A Call To All Hands

A very dear friend of mine is working on a project about hands (you know, those things at the end of your arms). I am trying to help her collect these photographs/drawings/paintings so that she can complete her awesome project, but we need your help.



Send in a picture of your hands doing something you love. However, there are a couple of rules:
#1: No body parts you wouldn't show your grandma.
#2: Don't show your face. I bet you are adorable and all, but I don't want to see it.

Be creative. Show us what your hands can do.

Send all entries to MonzerrathGonzalez@Gmail.com with "My Hands" in the subject line.
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Wednesday Would You Rather

Would you rather eat a Kit-Kat Bar

Or

a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?

Kit-Kat and Reese's via Flickr.

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Love and Happiness

Those are the words that come to mind when I think of Al Green. They also happen to be the title of my favorite song by Mr. Green. There is no doubt in my mind that he is one of the greatest artists of all time, and one of the few who can put me in a good mood when things are at their worst.



Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy some classic Al Green on Soul Train in '74. You'll thank me.

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10 Songs That You Should Listen To This Week: Comma Edition

"If breathing didn’t already exist, commas would have had to invent it."
Image and quote from Serif of Nottingblog

What is better than a song? A song that has a comma in the title! Here are 10 songs (in order of artist name) you should listen to this week that have a lovely, wonderful, amazing comma in their name.

1. Running, Returning - Akron, Family
Listen if you enjoy: The Angels of Light, Animal Collective
Favorite lyrics: “Sooner, or later/Everyone will know/Within the shadows/In there light will grow/And love is on its way/It's more than I can see."

2. Skin Is, My - Andrew Bird
Listen if you enjoy: Sufjan Stevens, M. Ward, Iron & Wine, whistling
Favorite lyrics: “My skin is/white as parchment/drier than a downtown office building/where the air is tight/there's time spent/resting on her bones waiting for the telephone to ring/ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring bo-ring bo-ring bo-ring”

3. Long, Long, Long - The Beatles
Listen if you enjoy: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in the same place at the same time
Favorite lyrics: “It took a long, long, long, time. Now so I’m happy I found you.”

4. Go Home, Get Down - Death From Above 1979
Listen if you enjoy: Synths, Drums, and yelling
Favorite lyrics: “Don't ask I don't know. I'll come back when I go.”

5. Pleasure, Little Treasure - Depeche Mode
Listen if you enjoy: Imagining Dave Gahan spinning around, Martin Gore (in bondage gear), Andrew Fletcher
Favorite lyrics: “Everybody needs some reason or other. You'll find a reason when you discover, pleasure, little treasure.”



6. You, You're Awesome - Do Make Say Think
Listen if you enjoy: Post-Rock, Being Awesome, Stuff from Canada
Favorite lyrics: *You can make your own up when you listen to it*

7. At Death, A Proclamation - Phosphorescent
Listen if you enjoy: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Beards, Random howls at the end of songs
Favorite lyrics: “Oh in life, through many dark rooms we must go.”

8. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town - Talking Heads
Listen if you enjoy: David Byrne, Devo, the number 77
Favorite lyrics: “I'm a know-it-all, I'm smartest man around. That's right, you learn real fast through the smartest girl in town. Here come a riddle, here come a clue. If you were really smart, you'd know what to do.”

9. Island, Is - Volcano Choir
Listen if you enjoy: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Wondering if a song says the word ‘fuck’
Favorite lyrics: “and the tones he would push and the songs he would push to the side when it all went a fuck in the snow that gets pushed to the side”

10. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
Listen if you enjoy: Yankees, Hotels, and Foxtrots
Favorite lyrics: “Jesus, don't cry. You can rely on me honey.”

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