Blog | Twitter | Flickr | E-mail Tumblr (3.0; @kiss-my-grits)http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/Comfort is all in the jeans with PajamaJeans pants: How does this not already exist? (And I have...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/379082635http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/379082635Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:54:10 -0500articlesHappy partnership should be more important than procreation: “Female fulfilment is a...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/364107636http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/364107636Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:50:00 -0500articlesA History of the World in 100 Objects: Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/362158132http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/362158132Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:11:00 -0500wowLife *is* a cabaret!: Reading this through the lens of Austen’s Sense & Sensibility makes...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/313670968http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/313670968Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:37:08 -0500articles<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvkliqgMh81qzj2m3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Honor that which you are, want, and feel.</p> <p>Eat and cook more ethnic food.</p> <p>Acknowledge birthdays.</p> <p>Remember thine heart and keep it holy.</p> <p>Stop it with the shoes.</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/311225500http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/311225500Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:30:00 -0500resolutionsIt’s Always the End of the World as We Know It : My apocalypse. Let me show you it.http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/311217959http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/311217959Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:20:30 -0500articles“The internet is killing storytelling. Thanks a lot, internet!” - The internet is...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/280687619http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/280687619Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:25:39 -0500articles39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist: If it isn’t rocket surgery, then why is it so hard...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/249856447http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/249856447Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:37:18 -0500Gov. Kaine, I am a Virginia resident writing to ask you to commute the death sentence of Larry Bill...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/246474391http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/246474391Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:17:58 -0500virginianewspolitics<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksn6y5JvuO1qzj2m3o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/140/do-something-wordplay.html" target="_blank">How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn’t Dumb | Fast Company</a></p> <p>What I love most about this article is that it says up front: forget the words. I spend my life turning meh words into poetry, but the idea has to be there. Say it simply first, and then make it powerful.</p> <p>Leave the wordsmithing to the pros!</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/233977027http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/233977027Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:27:00 -0500articleswork<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krq5dsJeEU1qzj2m3o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing.</p> <p><i>I, Issac, Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving from Romance to Lasting Love</i> by Ravi Zacharias</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/216500626http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/216500626Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:13:02 -0400photoquotesThe Decline of the English Department: Fellow English majors: thanks for the intellectual...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/216484588http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/216484588Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:47:22 -0400ArticlesEnglishNerds<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kroe3hd2961qzj2m3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/25-magnificent-modern-day" target="_blank">25 Magnificent Modern Day Movie Illustrations - My Modern Metropolis</a></p> <p>LOVE the Wizard of Oz revisioning. I would hang any of these in my house.</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/215721554http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/215721554Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:26:05 -0400Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): I maybe should’ve...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/214916181http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/214916181Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:52:09 -0400Reston<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqfv2j0Rrs1qzj2m3o1_100.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The only way to get anything done worth doing is to take risks. (via <a href="http://badpitch.blogspot.com/2009/09/have-balls-mortgage-will-follow.html" target="_blank">The Bad Pitch Blog: Have Balls; Mortgage Will Follow!</a>)</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/195180367http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/195180367Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:20:00 -0400ArticlesWork““The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/182019037http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/182019037Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:17:00 -0400quotes<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X0-Sv6YnxEc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X0-Sv6YnxEc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>OMG roly poly puppyyy! I have nicknamed him Roll Tide in honor of Alabama’s win of VA Tech today. Now somebody go help this puppy roll over!</p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/180961147http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/180961147Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:09:57 -0400VideoFunny<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp9tngbxHP1qzj2m3o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46505" target="_blank">City Brights: Michelle Richmond : The 10 best Southern novels of all time</a></p>http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/176749192http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/176749192Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:30:00 -0400BookssouthernHow to Ask a (Near) Stranger for a Favor : File under “common sense isn’t” -...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/176744785http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/176744785Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:25:00 -0400ArticlesWorkHow to Pitch a Story: The least-understood part of any communications job. No one gets why you...http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/175222237http://www.kiss-my-grits.com/post/175222237Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:43:00 -0400ArticlesWork