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What Makes a Vibrator Holy?
The evangelical Christian from California’s central valley had never had an orgasm alone nor with her husband of 25 years.
“I didn’t know I wasn’t having one,” the 59-year-old mother of two told The Daily Beast. Yet after chatting with some church girlfriends, she learned what she was missing. “’All that happens to you?’” she asked. “They looked at me like I was crazy.”
Joyce, who requested...
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“Welcome to Zintan.”
– Those were the words Saif al-Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan leader Moammar al-Gaddafi, said through an ironic smile when greeting a special adviser for Human Rights Watch—who writes of the former playboy’s first interview since his family was run from power on The Daily Beast.
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villagevoice:
“Roe and his roommates returned to Silent Barn the next day to find their front door wide open and some $15,000 worth of speakers, high-tech art installations, and equipment—as well as residents’ personal possessions—stolen or destroyed. Despite security-camera footage of three men loading equipment into a van, police were less than helpful.”
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New York Cracks Down on Brooklyn DIY...
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“Under the gaze of vintage Italian posters and forests of empty wine bottles,...”
– You go, Groupon copywriter. Don’t let that email-as-medium fact hold you back.
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Frontpage: Thursday, Dec. 29
cheatsheet:
U.S. Preps Charges in BP Spill: U.S. prosecutors are preparing to file criminal charges against BP employees for 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Romney Strikes at Paul in Iowa: With a new CNN poll shows Iowa’s down to Paul vs. Romney, Mitt is setting his sites on the libertarian.
Kim Jong-un Named Supreme Leader: The North Korean government made it official during a memorial...
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“As Xinran, an authority on population drives, has observed, even urban,...”
– China’s making some money these days—but it’s people are still quite repressed.
shnnk asked: My dad's family is Polish/Austrian and we do the pickle-in-the-tree tradition. My dad says whoever finds it has good luck for the year. As for the dates on presents and whatnot, I don't know. We're totally American in that we open the gifts and look for the pickle on Christmas morning.
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squashed asked: You recently reblogged a picture of a pickle Christmas tree ornament without discussing its significance. As you no doubt know, there are rumors of a German tradition involving hiding pickles of various sizes on a Christmas tree and giving prizes for the person who finds them. But is it true? Or is it a German-American thing? Or just something Americans think Germans do? I think this is one of the...
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“Occupy Wall Street has set the snowball rolling…it has made America aware of a...”
– Michael Thomas’s piece in Newsweek on how Wall Street has destroyed the wonder that was America.
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“Hitchens was never going to be a conventional journalist. But he didn’t just...”
– Simon Schama remembers his friend Christopher Hitchens.
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“When that fame hits, everyone around your husband starts telling him he’s great...”
– It’s not so fun being an NBA star’s wife.
thirteenstiel asked: American Bridge, the PAC that owns newtgingrich is open to selling the domain. They have an ad at craigslist! Tumblr won't let me link, but it's in the general for sale section of DC craigslist. :D
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“There were some instances where for the first time, our rights were respected as...”
– Credentialed freelance photographer Andrew Kelly noting a slight uptick in respect from the NYPD following the department stepping up its media training following the #OWS mistreatment of journalists.
capitalnewyork:
“Being young and horny can be deeply alienating but also pretty amusing, too.”
OK! Ok. We’ll click.
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“Thousands of local police departments nationwide have been amassing stockpiles...”
– Your townies are just about ready for an end-of-days war, our investigation has found. That’s…concerning! But surprising? Not at all.
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“I’m going to bookmark it. What’s the address?”
– My boss is now following the Tumblr. Best behavior, Internet. Best behavior. (via nprfreshair)
Yipes! Keep it clean, Fresh Air.
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