rockin’ kids songs

via jef

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is education killing creativity?

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chunky pam

from dirty jerzey to pampered to xxxl-mas this fleshy Joe Pesci, Heavy-Meadow Soprano- jersey girl makes rap fun again. The odd thing is that this girl, the one in the videos, isn’t the one rapping. ChunkyPam is played by Ashlie Atkinson who is actually from Arkansas (not NJ) and also appeared in 6 episodes of rescue me. Chunky Pam’s voice comes from Meredith DiMenna, but the lyrics she spouts come from the mind of Geremy Jasper. So this chick is so large she is actually three people.

but its still fun to listen to…

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I am a sucker for a good gesture

Gesture as in body posture or pose that is—
we were watching So you think you can dance last night and Karen and I both really liked the way the entire opening dance seemed to be hinged on a zombie-ish body language. This seems to be one of Wade Robson’s strengths. Even the first episode Wednesday night had moments of awkward/beautiful body language thanks to Mia’s piece.

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neti time

I guess it was about 8 months ago that I first started to use the neti pot to cleanse/rinse my nasal passages after it was suggested by my acupuncturist. I have been diagnosed in the past as having chronic sinusitis, and I am prone to intense headaches, night sweats and have had multiple sinus infections each year for the past 10. Last fall I had gone to my regular doctor with persistent sinus congestion and pain that was not progressing to any infection nor was it dissipating and draining. My doctor basically told me that because I did not have an infection that she couldn’t do anything for me but she could refer me to an acupuncturist. In addition to the acupuncture he has given me strategies to deal with these chronic problems combining yoga practice, general body awareness and some Ayurveda-esque techniques, specifically the practice of nasal cleansing using the neti pot. I have not had any sinus infections, night sweats or intense, crippling headaches since my first visit.
Now I have reached the point where each morning I look forward to using my neti pot— with all of the pollen in the air my body has begun to sort of crave this ritual cleaning. Oprah recently had a show where a doctor demonstrated the use of the neti pot, which has led to a huge surge in the number of people using them and a shortage of the pots in brick and mortar as well as online stores. If you are curious here is a bunch of people doing it on youtube.

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lost while web grazing

yesterday I set out to find a better quality version of a cover song that I have been listening to and ended up getting lost… If only I had this map, soon to be available as a poster. (via: notcot, via XKCD)

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