http://elen.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ My little corner of the internet. en Vox Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:55 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/national-adoption-week.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/national-adoption-week.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/national-adoption-week.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:55 -0500 It's National Adoption Week. I found out by accident; for my family every week is Adoption Week! I came across this article on Google News. The article talks about the complex reality of adoption: The British Association of Adoption and Fosterin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/national-adoption-week.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd0b713860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> adoption http://elen.vox.com/library/post/if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:20:05 -0500 ...I would buy everything in this store. I look at their website and salivate. I walk into their store and get weak at the knees. If I found some genie, my third wish would be to get a hundred-thousand dollar giftcard to this store, right after w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddbaf469860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> anthropologie http://elen.vox.com/library/post/my-near-death-kitchen-adventure.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/my-near-death-kitchen-adventure.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/my-near-death-kitchen-adventure.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:56:56 -0500 So I'm doing dishes, as repsonsible people ought to do, and as I'm finishing up I notice two limes sitting at the bottom of the sink. "Hm," I think to myself, "Ctirus is supposed to be great at making the disposal smell nice." So, I shove down th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/my-near-death-kitchen-adventure.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddce0d4a860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kitchen doing the dishes is more trouble than it's worth http://elen.vox.com/library/post/gah.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/gah.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/gah.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:37:13 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b73b7b8860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b73b7b8860e-50si" alt="For fun" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yes, I know I said I'd be posting more. That was before my laptop gave up the ghost for good. So! Now I have a shiny new laptop, and will be posting more. For real this time. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/gah.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddb86d41860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://elen.vox.com/library/post/beef-on-weck-google-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/beef-on-weck-google-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/beef-on-weck-google-it.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:45:53 -0400 I love Buffalo. In a real sense, it's my ancestral homeland. My ancestors came from Germany, Sicily, Switzerland, France, and England, but they all ended up in Buffalo. Most of my relatives live there still. Buffalo is the "home base" for nearly ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/beef-on-weck-google-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123dddae371860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family buffalo http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard-take-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard-take-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard-take-2.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:12:57 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f16c4f34860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f16c4f34860f-50si" alt="Reaching in" /></a> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd6371c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd6371c860d-50si" alt="Candy Trees" /></a> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddad9a18860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddad9a18860b-50si" alt="For a young boy" /></a> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b68e15e860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b68e15e860e-50si" alt="Autumn Carpet" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard-take-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f16ebd08860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> autumn graveyard http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:23:42 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd6368c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd6368c860d-50si" alt="Oak" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/october-graveyard.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b68e181860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> autumn graveyard http://elen.vox.com/library/post/for-l.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/for-l.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/for-l.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:21:17 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b6866d3860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b6866d3860e-50si" alt="Frightened Rabbit &quot;The Greys&quot; Fatcat Records" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What's the blues when you've got the greys? I've think I've given up, my body's giving in In a building, I lie still And then I turn back over again In a building that has heating Sweat sweat sweat sweat sweat, dried-on stains I am sick of fee... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/for-l.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddd5bc36860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-gone-too-far.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-gone-too-far.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-gone-too-far.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:21:24 -0400 What is the scariest incident with drugs or alcohol you’ve witnessed or personally experienced? How did it change you? Sponsored by MTV's "Gone Too Far." Tune into the series premiere this Monday at 10 p.m. EST. I like this question the best of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-gone-too-far.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f16b5628860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd mtv gone too far scary drug/alcohol incident http://elen.vox.com/library/post/the-modern-leper.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/the-modern-leper.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/the-modern-leper.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:20:05 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b62f5d9860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b62f5d9860e-50si" alt="frightened rabbit - the modern leper" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This song is currently rocking my world. It starts off slow, but just builds and builds. One caution: there's one f-bomb at the beginning, so if that offends you or you're at work, maybe hold off. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/the-modern-leper.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddbc9ceb860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music