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Future service/guide dogs mean everything to me

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"A: I’m sorta, kinda trying to get off caffeine (I know, I know—I’m worse than the Hobby Lobby verdict dancing with Vladimir Putin on Elaine Stritch’s grave while the Vietnam War plays “All About That Bass” on the didgeridoo), but lunch would be great."

This is what happens when you get old and stop wanting to hang out with people.

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Automatic Kermit reblog.

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hi No one give a shit about u any more

Hi back!

I think you are being really unfair to the letter u. It is a nice letter, and I would argue an indispensable one. Without u, we wouldn’t have music or justice. U matters! U will always matter.

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that costume will go down in history 

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I think I picked a good one... Here's to year 4! #091810

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Evening snuggle buddy.

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The family that lounges together...

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Here is a really fun photo, from the roof of the museum, of Chicago in 1957. The Skyline looks awfully short.

© The Field Museum, GN79261.

North parking lot, cars, Grant Park bandshell, Chicago downtown skyline.

1957 

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Relevant to my cooking interests: I always heat butter just a touch too much in the microwave. 

Not too hot, not too cold: getting the Goldilocks version of butter.

Read more: The Best Way to Soften Butter, Fast on Food52.

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Today is the kind of day when we remember why we chose to stick it out through winter. #chicago #lakefront

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He beat last year's time by over a minute! #sf10 #latergram

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First runner at the Soldier Field 10 Mile!! #runchi

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I AM THE DOG WHISPERER.

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Mental note for the many beer lovers I know.

etsy find of the day 3 | 4.17.14

theme thursday: for your home

the pompous set - original 6 glasses by pretentiousbeerglass

pretentiousbeerglass is self-depricating and supercool. i love the varied glass styles hand-blown specifically for certain beer types — this set of 6 comes with one of each of the following: hoppy beer glass, aromatic beer glass, malty beer glass, subtle beer glass, ‘traditional’ ale glass, and a dual glass (perfect for black ’n tans!). nom.

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If only Dexter allowed us to put stuff on his head...

Lifestyle photographer Grace Chon recently turned the camera on her 10-month-old baby Jasper and their 7-year-old rescue dog Zoey, putting them side-by-side in the some of the most adorable portraits ever.

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Just the titles of those books annoy me.  Why can't boys play with fairies?  Why can't girls go on adventures? (And don't get me started with only calling girls "beautiful" and boys "brilliant.")

Today’s top book news item:

A weeks-old campaign to get U.K. publishers to stop labeling children’s books by gender is garnering support from members of Parliament, authors and booksellers, including the major retailer Waterstones. The literary editor of The Independent on Sunday pledged that the newspaper would not review gender-specific books, writing, “Any Girls’ Book of Boring Princesses that crosses my desk will go straight into the recycling pile along with every Great Big Book of Snot for Boys.”

Organizers of the “Let Books Be Books” campaign, which is a part of the larger “Let Toys Be Toys” movement, state on their website:

"How can a story be only for a girl, or a sticker be just for a boy? But titles like The Beautiful Girls’ Book of Colouring or Illustrated Classics for Boys are on the shelves in toyshops, bookstores and supermarkets around the UK and Ireland. These books send out very limiting messages to children about what kinds of things are appropriate for girls or for boys. Blue covers, with themes of action and adventure, robots, space, trucks and pirates contrast with a riot of pink sparkles, fairies, princesses, flowers and butterflies. But real children’s interests are a lot more diverse, and more interesting, than that.”