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  1. The excruciating reality of our elderly parents and grandparents, and how they die: ow.ly/b9oQ3
  2. 3. MT @fakeweingarten People place to much emphasis on grammer. My head would literally explode if that bothered me. #WeAreAllGodsCreatures
  3. 2. MT @fakeweingarten ...seen that photo of the boy who asked to touch the President's hair "to see what someone born in Kenya felt like."
  4. 1. RT @fakeweingarten I noticed a man playing violin in the Metro, so I politely asked the station attendant to review his busking license.
  5. .geneweingarten fans must stop all and go read @fakeweingarten Excellent, though obviously not as funny as @FakeDaveBarry
  6. RT @jennymcdevitt: Today, I choose hope.
  7. His logic may be questionable but his commitment to his position is commendable. Also, 'pants' looks funny if you keep staring at it.
  8. A 7a.m.philosophical discourse: Me:Here's your pants. Son:NO PANTS. Me:Let's put them on. Son:NO PANTS. Me:You need pants. Son:NO PANTS.
  9. @texasinafrica Come see our new exhibit at Smithsonian Musm of African Art! DM me for a tour? Amazing Arab woman photographer/painter
  10. Anyone who is or knows or works with MuslIm women MUST come see Lalla Essaydi exhibition at Smithsonian's @nmafa. Wow.
  11. How intellectual property laws have changed since Beastie Boys, preventing another album like theirs to be created: slate.com/articles/busin…
  12. For the first time, I learned of a famous person's death and gasped "Nooooooo!" Thank you for all you did, Maurice Sendak.
  13. Extensively comprehensive list of resources for just about every emotional health issue ever: ow.ly/aLIVm ht @thegoodbloggess
  14. University presidents pledge 5% of OWN income toward extreme poverty ow.ly/aLHU3 ht @boldergiving #philanthropy
  15. Another kicker: "[People] commit fraud not because they are greedy, but because they are nice." ow.ly/aKhiZ from @npr
  16. The egos I'm encountering this morning among philanthropy professionals is breathtaking.
  17. "People can be genuinely unaware that they're making a profoundly unethical decision": ow.ly/aKgxC // Read this now.
  18. US soldiers, supplied with free & illegal copies of movies by 92y.o. WWII vet: ow.ly/aBABX
  19. US soldiers, visiting with the wounded. "The very least we can do is pay attention": ow.ly/aBAcT