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Forget you, chick-fil-a. You get no money from me.

"Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner: "You assume that, when this was played in Die Walkure, a crew of badass, spear-wielding chicks must have been up on the stage engaged in some serious goddamn lady-fighting. Or, you know, nothing. And not nothing in a "those Valkyries aren't throwing their spears yet" sort of way. It's more like nothing in a "the lights are off and the curtain is down and literally nothing is happening" sort of way. Yeah, this song is played as an overture before the show starts."

Recordings of Billie Burke? Yes, please.

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Two lines from this article: "If they can edit him out of that movie entirely as some kind of DVD extra, maybe have that movie be two naked Anne Hathaways and Gyllenhaal-less, then I would definitely see it." – yes, me too. In fact, I'll make that movie for you. And… "It's a Batman movie. Not something important like a Hobbit movie." Too true.

"Consider the institution of friendship. Every time I hear someone say that Facebook ‘friendship’ should be understood in scare quotes, or that Facebook interaction is not real social interaction, I feel like asking in reply: What makes you think real-world friendships are real? Have you not often felt some sort of amical rapport with a person with whom you interact face-to-face, only to find that in the long run it comes to nothing? How exactly was that fleeting sensation any more real than the discovery and exploration of shared interests and sensibilities with a ‘friend’ one knows only through the mediation of a social-networking site?"

Joanna hits it spot on with what direction blogs are going to go this year and in the future – the form isn't dead, but people are using it for longer forms of writing. I'm pruning my feedreader to make room for more substantive works so I have time to read things at length, and when I get an iPad later this year, I'm sure my blog reading will change substantially towards longer more essay-like reading, and I hope, writing.

I don't get it.

Found this women's site through our friend Syd in California – I should a whole post so you could see pictures of her quilts, but I don't have time – but if you're at all interested in design/art, check out her work; it's really amazing.

A map of which foods states are famous for. Indiana is popcorn according to them. That makes sense; Orville Redenbacher's is here in Indiana. They could also have gone with sugar cream pie or pork tenderloins.