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Lazy Sunday: 6 July 2014

I’m out yonder, celebrating America’s birthday, but I got you these things to read over in my absence.

  • Remarkably practical guide to stopping a wedding, both in advance, and The Graduate style.
  • Wikipedia bios for every fake president of the United States of American, anyone?
  • Finally, an answer to the eternal question: How on earth do professional basketball players miss free throws?
  • Never not going to repost a Dolly Parton paean. She has been my patron saint since I was three and told my mom I wanted makeup and a microphone for Christmas so I could “be like Miss Dolly.”
  • This is how color names came to be.
  • What’s in Prince’s fridge?
  • Finally: A Buzzfeed listicle that speaks directly to my latent xenophobia. Just in time for all the patriotic holidays of summer!
  • Vintage pesticide paraphernalia reminds me of being a kid in Texas and screaming, “BUG DOPE!” to my friends so we could run inside when they trucks came to DDT the street.
  • I’m terrible at Twitter, and my consistent “worse than guessing” record on this quiz proves that once and for all.
  • This guy I dated in college tried to kiss me after winning a cherry pie eating contest (not a euphemism), and I wanted to die, so Neslie, girl, I feel you.

Lazy Sunday

I’m too exhausted by the events of the past few days to even attempt a pithy headline, so here are your links for Sunday:

  • Though the list starts with a tip from noted racist/the subject of my master’s thesis, every one of these 100 best cooking tips is rock solid.
  • Being gay in Belarus, a case study.
  • McAfee teaches you how to uninstall his software from your laptop. This is, somehow, hilarious and NSFW.
  • “U mad?” — the NSA.
  • The rent is too damn high!
  • A Major League Divorce.
  • If you’re like about 1/3 of my friends, you’re getting married in the next year. Slate has a great roundup of wedding anecdotes, and somehow it reminds you that you’re totally fine and still married regardless of how the deed gets done.
  • Just click this. It’s really pretty.
  • He lost me when he tried to act like wood paneling on a station wagon was a bad idea, but hashtags: harm or help?
  • When domestic violence results in a mass shooting, where does that leave law enfocrement?
  • I love Neruda AND a good conspiracy theory, so this scratches all the itches.

The Most Duh

[Ed. Note: I accidentally scheduled this for the wrong day! It was supposed to be an accompaniment to this post. Mea culpa.]

I was over on Fab the other morning, and they had this pretty slate cheese board for sale, marked down to $20 (originally $30).

Look how fancy!

Look how fancy!

What a nice housewarming gift! Except that that took less than 1 minute to make, and well under a dollar. Continue reading

Nostalgia: A Hell of a Drug

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I think the guy on the right may be my real dad. Mom, please advise. (via Slate.com)

Check out these amazing photographs of tourists from the 80s and early 90s. I definitely spotted some stuff that I owned circa then. I’m not sure why I find this whole thing so touching, but it’s definitely worth a quick look midday.