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Weekly Linkage
There’s no real theme here, just some fun, educational reads. Why Whites Avoid Movies With Black Actors | Miller-McCune – "White moviegoers seem convinced that films with black stars are not made for them; they are not the films’ intended audience." The Autism/MMR Fraud – Lots of good details on the publication that started the Autism-MMR link that anti-vaccine parents believe in. The comments on this post get very wonky, but the post itself is good. Revenge of the Feminerd: Geek Peeves | Bitch Media – There's a Hello Kitty XBox? Kate Mulgrew is anti-choice?! Photo: Self Identity – Let me self-identify however I want. How to Run a Profitable…
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The Wedding
I’ve had a month to reflect and absorb. Surely I can put words to this wedding business now, right? First, go watch the video/slideshow. I punched Picasa repeatedly to make that thing happen (Google’s getting feedback on that mess, hmph!), and I like to think it demonstrates the tone of the wedding. A recording of at least the ceremony is forthcoming, but I gotta figure out how to get it from the cool lady who showed up with a camera. I spent almost a year considering getting married, a few months being really stressed about the planning we weren’t doing “quickly enough”, about three weeks in “whatever, let’s wrap this…
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Weekly Linkage
This week’s internet cruising: Big Rocks First: Double Your Productivity This Week – This is an old, old Zen Habits post (and one I read a long time ago), but I’m finding it necessary to think beyond the day-to-day MITs lately to get bigger things done. …Like, you know, the upcoming wedding posts and pictures. Reader Story: How I Built My Own House — Without a Mortgage – Sustainability, small and frugal living, and willingness to be nontraditional. I'm still not interested in truly going off the grid, but his solar energy and house design ideas are interesting, and earth sheltered houses are adorable, although me being me, I’d worry…
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2011 Gardening: Some Stall, Some Progress
Let’s go ahead and get the bad out of the way: Stalls I put several of the two-leaf seedlings outside for a day or two, thinking that sun is awesome. Tomatoes want “full sun”, right? …Sun isn’t awesome.
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Weekly Linkage: the Video Edition
It’s a been a short week and we traveled this past weekend, so have some videos to giggle about. “I like girls, but now it’s about justice.”