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Sunday Scraps 62 (Delayed AGAIN on account of flames)

Jeez, this lack of interwebz thing is a real buzz-kill on the blogging front. Hope to back in full-force soon!

1.RACE: Yo, is this racist? Aren’t sure? Post your conundrum for the resident racism-checker to verify. Short answer, if you have to ask, then yes.

2. STORY: Such a great profile of the StoryCorps project by Kim Green. The roving StoryCorps trailer has a full recording studio and gives family and friends an excuse to sit down and tell each other stories.

3. GRAMMAR: Who doesn’t love a little grammar cartoon?

4. SHERYL: The corporate world isn’t a ladder anymore, but a jungle gym. That, and other pearls of wisdom from Sheryl Sandberg’s speech to Harvard Business School.

5. TECH: Ellen Pao is suing a major venture capital firm over sexual harassment. This New York Times article covers the case, but starts with the irritating line “MEN invented the Internet.”

6. AUTHORS: Authors in swimsuits is the theme of this gallery from Flavorwire. Fitzgerald. That is all.

Related Post: Sunday 61 = Lululemon, Facebook improvements, diet-quitters.

Related Post: Sunday 60 = Settlers of Catan gets out of control, Dita Von Teese, George R.R. Martin  gets back at impatient fans

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Sunday Scraps 41

1. EQUALITY: How can we combat the misguided and preposterous belief that allowing gays to marry will someone lead the way to people marrying toasters, dogs, and dead people? A handy diagram to hand out to all your idiot friends.

2. LIBRARY: Flavorwire has a highly subjective list of the 25 most beautiful college libraries. I’m not going to argue though, because Harper is #8.

3. PUBES: Ever wonder about the history of pubic hair? Yeah, me too. The Atlantic takes a historical approach the current trend of ripping it all out.

4. FASHION: Blogger Marissa at New Dress A Day buys heinously ugly dresses and revamps each and every one to make something contemporary and wearable. And she does this every day.

5. ADORBS: Even babies who don’t know any words can mimic the speech patterns of rap music. So freaking cute (and so is the dad….).

6. LEGO: Lego is launching a new line of girls toys called Lego Friends. Businessweek investigates the origins of the new line and Lego’s history with shoving the pink crap in the corner.

Related Post: Sunday 40 = Louis C.K. on daughters, NPR’s imaginary faces, bellies.

Related Post: Sunday 39 = Siri drama, boozing at work, a library artwork mystery of international proportions.

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