25 4 / 2013
After Big Kitty had his drink from the sink this morning, George got up there to… do whatever he’s doing here.
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07 3 / 2013
The 18 For-Profit Companies Fighting to Eliminate the Birth Control Benefit
a) This is an important story I helped work on today.
b) Did you know RHRC has an amazing Tumblr? We do, we do!
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13 2 / 2013
Born a brunette, Lucille Ball was turned into a platinum blonde by Hattie Carnegie, the New York designer for whom Lucille Ball modeled in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Carnegie thought Lucy resembled (then-blonde) actress Joan Bennett, a Carnegie client. Her hair remained blonde and became gradually darker (brownish) until she arrived at MGM in the 1940s. It was there that famous hair designer Sydney Guilaroff created the flaming red-orange shade with which Lucy became forever identified. Lucy herself said her career was basically blah until she became a redhead, and then things took off.
In her book, The Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural Study, Victoria Sherrow writes that, “Red hair became more popular in the twentieth century both in Europe and the United States. Some historians say that color films and television [i.e, Lucy?] played a key role, since blond and red shades show up well in those media. Other analysts point out that red hair was often associated with a passionate personality type.” This begs the fascinating question: which came first: Lucy Ricardo’s red hair or her passionate desire to get out of the house and into show business?
- Lucy A to Z by Michael Karol
(Here shown in Du Barry Was a Lady, 1943)
She is so glorious.
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04 1 / 2013
Now you know the truth of what’s going through my mind at parties.
Shout out to my fellow introverted cat ladies.
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10 12 / 2012
"What can I say about the 571B Banana Slicer that hasn’t already been said about the wheel, penicillin, or the iPhone…. this is one of the greatest inventions of all time. My husband and I would argue constantly over who had to cut the day’s banana slices. It’s one of those chores NO ONE wants to do! You know, the old “I spent the entire day rearing OUR children, m
aybe YOU can pitch in a little and cut these bananas?” and of course, “You think I have the energy to slave over your damn bananas? I worked a 12 hour shift just to come home to THIS?!” These are the things that can destroy an entire relationship. It got to the point where our children could sense the tension. The minute I heard our 6-year-old girl in her bedroom, re-enacting our daily banana fight with her Barbie dolls, I knew we had to make a change. That’s when I found the 571B Banana Slicer. Our marriage has never been healthier, AND we’ve even incorporated it into our lovemaking. THANKS 571B BANANA SLICER!"
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06 12 / 2012
This is the most important powerpoint presentation of all time.
Don’t try it. It’s a trap. Cats are self cleaning.
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04 12 / 2012
The construction of the Manhattan Bridge as seen from Dumbo, wayyyyyy before it was Dumbo. If you could pull back or scroll down just a bit you’d be able to see the building I used to live in, which existed when this was going on, which is MIND BLOWING.
