http://elen.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ My little corner of the internet. en Vox Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:19:11 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-starting-from-scratch.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-starting-from-scratch.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-starting-from-scratch.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:19:11 -0500 What would it take to get you to start a new life on a new world? Sponsored by AVATAR. In theaters December 18. Buy tickets now. Nothing short of a catastrophic natural or political disaster. The vast majority of my ancestors were not explorers;... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-starting-from-scratch.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddf3465b860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd new world http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-worst-book-ever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-worst-book-ever.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-worst-book-ever.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:41:50 -0500 What's the worst book you've ever read? If a book is really, really crappy I will put it down. Crappy as in bad prose and a boring plot. So "worst" to me means books that I have read all the way through and still hated. Wuthering Heights is def... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-worst-book-ever.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddf2cbc1860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd worst book http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-friends-for-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-friends-for-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-friends-for-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:18:39 -0500 If you could hang out with any movie character for a day, whom would you choose as your sidekick? Sponsored by The Official AVATAR Community on TypePad. See AVATAR in theaters December 18, 2009. Listen, "Avatar Community", if I get to hang out... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-friends-for-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f188183a860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd movie character sidekick http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-favorite-movie-quote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-favorite-movie-quote.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-favorite-movie-quote.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:16:19 -0500 What’s your favorite movie quote of all time? Sponsored by The Official AVATAR Community on TypePad. See AVATAR in theaters December 18, 2009. Perhaps not of all time, but certainly of Christmas time: "Fra-GEE-lay....must be Italian!" Followed... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-favorite-movie-quote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddde4bbd860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd favorite movie quote avatar movie http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-one-movie-everyone-should-see.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-one-movie-everyone-should-see.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-one-movie-everyone-should-see.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:12:15 -0500 What one film do you think everyone should see? Sponsored by The Official AVATAR Community on TypePad. See AVATAR in theaters December 18, 2009. Oh lord, so many. Right now I'm in the mood for The Fugitive, though, so I'll go with that one. "C... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-one-movie-everyone-should-see.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddf1fcdb860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd iconic film avatar movie http://elen.vox.com/library/post/another-carol.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/another-carol.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/another-carol.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:14 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b827bcd860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b827bcd860e-50si" alt="Christmas Sing Along - Bing Crosby - Silver Bells (1951)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/another-carol.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc72add860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas http://elen.vox.com/library/post/thats-why-i-am-a.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/thats-why-i-am-a.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/thats-why-i-am-a.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:02:55 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b821d74860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb01240b821d74860e-50si" alt="Joy To The World - Sufjan Stevens (Christmas music)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've always been interested in other people's stories and problems. Not in a busybody way, just in a curious way. That's why I am a psychology major, and it's why I watch shows about drug addiction, mental illness, and physical disease. The last ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/thats-why-i-am-a.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc6cc6c860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas http://elen.vox.com/library/post/hello-vox-neighbors-im-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://elen.vox.com/library/post/hello-vox-neighbors-im-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://elen.vox.com/library/post/hello-vox-neighbors-im-back.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:20:04 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc670f5860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc670f5860b-50si" alt="Archives" /></a> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc6710b860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123ddc6710b860b-50si" alt="Washington Memorial at night" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Hello, Vox neighbors! I'm back from a class trip to D.C., which was a wonderful week all around. It was very, very busy, but we did a lot of sightseeing and a lot of volunteering. Now I'm back with about 10 hours of sleep debt and a lingering co... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://elen.vox.com/library/post/hello-vox-neighbors-im-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22527b0528fdb0123f1852eba860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 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