"Like a comic-book villain transformed by a tragic accident, Weigman discovered at an early age that his acute hearing gave him superpowers on the telephone. He could impersonate any voice, memorize phone numbers by the sound of the buttons and decipher the inner workings of a phone system by the frequencies and clicks on a call, which he refers to as “songs."

"Riding in upon a teal Ford Focus came a great warrior, a suitor of the gentlefolks’ granddaughter. Word had spread through the kingdom that this warrior worked with computers and perhaps even knew the true nature of the Router."

It’s a girl, a film being released this year, documents the practice of killing unwanted baby girls in South Asia. The trailer’s most chilling scene is one with an Indian woman who, unable to contain her laughter, confesses to having killed eight infant daughters.

Looking Good: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe Planning, Color & Personal Style Development by Nancy Nix-Rice. My mom checked out this Palmer/Pletsch publication from the public library for me in hopes I would develop style and class.
Pati Palmer’s forward gives us our first glimpse into this revolutionary piece of literature. “As times changed,” she says, “Readers came to expect color in books.” They sure did, and Looking Good gives us the full treatment.
Nix-Rice, like many before and after her, chose to pursue a practical accounting degree rather than her true calling - image consulting.
But it becomes evident just how true this calling is in Chapter 1 of Looking, where Nancy gets to know my personal style. She identifies me as a “Sporty Natural”. I am “the typical girl-next-door, a very easy-going, casual person who is not willing to suffer for the sake of fashion.” None of these are true, but I am easy-going and casual, so I go with it. She delves into how to look both shorter and heavier, and how to shorten long legs. I expect these will be crucial skills for me when we enter the 1990s.
(But don’t take my word for it - 32 glowing reviews and only 54 copies available on Amazon.com. Those numbers should speak for themselves!)

Looking Good: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe Planning, Color & Personal Style Development by Nancy Nix-Rice. My mom checked out this Palmer/Pletsch publication from the public library for me in hopes I would develop style and class.

Pati Palmer’s forward gives us our first glimpse into this revolutionary piece of literature. “As times changed,” she says, “Readers came to expect color in books.” They sure did, and Looking Good gives us the full treatment.

Nix-Rice, like many before and after her, chose to pursue a practical accounting degree rather than her true calling - image consulting.

But it becomes evident just how true this calling is in Chapter 1 of Looking, where Nancy gets to know my personal style. She identifies me as a “Sporty Natural”. I am “the typical girl-next-door, a very easy-going, casual person who is not willing to suffer for the sake of fashion.” None of these are true, but I am easy-going and casual, so I go with it. She delves into how to look both shorter and heavier, and how to shorten long legs. I expect these will be crucial skills for me when we enter the 1990s.

(But don’t take my word for it - 32 glowing reviews and only 54 copies available on Amazon.com. Those numbers should speak for themselves!)

The Cathedral by Ted Jacobs. Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii (via travelhighlights)
Been there, SEEN IT.

The Cathedral by Ted Jacobs. Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii (via travelhighlights)

Been there, SEEN IT.

A helpful guide for those of us with a less-than-stellar grasp of eye flirtation. I meant to do that with my left eye. (via unicornology)

A helpful guide for those of us with a less-than-stellar grasp of eye flirtation. I meant to do that with my left eye. (via unicornology)

What can I say? The snowmen love me.

What can I say? The snowmen love me.

How It’s Made: Candy Canes (via jstn)

May I also recommend: donuts and candles. But suggest you avoid: bubble gum, jawbreakers, and bacon.

Awww, Bill…

A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas by Jim Frommeyer and Teague Chrystie (via thedailywhat)

"Lisa Frank is not the name of a woman, it is the name of a movement, a culture, a way of living. It is a theory, a concept, a belief in something greater than yourself. It is the belief that all girls are entitled to dolphins covered with rainbows, jewel-encrusted frogs, and unicorns in acid-trip colors hugging each other. It is the ideology that no notebook is complete until it literally hurts your eyes to look at from so much color saturation. It is the hope that no school supply, no matter how insignificant, will be left un-bedazzled. It is the knowledge that your eraser cap, and that of your granddaughter’s, and her granddaughter’s after her, will not be some boring little nub–it will be a diamond covered with butterflies in a rainbow of colors. It is the dream of a better tomorrow."