March 2011
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GCC: Eleni's
For this episode of the Great Cupcake Challenge the GCC crew headed to Eleni’s at Chelsea Market for some people watching and some yummy cupcakes. Well… 1 out of 2 aint bad, right?
Falling victim to what our lovely crew member Elizabeth called the “Chelsea Market Curse” or “All style, no substance” these cupcakes did not impress what so ever. Since there were so many varieties we decided to try...
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No Dogs allowed
This made me laugh out loud:
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From: Helen Bailey Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 11.18am To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Pets in the building Hello David
I have received your email and wish to remind you that the strata agreement states that no animals are allowed in the building regardless of if your apartment is soundproof. How many dogs do you have at the premises? Helen
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From: David...
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Til v. till v. ’til v. until
I’ve always wondered which is correct. Is it till or ‘til? So I turned to the good ‘ole internet for the answer. It mostly comes down to this:
“Till and ’til are actually two different words with two different etymologies. Till is the earlier form, attested as early as 1330; Until is actually derived from till, not the other way around as in ’til (a backformation which...
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Nick Frost & Simon Pegg recreate Star Wars. Otherwise known as “A few days ago in a desert not so far away…”
via College Humor
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National Geographic Magazine: Giant Clam |... →
nationalgeographicmagazine:
The largest of all mollusks, the giant clam prefers the warm waters around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Photograph by George Grall
Giant clams have a wildly undeserved reputation as man-eaters, with South Pacific legends describing clams that lie in wait to trap unsuspecting swimmers or swallow them whole. No account of a human death by giant clam has ever been...
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Most people think I’m Danny Glover’s son when they meet me. So when they ask, I...
– Donald Glover (via roman-numerals)
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Time for the Age of the Disney Warrior
Michael the Girl imagines a world where the Disney Princess marketing push never existed. Where instead we live in the world of the Disney Warrior:
“No longer are we living in a pink pink pink Disney Princess world, but the multi-color, multi-cultural world of Disney Warriors.”