February 2012
16 posts
6 Types of Love
ysabrihanne:
Eros a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love
Ludus a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once
Storge an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity
Pragma love that is driven by the head, not the heart
Mania obsessive love; experience great...
January 2012
25 posts
ShortFormBlog: How old does Google think you are?... →
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Google thinks I’m a senior citizen. Based on the websites you visit and the stuff you search for, Google infers your interests, age and gender, in order to show you more relavent ads (digression: It does this, in part, by having partner websites place a cookie on your computer; more on that here). Anyway, head on over to Google’s Ad Preferences page, and you can see what Google has...
ShortFormBlog: Our four favorite surprises from... →
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one The amazing silent film “The Artist” didn’t top the nomination list — “Hugo” had one more, despite the fact it was shut out of the acting categories.
two “The Tree of Life” must’ve confused the Academy: A strange message, “Nominees to be determined,” accompanies its Best Picture nomination.
three Maybe not a huge surprise, but Pixar’s “Cars 2” is the first Pixar flick that...
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ShortFormBlog: Panel awards compensation to... →
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$50,000 for each victim sterilized source
» This is justice? For some background, from 1929 to 1974, the North Carolina engaged in a eugenics program ostensibly designed to remove criminals and the mentally disturbed from the gene pool through state-mandated sterilization. Pretty heinous, right? Well, the panel decided to award the above figure to all “verified” victims (the...
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“In the most moving scene of the episode, Mary kneels beside her bed and tells...”
– The best new reason to watch Downton Abbey: the hysterical online recaps.
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December 2011
9 posts
My afternoon...
…consists of me stalking my favorite families in the world.
And I cannot for the life of me decide which is my favorite.
