May 2013
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“I only read Playboy for the college rankings.”
– Stephen Colbert, Valedictory Address at the University of Virginia
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NoHomophobes.com -- Tracking the use of homophobic... →
“Homophobic language isn’t always meant to be hurtful, but how often do we use it without thinking?”  Just came across this site today, tracking the use of homophobic language on Twitter. Really depressing, really powerful. 
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One in three students wears 'lucky exam underwear'... →
One in three students admits to wearing “good luck underwear” to try to boost exam chances, a poll suggests. As well as lucky pants, some also use lucky pens, wear lucky jewellery or take charms into exams, the survey for a stationery company reports. Almost a quarter (23%) of the 15 to 23-year-olds polled say they only start revision the day before the exam. Revision expert Patrick...
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“Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.”
–  John McDougall, president of the National Research Council of Canada My poor Canada. Harper is killing us here. 
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The National Perform "Sorrow" Many, Many Times at... →
Reactions to the news that the National were to play their song “Sorrow”, from 2010’s High Violet, for six hours straight as part of MoMA PS1’s Sunday Sessions were pretty evenly split between frenzied embrace and repulsion. For the former camp, video has now surfaced from the performance, where they ended up playing the song 105 times in front of a swirling dry ice...
May 6th
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“Sometimes when I’m in a restaurant, I’ll order a beet salad. So,...”
– Zach Galifianakis, Saturday Night Live
May 6th
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“How can young people be expected to find the highest interests in life, how can...”
– Goethe, Dichtung und Wahrheit
May 5th
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“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”
–  Otto von Bismarck (quoted by Leo McGarry in the West Wing)
May 3rd
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