Alphabet Playlist - "Inna Di Car Back" - Mavado

When I studied abroad in Saint Lucia, Mavado was all over the radio. Here we have a hypothetical example of what would happen if hip hop and reggae got together (in the biblical sense) and produced a musical offspring.

Biblical Translations

In the Old Testament, a young woman, or maiden, was called “almah.” However, in the Septuagint, this word is translated into the Greek as “parthenos” which means, more precisely, “a virgin.” This is complicated because the Book of Matthew, in the New Testament, quotes this Greek translation and describes Jesus as being “born of a virgin.” However, in the Hebrew, the direct translation would have been “born of a young woman.” This linguistic nuance between Hebrew and Greek can be very contentious, as you might imagine.

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Lady Gaga Quote

"I can't sleep with a man who dims my shine." - Gaga

Bridesmaids Quote

"How many dogs did you take?" - Annie
"I took 9. Yea, I ah, I did slightly over commit to the whole dog thing. Turns out I am probably more comfortable with 6. It's a lot, a lot of energy to deal with." - Megan

Alphabet Playlist - "Live it Out" by Metric

We were gonna live it out.



This song reminds me of Veronica. From the album Live it Out. 
I debated about posting the acoustic or live version. This one is sad and beautiful, the other is upbeat and edgy. Hope you enjoy!

Brominated Vegetable Oil in Soda

"Compounds like these that are in widespread use probably should be reexamined periodically with newer technologies to ensure that there aren't effects that would have been missed by prior methods," said Charles Vorhees, a toxicologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, who studied BVO's neurological effects in the early 1980s. "I think BVO is the kind of compound that probably warrants some reexamination."

Scientific American Article

Tongue Tied - GROUPLOVE

I like this band.



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Thought Catalog Snippet

From an article titled "If Seasons were Boyfriends"

The Summer Boyfriend is easy breezy. You can find him on a fire escape at someone’s house party, smoking cigarettes and clutching a sangria. He is the definition of someone you don’t want when the weather gets cold but he’s perfect for the warmer temperatures. You envision him on a beach with the sand in his toes. You see him shirtless and drinking margaritas on a rooftop. The sun hits his skin in the most perfect way and it will be hard for you to not have sex with him every moment of every day. That’s The Summer Boyfriend’s job though—to give you multiple orgasms a day—and the rest is just light and fluffy like clouds. You only like him in June, July, and August. When Labor Day hits, feelings will shift and you’ll feel the need to exit the relationship ASAP. He’ll walk you to the train on the first day you need to wear a cardigan and you’ll know it’s done. The second it gets cold, so do the feelings. “I don’t want to see you in sweaters. I want to see you in a tank top. It’s been real, dude.”

Quote

"You ask me about regret? Let me tell you a few things about regret, my darling. There is no end to it. You cannot find the beginning of the chain that brought us from here to there. Should you regret the whole chain, and the air in between, or each link separately, as if you could uncouple them? Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?" -White Oleander.