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Tip: Whenever you have to buy a card for your mom, just get the one with the most writing. #
Sprinkle + Party + Cake = Three of my favourite words in one ice cream flavour. #

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New fiction by Jonathan Franzen in this week's New Yorker: http://bit.ly/cFvKZt #

An open letter to my future kitten: Hurry up and be born already. #

The Style Rookie scanned and posted a whole bunch of pages from some issues of Sassy from ‘92-’93. Put on some Bikini Kill and check out the whole set on Flickr.

RT @BPGlobalPR: The good news: Mermaids are real. The bad news: They are now extinct. #ff #

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I'm eating a grilled tofu salad for lunch while dreaming of Parisian croissants and cheese and wine and macarons and baguettes. #

Happy Monday, er, Tuesday! Let’s start the week off with this charming skate video that reminds us it’s not always about how high you can ollie, it’s about how far you can power slide.

Blueberries! Blueberries! http://bit.ly/bCUZiX #
My boss just walked by my office and said "what are you still doing here?" I guess my long weekend starts now! #
The entire series of Lost re-enacted by cats in one minute: http://bit.ly/bTDSOS #

I realize this makes me a bad person but this video made me laugh so hard I cried.

Don't forget @ChinatownRemix continues till June 8. 40 venues exhibiting 50 artists—check it out this weekend! http://bit.ly/b5qv0K #

RT @stefangrambart: This pie's so good I can almost forgive the autotune http://ow.ly/1NeyK #TwinPeaks #FTW? #

Some Lost-related links in anticipation of the series finale this Sunday:

Print your own customizable Oceanic Airlines boarding pass.
While you’re at it, print out some Dharma Initiative food labels like these:
Finally, if you can’t resist a (possible) spoiler and want some clues as to what may happen in the finale, check out this (possibly fake) [...]

My 16 year-old self is thrilled to learn Christina Kelly (you know, from Sassy) has a blog: http://bit.ly/9RGmgZ (via @notmartha) #

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New podcast! http://bit.ly/RandomRadioMay2010 #

It’s a new edition of Random Radio! Now featuring 100% less talking. Click here to download the MP3 (79.3 MB @ 192 kbps) or stream it below.
Track list:
Yeasayer – ONE
Caribou – Odessa
Foals – This Orient
Delphic – This Momentary
Fan Death – Reunited
Simian Mobile Disco feat. Beth Ditto – Cruel Intentions
Class Actress – Journal of Ardency
Health – [...]

I figured after five years it was high time for a change around here  Big thanks to A for setting me up on Wordpress with a sweet new template. (Those of you reading this from a feed reader should visit the site to see what I mean.) We ditched the archives in the [...]