The Associated Press: Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers

The Associated Press: Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers:
 "Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers"


A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney says the probe involving experts from the office of the chief examiner showed a 67-year-old woman from Tiverton, R.I., and a 23-year-old man from Littleton, N.H., were not murdered aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship.




this blurb got me to thinking isn't this how a vampire movie begins?


 better yet, the tale of a plague?


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O-Bits Blog: "On October 15th The Coffin Factory visited Liberty Plaza in Manhattan. In the shadow of a halfway built Freedom Tower, we asked Occupy Wall Street two questions"

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Three Questions

The Teacher Salary Project

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The Teacher Salary Project:

Our educational system must change. Currently, 30 percent of American students drop out of school by age eighteen. Fewer than 30 percent of all eighth-grade students are proficient in grade-level reading and math. Most significantly, students from urban, financially disadvantaged backgrounds are at a greater risk for decreased cognitive development and ability, lower school attendance, and higher rates of grade failure and early drop-out. And though it is well documented that the most important school-based factor in students' academic achievement and future success is the quality of their teachers, 46 percent of public school teachers leave the profession within the first five years of being in the classroom. A good teacher has the power to change the course of a life—yet because teachers in the United States have historically had an average annual salary lower than their peers with similar educational backgrounds, 62 percent of our nation's teachers must have second jobs outside of the classroom-like tutoring, mowing lawns, selling stereos, or bartending—to be able to afford to teach.


Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling facts with the lives and careers of four teachers, our film, American Teacher, tells the collective story by and about those closest to the issues in our educational system—the 3.2 million teachers who spend every day in classrooms across the country. Through an interactive and evolving website and a feature-length documentary that brings together educational experts, student interviews, and a year of documenting the day-to-day lives and sacrifices of public school teachers, THE TEACHER SALARY PROJECT will bring an awareness to the real and imminent crisis in our educational system—how little we value our strongest, most committed, and most effective teachers, and the ripple effect this has on how our children learn and their potential for future success.

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Poetry Pairing | The Beautiful and the Bad - NYTimes.com

Poetry Pairing | The Beautiful and the Bad - NYTimes.com: "Pity the Beautiful
By Dana Gioia

Pity the beautiful,
the dolls, and the dishes,
the babes with big daddies
granting their wishes.

Pity the pretty boys,
the hunks, and Apollos,
the golden lads whom
success always follows.

The hotties, the knock-outs,
the tens out of ten,
the drop-dead gorgeous,
the great leading men.

Pity the faded,
the bloated, the blowsy,
the paunchy Adonis
whose luck’s gone lousy.

Pity the gods,
no longer divine.
Pity the night
the stars lose their shine."

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. . . at the mercy of the world

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"However much I am at the mercy of the world I never let myself get lost by brooding over its misery. I hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of that misery to an end."

   ~~ Albert Schweitzer

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a paper bag

i used to joke that i'd put
a paper bag over her head,
now i'd put one over my own.

Internet Slang words - Internet Dictionary - InternetSlang.com

Internet Slang words - Internet Dictionary - InternetSlang.com:

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Peter Nevland- No One Told Me - YouTube

Peter Nevland- No One Told Me - YouTube: ""

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How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step | Motherboard:

"How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step"

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Amazing Book Art

Poetry Daily: I Remember Lost Things , by Ron Padgett

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Poetry Daily: I Remember Lost Things , by Ron Padgett:

"I Remember Lost Things"

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Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation

Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation: "Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

Since his stint as poet laureate in the late 1990s, Robert Pinsky has been that rare thing in American culture—a public poet, who could appear on The Simpsons and The Colbert Report. And, of course, for several years he regularly brought poetry to the NewsHour. 8:09"

Textbook Disclaimer Stickers

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Poetry 180 - Home Page

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Coffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine

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Coffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine: "

Coffee and Reefer
by Ron Sunshine"

Chocolate cake makes my poor stomach ache
And all those pills are too much for me to take
I don’t like cocaine cause it makes me all uptight
But Coffee and Reefer makes me feel all right

Crystal meth will make you high, and it’s cheap
But I never liked going five days without sleep
Acid makes me say stupid things like “Outta Sight”
But Coffee and Reefer makes me feel all right

You know the Coffee takes you high, and reefer takes you low
The bean will make you fly, while the bud makes you slow
Shooting speedballs will make you sell your stereo
Who ever heard of going in hock, for a cup of Joe

You know that crank will land you right in the clank
Smoke that nasty crack and you’ll want to rob a bank
Forget the nicotine, ketamine, amphetamines
Try Coffee and Reefer for a real mellow scene

Bridge:
Don’t drive a car or answer the phone
Just try to spend a couple of hours alone
Don’t operate machinery when you’re smoking on that weed
The Cartoon Channel has everything you need

Ecstasy can cause a man to love a wall
Whiskey make you love a girl you’d never touch at all
Mescaline will turn you into a little pink eraser
So try a cappuccino with a mellow gage chaser

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Synonym-Finder

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Knights Who Say Ni

The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzann

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The Locket:
Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzanne Lieurance

Galena, an eleven-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant, lives in New York City with her family and works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older sister Anya. The factory pays low wages and has terrible working conditions, making Anya yearn to join a union. Soon a horrible fire guts the factory leaving Galena with painful, horrific memories. Follow author Suzanne Lieurance in this dramatic historical fiction novel, as she describes how Galena uses the support of friends, family, and Jewish traditions to inspire her to fight for workers' rights.

give my regards to St. Peter

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You give my regards to St. Peter,
 or whoever has his job, but in Hell.
                ~~ Joss Whedon

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William L Calley Jr

Purple Panda — March to your Own Beat

Purple Panda — March to your Own Beat

I’m sick of the romance. It’s over. It’s been a nice year but… We need to break up.

it's ironic,

i could've saved this young lady a whole year,

but then,

it wouldn't have been the same.

she needed the experience.

oh well, she DID stop when she got blisters,

we ALL do.

