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The closet thinker: best prom dresses
2008-05-25 03:51:00 The closet thinker: best prom dresses You shall go to the prom, says Justine PicardieNow that a loaf of bread has never been so expensive, what are we to make of the fact that the shops are full of frivolously flounced prom dresses? Perhaps fashion is having a Marie Antoinette moment, by making a pronouncement that is the sartorial equivalent of 'Let them eat cake'. Or could it be a hankering to return to the innocence of a semi-fictional 1950s Americana landscape, when girls looked like Olivia Newton-John in Grease, and bad boys were no more threatening than a young John Travolta?Whatever the mysterious catalyst might be, the prom dress (previously an almost exclusively American term) is suddenly very much in evidence in this country - whether in black strapless satin or gingham at Oasis, scarlet taffeta at Primark and floral prints or candy-pink at Luella. They're eminently suitable for a confident 18-year-old girl to wear to an end-of-term celebration or post-A-level school-le...
By: Fashion Newsweek
Rachel Bilson is a Mother's Day Thinker
2008-05-12 14:18:00 I can’t decide - chocolates or flowers? Rachel Bilson has a dilemma as she goes shopping for Mother’s Day at Glendale Galleria in Calif. on Saturday. The 26-year-old actress also stopped for some sweet treats for herself and her dog Thurmen Murmen! RB dropped off Thurmen for doggie care on Thursday. More pictures of Rachel...
The closet thinker: for the frill of it
2008-04-20 04:50:00 The closet thinker: for the frill of it Justine Picardie knows where to get her frillsWith all the talk of recession and financial meltdown, you might expect that a doom-laden mood would prevail in the designer collections, or at least an air of sombre pragmatism. But fashion is prone to flouncing about in a diva-ish manner, however glum the circumstances, and this season flounces are still very much on the agenda.Thus there are floral ruffles at Luella, and flyaway chiffon ones at Christopher Kane, and a cascade of frills on the high street. Indeed, such is the appetite for these that Yasmin Yusuf, the creative director of Miss Selfridge, describes them as 'a real signature style of the brand', which therefore includes ruffled denim, chiffon, silk jersey and satin. 'Ruffles are feminine, flirty, romantic and sexy,' declares Yusuf, and her customers clearly agree with her.Now, I'm all for a bit of a decorative frivolity - in fact, my favourite dress is a simple black one from C...
By: Fashion Newsweek
A modern thinker (Rodin would approve if he were around)
2008-04-19 17:54:00 They wanted me to pose Like Rodin’s Thinker, they said I was all game But the 205 Views | comments (14) | Tags: front page news culture and values feminists thinker humor silly
By: Bitter Sweet
What Kind Of Thinker Are You ?
2008-04-18 18:26:00 *Your Thinking is Abstract and Sequential Image: http://www.blogthingsimages.com-/whatkindofthinkerareyouquiz/ab-stractsequential.png You like to do research and collect lots of information. The more facts you have, the easier it is for you to learn. You need to figure things out for yourself and consider all possibilities. You tend to become an expert in the subjects that you study. It's difficult for you to work with people who know less than you do. You aren't a very patient teacher, and you don't like convincing people that you're right. Blogthings - What Kind of Thinker Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/what-kindofthinkerareyouquiz/) *
The closet thinker: now, where did I put my goat?
2008-04-13 04:16:00 The closet thinker: now, where did I put my goat? This season’s dirndls put Justine Picardie in mind of HeidiFull dirndl skirts have always seemed to me to be associated with girlhood - which may have something to do with my own youthful enthusiasm for Heidi, the eponymous heroine of a book that I re-read at least a dozen times as a child, always absorbed by the story of a Swiss orphan sent to live with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. In my illustrated version of the novel, Heidi was curly-haired and apple-cheeked, wearing a red skirt with a little blue and white blouse tucked into it, and with her arm around one of her beloved goats.Thus, by the time I finally came to set aside Heidi, as a gangly teenager, I also felt it necessary to renounce anything resembling a dirndl skirt in my wardrobe, particularly as a blue gingham version had been a requisite item in my junior school uniform. Adult sophistication, it seemed to me, was to be found only in narrow pencil skirts...
