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the universe is watching you. possibly?

Look! Proof that, um, something.

After I talked about a book that discusses whether it’s a good idea to have kids or not, I’ve just seen an article entitled Is It Acceptable To Have Children?

It is true that once every five years I think “HA, I SHOULD GET A BABY.” It passes by the time dessert comes around.

THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE CUTE THAT ARE NOT

The article was actually published two days before my blog post, but I’ve only just noticed it, so we will gloss over that little discrepancy. Also, they make some interesting points.

Just because all the kids like hip hop and sexting today does NOT mean they’re going to be intelligent liberal-arts science proponents with a shot at saving the world and colonizing space and all that, right?

And, and, and, someone I know is moving to Stockholm shortly. Naturally, this means that all I see around me these days are references to that very city. I stumbled across a splendid blog all about moving to Stockholm. And someone (oh hai, @NoSomebody!) suggested on Twitterrrr that I add my blog to an excellent site called Bloglovin’; which turns out to be based in Stockholm. And I’ve just finished reading Just My Type, which has a lot to say about Ikea’s font choices – Ikea being Swedish, obvi. (Not quite such a surprising link there, to find something about a certain Swedish furniture company in a book about fonts. When they changed from Futura to Verdana, the world went mental.)

INSERT STRONG OPINION HERE

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5 things that make me say YAY for the internet

What up, party people! No, sorry, that’s the kind of thing that literally no one says on a Monday. My apologies.

I’ve seen a lot of awesome things recently on teh interwebz that make me do a sharp intake of breath and email links to all my friends. (And even sometimes to people I don’t really like. That’s how awesome.)

Anyway, do you remember when the internet was crap? Actually, you’ve probably forgotten just how painful it was back in the day. Allow me to remind you…

WARNING: Readers of a sensitive disposition, or those who care about web design, or those who have eyes, should look away now.

my eyes are bleeding

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