I've never been mistaken for a tough guy.  I'm slight of build, avoid confrontation when possible and have a fairly low pain tolerance.  These are attributes that most people would leave off their dating site profiles (except for little-guys-looking-for-love.com…ok, I just made that up) but I am who I am and I accept it.  On a scale of 1 to 10 on the toughness meter, I'm probably about a 4.5 and that's being generous.  One thing I'm sure of tho … Read More

via 30 Before 30

Looking Back, Way Back I would head back to my childhood, to my past. Life was simple, four best friends played together every afternoon and our only choice to make was what type of ice cream cone we would buy. Everything seemed perfect back then. Our moms were all near-by but in my time machine, the dads would be there too, all of them being kind and supportiv … Read More

via Hibernationnow's Blog

For those interested, here are two websites about Mozart the Master Mason and the masonic symbols found in his opera The Magic Flute.  (Information was contributed by Andrea Hubrich.) www.njfreemason.net/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/mozart_a/mozarts_magic_flute   Note:  This site, CM Lounge, is now Mozart and Classical Music.   … Read More

via Classical Music Lounge

My boyfriend found a chicken nugget in his bag of frozen vegetables the other day. And just to make sure it was a chicken nugget, he popped the frozen mound into the microwave. Sure enough, it emerged crispy and delicious. Like McDonald’s. Concerned that perhaps the workers at the packaging house were rebelling, and some poor vegetarian would end up with the same fate from another bag, my boyfriend called the company. “Are you sure it wasn’t a ca … Read More

via Shari Lopatin: Rogue Writer

-> Greensleeves to a Ground : Un blog pour mieux connaître le style preppy. Qu'est ce qu'un chino ? Un Sta-Press ? C'est quoi un imprimé madras ? Ou des penny loafers ? Toutes les questions que vous vous posez sur le style preppy (et toutes ses variantes : Ivy League, American College, Wasp, Hamptons…) trouveront leurs réponses sur Greensleeves to a Ground, un blog de passionné qui fait revivre le style américain des années 50-60. Paul Newman, … Read More

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