By: Fashion Newsweek
The closet thinker: Grecian 2008
2008-04-06 02:20:00 The closet thinker: greek 2008 Designers are wheeling abroad those greek-goddess dresses – ay, again, says Justine Picardie shape has always mingled its metaphors - jumbling up historical and cultural references - but all of a unforeseen it seems to possess swooped, analogous a company of starlings, ward the classical era. (Read the full post about ‘The closet thinker: Grecian 2008′…)
By: Fashion Newsweek
The Origin of Rodin’s The Thinker
2008-04-01 07:00:00 The Thinker, a marble and bronze sculpture created by Auguste Rodin, is a widely recognizable work of art. The subject is a man in a seated position, leaning forward so that his elbows rest on his knee and his hand tucked under his chin for a look of contemplation. He is thought to be thinking ...
By: Resources zone
The closet thinker: is anyone actually wearing jumpsuits?
2008-03-30 05:03:00 The closet thinker: is anyone actually wearing jumpsuits? The return of the jumpsuit brings back terrible memories for Justine PicardieWe can all remember those embarrassing garments from our past - in my case, a ra-ra skirt and puffball dress in which I fluffed my way through early adulthood - but some are worse than others. And worst of all, in my wardrobe of mistakes, was a black glazed-cotton jump suit from 1980, with a diagonal zip zigzagging from neck to navel.The jump suit seemed to me to be the height of modernity at the time - a step forward from the Sex Pistols T-shirts and plastic trousers that I had been wearing for the previous couple of years - but examining (with a shudder) a picture of myself from that era, there is absolutely nothing to recommend the style. It looks like a Marie-Antoinette version of workwear: a boiler suit entirely unsuitable for the purposes of manual labour.Anyway, here we are, all these years later, and the jump suit has returned, along with its...
By: Fashion Newsweek
What Kind of Thinker Are You?
2008-03-29 21:20:00 Your Thinking is Concrete and Random You are naturally inquisitive and curious. You're excited by new ideas, and you are a true independent thinker. You are interested in what is possible. You like the process of discovery. You are often experimenting, challenging old ideas, and inventing new concepts. Rules, restrictions, and limit don't really work for you. You have to do things your
The closet thinker: The news in briefs
2008-03-23 04:02:00 The closet thinker: The news in briefs Justine Picardie on what lies beneathIn real life - as opposed to the looking-glass world of fashion - most women would be mortified to go out with their knickers on display; and though nearly all of us have experienced the blushing embarrassment of inadvertent exposure (the hitched-up skirt syndrome), it doesn't usually qualify as a style statement.From left: Cream lace bra, £22, and knickers, £14, by Odille at Oasis (01865 881986). Black and pink star-print chiffon bra, £120, and knickers, £50, by Stella McCartney, from Liberty (020 7734 1234). Cream, pink and mauve flower-print bra, £16, and knickers, £8, by Ceriso by Marks & Spencer (0845 302 1234)Fashion designers, however, would have us believe otherwise, and for some curious reason there has been a particular emphasis on the show of underwear for the past few months. This is, in part, an unavoidable consequence of the fact that transparency is a much-to...
By: Fashion Newsweek
The closet thinker: Teetering close to the absurd
2008-03-16 02:16:00 The closet thinker: Teetering close to the absurd Justine Picardie on shoes stranger than fiction'You want to be more simple in fashion now, and more minimal,' announced Miuccia Prada after her latest catwalk show last month. And with these words a million imitations will be launched of her slightly disconcerting version of simplicity (vast quantities of semi-transparent lace). From left: Patent and perspex, £220, by Kurt Geiger (0845 257 2571); Snakeskin and metal, £425, by Miu Miu (020 7409 0900); Leather and rubber, £85, by Topshop (0845 121 4519)But what will be harder to copy - and even harder to make sense of - are the new-season Prada patent shoes, embellished with frills and ruffles. They are, I suppose, rather more minimal than her previous collection (the ones in the shops now), which are the most extraordinarily surreal of designs: carved clumpy heels in a rainbow of yellow, purple, pink, orange and red, a bit like early 1970s Ossie Clark or Biba, but ev...
