Ancient Grains Archive
Not A Beautiful Protagonist
Ancient Grains, Beauty
Aug 20, 2013
She was not a beautiful woman, but men found her very attractive, because of her beautiful face and also her body.
"She was not a beautiful woman, but she was well-dressed, quite pretty and, as I quickly realized, very intelligent. She was a good listener, but did not say much herself. After dinner
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This Week in Reading: French Women
Ancient Grains, Books
Aug 19, 2013
Previous installments of This Week in Reading can be found here.
French women don't get lupus french women don't have food stuck in their teeth french women don't lose their keys french women don't slouch french women don't buy movie snacks french women don't molt french women don't need to shave their
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#YoureHired
Advice, Ancient Grains
Aug 19, 2013
If you are of a certain age, the tweets from your awkward and tormented teen years will almost certainly come back to haunt you in job interviews of the future. Because what’s published on the Internet never dies.
Disclaimer: All tweets in this post were published by real teenagers in the ...Read More
Stories From Saint-Martin
Ancient Grains, Travel
Aug 19, 2013
A colony
It was in the early afternoon, when the sun was still blazing. Black birds, like the ones I read about in the arms of the canon that had come to life simply to confront me, murmured overhead. To me, they were like eagles or hawks or another ...Read More
Idle Thoughts Which, If Verbalized, Ruin Sex
Ancient Grains, Relationships
Aug 19, 2013
This kind of reminds me of that scene we just saw on The Sopranos where Tony has a two-second fantasy of nailing the female mob boss from behind while he's dressed like a Gladiator.
You're the hottest bitch in this place.
Ronald Reagan once told a reporter he liked having sex in the afternoon
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Luke Skywalker and My Mother
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Aug 19, 2013
If there’s one bar I’ve always wanted to drink in, it’s the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine, from the first Star Wars. As a child I was fascinated by the curious assortment of aliens who patronized the establishment: the thing that looks like a crocodile wearing a red beret; the bug-eyed instrumentalists; the
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Texts from Dagny Taggart
Ancient Grains, Books, Texts From
Aug 19, 2013
happy birthday
Oh, Dag
you remembered
I got you something
you did?
that's so sweet
I got you the greatest gift one human being can offer another person
you didn't have to do that
what is it?
I have achieved something
Oh, gosh
well
I made an achievement all by myself and no one can touch it or sully it with their dirty jealous
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Advice Addendum: PCOS
Advice, Ancient Grains
Aug 19, 2013
A reader wrote in with a further suggestion for the woman worried her chin hair is mounting a steady takeover:
Have the chin hair person tested for PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). It's how mine started, and nipping that shit in the bud is the best way to prevent crazy weight/all-over body hair ...Read More