snoozetern.

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If your summer plans already include laying in bed all day, you may be the perfect fit for the Mattress Firm’s new job opening. The company is looking for a “snoozetern” to test mattresses at their Houston, Texas headquarters by sleeping in them.

The Mattress Firm’s intern will be paid to spend 30 hours a week lounging in bed this summer. Job duties include assessing “the optimal head and foot positions” for reading, eating, binge-watching, and of course, sleeping in bed. When they’re awake, the snoozetern will also be responsible for creating written and video content for Mattress Firm’s website and social media platforms.

The ideal candidate is 18 or older, has housing and transportation access in the Houston area, knows how to use video editing software, and is “passionate about sleep and comfort.” Mattress Firm will select three to five finalists out of the applicants to create a short video pitching themselves, and from those candidates one will be picked for the job.

To apply, head to Mattress Firm’s website and submit your resume and relevant information. But you’d better hurry: Applications are due May 3, and the intern will be selected by the middle of May.

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“every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, 

and i am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.”

-catherynne m. valente

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credits: mental floss, michelle debczak, wavy, reddit.com

2 broke?

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parked across from me. i wonder about the story.

broken jeep, heart, soul, wallet?

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“if you’re planning only to make money and nothing else, you’ll be broke.”

-haile gebrselassie

bringing in the may.

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kinder’s hair shows signs of spring. 

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‘as full of spirit as the month of may, and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer. ‘     

-william shakespeare

headfirst.

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something about this reminds me of me with my morning coffee.

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“without coffee, nothing gets written. period.”

-nancy kress

moving to simplicity.

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and so I have sold the cottage 

the place where I have lived the longest

 where I have spent some of my best years

after a whirling roller coaster ride of a sale

each grandie takes a fairy house

to begin a village at their own home

family and friends help with the first steps

to move the things that I most want to keep

into a small space

(some of my grandies working hard)

then arrive at a daughter’s house

for a short stay

with olive the cat not the oil, in tow

while I await my new home

still to be in ann arbor

as I move to simplify my life

and live near what matters to me most

 family, friends,

the natural beauty of a park, the water, a garden

and a town which is only a short walk away.

(not my new home, but pretty comfortable)

in what can best be described as a ‘math miracle”

there is room to spare after filling this small space

with only my favorite things.

interesting to consider how much space

we would each need

to store

only those things that we really want to keep.

the adventure continues

along a path that is never a straight course

but always exactly right where I need to be.

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“all deep changes are preceded by chaos.”

-deepak chopra

in spring.

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olive is not quite ready yet for our move from the cottage

and then suddenly 

she is. 

more on our adventure soon.

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“in winter, i plot and plan. in spring, i move.”

-henry rollins

confusion.

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just curious 

why

when hurrying through a drive-through 

to grab a quick cup of coffee

at taco bell

(which should have given me pause in the first place)

 they handed me my coffee

then

a bag, a spork, and a little cup of thick crema.

maybe they’re too hipster for me

and I just don’t get it.

more fun than getting the surprise in a happy meal at mcdonalds

and more confusing.

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“comedy comes from confusion.”

-vir das

wide world.

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one kinder who has created his own atlas

teaches another

about the world he’s discovered

by reading books.

and the Dinos are standing by too

just taking it all in. 

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“the wide world is all about you:

you can fence yourselves in,

but you cannot forever fence it out.”

-j. r. r. tolkien

bella ella.

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Ella Fitzgerald, born April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia.

this photo, by Annie Leibovitz, was one of Ella’s favorites.

happy birthday to Ella, the queen of jazz.

 

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 ‘one chord is fine.

two chords are pushing it.

three chords and you’re into jazz.”

-lou reed

 

 

 

 

 

 

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credits: photo-annie leibovitz, wemu radio

 

 

how much does it cost?

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kinders baking in the spring kitchen. 

 

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“the price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”

-henry david thoreau