By: Fashion Newsweek
The closet thinker: why fashion?s gone all arty
2008-03-09 01:45:00 The closet thinker: why fashion's gone all arty Justine Picardie wears her art on her sleeveFashion often seems intent on making an exhibition of itself, but never more so than this season, when designers are producing dresses as if they were canvases. Thus painterly prints and brush strokes are everywhere - from Marios Schwab to Marks & Spencer; most vividly at Dolce & Gabbana, which incorporated the work of ten young artists into the spring collection, with their hand-painted designs on silk fashioned into ball-gowns. The current D&G advertising campaign makes the message even more explicit, with the dresses photographed in an artist's studio, against a backdrop of canvases on the walls.Of course, fashion and art have been woven together long before now: just think of Whistler or Warhol, defining and reflecting the styles of their eras; or the designer as patron, like Miuccia Prada, whose extensive collection of modern art is as much a part of her public image as her...
By: Fashion Newsweek
In Defense of George Duhhbya Bu$h by Ronald Weick of American Thinker Magaz
2008-03-06 02:00:00 by Geezer Power ….6:00 pm Ronald, who poses as an intellectual on the JREF forum fancies himself as a defender of truth, while contradicting the majority of the American people and almost all the people in the rest of the world. He is what might be called a pseudoskeptic in the true intellectual world, but ...
By: Suzie-Q
The closet thinker: gauze célèbre
2008-02-17 04:32:00 The closet thinker: gauze célèbre Justine Picardie sees right through the current craze for chiffonWhen, if ever, did you last go out in public wearing a transparent garment? You may already be shaking your head at this point, and muttering about 'sheer madness', but I'm sorry, it's true: the fashion industry, faced with the perplexing question of how to get our attention, has decided that transparency is the way forward.This isn't a metaphorical gesture - a breast-beating attempt at honesty; a declaration that transparency is now called for in their dealings with consumers - but a literal trend. The spring collections let it all hang out - barely veiled nipples, visible knickers; you name it, we can see it - at everywhere from Jasper Conran to Chanel.Nowhere was this made more obvious than at Marc Jacobs' catwalk show in New York, where the opening outfit - which was in fact the finale, for this was a show that ran backwards, as well as two hours late, as if to add to the se...
By: Fashion Newsweek
Recovering thinker
2008-02-15 06:56:00 It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time.I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read writings of Plato, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Jesus Christ, and Aristotle. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?"Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother's.I soon had a reputation as a heavy thinker. One day the boss called me in. He said, "Skippy, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thin...
By: Fun For Funters
The closet thinker: the difference between London and New York Fashion Week
2008-02-10 06:25:00 The closet thinker: the difference between London and New York Fashion Weeks America and Britain: two nations divided by how their women dress, says Justine PicardieIf English as spoken by the British and Americans is the same but different, then the contrasts in the language of fashion in London and New York are even more pronounced. You need only observe the audiences during London and New York Fashion Weeks: the British are generally notable for what is sometimes known as 'edgy' or 'directional' outfits, which can be code for plain messy, while the New Yorkers follow the lead of Anna Wintour, the perfectly groomed editor of American Vogue, who has a blow-dry at dawn every morning.Such is the power of this code that British émigrés soon adopt the habits of their new city (Anna Wintour, after all, is English, though, admittedly, it seems impossible that she ever had so much of a hair out of place, long before she conquered Manhattan). Thus Plum Sykes left London as a ...
By: Fashion Newsweek
Thinker & Talker Kamp?08
2008-02-04 19:01:00 Bu sene 10.000?i a?k?n üyesiyle 20. y?l?n? kutlayan, Marmara Üniversitesi?nin en aktif ö?renci kulübü Marmara Community, ? Thinker&Talker kamp?08 ? projesi ile ulusal platforma ta??n?yor. ?STANBUL BÜYÜK?EH?R BELED?YES?, KOSGEB, KALDER, KAG?DER, ?TO, ?SO, RUTID, PERDER, SOYSAL DANI?MANLIK, REKLAMCILAR VAKFI, GEL???M PLATFORMU, INNOVENT, MEDIACAT, GY?AD gibi önemli kurumlar?n destekledi?i Thinker&Talker kamp?08; ?Triplex Challenge? ve ?Ulusal Ö?renci Sempozyumu? ...
influx interview-designer series- steve portigal- design thinker
2008-02-04 17:48:00 Steve Portigal runs Portigal Consulting, a company that helps clients develop smarter thinking by bringing together user research, design and business strategy. I spent some time talking to Steve about his overlapping world of strategy and design.Steve's client list includes the likes of Nestle, eBay, Palm, Berringer, General Electric and many others.His other claim to fame is his creation of one of the first online communities (Undercover, a Rolling Stones fan group) in 1992, nurturing it from a time when the Internet was an underground academic technology through to today, as part of a global info-infrastructure.1. Can you tell us briefly about your background and what you are up to these days?I studied Computer Science because I liked the idea of making something- software- that had new functionality. But I soon realized that academically, Computer Science was extremely abstract and theoretical. Then I discovered Human-Computer Interaction, the part of Computer Science that deal...
