Boundaries

“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire

zion: the descent from angel's landing, a photo by manyfires on Flickr.

Tina Fey on being a female comedy writer (in a male comedy world):

“I know older men in comedy who can barely feed and clean themselves, and they still work. The women, though, they’re all [considered] ‘crazy.’ I have a suspicion that the definition of ‘crazy’ in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f—k her anymore.”

—From The New Yorker via

Speaking of not wanting to f--k someone, a mini-doc on how women are regarded by (male) strangers depending on whether they project their "plain jane" or "bombshell" selves.

P.S.  Currently reading (and recommending) Bossypants:

Hesitation

"He who deliberates fully before taking a step

will spend his entire life on one leg."

-Chinese Proverb

Porch steps in Goult, a photo by Velda Ruddock on Flickr.

Rawr

Push it

source: rhythmandfinesse on tumblr?

In honor of Oprah's final bow

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