To the degree that the generic utilitarianism of that civilization assumes more defined, more open, and more limiting characteristics, the intoxication of material prosperity increases the impatience of its children to propagate that doctrine and enshrine it with the historical importance of a Rome.Tumblr (3.0; @rebuildingrome)http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/<p>It&#8217;s funny how the first chords that you come to are the minor notes that come to serenade you.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/10719561861http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/10719561861Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:30:32 -0600<a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=17708355&itemdescription=true&navAction=jump">UrbanOutfitters.com > Waterfall Ruffle Shower Curtain</a>: <p>Yes, please.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/5226163604http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/5226163604Thu, 05 May 2011 15:51:58 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbaxySQ5Y1qjnw0co1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/5123934459http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/5123934459Sun, 01 May 2011 22:29:43 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_likon8rZEo1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://brownlimes.tumblr.com/post/4067639702">brownlimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/4066151736">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>How It’s Done of the Day:</strong> A mere six days after repair work began on an earthquake-demolished section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka the road was ready to be reopened.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html">dailymail</a>.]</p> </blockquote> <p>God bless Japan.</p> <p>This is amazing.</p> </blockquote>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/4070122217http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/4070122217Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:21:37 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg3rmp18de1qzdiqvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/3486925571" class="tumblr_blog">ilovecharts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>Me and S.A.D. have been hanging out for a few moths now, and he is wearing out his welcome.</em></p></blockquote>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3507139578http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3507139578Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:44:42 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7iugjowU91qbokzbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3165494757http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3165494757Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:29:50 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfcga5DXZl1qb5gkjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3165322583http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/3165322583Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:14:19 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfjmp0KFME1qa0uujo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/2911941354">ilovecharts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The United States of Shame</strong></p> <p>Whether it’s a fat population, high rate of STDs or excessive tax rate, it turns out that every state ranks dead last in at least one unsavory category. Check out the map (<strong>click image to enlarge</strong>) to see what your state is the worst at, then review additional stats and references after the jump:</p> <p>-<a href="http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/">pleated-jeans</a></p> </blockquote> <p>My home state has the worst teacher salary, and I’m planning on being a high school history teacher. Guess where I won’t be going once I move out of the porn-addicted state?</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2912070261http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2912070261Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:19:35 -0700<p>All I know is we were talking about the acropolis in Athens and then I blinked and we were talking about charity and who is a charitable person.</p> <p>I have no idea what&#8217;s going on.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2910066090http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2910066090Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:16:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_levbr1HB1H1qbhms5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2843452198http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2843452198Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:01:29 -0700<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_2829678165" src="http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2829678165/audio_player_iframe/rebuildingrome/tumblr_lfacbfoYFz1qd869n?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frebuildingrome%2F2829678165%2Ftumblr_lfacbfoYFz1qd869n" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>You’ll never live till you let it go.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2829678165http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2829678165Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:47:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf7g98woUg1qd869no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2807896437http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2807896437Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:19:56 -0700<p>Snooping never did anyone any favors as it would seem.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2792820598http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2792820598Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:29:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leywkzArVW1qd869no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729654256http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729654256Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:34:11 -0700“The internet is a giant cracker barrrel gift shop. And I am the cashier.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alex Christman</em>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729600432http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729600432Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:27:27 -0700<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of not getting sick.</p> <p>However.</p> <p>I was also a big fan of not having wise teeth, and we all know how that turned out in the end.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729579444http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729579444Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:24:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lewy4eox0i1qz4dqwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.deleteyourself.com/post/2715379223/aint-movin">deleteyourself</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ain’t movin’.</p> </blockquote> <p>Hmph.</p>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729512770http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2729512770Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:16:26 -0700<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_2687655337" src="http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2687655337/audio_player_iframe/rebuildingrome/tumblr_letqm0XYsw1qd869n?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frebuildingrome%2F2687655337%2Ftumblr_letqm0XYsw1qd869n" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2687655337http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2687655337Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:37:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lei2w7SRtX1qz4dqwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.deleteyourself.com/post/2597288040/hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee">deleteyourself</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</p> </blockquote>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2613020430http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2613020430Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:17:55 -0700“It’s rather embarrassing to have given one’s entire life to pondering the human predicament and to find that in the end one has little more to say than, ‘Try to be a little kinder.’”<br/><br/> - <em>Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)</em>http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2612938227http://rebuildingrome.tumblr.com/post/2612938227Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:11:34 -0700