By: Influx Insights
The closet thinker: patriot dames
2008-02-03 03:48:00 The closet thinker: patriot dames Why have fashion designers suddenly come over all patriotic, asks Justine PicardieIf you ask me, fashion is a bit odd at the moment; to which you might reply, 'It was ever thus.' And you would have a point; but, even so, I think it is odder than usual, as if somewhat discombobulated by the larger world in which it finds itself.Star-printed chiffon top, £89.95, by Whistles (0870 770 4301); Metal and glass star necklace, £1,795, by Yves Saint Laurent (020 7235 6706); Striped cotton long-sleeved top, £32.50, by Petit Bateau (020 7462 5770)Now, there are those who believe that fashion designers take no notice of global events, and simply go on working in a hermetically sealed bubble, untouched by reality. Yet the most single-minded of designers cannot fail to be affected by major dips in the economy; after all, they're operating as businesses, often part of conglomerates, in which case there may be shareholders to answer to.So here we ...
By: Fashion Newsweek
The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers
2008-02-01 12:06:00 Unlike other histories of economics, Mark Skousen's book provides a running plot with a singular heroic figure, Adam Smith, at the center of the discipline. Skousen unites the great thinkers by ranking them for or against Adam Smith and his "system of natural liberty." He shows how Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, and even laissez-faire disciples Robert Malthus and David Ricardo detracted from Smith's classical model of democratic capitalism during periods of economic failure and upheaval, while Alfred Marshall, Irving Fisher, Ludwig von Mises, and Milton Friedman, among others, remodeled and improved upon Smithian economics as the world economy recovered and prospered. download free ebookshttp://depositfiles.com/f-iles/3257430orhttp://rapidshare-.com/files/87094318/Making_of_M-odern_Economics.rar
Fifty of Art World?s Most Prominent Cultural Leaders and Thinkers ... - Al-
2008-01-31 15:29:00 Fifty of Art World?s Most Prominent Cultural Leaders and Thinkers ...Al-Bawaba, Jordan -- 3 hours ago... Museum of Modern Art, New York City, to British-based artist Anish Kapoor and an array of artists and cultural contributors from around the world, ...
Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies
2008-01-11 21:52:00 I sat in on CES SuperSession titled “Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies.” Panelists included representatives from Nettwerk Music, Facebook, HP, Zoran Corp. and Sonic Solutions. The panel focused on each participant’s definition of disruptive technology and predictions for new disruptions in their respective industries. Read on for summaries and highlights from each panelist. Nettwerk ...
The Gospel (Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers) (Big Thoughts for Little Thin
2008-01-11 04:01:00 The Gospel (Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers) (Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers) (Hardcover)By Joey Allen Buy new: $5.9933 utilised and new from $2.58 Customer Rating: First tagged “childrens books” by VickyLynn Customer ...
Closet thinker: cosy chat
2008-01-06 02:19:00 Closet thinker: cosy chat Justine Picardie goes into hibernation modeIt may, or may not, be helpful to know that there is a mathematical equation to calculate the most depressing day of the year, which is 1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA. (W is for weather, D for debt, and so on.) Whatever your skills at algebra - mine equal less than zero - this adds up to a miserable Monday in mid-January.Left to right: Wool striped drawstring cardigan, £29.50, by Marks & Spencer (0845 302 1234). Cashmere short-sleeved top, £99, by Pure Collection (0870 225 5707). Wool trousers, £55, by Florence + Fred (0800 505555)One way of improving the outcome of this formula for depression is to avoid spending even more money that you don't have on things that you don't need in the sales; particularly clothes that are too small, bought in the expectation that you will succeed in a New Year's resolution to lose a stone and work out at the gym every day. Therein failure lies…Better, I think, t...
By: Fashion Newsweek
Are you a ?great? thinker?
2007-12-29 01:13:00 There is a constant conversation within our minds, yet we seldom take the time to consider how great an impact it has on our lives. Some of history?s great thinkers realized that our outward life is an expression of our inward conversations and made statements like: ?You are what you think about all day long.? ?You ...
