December 2011
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wonderonawhim asked: I love you. The end. Lets write beautiful poetry together for the rest of our lives.
“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a...”
– Dylan Thomas (via aquaticuss)
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convincing my mom to get a cell phone: the...
No better way to end the day than with a text fest with my mom. Always a good time. Tonight we made up Polish words (the trick is adding “iewski” or “wskievc” or other jumbles of consonants to words whenever possible). I recently had the opportunity to teach her what “wtf” means. And you can always be sure you’ll get at least three texts that include...
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confession tuesday: thoughts on christmas,...
I confess that I had written a different confession. But then I began to prepare it for this blog and realized it was too heavy and too squared at the edges. So I started over.
I confess that Christmas is a big deal in my family. Much of Stoddard family lore is rooted in Christmas traditions. For instance, ever since my grandparents were newlyweds, the family has gone to a tree farm and cut down...
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The Kernel →
Well this looks intriguing — The Kernel is an online mag recently launched with the angle of “new technology for enquiring minds.” I’m in. A couple posts of interest: We Don’t Need No Education and Wanderers in the Fog.
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“The bottom line is that aside from its obvious physical benefits, yoga is great...”
– Penetrating Postures, Part II: The Psychology of Yoga - Forbes
And this is why I am eagerly awaiting my 4 pm yoga class today, in the wake of a week that has felt like a runaway train.
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“In the midst of this frenzy for innovation, we may be ignoring a simple...”
– Jessica Stillman, Do You Secretly Fear Creativity? (via incmagazine)
This reminds me of many organizations I’ve seen that purposefully design their space in an open, organic fashion because they supposedly value collaboration and the energy of diverse ideas colliding… when in practice...
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dear tuesday
Today I confess that I think it is silly that this whole “be honest on Tuesday” thing is called “true confession Tuesday” when “Truthful Tuesday” is a much nicer alliteration.
I confess that I missed last week’s confession. I was busy with new and interesting things, like my new nephew and becoming an aunt and discovering what babies look like when they...
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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman | The values-driven startup (via courtenaybird)
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I am missing Carl to the point of distraction. All I’ve had to eat today is one piece of pizza, and I can’t imagine what might be worth eating for dinner. Apparently I’m like a dog who starves herself when she loses her mate. And in this case the loss is three days to San Francisco. Three stupid days. Love is ridiculous, people.
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Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument... →
As social entrepreneurship has come of age as a field, it’s become more and more apparent to us that a new distinction must be made between innovations that focus on changing markets and systems and those that change hearts and minds.
I am digging this distinction — I’ve always struggled with the fact that social entrepreneurship *should* speak to and encompass the work we do at...
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confession tuesday: breakfast, workshop anxiety &...
I confess that the only foods I ate today were breakfast foods. Toast and jam for breakfast-breakfast. Cereal for lunch-breakfast. Pancakes and bacon for dinner-breakfast. I didn’t plan it that way, but it’s the way I would have it every day if I could.
I confess that I am only talking about what I ate earlier because I am avoiding the anxiety of what I am about to do. Tonight I am...