.
This post about reconciling the gains made by programs like TFA for training and traditonal teaching training (via JSH, obvi).
These denim coveralls (!?!?!!!!) from JCrew.
No JCrew. Just no.
“Professionals don’t want a job that pays and treats high performers and...”
– Change the Teaching Profession - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Love Michelle, natch. This is why people don’t stay in the classroom and why I can’t see this being my career, even on the best days.
somethingintellectual:
The Cranberries - Dreams
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TfNOLA | what if?... →
OH MY GOSH I WANT THIS TO BE REAL SO BADLY.
Only NOLA people will understand why this would be awesome, but everyone can appreciate HOW PRETTY THIS MAP IS AND COOOOOOOL.
CBD streetcar funds approved, neighborhoods still... →
Woooohoooo! More streetcars! Marigny, Bywater, etc.
Love.
Ugh, Every Once and a While I Miss Durham
Things I could do if I was in Durham:
1) Go to Sushi Love for two for one sushi and a martini.
2) Get crappy but incredibly delicious Indian food at Sitar in the Great Hall
3) Go to He’s Not with the FAC Board on a Sunday (retroactively to this past Sunday)
Law School Briefs… In Haiku Form | Just another... →
My friend Danny has started a blog of case brief haikus.
If the idea of that amuses you, then you should click.
Tonight's "designated survivor" -- i.e. the lady...
girlwithalessonplan:
Really? Like, for real?
“We need to teach our kids it’s not just the winner of the Superbowl that gets...”
– President Obama, SOTU 2011 (via girlwithalessonplan)
SotU Liveblog
8:04 Why is CBS talking about the SoU like it’s prom? This is a major speech? Maybe we could skip the references to having a prom king and queen?
8:06 As always, I want a big loud man to announce when I enter rooms. Maybe this would make my kids less obnoxious.
8:07 The ladies of Congress are really embracing color this season.
8:09 Love Ruth Bader’s… collar? Statement...
“hahaa, i have an interview at 3 for a duke student… i mean potential duke...”
– priorities, by jin soo (via mollybierman)
Just did two alumni interviews today!
(via 2arrs2ells)
Dear Tumblrs: Thank you for reminding me I need to write up two alumni interviews still!
Dear Future Duke Alums: Do interviews. They will make you happy.
Dear Jinsoo: We love you. Just for being...
Damn Ugrads
P: so today is M's fac board 21st birthday party.
me: that is so cute!
also, its sunday. i hate college students
P: hahahahaaaaa
sorry
(I don't think she's really sorry.)
Weekend Thoughts
— You know that it was a good weekend when you were out, completely sober, dancing until 3 AM at Mimi’s and at least four different people told you that you were awesome and they adore you.
— Also it’s a good outfit that can go from school to kickball on the fly to chilling at someone’s house to party to Frenchmen’s to Mimi’s. In case you are wondering...
Roscoe live at Maison.
HOW DID WE MISS THE MEMO ON THE SNUGGIE PUB CRAWL?!? FAIL.
“Stop poking me! This isn’t facebook!”
– Student in a moment of hilarity.
Mary Anne does not know how to use the Internet. →
volcanoes:
reallykatie:
sarahb:
I love these.
this is so great.
In addition:
Claudia has an Etsy store.
Stacey really loved Skinny Bitch.
Logan’s favorite book during high school was The Catcher in the Rye.
Dawn is definitely vegan.
Mary Anne likes ham as much as Liz Lemon.
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via loveyourchaos)
jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk:
...
Catching Up
Things, things, things…
Caryn was here this weekend! It was awesome because she was the first Duke person that I got to give an extended view of my “real life” and it was really fun to see two of my worlds colliding. Should Gainesville, Duke and NOLA people ever all combine in one place, I think I would explode with happiness tingles.
Three day weekends are awesome.
So is...
America's schools still failing black male... →
kateybasye:
I like that—
“Where are our Kings?”
“Bianca: There’s a difference between like and love. Because I like my Sketchers,...”
– 10 Things I Hate About You (via tropicalpunchmonday)
On GChat « Thought Catalog →
I will never need to write up my thoughts on gchat because this woman has captured all of them. I add one thing:
41. GChat keeps me sane during the school because I feel like I am not cooped up exclusively with adolescents.
“I would make out with a married man to win this bet.”
– JarJar
