February 2012
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One of the most important notes I've ever received
…came from a high school acquaintance after Lawrence died. Her message of love and support came through her words so effectively… it was a non-insignificant buoy for me at that time. (My friend’s mom passed away earlier this week, and I looked to this note to see how I could express support as strongly as Sara Rose did for me.)
dearest daphne, i wanted to write you to let you...
“How, in light of Creation’s complexity, could devotion / stand free from...”
– Linda Bierds in “The Trinity Years”, First Hand. I believe this poem is written from the POV of Issac Newton.
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happy valentine's day
SJ: my upstairs neighbors are having way too happy of a valentine's day........
SJ: squeaky bed goes SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAKY SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAKY SQUEAK
“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral” (via corcordium)
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Sounded like the glass patio door just jiggled
One of my paralyzing fears is that someone will break into the house at night and I will be alone or the only one awake to deal with it. When I hear a sound that indicates that someone, maybe possibly, could be trying to break in, I instantly freeze in my seat, heart speeds up, not breathing, trying to hear if audio evidence of a break-in builds…
“Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time… It’s gotten...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh (via kisstina)
“Half the fear of failure is of the judgment of false friends we feel compelled...”
– Alain de Botton (via mostexerent)
January 2012
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Why I want to work at the USGS
Oh, you mean besides the fact that the USGS is one of the premier research institutions in the nation and that everybody there I’ve met has been really nice AND really committed to producing good science?
For my Environmental Sciences senior thesis last year, I studied the seasonality of coastal upwelling and how that might be linked to phytoplankton biomass in the Central SF Bay. For my...
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and...”
– Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say...”
– Shauna Niequist (via inspired-by-chaos)
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kari-shma:
Florence + the Machine | Cosmic Love...
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Why I'm interested in promoting sustainable food...
1. I took Public Health 116, which first introduced to me the idea that food access is not equal for everybody. Not everyone has the same proximity, time, and money to access high-quality food. I also learned that the US spends relatively higher per capita health costs compared to other first world countries. 2. I WWOOFed at an organic dairy farm in southern Oregon and firsthand saw how much...
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Recipe: Tiramisu Cake →
Made for my friend’s 22nd birthday surprise. My favorite parts of this cake were the espresso-flavored frosting(delicious and well flavored) and the chopped chocolate bits in the middle (texture contrast). The cake texture itself was not my favorite, a bit gummy (possibly overbeaten?). I didn’t use up all the espresso syrup when flavoring the cake layers, and unfortunately the cake...
“We don’t find happiness by looking within. We go outside and immerse in...”
– Oliver Segovia, in “To Find Happiness, Forget about Passion” on the Harvard Business Review blog.
The article argues that you won’t be happy by just pursuing your passion, but rather by putting your passion to work solving greater problems. Bring the focus from “what am I...
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Recipe: Pecan Snowball Cookies →
Cookies made with chopped toasted pecans and confectioners sugar, aside the usual butter+flour. I’m not a huge fan of the texture, but my mom loves the melt-in-your-mouth effect. Covered in powdered sugar, they look nice in a glass jar with colored accents or against a brown background (e.g. parchment paper).
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Recipe: Chocolate Cloud Cake →
This has been my go-to cake for the holidays: I made this for Christmas Day dinner, NYE dinner, and my friend’s 21st birthday last weekend. 4 layers of cake and 4 layers of frosting looks festive and tastes delicious. The frosting is one of the best I’ve ever tasted (like eating a chocolate-flavored cloud).
The very first time I made this cake, the resulting cake had some small solid...
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On food, being filipino, and joy: Being Asian in a... →
jkreg:
It was funny the first time the Caucasian girl who played my mother in Our Town joked that I had to have been her illegitimate daughter by one of the other two Asian actors in the play. Ha ha, I thought. It’s funny because the people playing my brother, father, and mother are all Caucasian and I…
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B: I am switching crack dealer.
B: bad for my current crack dealer. your crack is grade AA
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Can organic, sustainable farming for realz support... →
(Hint: Yes, and conventional agriculture will fail.)
Politics of the Plate is a blog by Barry Eastbrook, who also wrote Tomatoland (the great reveal of America’s industrially produced tomato).
Other food people that write about food politics:
Leah Douglas of the Serious Eats Team
Mark Bittman
Marion Nestle