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Wed, 15 May 2013 15:17:52 -0600

wilwheaton: jenniferdeguzman: He said Star Trek is too...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:17 -0600

jenniferdeguzman:

He said Star Trek is too “philosophical”? Screw that noise.

mechcanuck:

I don’t know when this interview happened but I AM SAD AND ANGRY NOW

The philosophies in Star Trek are kinda part of the actual setting. If you don’t get that, why are you allowed to make Star Trek movies.

Sigh. The whole point of Star Trek is that it’s philosophical. If you don’t want philosophical Science Fiction, there’s plenty of that for you to enjoy, but Star Trek is philosophical. Philosophy is part of Star Trek’s DNA, and if you’re given the captain’s chair, you’d better damn well respect that.

It’s kind of like JJ is the nerdy kid who’s going HA HA, UM, JUST KIDDING, GUYS, NO, BEING A NERD IS TOTALLY LAME, HA HA, NERDS ARE LAME, PLEASE DON’T BEAT ME UP …. like he’s forgotten that he’s worth billions of dollars or something?

tastefullyoffensive: Congratulations,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:30:11 -0600

tastefullyoffensive:

Congratulations, graduates.

[jimbenton]

The goal is not to be a toilet. The goal is to be the only toilet worth shitting in.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 09:36:11 -0600

tranarrrchy: Today at work, a woman asked me if I was “taking a...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:17:16 -0600

tranarrrchy:

Today at work, a woman asked me if I was “taking a painting class.” So this is finally healed, and it looks damn fabulous (which is great, because it hurt like hell), so I figured I’d post it. All the cred in the world goes to tina from bethesda tattoo in bethesda, md.

sketchylizstifel: Day 1/30 Some color sketches related to the...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:12:28 -0600

Snowy mountain top/ Paperwing hangar/landing strip.

one of the rooms in the library of the clayr

the first gate- death

sketchylizstifel:

Day 1/30

Some color sketches related to the books Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen, by Garth Nix.

I always wanted to make a couple kick ass pieces related to the books because they inspired me a lot when I was younger. And hey, I still really like the story. So, I’m hoping to make a lot of these sketches in this 30 day challenge about those books. I’m trying to do a bit of research and think about colors a little more, so I can really make some awesome pieces about them before the end of the summer.

1- my first time drawing snowy mountains- can you tell? It’s a long shot of the little cliff/hangar where the clayr launch their paperwings

2- Lirael and the dog in one of the old chambers of the library of the Clayr

3- Death- a view of the first gate

the seven bells of necromancy [x]

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:14:00 -0600

the seven bells of necromancy [x]

mothgirlwings: Alice Roosevelt with her dog Leo - 1902 She...

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:12:48 -0600

mothgirlwings:

Alice Roosevelt with her dog Leo - 1902

She smoked cigarettes in public, chewed gum, placed bets with bookies, rode in cars with men, stayed out late partying, and kept a pet snake named Emily Spinach, which she often wore wrapped around one arm and took to parties. Her father President Theodore Roosevelt once said of her “I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both.”

Tony with Dum-e, U & JARVIS.

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:30:43 -0600

Tony with Dum-e, U & JARVIS.

Scrolling through the Waterstone's Twitter is my new favourite pastime

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:23:24 -0600

at-the-barricades-of-freedom:

Let’s take a look at a few of my favs so far;

Sassy Waterstones worker, I love you,

And well this is true:

Sometimes I do worry about their psyche though:

They make up cool new words;

They’re a sassy little shit.

And best of all, the Holden debacle;

And one more for good luck:

Adults are terribly confused, messed up people. That’s because...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:51:59 -0600

Adults are terribly confused, messed up people. That’s because they forget , really, that they don’t have to pretend all the time.

"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:35:08 -0600

“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.”

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via brute-reason)

Daaang! Well said.

(via ladylovedie)

annfriedman: In my ongoing quest for the perfect framework for...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:47:08 -0600

annfriedman:

In my ongoing quest for the perfect framework for understanding haters, I created The Disapproval Matrix**. (With a deep bow to its inspiration.) This is one way to separate haterade from productive feedback. Here’s how the quadrants break down:

Critics: These are smart people who know something about your field. They are taking a hard look at your work and are not loving it. You’ll probably want to listen to what they have to say, and make some adjustments to your work based on their thoughtful comments.

Lovers: These people are invested in you and are also giving you negative but rational feedback because they want you to improve. Listen to them, too.

Frenemies: Ooooh, this quadrant is tricky. These people really know how to hurt you, because they know you personally or know your work pretty well. But at the end of the day, their criticism is not actually about your work—it’s about you personally. And they aren’t actually interested in a productive conversation that will result in you becoming better at what you do. They just wanna undermine you. Dishonorable mention goes to The Hater Within, aka the irrational voice inside you that says you suck, which usually falls into this quadrant. Tell all of these fools to sit down and shut up.

