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It snowed again

  I woke up at 6 a.m. to get ready to take Tamara to the airport, and checked Twitter (a regrettable but sometimes useful ritual), only to see @mdinstuhl telling everyone to look outside. I hadn’t been keeping up with the news and usually if there is any chance of solid precipitation coming, its impendingness is a major, major deal and everyone spends the entire night prior making milk-and-bread jokes. But nothing, not a peep.…

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‘Discipline is what we lack’

My latest earworm is courtesy of my pal Ashley and all the awesome new-to-me music she sent my way recently. (Ignore the dead air at the end of the song in this clip. Official version has embedding disabled.)

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Day 262: I Want to Be Alicja Trout When I Grow Up

I took the day off for Cooper-Young Festival so that I could help Planned Parenthood sign people up for e-mail alerts regarding state legislative action on reproductive rights. Lord almighty, I am terrible at working crowds. By some miracle, I signed up seven people. I got rejected by lots more than that. But still. I’m glad I did it. There are a lot of scary things coming down the pike soon, and Tennesseans who value…

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Hey!

The earworm I’ve not been able to get rid of lately: There is something about this song that makes me feel 18 and invincible again. Because, for serious, I was invincible when I was 18. Free summer ’09 playlist here, if you are in the market for music. (HT: @mdinstuhl)

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