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*: A Daddy’s Letter to His Little Girl (About Her Future Husband)

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:24:21 +0100

*: A Daddy’s Letter to His Little Girl (About Her Future Husband):

Dear Cutie-Pie,

Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. Perched at the top of the list was “How to keep him interested.”

It startled me. I scanned several of the…

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Fri, 24 May 2013 21:16:53 +0100

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Fri, 24 May 2013 21:10:13 +0100

nevver: Drinking is bad, feelings are worse.

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:55:14 +0100

nevver:

Drinking is bad, feelings are worse.

“Men aren’t asked about age. Men aren’t asked about their...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:52 +0100

“Men aren’t asked about age. Men aren’t asked about their children. Not that these things aren’t important, but I do feel like it becomes reductive when a woman’s life becomes, ‘Talk to me about your kids and how you feel about plastic surgery.’”
—Julianne Moore, by Will Davidson for DuJour Magazine, June 2013.

adocica: história da minha vida

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:52:12 +0100

adocica:

história da minha vida

softerworld: A Softer World: 971 (Now, if you’ll excuse me, I...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:28 +0100

softerworld:

A Softer World: 971

(Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to lie down again.)

buy this print

nevver: Christian Bök & Micah Lexier

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:48 +0100

nevver:

Christian Bök & Micah Lexier

sarahlcomics: Save on.

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:11 +0100

sarahlcomics:

Save on.

dismalicious: nathanta: genius. SCIENCE

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:54:20 +0100

dismalicious:

nathanta:

genius.

SCIENCE

dontcallmecliff: octopposed: migrated: change the direction...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:56:42 +0100

dontcallmecliff:

octopposed:

migrated:

change the direction of the train if you concentrate

The train was coming when I first saw this, but now I can move it back and forwards at will. ;)

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Wed, 08 May 2013 23:15:55 +0100

panoptic: Kolam (via Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK) Kolam...

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:50:48 +0100

panoptic:

Kolam (via Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK)

Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes.

pleatedjeans: via

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:43:35 +0100

pleatedjeans:

via

laughingsquid: IT Crowd Creator Graham Linehan Bringing the...

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:42:11 +0100

laughingsquid:

IT Crowd Creator Graham Linehan Bringing the Geeky British Sitcom Back For One Last Episode

YES!

nevver: Lessons from a Dog

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:58:13 +0100

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nevver:

Lessons from a Dog

A village in India plants 111 trees every time a baby girl is born

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:39:41 +0100

A village in India plants 111 trees every time a baby girl is born:

deafmuslimpunx:

While in some parts of India, many expectant parents still say they’d prefer bearing sons, members of the Piplantri village, in the western state of Rajasthan, are breaking this trend by celebrating the birth of each baby girl in way that benefits everyone. For every female child that’s born, the community gathers to plant 111 fruit trees in her honor in the village common.

This unique tradition was first suggested by the village’s former leader, Shyam Sundar Paliwal, in honor of his daughter who had passed away at a young age.

But planting trees is only one way that the community is ensuring a brighter future for their daughters. According to a report in The Hindu, villagers also pool together around $380 dollars for every new baby girl and deposited in an account for her. The girl’s parents are required to contribute $180, and to make a pledge to be considerate guardians.

“We make these parents sign an affidavit promising that they would not marry her off before the legal age, send her to school regularly and take care of the trees planted in her name,” says Paliwal.

Over the last six years alone, as population there has increased, villagers in Piplantri have planted nearly a quarter million trees — a welcoming forest for the community’s youngest members, offering a bit of shade for their brighter future.

via Micropixie / The Hindu

What I imagined my life in London would be like

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:29:36 +0100

londongrumblr:

What it’s really like:

Thanks to @jenrachelam!

nevver: Nowhere

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:22:11 +0100

nevver:

Nowhere

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