where are these two goin'?

Is that a bear in a Russian taxi?

girl scout spotting

$4. The simple cost of heaven.

Kith and kin, Samoas are on the scene and Tagalongs are coming down the mountain. I bought my boxes this morning as the sun was still tucked behind the hills like a thin mint. Holy Girl Scout posse on Lakeshore Avenue in front of Peet's Coffee.

Mary Wollstonecraft said in 1797

"Vigorous minds are with difficulty restrained within the trammels of authority; a spirit of enterprise, a passion for experiment, a liberal curiosity, urges them to quit the beaten paths, to explore untried ways, to burst the fetters of prescription, and to acquire wisdom by an individual experience."

Thanks to A.K. for introducing me to this quote.

and then there was this

How to: get kicked off a My Little Pony forum

And so begins a new category of posts. Introducing, "How to!"

We'll begin with a snippit from The Pony Forum itself. Watch MyLittlePonyBuiltMyHotRod show us step-by-step how to get kicked off a My Little Pony forum.

And this commenter at the end, should get extra credit:

HURRRRR UR SUCH A LOOSER LOLS I AM AN ANGRY INTERNETS USER CANT U USE UR TIEM DOIN SOMETHIN WORTHWILE LIEK HALPIN KIDS INSTAD OF HURTIN THEM AMIRITE?

On the other hand, pretty funny.

Now that you know how it's done, get out there and get kicked out of a forum. Pshh! I'm serious—now go!

lego bits

Proof that yet again, we see what we want to see. There's more.

i knew it! obama is a lefty!

look! frozen yogurt AND ice cream sold in one location!

Photo credit: The infamous, George Chan

bird people

I first encountered Erich Fromm in International Relations 202 nearly ten years ago. He's one of about thirty or so authors I read as a sophomore whose name I can actually remember and whose wisdom has informed many of my political, historical, and philosophical opinions.

If Erich Fromm is right; if "creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties," then these 'fellas are our gift to creativity. For anyone struggling through The Artist's Way, perhaps it's time to go get a wingsuit:

go laura!

Shake up that boy's club!

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