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Permalink thesubstitution: It’s been Turkish delight and despair for Chris Lucking, as he brings to a close his two-part look at the 2011-12 season for Fenerbahce.  SO COOL
Permalink jaymug: Life has many ways of testing a person’s will - Paulo Coelho.
Permalink newsweek: Today is World Turtle Day! Respect the turtle.
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The Internet—meaning everything from email to file trading to voice-over-IP phone calls—was always technically larger than the web, but the web’s mass adoption managed somehow to overwhelm the vessel that contained it. The web became the main attraction; the packets and DNS lookups became the plumbing, essential but invisible. Facebook now threatens to perform that same jujitsu against the web itself. The difference, of course, is that no one owns the web—or in some strange way we all own it. But with Facebook we are ultimately just tenant farmers on the land; we make it more productive with our labor, but the ground belongs to someone else.

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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

Permalink neil-gaiman: Crowley & Aziraphale’s New Year’s Wishes From http://www.harpercollins.com/author/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=essay&authorID=3417 Crowley:  Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby café is not proper demonic activity. Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits. Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or “Googling yourself?” Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for “Googling yourself.” Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, “Low-hanging fruit,” because that’s just like old times. Resolution #5: This year, I will get a desk near the window. Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it’s ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that’s all. Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone. Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself. Aziraphale: Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more. Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term “core values,” however difficult this may be. Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase “core values” classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one. Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can’t be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?) Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation. Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an “Internet” is. Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the “Galloping Major,” the “Gay Gordons,” the “Mashed Potatoes.” Possibly even the “Twist”? Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing). Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area. Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design – despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent? Resolution #11: Feed the ducks. … PS: If you are a person who wrote Good Omens, do not EVER look at the Tumblr Aziraphale tag to find a nice picture of Crowley and Aziraphale to put into a New Year’s blog. There are things you can never unsee. THEY SHOULD ANOTHER COLLABORATION. 
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Permalink jaymug: Koleston Naturals Advertising: Change by Leo Burnett
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Permalink newsweek: soupsoup: via Lauren LaCapra The best part about this? DJ D-Bag is real. One of the many reasons why I shall enjoy the countdown in the comfort of my hotel bed :)
Permalink oliphillips: The Coffee Facts by med ness
Permalink theworldwelivein: Roker Pier, Sunderland, England©  Jeff Vyse
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