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG:

"Glover then read a poem by Langston Hughes entitled “Let America be America Again,” which includes this verse:

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—

Let it be that great strong land of love

Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme

That any man be crushed by one above."

Level with your child

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"Level with your child by being honest.
 Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child." 


~~ Mary MacCracken

Mark Fiore's Aggregation

Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" premiered, 1953

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[Wendy has just become the Lost Boys' mother] 
Peter: Discipline. That's what fathers believe in. We must spank the children immediately before they try to kill you again. In fact, we should kill them. 
Wendy: Father. I agree that they are... perfectly horrid, but... kill them and they should think themselves... important. 
The Lost Boys: So important, Peter. 
Curly: And unique. 
Wendy: I, propose something far more dreadful. Medicine. The sticky, sweet kind. 
The Lost Boys: Kill us, Peter. 

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Lyla Poetry Slam Winner - YouTube

Lyla Poetry Slam Winner - YouTube: ""

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Napoleon's Penis!

Word Spy - blizzaster

Word Spy - blizzaster:

"blizzaster
n. A massive snowstorm; the negative effects of such a storm. Also: blizz-aster. [Blend of blizzard and disaster.]"

Race-Labor Bibliography

race-labor bib:

"Race-Labor Bibliography"

The theme of black workers, their role in the broader working class, and their relationship to the labor movement has been a particularly lively one among scholars over the past several decades.

Quotes by George Polya. An George Polya Quote Library | The Gaiam Blog

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Quotes by George Polya. An George Polya Quote Library | The Gaiam Blog:

"In order to translate a sentence from English into French two things are necessary.

First, we must understand thoroughly the English sentence. Second, we must be familiar with the forms of expression peculiar to the French language.

The situation is very similar when we attempt to express in mathematical symbols a condition proposed in words. First, we must understand thoroughly the condition. Second, we must be familiar with the forms of mathematical expression.

George Polya"

Capricorn

Mental Illness

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"People often write me and ask 
how I keep my wood floors so clean
 when I live with a child and a dog, 
and my answer is that I use a technique called 
Suffering From a Mental Illness."

  ~~ Heather Armstrong
 
 
 
 
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Sesquipedalian | Define Sesquipedalian at Dictionary.com

Sesquipedalian | Define Sesquipedalian at Dictionary.com:

 "ses·qui·pe·da·li·an   
[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn] Show IPA
–adjective Also, ses·quip·e·dal  
[ses-kwip-i-dl] Show IPA
.
1.
given to using long words.
2.
(of a word) containing many syllables."

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Urban Dictionary: ain't that some shit

Urban Dictionary: ain't that some shit:

"Irony. When something is definatly, "Some shit"

Ron: Donny, are you still going out with annie?


Donny: Nah, I found out she was a dude.

Ron: Ain't that some shit.."

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Words, words, words (and phrases)

Words, words, words (and phrases): "Volute"

Capricornio

What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent? | The Hot Word

What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent? | The Hot Word:

"What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent?"

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Replevy | Define Replevy at Dictionary.com

Replevy | Define Replevy at Dictionary.com:

"Main Entry: replevy
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·plev·ied ; re·plevy·ing
Etymology: probably from Anglo-French replevi , past participle of replevir to give security, from Old French, to give security for, from re- back + plevir to pledge
: to take or get back by replevin — re·plev·i·able /ri-'ple-vE-&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source"

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Merriam-Webster Online: pogonip

Image via WikipediaMerriam-Webster Online: "pogonip\PAH-guh-nip\
DEFINITION
noun

: a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States"

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The One Minute Writer: Friday Fiction: Ocean

prompted by

The One Minute Writer
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010

Friday Fiction: Ocean

 
 
the sun is hot, of course its hot,
the kids are on the beach, of course,
and the surf is pounding in my ears!
surprise!
white christmas in the tropics- oh cliche of cliches:
i miss New York, don't you?
.O'Dasor De
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The One-Minute Writer: Ice cream truck

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prompted by C.Beth's

The One-Minute Writer: "THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010

Today's Writing Prompt: Ice cream truck
Kids get so excited when the ice cream truck comes into the neighborhood. What kind of delivery truck would make adults line up in excitement?"

oh, dunno,

but we DO line up for the espresso coffee truck at 14th street/Union Square, NYC . . . a Due Shot of hot roast knocks off forty years in one slurp!

prompted by Six Word Saturday: Describe your life

prompted by Six Word Saturday
at Cate's Show My Face .

Explore and Worry,


More and Less.

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