January 2012
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Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the...
– John Irving (via jorrty)
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I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But...
– Markus Zusak (via accidentalism)
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In love with fiction: One teachers approach to... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
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The notion that science makes no ethical or moral claims is absurd, and I’m...
– Derrick Jensen, Dreams (via cultureofresistance)
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30 Day Tamora Pierce Challenge: Day Nine
Favourite Book:
Trickster’s Choice, though it’s sort of tied with Briar’s Book. Trickster’s Choice has been my favourite Tamora Pierce book since I read it, but Briar’s book was my favourite book, full stop, for a great deal of my childhood.
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Finland Won!
My family has made a holiday tradition of watching the world juniors, and after my own country Finland is one of my favourites to cheer for. Despite that, I wasn’t really expecting them to win when they played team USA. After all, America is one of the four teams favoured for gold this year (The other three being Russia, Sweden and Canada). Once again Suomi exceeded my expectations and, in a...
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30 Day Tamora Pierce Challenge: Day Eight
Favourite Deity:
Kyprioth of course! He’s so much fun. Though the Graveyard Hag is pretty cool too. I have a thing for tricksters.
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30 Day Tamora Pierce Challenge: Day Seven
Least Favourite Series:
I liked all of them, but probably the one I liked least was The Immortals.
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Purple Blues: Poke →
floranella:
Some people walk around with tears poking the bottom of their eyeballs. Strangely enough, they are the people who are least likely to cry. You see, they have become accustomed to the poking, and have learned the exact amount of blinks it takes to soothe the prickling.
They are the ones with…
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Keep your ears open, listen, and pay attention. It’s hard for people to reach...
– Adam Shankman (via theworldwhispers)