By: soupornuts.com
Closet thinker: The velvet revolution
2007-12-23 12:55:00 Closet thinker: Justine Picardie on a material which, like Christmas, can be magical or disastrousI've always thought there's something very Christmassy about velvet; at its best, softly luxurious and cosseting, but at worst, cheap and synthetic and depressing. For, like Christmas, velvet is supposed to be special (and as magical as The Velveteen Rabbit), yet can veer towards disaster.Tulip skirt, £62, by Jigsaw (020 8392 5600). Court shoe with diamante, £299, by LK Bennett (0844 581 5881). Camisole top with satin bow, £165, by Jaeger (0845 051 0063)If this sounds to you like the irrational theory of a woman suffering from the onset of Yuletide neurosis, then yes, I confess, you may be right. But even so, velvet needs to be approached with caution: think of too-tight synthetic velvet dresses, as unflattering to the wearer as a badly fitting, shiny satin party frock; or 1980s pantomime velvet doublets and principal-boy breeches; or Las Vegas-style crystal-encrusted ...
By: Fashion Newsweek
Greenthinkers: Energy Efficiency Myth-Busters
2007-12-14 04:15:00 Greenthinkers: Energy Efficiency Myth-BustersMyth: Compact Florescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) are harmful for the environment because they contain mercury.Fact: While it?s true that CFLs contain trace amounts of mercury (according to the EPA), CFLs can prevent mercury from ending up in our environment due to their energy efficiency. Because of this, fewer emissions are created by the coal power plants required to create electricity.
Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers
2007-12-01 07:17:00 Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books | Pages: 224 | ISBN:1592700462 | 10.5 MB Knowledge and the sudden experience of understanding can be as thrilling as the solution to any puzzle or riddle, since knowledge always resolves a mystery-that of not knowing. Most people are familiar with the names Plato, Machiavelli, Spinoza, and Simone de Beauvoir, but remain unsure
ThinkersOnMove is now NiharsWorld!
2007-12-01 03:32:00 Welcome aboard to our world of information, opinions, cricket and technology. After a week long separation from you all as ThinkersOnMove blog, we are back as NiharsWorld. This time we are back with more information and more energy and hope to keep you hooked to this site longer. As we continue our efforts to keep you entertained ...
By: ThinkersOnMove
?Islamic? Free thinkers
2007-11-30 11:28:00 “The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete sceptics in religion.“ John Stuart Mill Nothing to say of the Western scholars, where, of course, atheism and agnosticisim reigns supreme, but people are little aware of ...
More from the Great Thinkers series
2007-11-27 18:21:00 Andy ITGuy – OK, so I dont have a great thinkers series but I think Im gonna start one. One of my soap boxes is the need for IT and especially Information Security Professionals to quit thinking alike and start thinking about your specific needs and the best way to protect your company. That is key to really being successful. If you just follow best practices and the crowd you probably will be secure but you will never move beyond average. If that is what floats your boat then thats fine, but if you want to … read more
Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers ??:100?????????
2007-11-27 00:24:00 By Philip Stokes "Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers" ??:100?????????Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books | Pages: 224 | 10.5MB | Publication Date: 2005-09-15 | ISBN:1592700462 Knowledge and the sudden experience of understanding can be as thrilling as the solution to any puzzle or riddle, since knowledge always resolves a mystery-that of not knowing. Most people are familiar with the names Plato, Machiavelli, Spinoza, and Simone de Beauvoir, but remain unsure of their significance. Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers provides succinct descriptions of the essential thought of one hundred major philosophers, including some who are not seen primarily as philosophers, such as Darwin, Freud, and Einstein. Presenting biographical details, quotations, and clear explanations, Philosophy serves as a thorough and accessible introduction to the Western intellectual tradition, covering philosophical, scientific, political, and religious thought over a period of 2,500 years.
Attention Thinkers & Planners?
2007-11-19 12:00:00 We’re often told to think before we act. Think about what? The consequences? That’s good advice…and it takes about two seconds. I like the Willie Mays quote: “If it’s not my life and it’s not my wife, who cares?” I don’t have a wife so it it’s not my life ...
