October 2011
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“Boys will be boys… and so will most men.”
– Jean R. Langley
“You Can Kill The Dreamer
But You Can’t Kill The Dreams.”
– Martin Luther King
“Win as if you were used to it, Lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.”
September 2011
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Madame Alexander Collection x Jason Wu Dolls
These limited edition dolls from Madame Alexander and Jason Wu [the uber talented fashion designer who created Michele Obama’s fabulous Inauguration Ball gown] are like Be@rbricks for bitches. Created as a reflection of his design aesthetic, the Fashion-forward and edgy dolls feature classic sculpts with a newly engineered jointing that allows them to be posed in lifelike fashion model...
“Can you hear those footsteps behind you? That’s not me running after you....”
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The Unofficial Forks Over Knives Weekend
I’ve been a vegetarian before. I was also a pescetarian. I just don’t have the juice for vegan living. And these days I eat what I feel is a healthy meat and veggies. But lately, between Russell Simmons and nieces and PETA, I’ve noticed a major push to ditch meat. And there’s a lot of good reasons why we should.
Check out “Forks Over Knives” on Netflix this...
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“God can take broken pieces and turn them into master pieces.”
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“I felt like crying but nothing came out. it was just a sort of sad sickness,...”
– Charles Bukowski, “Tales of Ordinary Madness”
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Nailphilia
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Hennessy x KAWS
Hennessy, king of all cognacs, announced their exclusive Hennessy V.S bottle collaborative project with beloved graphic artist KAWS earlier this summer, but it finally hit shelves this month.
Each limited edition KAWS Hennessy V.S bottle is adorned with signature KAWS artwork and in collector’s fashion, each one is individually numbered. 420,000 bottles (750ml) are available nationwide...
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Angela Simmons for PETA
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Forget Jungle Fever - It's Jungle Neurosis
Ahhh… The (new) age-old question: Why are there so many single black women? Black people blame it on improbable standards. Steve Harvey blames it on psychology and that you’re not buying his book. Everyone else blames it on incarceration rates and under-education in black men. Me? I blame it on something that every facet of human life could stand to take a spoonful of: reality....
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What We're Reading: The Night Circus
Despite critics incessant need to compare Erin Morgenstern’s first book to series such as the incomparable Harry Potter books and the infectious Twilight series - The Night Circus holds its own.
Surely you’ve heard of the book that got Morgenstern a hefty six-figure advance with the rights sold to 30 foreign publishers off the back. The book that Summit Entertainment, (the company...
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Chocolate Me
Ladies love Taye Diggs. And many of them are looking for him to return to prime time this Thursday in an all new season of “Private Practice.” But Diggs is doing a lot more than acting. Today, he and best friend, critically acclaimed illustrator Shane Evans released Chocolate Me.
As a child, Diggs looked different from a lot of the neighborhood children. They picked on his...
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Keep Stamps Alive.
As post offices nationwide face downsizing and people forget the art of the hand-written, snail mailed letter, The U.S. Postal Service isn’t giving up without a fight.
It announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding and boring rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive. The rule used to be a person had to be dead 10 years before they got a stamp unless it was a dead...
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6 Ways to Love You.
We all know the difference between love and lust…but what about something a little deeper - your love style. There are six different types of love, from the passionate to the obsessive. It is said that everyone falls into one of these styles, and after thinking hard - I think I’ve found mine. Agape.
Eros
a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment;...
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Anonymous asked: How do I move on?
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[Review] Dead Island
Zombies, zombies, zombies. They are everywhere in pop culture these days. So when Dead Island was originally announced, most just yawned and kept it moving. But then that amazing trailer dropped and it became the talk of the town. But just how would the game compare to that trailer? Well, it’s not as an emotionally engrossing experience, but it certainly is fun.
Put it like this, if you...
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Real Life Oscar the Grouch?
It seems as if Oscar the Grouch was ahead of his time when it comes to recession-proof housing. In today’s day and age, when money is tight and rooms even tighter, people are finding every which way they can to live affordably. The gentleman in the video above has made the best out of next to nothing, creating what seems to be a sustainable living arrangement in none other than a garbage...
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Pert Plus Goes to the Zoo
Shampoo isn’t nerdy. But Pert Plus is at least making it funny with their newest ad campaign. Taking it to the animal world, the shampoo company shows the zoological ills of not keeping your hair well washed and groomed. The new ads are so corny, they fall into the nerd jurisdiction, but uber-effective. Seriously, how many people do you know that could benefit from a bit of hygienic...
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Bad Ass Fingerboarding - Tech Deck Mania
For those of you who haven’t come into contact with a adolescent boy, the new fingerboard trend has become a phenomenon. Using miniature boards aka Tech Decks, the working replica skateboard is ridden by two fingers, while replicating skateboarding maneuvers. Check out the video below from Spazpants, one of the GOATS of fingerboarding.
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The Nerd Pillow
Nerd is indeed the word, not only in literary terms, but also in the chemistry world. Why shouldn’t you be able to sleep with the satisfaction of having nerdy dreams too? The mother/daughter team of ShopGibberish has seen to it that you can slumber in nerdy glory with their aptly named ‘Nerd Pillow. Along with placing an accurate yet cheeky definition of our namesake, the pillow puts...
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“What I’m looking for is a blessing that’s not in disguise…”
– rain down on me.
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Gojee - The Social Foodie StumbleUpon
Gojee - my new favorite foodie site, is a search engine that is able to search recipes by ingredient, either via ‘cravings’ or by one thing inside of your pantry. You can go even further to customize it by adding your food aversions and allergies. The recipes, mixed with the insanely dope photography, takes foodies to a whole new level.
“One thing that makes us different from all of the other...
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Math Geek Jewelry from Lulu Frost
Being the nerdlike fashionista that I am, I instantly fell in love with LuLu Frost’s ‘Code’ Collection - a selection of 24K gold numerical earrings, charms and rings. You can put these bad boys together in any way that you like, representing a birthday or anniversary, or some top secret code that you are your best friend made up.
If you want to grab one or an entire equation,...
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Inkstagram: A Web Interface for Instagram
Instagram has officially become every iPhone user’s favorite app for posting quality photos for their friends and followers to see. Yet, as widespread as the popular app is, there hasn’t been a medium to use Instagram on your regular, everyday computer… until now. Inkstagram (how clever!) allows you to manage, browse, like and comment on Instagram photos from the comfort of your...
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