The Week: March 30, 2012

Whoo hoo! It’s Friday, the sun is shining in my part of the world, the day is beautiful, and I have to go enjoy it. You should, too, if you get the chance. These links will be waiting for you when you get back. Really. I promise.

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A Quora thread about the most awesome pie charts, ever.

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Apparently you can clean a dirty pair of jeans by popping them in the freezer for a week. Although I’m not sure it so much cleans them as makes them very, very cold.

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Dude, you have got check out the staying power of the word “dude.”

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Gary Ardnt of Everything Everywhere distills all the reasons you should travel into one shatteringly concise point. Word.

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Think we live in a drug culture now? Read about when Bayer made heroin and opium was given to newborns.

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A fantastic “Where Are They Now?” slideshow of the cast of Willy Wonka.

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For all you design geeks out there – From Mad Men to Mies: Why Modernism Holds Sway.

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Today, my husband woke up early, and as I popped out of bed after him, he instructed me not wake up. “You’re supposed to snooze in the daylight,” he said. And I laughed, because I knew I’d get no more sleep. Not with “Daylight” by Matt and Kim playing in my head.

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In our modern world, what should little girls be made of? Is it still sugar and spice and everything nice?

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Holy cats. The mayor of Paris is cracking down on the city’s noisy nightlife by – I kid you not – deploying packs of mimes. MIMES. It’s magical.

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That’s it for me! See you Monday.