Haters: This is your garden-variety, often anonymous troll who wants to tear down everything about you for no rational reason. Folks in this quadrant are easy to write off because they’re counterproductive and you don’t even know them. Ignore! Engaging won’t make you any better at what you do. And then rest easy, because having haters is proof your work is finding a wide audience and is sparking conversation. Own it.

The general rule of thumb? When you receive negative feedback that falls into one of the top two quadrants—from experts or people who care about you who are engaging with and rationally critiquing your work—you should probably take their comments to heart. When you receive negative feedback that falls into the bottom two quadrants, you should just let it roll off your back and just keep doin’ you. If you need to amp yourself up about it, may I suggest this #BYEHATER playlist on Spotify? You’re welcome.

** I presented The Disapproval Matrix to the fine folks at MoxieCon in Chicago yesterday, and they seemed to find it useful, so I figured I’d share with the class. It was originally inspired by a question my friend Channing Kennedy submitted to my #Realtalk column at the Columbia Journalism Review.

itsgeorgia: twobirdsoneshutter: Joel Robinson, the most...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:25:58 -0600

itsgeorgia:

twobirdsoneshutter:

Joel Robinson, the most magical photographer known to Flickr.

AMAZING

aeide-thea: nevver: Day Jobs of the Poets lookit the bunnies...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:32:23 -0600

aeide-thea:

nevver:

Day Jobs of the Poets

lookit the bunnies munching frost’s carrots, omggggggg

I think I just need to accept the fact that I love everything by Grant Snider.

Gurl, you crazy.': I'm getting a kitten

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:13:52 -0600

Gurl, you crazy.': I'm getting a kitten:

notapiece:

atthecastlegates:

notapiece:

Dear Tumblr,

This will be my first kitten, so I don’t have anything for it yet. Since I’ve learned a lot about many issues from Tumblr (and have seen a few informative pet posts), I wanted to ask you guys for your opinions!

1) What do I need to buy prior to picking the kitten up?

2) What brands…

YAY KITTY.

Ahem.

1. Kitty litter and box. Make sure this is somewhere secluded- like, say a closet or a bathroom. Make sure you change it at least once every two weeks. If you’ve got like, say, asthma or something, you might want to change it more often- and make sure you cover your mouth when changing, obvs, because that dust on your chest? No good.

Speaking from experience, this and food are really all you need because buying things like a bed won’t work- my cat just sleeps on backpacks for some reason. You could get a scratching post, but again, cats will do what they please. Oh, and a collar too obviously ;)

2. Hard food is cheaper than wet food and with only a few exceptions, you should stick to hard food. We use Meow Mix, but if you want to use wet food, 9 lives is good too.

3. Uh…can’t think of anything else.

Thanks for this! :)

Oh man, I just wanna throw this out there, Tracy, but my kitten WOULD NOT ACCEPT anything other than a litter box being cleaned daily. She was feral, and came in from the wild, where when she could poop FAR AWAY from where she lived or ate, so the whole litter box concept was like “….what.” Other important things to have:

- Spray bottle filled with water for discouraging activities like, I don’t know, eating your food off your dinner plate. Yelling doesn’t really phase cats. Do NOT use your spray bottle for stuff like… the cat is meowing too much, or wants too much attention, or wants to sit on you when it’s inconvenient.

- Anti-pheromonal pee spray stuff. If cats pee on something, no matter how well you clean it, they will always know they peed there. And want to pee there again. So you spray this stuff on it so that they DON’T pee there again. Not necessarily an advanced purchase, but just so you know it exists. Not all kitties have the urge to wee on things.

- Some kind of a toy! I agree you shouldn’t go overboard, but those little fuzzy mice that go dingle dingle on the inside are pretty popular with every cat I’ve ever met. That, or feathers on a stick. Playtime with kitten lets it know it’s loved and helps it bond to you quickly. But kitten will let you know what it likes best - hair ties or milk jug rings or onion peels or crumbled up paper balls or whatever.

- Check and make sure none of your houseplants are poisonous. Yikes.

- POST PICTURES PLZ.

"On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they have..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:47:25 -0600

“On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they have period-related irritability. It doesn’t lower their ability to reason; it lowers their patience and, hence, tolerance for bullshit. If an issue comes up a lot during “that time of the month,” that doesn’t mean she only cares about it once a month; it means she’s bothered by it all the time and lacks the capacity, once a month, to shove it down and bury it beneath six gulps of willful silence.”

- Shakesville: Feminism 101 (via andotherdoublemeanings)

BOOM

(via lagertha-lodbrok)

Nuttin’ But Stringz - Thunder If you haven’t heard...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:54:57 -0600

Nuttin’ But Stringz - Thunder

If you haven’t heard this song, you need to hear this song.

paisleydanger: lulubonanza: Dr Jones & Jr. Drawn By Juan...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:32:00 -0600

paisleydanger:

lulubonanza:

Dr Jones & Jr.
Drawn By
Juan Manuel

Always.

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:36:07 -0600