February 2012
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@klout calls me a Socializer, formerly a Conversationalist. I’d like to be a Networker eventually, then a Thought Leader when I PhD-up
— Ukeme Esiet (@esietukeme) February 22, 2012
“I love ideas because I fantasize about a skeleton key enlightenment, an idea...”
– Mills Baker, Ways Not to Write
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home"
The second song that makes me long for ‘home’
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Adele - "Hometown Glory"
My favorite Adele song, by far. It makes me long for ‘home’ in the places where I’ve been.
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BU Today: "Pondering What’s Way, Way Out There" →
Report by Rich Barlow. Video by Devin Hahn and Joe Chan.
BU Today speaks to College of Arts and Sciences astronomer Merav Opher about her involvement in NASA’s Voyager mission to explore the region beyond our solar system.
The daughter of an astrophysicist, Opher, in a fit of youthful rebellion, once flirted with becoming a film director instead of a scientist. She changed course after...
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Lagos Rain
Today’s rain reminds me of the times when it rained back in Yaba. We’d have to run around the house to make sure that all of the windows were shut. The rain would ruin the curtains and get into some of the plugs if we didn’t.
I liked looking out at the street and seeing the rain over the road, the stalls, and the houses. Everyone would have to go indoors, but some people would...
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“If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to...”
– Funfere Koroye
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The Politics on Abortion Funding (some of it)
I think these are the issues for those for cutting abortion funding:
Pro-Lifers believe abortions are immoral, unethical, and/or ungodly.
Moral conservatives believe that too much sex is being had, especially out of wedlock.
Fiscal conservatives believe that the government shouldn’t be wasting money on abortions.
Everyone has a right to their beliefs. I am amused by the “too much...
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NYTimes: "Undulating in Sequins, He’s a Pop Star... →
The Nigerian pop star D’Banj performed on Sunday at Irving Plaza and shared the stage with some labelmates: Wande Coal, Dr. Sid, Ikechukwu and D’Prince.
Via CP-Africa.
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"Murmuration" by Islands and Rivers
via @floweringsword
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"Pausefest Melbourne - Director's cut" by Sander...
Via WE AND THE COLOR
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When The Night Knows (Whitney Houston x Chromeo) -...
The Hood Internet made this great tribute to Whitney Houston by mixing “How Will I Know” with Chromeo’s “When the Night Falls.”
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Twista - “Hope” ft. Faith Evans - Coach Carter
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“Getting out of New York helped me rediscover the outside world, while living in...”
– Cord Jefferson, “There’s an Aging Communist at Café Tropical Who Wears a Beret All the Time”
This man can write!
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.
All of...”
– Ira Glass via @thisisAT
“When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that’s called...”
– Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life
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