GEMS
random gems that I am awestruck by. Dec 17
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Not everyone was a big fan of the stiletto. Just like Christian Dior ’s voluptuous, bell-shaped skirts, the tall, thin heels drew criticism even at the height of their popularity. In a primer called “The Essential Eve: A Guide to Women’s Perfection,” a doctor advised: “Excessively high heels will always be a source of danger to feet and eventually to health.” Wearing such shoes causes the calf muscles to contract so much, he said, “it becomes almost impossible to walk.” A New York Times headline in May of 1955 warned that “Posture Is Affected by Size of the Heels.” Yet, in this article, Dr.
Smart Girls Wear Flats, Leave Heels Behind
Roller Journal - A new journalling experience | Overlapps
A new journalling experience that draws you into capturing all your best moments! Roller Journal will be your guide – it asks you fun and interesting questions that will kickstart your journalling in seconds and help you keep going. No blank pages, this is a new and addictive journalling experience. What are you looking forward to? What can you hear right now?
Do you want to learn how to play drums ? Think it may be too difficult or require a lot of coordination? I've got great news for you! The truth of the matter is - if you can count to four, you can play the drums!
Learn How To Play Drums | Beginner Drum Lessons
Kiersten Holine started playing guitar 11 years ago and has been singing since she can remember. After being recommended in the 2007 Hot Issue of Rolling Stone, she decided to more actively pursue her music with influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Stars. She credits her love of music to a childhood filled with the sounds of Marvin Gaye and James Taylor. More covers and originals to come! Kiersten Holine started playing guitar 11 years ago and has been singing since she can remember. After being recommended in the 2007 Hot Issue of Rolling Stone, she decided to more actively pursue her music with influences ranging from Bob Dylan ...
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About Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem and the second most commonly abused category of drugs behind marijuana. Below are some examples of commonly abused prescription drugs.
Pill Identification - WebMD: Identify Drugs by Picture, Shape, Color or Imprint - Pill Identifier with Pictures
Emotional Self-Help Toolkit A Free Self-Guided Program for Becoming a Healthier, Happier You Off the emotional rollercoaster: Becoming a healthier, happier you Daily life can seem like a never-ending ride, leaving you feeling frustrated, anxious, depressed, and unfulfilled. But it doesn’t have to be this way; you can get off the emotional rollercoaster. You can bring your life into balance by learning more about:
Emotional Skills Toolkit: Bring Your Life Into Balance
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An assortment of sites both crucial to the Palahniuk fan and friendly to The Cult Will Christopher Baer - The official site for the badass author of "Kiss Me, Judas" and "Penny Dreadful." This site is webmastered by Mirka and I and yes... it kicks ass, as Chris himself posts blogs every week. Check it out!
Humbert Humbert's passion for the young girl, Lolita, in the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov, has many similarities to the story of Messr. Swann's passion for the young woman Odette in the Marcel Proust novel "Swann's Way," the first book of his epic "Remembrance of Things Past." First, the similarities in these two relationships and then the only major difference I can see. In both instances the man's love--Messr.
Proust and Nabokov Look at Romantic Love | Literary Kicks
The greatest force in the evolution of our country from a mostly rural, family-owned farming society into the present day predominantly urban/surburban, mammoth capitalistic system was the Industrial Revolution. The roots of the Industrial Revolution started in England and as merchants and industrialists began to gain power and money, and through the mechanization of production, the previously held belief in the Protestant Work Ethic was replaced. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, people worked for the sake of working because the belief was that idleness was a terrible sin and working warded off the temptations in life. After the Industrial Revolution, the captains of industry realized that there was an unprecedented amount of money to be made because the mechanization of production yielded an abundance of product.
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Andy Warhol | American Icons | Area of Design
Amidst his wigs, Campbells Soup cans, urine paintings, and constant entourage of beautiful people, Andy maintained a semblance of a rich inner life. If you want to stay thin, he advised, always order the food on the menu you don't want to eat. Warhol was the leader of the pack in Pop-land. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he got his start in the art world doing drawings for "Glamour Magazine" and went on to become a fabulously successful New York illustrator.
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The following websites are the best I've found for looking up or finding your latitide and longitude online (for free, of course). Each link will open in a new window. Websites do change ... so if the links no longer work, let me know (use the "contact" link at the bottom of the home page).
Latitude And Longitude Lookup
Ryan Adams, Hallelujah Lyrics
Send “Hallelujah” Ringtone to your cell I've been a desperate man I've been sheltered by a lonely dream There's a stranger here Looking back above the bathroom sink Every night I throw you out Leave you stranded on the boulevard You know that I use you up I used you like I used 'em all Well the band's singing hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah You're all gone. Yeah, you're all gone.Ira writes: Right now, pretty much every comedian without a network TV show has his own podcast, but Marc Maron's WTF Podcast, here on the web or here on iTunes has distinguished itself as the New York Times of comedy podcasts, and by that I mean the definitive comedy podcast of record. Start with the two-part expose/investigative report into how Carlos Mencia steals other comedians' material, which begins in Part One with Mencia totally denying any wrongdoing and continues in Part Two with other comedians coming forward with evidence and Mencia rushing to Marc's house from the airport, no kidding, to finally cop to his wrongdoing. Or take the amazing two parter with Judd Apatow ( one and two ), where the executive producer of Freaks and Geeks and director of Knocked Up digs out recordings of the radio show he did in high school as an excuse to meet his favorite comedians and interview them about how to get started in comedy.