September 2011
48 posts
“I am profoundly patriotic and politically optimistic in ways I probably have no...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry, talking about her new book, Sister Citizen.
“When you’re over 30, you can’t have swag. You have what we call panache.”
– Fred Smoot, DC Sports Bog
“The day after the election, the Politiken newspaper said she had won despite...”
– BBC Profile: Danish PM-elect Helle Thorning-Schmidt
(h/t @rosannemf)
“So don’t forgo wings entirely, but sub these skewers in occasionally, like...”
– Carrie Vasios, Serious Eats
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““I’M NOT HIDING,” Sonny Vaccaro told a closed hearing at the Willard Hotel in...”
– The Shame of College Sports, The Atlantic
(h/t @SansAish)
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“Really, is seeing an image of a black man made white such a horrible thing if it...”
– Kissing Suzy Kolber with the definitive take on Toure’s ridiculous ESPN piece .
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent →
nevver:
1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage. 2. Yuputka (Ulwa) A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin. 3. Lampadato (Italian) Addicted to the infra-red glow of tanning salons? This word describes you. 4. Luftmensch (Yiddish) The Yiddish have scores of words to describe social...
