Closing of the Year

Gratitude

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

—Franz Grillparzer

Preach!

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The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

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—Justice Harlan

Plessy v Ferguson, 1896

Everyone Else Just Should

© 2010 D.A. Królak. All Rights Reserved.

What’s Your Story?

“It’s hard not to like someone once your know their story.” —Mr. Rogers

What Christmas Means to Me

Holiday Cheer?

Just came from walking straight into street fight in-between Times Square & Rockefeller Xmas Tree —2 men/2 women— easy to see the spirit of Christmas is alive and well …

*le sigh*

Facebook Worldwide Friendships Mapped

As we all know, people all over the world use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family. You meet someone. You friend him or her on Facebook to keep in touch. These friendships began …

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via Facebook worldwide friendships mapped | FlowingData

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Spotted

Just saw David Duchovny @ 77th & Lex — amidst the snowflakes in flannel.

HISTORY: Maya Angelou

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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

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― Maya Angelou

Axes of peeing in public

You might think this is a joke, but this is serious business. From Laura Noren, a PhD candidate in sociology, the axes of public peeing…

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via Axes of peeing in public | FlowingData

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Tribute to Alexander McQueen

Filed Under: What were they thinking

Sugary “Hip Hop” Cupcakes Embroiled in Blackface Scandal

There is video & they sing…? What could go wrong?

A video for Duncan Hines’ Amazing Glazes has angered viewers for its depiction of, uh, cupcakes in black face. Racist cupcakes? Facing criticism, Duncan Hines pulled the video from YouTube. But we managed to get a copy of the video, below. Judge for yourself:

click screencap of video to see

 

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via Sugary “Hip Hop” Cupcakes Embroiled in Blackface Scandal | Eater

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RIP: Cabrini Green…

Roosevelt Hospital

My second time (as a helpful friend) in an ER in Manhattan, and I really do believe that our healthcare sucks—no matter how much it costs….(altho’ the FDNY ambulance drivers were both helpful & hot)

life is art.

Rob Delaney Joke

“No, Paul the beef carpenter. OF COURSE I mean Paul the real estate novelist!”

—Davy in the Navy [talking to Billy Joel]

Shame on Big Poultry:

“Billions of pounds of chicken litter have flowed into the bay in the decades since international poultry conglomerates such as Perdue and Tyson targeted the Delmarva Peninsula for their multi-million-dollar operations.” The industry has been “treating the Chesapeake Bay like an open toilet,”

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via Big Poultry ramps up its assault on the Chesapeake | Grist

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Joy of Statistics

The Joy of Stats, a one-hour documentary, hosted by none other than the charismatic Hans Rosling, explores the growing importance of statistics: [W]ithout statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean …