“As soon as I caught sight of the bridge, I could feel my face contorting into a grimace. “Fuck that bridge!” I said. “Who needs it? Not me!” —
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(In case you missed it, I read something out loud in front of people tonight. It was fun. Thanks again, Carly and Melinda!)
tea time (Taken with instagram)
Alumni Weekend: Movie on the Quad
8:30-11:30 p.m. Thurs, May 31st, Harper Quad
Join fellow alumni, students, faculty, and friends on Harper Quad for a screening under the stars of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Dress up as your favorite movie character.
#HydeParkHogwarts
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By Monday, all of the graves at Arlington National Cemetery — from the first Union soldiers buried in 1864 to those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq — will receive an American flag in honor of Memorial Day.
Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as the Old Guard, place one American flag each in front of more than 220,000 graves of fallen military service members. The flags-in ceremony, a special thank-you for Memorial Day, is a tradition that dates from 1948.
All the single ladies (All the single ladies) All the single ladies (All the single ladies) …could apparently cost Mitt Romney the presidency.
While Romney leads Obama among married women by about 9 points, Obama blows him away among single women by 36 points. This matters: There are 55 million single women in the United States. If they got motivated, they are a big enough block to swing the election.
Read the full piece here.
“The institution of marriage is not under attack as a result of the President’s words. Marriage was under attack years ago by men who viewed women as property and children as trophies of sexual prowess. Marriage is under attack by low wages, high incarceration, unfair tax policy, unemployment, and lack of education. Marriage is under attack by clergy who proclaim monogamy yet think nothing of stepping outside the bonds of marriage to have multiple affairs with “preaching groupies.” —
Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (via touchoftea)
(Pastor Moss is awesome, y’all.)
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Working in Mr. Obama’s favor may be the changing face of the American military, which is becoming younger and more diverse. Advisers to the president note that he actually won in 2008 among veterans who were under 60 years old.
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