July 2012
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garden-of-earthly-delights:
‘the stranger...
June 2012
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“But to point out that some people are destitute while others are prosperous is...”
– Terry Eagleton, “Why Marx Was Right” (via foamtowheat)
This is a great quote.
(via invisiblelad)
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Things I learned at the African Lion Safari preserve today: 1. Big cats are surprisingly affectionate when they’re doing their thing to increase the pride. I figured lion sex would be more savage. Oh well.
-Reliable sources have it that the hairy flank of an Indian Elephant feels just like my beard.
- If you look at bald eagles in a caged enclosure they don’t *actually* turn their...
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(Sitting here with bedding in the washer):
thump thump thump thump thump thump
(Manouever quilt to other side of the agitator):
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
(Pull everything out and carefully repack with an eye to mass distribution):
KER-BLAMMM! KER-BLAMMM! KER-BLAMMM! KER-BLAMMM!
(Soft cursing).
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Yes, but sometimes I want to wear a shirt the color of dried blood, okay?
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Anonymous asked: Can you draw my favourite 1960s pop group, the Turtles? I have a bit of a crush on Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. I feel like you will do a good job of capturing the sincere dorkiness of Howard and the zany exuberance of Mark. (look for their performance of "Elenore" live in 1968 for reference)
Anonymous asked: Phil Collins???
The Catholic elementary school is having their super-terrific activity day in the parking lot. They brought in some speakers and are blasting music. The irony is killing me! Pumped Up Kicks? (the little children were running back and forth). “Imagine there’s no heaven…” that’s fine by me. I was once an agnostic Catholic 8 year old with a Beatles obsession but it...
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There are some evenings when my wife will elbow her way into a self-congratulatory Republican facebook discussion about how the world could use a little Ronald Reagan right about now and essentially yell “FUCK ALL Y’ALL!!!! with facts and figures. This pleases me to no end.
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Wow! Lost some followers over that one. Clarification? I believe everyone should dress how and when they want. I just get a little leery with the idea that a body reaches “acceptability” through acknowledged desirability. I’m not against admiration of the rotund human form! Obviously. Half the people I follow seem to be naked at odd hours. I have friends who explore...
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: An open letter to fat dudes. →
migby:
Dear Fat Dudes,
Hey. How’s it going? You know, I’m a lady who likes ladies and men both, but I sort of felt like you needed a letter, guys. Summer’s coming, and for some of you, that means jumping in the pool with your t-shirt on and working outside for so long in the sun that your…
So, being a fat dude who does yardwork and occasionally goes swimming I’d point out that the...
We went and saw Moonrise Kingdom this afternoon. On those rare occasions when I run into somebody who categorically dislikes Wes Anderson’s films I tend to approach with caution. I’m almost certain at that point that they won’t ever understand much of what I say. I’ve always looked at life through the same lens he uses.
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Hello midnight. You come without fanfare or music. The hum of a fan and unconsumed vodka. I wish I had more control over you, Friday night. I wish I was someplace else, having done something else. But it’s not to be I guess. Never to be. You’re bad, Friday night. Not as bad as Sunday afternoons mind you, but you have nothing to be proud of.
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Afternoon thoughts.
I looked at the lawn in my back yard this morning and it was a model of precision that would bring a tear to Hank Hill’s eye. Perfectly spaced lawn mower tracks in alternating light and dark. This calls for a touch football game. I’m supplying the ball and the field so it follows that I also get to decide which team is shirts, and which is skins.
Why is it that...
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mediumdensity asked: Hey there. Despite not having direct experience of dementia, I found your illustration really honest and illuminating. Feel too, that there should be more cartoons of this order; explaining difficult medical issues, or social problems, or uprooting harmful stigmas... no rush though. Get round to it in your own time ;)
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louisiangela:
if you don’t exist on the internet do you even exist
I was thinking about this the other day. It seems to me that anyone born after say, 1994 does not spend time “on” the internet. They’re “in” it. It’s not a discreet entity
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Watchmoustachioed:
spatula:
Big Wooden Ball Project (by Mike Leuis)
I want one.
Big lathe. Big balls. Problematic safety procedures. Why would you put unguarded pulleys *right* where your hands are going to be? The woodturning nerd in me wants desperately to point out that Ed Moulthrop was doing similar work 35 years ago using handheld tools. His balls were hollow, too. That’s beside...
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Introspection:
-It’s not too late to sit and drink rum and watch Twilight Zone episodes. Why am I not doing this?
-I usually only follow people with a heavy dose of personal content on their blogs but there’s this one person I’ve been following for a year and their writings are so gol’durned cryptic that I still don’t know the first thing about them and yet I...
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