My Almanac

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[arizonalady]

test test

do i have replies again?

[un-organized-chaos]

The West Wing S. 4 Ep. 3 “College Kids”

[mommapolitico]

Listen to CJ, Kids. She knows of whence she speaks.

[trickstertime]

“Decisions are my by those who show up” that’s such an insanely important sentance

[starbucksandpearls]

Read Justice Ginsburg’s moving tribute to her "best buddy" Justice Scalia

Why the friendship between the court's most outspoken liberal and its most outspoken conservative was so special.

[donnajosh]

[yummyinmytumbly]

Roasted Acorn Squash with Maple Butter

[arizonalady]

Current Snowzilla status: really into coasted acorn squash 

[arizonalady]

Can you spot the time I started a new job?

[arizonalady]

It's no secret that I ❤️ emoji, so my lovely husband gifted me these amazing emoji pins. They are 💯, and not at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Spectacular present! @pintrill 🙈🍾

[americasgreatoutdoors]

Joshua Tree National Park is an immense wilderness, protecting nearly 800,000 acres of California desert. The park is home to exposed granite monoliths, rugged canyons and extensive stands of the Joshua tree – the peculiar looking plant that is the park’s namesake. Sunsets are pretty spectacular here too. Photo by David Curry (www.sharetheexperience.org).

[romansroys]

trying to get my friends into hamilton like

[arizonalady]

Look what I was wearing when this lovely gift from my Secret Santa arrived!!! Thank you @shedidntsaythat!

[arizonalady]

Could not possibly be more excited for this evening's post-work plans! Thank you so much @californiakara for making this ✨✨✨ happen! #starwars #airandpsace

[sixohthree]

I CAME HOME TO MY SECRET SANTA PACKAGE!!! 

Thank you so much Alla aka @arizonalady!! Coffee and sweets and presidential goodies straight from DC? Yes please! I already ate one of the kisses because chocolate. The chapsticks are perfect too since I’m about to finish both of the ones I keep in my purse and at work!

Oh and for those wondering and can’t read it, the stickers say “basically everyone’s been winging it since forever you’re not the only one” and they are super adorable.

[arizonalady]

Loved having @sixohthree as my secret santa this year!

[azspot]

The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama

The long read: Military strategist, classical scholar, cattle rancher – and an adviser to presidents, prime ministers, and the Dalai Lama. Just who is Edward Luttwak? And why do very powerful people pay vast sums for his advice?

For Luttwak, capitalism is synonymous with boring adulthood: ledgers, marginal returns and the expectation that the world will fundamentally remain the same. As a strategist, Luttwak sees the presumption of predictability as a damning vulnerability. As a historian of the ancient world, he is too alive to the prospect of civilisational ruin to put any faith in the idea that capitalism contains its own solution. Now that he is rich, making money for Luttwak has become a kind of pastime, and raising cattle is his attempt to make it in the least dreary, most archaic way possible. More and more it seemed we had come to the Amazon to provide Luttwak with another chance to “raise a thirst”, and it was understood that I was there to experience an endangered sanctuary based on values such as honour and daring, in which Luttwak prowled around as a Homeric hero. “Take as many pictures as possible,” he repeatedly told me. “Note everything down.”

[arizonalady]

A++ White House holiday tour

[arizonalady]

Amazing White House holiday tour tonight! 🎄🎁🎉🇺🇸💯. So thankful for the opportunity to attend and celebrate the season #whholiday #whholidays

[arizonalady]

You know what's great? The Tabard Inn brunch donuts. 🍩🍩🍩 This is a Friday afternoon post about wishing you were at #brunch with your friends. #tabardinn

[micdotcom]

Watch: GoldieBlox’s tribute to the year in feminism will make you jump out of your chair in joy.