this is really happeninghttp://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/en-US2009-07-06T03:04:31ZSquarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)where are these two goin'?http://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/3/24/where-are-these-two-goin.htmlmonica way2009-03-24T15:11:04ZIs that a bear in a Russian taxi?

]]>girl scout spottinghttp://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/3/8/girl-scout-spotting.htmlmonica way2009-03-08T20:25:13Z$4. The simple cost of heaven.

Kith and kin, Samoas are on the scene and Tagalongs are coming down the mountain. I bought my boxes this morning as the sun was still tucked behind the hills like a thin mint. Holy Girl Scout posse on Lakeshore Avenue in front of Peet's Coffee.

]]>Mary Wollstonecraft said in 1797http://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/3/4/mary-wollstonecraft-said-in-1797.htmlmonica way2009-03-04T21:18:47Z"Vigorous minds are with difficulty restrained within the trammels of authority; a spirit of enterprise, a passion for experiment, a liberal curiosity, urges them to quit the beaten paths, to explore untried ways, to burst the fetters of prescription, and to acquire wisdom by an individual experience."


Thanks to A.K. for introducing me to this quote.

]]>and then there was thishttp://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/2/20/and-then-there-was-this.htmlmonica way2009-02-20T05:17:52Z

]]>How to: get kicked off a My Little Pony forumhttp://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/2/6/how-to-get-kicked-off-a-my-little-pony-forum.htmlmonica way2009-02-06T21:03:32ZHow toAnd so begins a new category of posts. Introducing, "How to!"

We'll begin with a snippit from The Pony Forum itself. Watch MyLittlePonyBuiltMyHotRod show us step-by-step how to get kicked off a My Little Pony forum.

And this commenter at the end, should get extra credit:

HURRRRR UR SUCH A LOOSER LOLS I AM AN ANGRY INTERNETS USER CANT U USE UR TIEM DOIN SOMETHIN WORTHWILE LIEK HALPIN KIDS INSTAD OF HURTIN THEM AMIRITE?

On the other hand, pretty funny.

Now that you know how it's done, get out there and get kicked out of a forum. Pshh! I'm serious—now go!

 

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Proof that yet again, we see what we want to see. There's more.

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]]>look! frozen yogurt AND ice cream sold in one location!http://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/1/15/look-frozen-yogurt-and-ice-cream-sold-in-one-location.htmlmonica way2009-01-15T22:43:58Z

Photo credit: The infamous, George Chan

]]>bird peoplehttp://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/1/8/bird-people.htmlmonica way2009-01-08T23:22:32ZI first encountered Erich Fromm in International Relations 202 nearly ten years ago. He's one of about thirty or so authors I read as a sophomore whose name I can actually remember and whose wisdom has informed many of my political, historical, and philosophical opinions.

If Erich Fromm is right; if "creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties," then these 'fellas are our gift to creativity. For anyone struggling through The Artist's Way, perhaps it's time to go get a wingsuit:

]]>go laura!http://www.thisisreallyhappening.com/blog/2009/1/8/go-laura.htmlmonica way2009-01-08T23:01:52ZShake up that boy's club!

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