The Thinker
2007-11-18 11:48:00 When a man thinks deeply about himself, he realises that he is spiritual. He thinks for instance how at the age of thirty he can remember things he said and did at the age of twenty and ten. He knows he is responsible for all those actions. The same “I” acts at ...
Stop the insanity: Key ?liberal? says Gingrich a ?great thinker?
2007-11-08 01:27:00 And you college football fans thought you were having a weird year. Pity the poor political junkies. This all happened in just the last couple of days: a Libertarian candidate raked in over $4 million in one day, a liberal senator says Newt Gingrich is a genius, and supposedly fed-up Dems capitulated on yet another Bush nominee. The latest Evans-Novak Political Report has quite a bit on Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), the so-called “fringe” candidate running for the White House. Paul’s online haul is, per the report, “the largest single day of online fundraising in political history, and the largest single day of donations for any Republican candidate ever.” The report crows quite a bit about Paul, but that shouldn’t come as a total shock, as Novak has previously sung the praises of the Texas maverick. Speaking of singing praises, liberal Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says that wannabe president Newt Gingrich, disgruntled architect of the Contract with Ameri...
Brain acts diffrent For Creative And Noncreative Thinkers
2007-10-29 21:36:00 How brain acts for crealtivity ? Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion? These questions are part of a long-standing debate, with some researchers arguing that what we call "creative thought" and "noncreative thought" are not basically different. If this is the case, then
Bookworm Article about Core Conservative Beliefs in American Thinker
2007-10-27 18:50:00 I direct your attention to Bookworm’s latest article to appear in American Thinker. The article, Core Conservative Beliefs, is a the product of an effort by Bookworm to task her readers to discuss Conservative and Progressive beliefs regarding core issues that are inherent to each side. Bookworm presents her analysis from the outcome of those ...
By: Webloggin
Thoreau as critical thinker
2007-10-26 12:24:00 There are times, I think, when one could do away with a couple hundred pages of the standard texts on rhetoric foisted on college freshmen and, instead, have them read and think carefully about certain passages from Walden, like this one, from "Economy": One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make bones with;" and so he religiously devotes a
By: Blog Meridian
The Thinker
2007-10-16 20:18:00 Shit. Maybe I shouldn'ta sold my clothes for this hat. Now I can't leave the house to go buy some more clothes. This shit's a vicious circle.--NattyOne time a friend of mine was stuck trying to buy weed in Detroit and got suckered into going all the way up to the top of a parking structure with this crackhead carrying a big bag of cans. When they got to the top my friend was like "Ok dude, where's the weed?" Then the guy starts swinging his sack of cans around like crazy and is all "bitch, give me all your money." My friend was so pissed he dropped the dude with a punch to the stomach and took his bag of cans. True story. Love,Brett Scieszka
Pinky Plot : A Sick Thinker
2007-09-26 09:20:00 Ms Bhutto told the media that if she got the seat as Prime Minister of Pakistan she will allow IAEA to have access to Doctor Abdul Qadeer Khan. It means your deal with Musharaf remained un-successful and now you want a direct appointment letter of Prime Minister of Pakistan from Washington D.C. That?s why you are shitting such statements. If Doctor A.Q. Khan was involved in any nuclear proliferation, he also served under your rule from 1988~1990 and from 1993~1996. It means you know all the facts and figures of proliferation done by him. If so please go and surrender to IAEA as ex-head of state involved in nuclear proliferation. If this is not the case mind it clearly, the Pakistani nation is a defense wall surrounding Doctor A.Q. Khan so think thousands of times before giving such dirty statements for a nation?s hero. You are now closing the doors of your return to Pakistan, be careful when you talk publicly. Today you justified the hanging of your father was right, as he was the m...
Webloggin Welcomes Readers from American Thinker!!
2007-09-15 00:30:00 Hi. We noticed the traffic coming in from one of our favorite internet publications at American Thinker and wanted to extend a warm welcome. Please have a look around and drop me an e-mail with your suggestions. We hope to see you and your friends back again soon. Regards, Terry Trippany Webloggin Newsbusters.org Share Article
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ISTJ, Implementer/Completer-Finisher, Logical Thinker, Driver...
2007-09-13 12:27:00 Even though I really love psychometric and personality testing tools, I always get a little nervous when I'm applying for a job and am told that they'll be used as part of the assessment process. That's because most people don't use them correctly.First off, what are they? Psychometric tests are a standard test that assess a person's verbal and numeric ability, possibly also some aspects of their personality. Think SATs and GMATs, and you've got a psychometric test. Personality tests basically assess how a person interacts with the world around them, what sort of nature they have, and/or how they might respond in certain situations. The most famous of these is probably the Myers Briggs.Seems straightforward, so what's the problem? These tests are indicators only (some of them actually have the word 'indicator' in the title). They help you understand personal preferences and how someone might perform. They're not going to predict ability or behaviour 100% of the time. If yo...
By: MBA in a Blog
George Clooney: Serious Political Thinker at Large
2007-09-02 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Sometimes, after you read a story from the MSM, you have to sit back and say to yourself, "just what in the heck that was all about?" Such is the case with the AP's latest titled "Clooney: Obama's like a rock star," a story that seems to ...
By: Publius Forum
George Clooney: Serious Political Thinker at Large
2007-09-01 17:36:00 Sometimes, after you read a story from the MSM, you have to sit back and say to yourself, “just what in the heck that was all about?” Such is the case with the AP’s latest titled “Clooney: Obama’s like a rock star,” a story that seems to present George Clooney’s political opinion as if he ...
Why Coffee Ought To Be The Tool Of Choice For Investors Who Are Thinkers
2007-08-26 19:55:00 When remarking about this blog, elsewhere on the Internet, I often say that this is the thinking manâs portal to the world of investment. That summary indicates something important about what it is I am trying to do, namely, to address what I think is a neglected sphere of insight regarding the world of investment. At the same time neglected, I think this sphere is the overarching sphere. The â
By: I Will Not Die
Why Coffee Ought To Be The Tool Of Choice For Investors Who Are Thinkers
2007-08-26 19:55:00 When remarking about this blog, elsewhere on the Internet, I often say that this is the thinking manâs portal to the world of investment. That summary indicates something important about what it is I am trying to do, namely, to address what I think is a neglected sphere of insight regarding the world of investment. At the same time neglected, I think this sphere is the overarching sphere. The âthinkingâ sphere as a sphere then, is neglected because it is often quickly bypassed by people who seek to get directly to what they are after not realizing that âthinkingâ first will benefit the entire rest of the journey. All sex without romance. Those for whom thinking is the doorway taken to investing (versus say some dive through a side window straight to the living room) are those who will have everything in the house forever colored by their entrance. Diving through the window might be fun and exciting, but one might miss something important. One might break an arm. But th...
By: I Will Not Die
Journal Writing Helps Students Become Better Writers and Thinkers
2007-08-24 02:30:00 A recent article in the Washington Post highlights how schools are employing journals to help students become better writers and critical thinkers. Students are encouraged to write about their ideas, feelings, thoughts and to dig for meaning and stories within their journals. They are also asked to journal their thoughts on class discussions ...
Martin Heidegger (Routledge Critical Thinkers) ??·????
2007-08-15 02:52:00 Timothy Clark, Martin Heidegger (Routledge Critical Thinkers)??·????Gale Publishing | ISBN 0415229294 | 2002 | PDF | 11.6 MB | 238 pagesTimothy Clark is a specialist in Romantic and post-Romantic poetics , based at Durham University .Many critics consider Martin Heidegger the most influential , elusive and controversial figure in modern poetics and criticism . However , few students of literature have been directed to his writings on art and poetry. This volume offers such students a bridge to this crucial work. Timothy Clark immerses readers in a new way of thinking, approaching Heideggerian ideas on the limits of 'theory' and of Western thought, his history of being, the origin and death of art, language, literature and poetics . He also covers the controversy of Heidegger 's Nazi involvement .
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Fred Phelps comes to town [Effect Measure]
2007-08-11 09:25:00 Everyone knows Fred Phelps is a vile, obnoxious, cruel and probably psychopathic Christofascist (one of the well known subdivisions of the worldwide fascist movement, which includes Islamofascists, Judeofascists, Hindufascists and many other religiofascists; it is an ecumenical movement, which even includes godless fascists like Christopher Hitchens). For those of you lucky enough never to have heard of him, Phelps is pastor of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, famous for picketing the funerals of Iraqi war soldiers with the claim that they died because the military tolerates homosexuality. He makes the same claim about 9/11: it was God’s vengeance on a gay-tolerant America. And now he is making his way to Minnesota: Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/143-051727/freethinker_sunday_sermo-nette_59.php |
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