my light fixture is broken

jtotheizzoe: I couldn’t have said it better myself. Introduced...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:31 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Introduced my kindergartners and 1st graders to Carl Sagan today. Maybe NDT tomorrow?

restlesslyaspiring: I am really loving this.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:38:02 -0500

restlesslyaspiring:

I am really loving this.

jtotheizzoe: The landscape winner for the Sony World...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:36:33 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

The landscape winner for the Sony World Photography Award: Nenad Saljic’s The Matterhorn, illuminated by the January full moon. Like a spotlight on Earth’s geologic splendor.

Or as I like to say: Dayum.

Valar Morghulis. Yes, all men must die.

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:00:27 -0500

Valar Morghulis. Yes, all men must die.

i love this!

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:13:45 -0500

i love this!

wnycradiolab: explore-blog: Kurt Vonnegut’s classic lecture on...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:34:18 -0600

wnycradiolab:

explore-blog:

Kurt Vonnegut’s classic lecture on the shapes of stories, now in an infographic.

We talk about these Vonnegut graphs all the time at Radiolab, but we usually just scribble them on a coffee-stained napkin. This is much nicer.

deeeeeeg: I think about this all the time when people look like...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:25:27 -0600

deeeeeeg:

I think about this all the time when people look like their dogs.

totally

gasstation: camewiththeframe: m7storyteller: Game of Thrones...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:56:56 -0600

gasstation:

camewiththeframe: m7storyteller:

Game of Thrones Season 3 Character Promotional Posters

nevver: Infographic Names 21 Emotions with No English Word...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:57:14 -0600

nevver:

Infographic Names 21 Emotions with No English Word Equiva

patternbase: Tsuneaki Hiramatsu - Firefly Road (2012) -...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:17:06 -0600

patternbase:

Tsuneaki Hiramatsu - Firefly Road (2012) - Slow-shutter photographs capturing fireflies in flight in a forest in Japan

new favorite christmas song! holysoul: James Brown Santa Claus...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:49:35 -0600

new favorite christmas song!

holysoul:

James Brown Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto

thinking about conner today. kayleyhyde: We named our tree...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:46:10 -0600

thinking about conner today.

kayleyhyde:

We named our tree Linus.

“monsters don’t sleep under your bed, they sleep inside your...

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:59:25 -0500

“monsters don’t sleep under your bed, they sleep inside your head.”

Chris Kluwe, ladies and gentlemen.

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:40:10 -0500

Dear Emmett C. Burns Jr.,

I find it inconceivable that you are an elected official of Maryland’s state government. Your vitriolic hatred and bigotry make me ashamed and disgusted to think that you are in any way responsible for shaping policy at any level. The views you espouse neglect to consider several fundamental key points, which I will outline in great detail (you may want to hire an intern to help you with the longer words):

1. As I suspect you have not read the Constitution, I would like to remind you that the very first, the VERY FIRST Amendment in this founding document deals with the freedom of speech, particularly the abridgment of said freedom. By using your position as an elected official (when referring to your constituents so as to implicitly threaten the Ravens organization) to state that the Ravens should “inhibit such expressions from your employees,” more specifically Brendon Ayanbadejo, not only are you clearly violating the First Amendment, you also come across as a narcissistic fromunda stain. What on earth would possess you to be so mind-boggingly stupid? It baffles me that a man such as yourself, a man who relies on that same First Amendment to pursue your own religious studies without fear of persecution from the state, could somehow justify stifling another person’s right to speech. To call that hypocritical would be to do a disservice to the word. Mindfucking obscenely hypocritical starts to approach it a little bit.

2. “Many of your fans are opposed to such a view and feel it has no place in a sport that is strictly for pride, entertainment, and excitement.” Holy fucking shitballs. Did you seriously just say that, as someone who’s “deeply involved in government task forces on the legacy of slavery in Maryland”? Have you not heard of Kenny Washington? Jackie Robinson? As recently as 1962 the NFL still had segregation, which was only done away with by brave athletes and coaches daring to speak their mind and do the right thing, and you’re going to say that political views have “no place in a sport”? I can’t even begin to fathom the cognitive dissonance that must be coursing through your rapidly addled mind right now; the mental gymnastics your brain has to tortuously contort itself through to make such a preposterous statement are surely worthy of an Olympic gold medal (the Russian judge gives you a 10 for “beautiful oppressionism”).

3. This is more a personal quibble of mine, but why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate the fact that other people want a chance to live their lives and be happy, even though they may believe in something different than you, or act different than you? How does gay marriage, in any way shape or form, affect your life? If gay marriage becomes legal, are you worried that all of a sudden you’ll start thinking about penis? “Oh shit. Gay marriage just passed. Gotta get me some of that hot dong action!” Will all of your friends suddenly turn gay and refuse to come to your Sunday Ticket grill-outs? (Unlikely, since gay people enjoy watching football too.)

I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won’t come into your house and steal your children. They won’t magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won’t even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population—rights like Social Security benefits, child care tax credits, Family and Medical Leave to take care of loved ones, and COBRA healthcare for spouses and children. You know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails. Do the civil-rights struggles of the past 200 years mean absolutely nothing to you?

In closing, I would like to say that I hope this letter, in some small way, causes you to reflect upon the magnitude of the colossal foot in mouth clusterfuck you so brazenly unleashed on a man whose only crime was speaking out for something he believed in. Best of luck in the next election; I’m fairly certain you might need it.

Sincerely,
Chris Kluwe

P.S. I’ve also been vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can take your “I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing” and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking in empathy piehole and choke on it. Asshole.

muscle'n flo

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:43:00 -0500

muscle'n flo:

Oh in the morning

I stumble

my way towards

the mirror and my makeup

it’s light out

and I now

face just what I’m made of

There’s so much more

left to do

Well I’m not young

But I’m not through

Oh in the evening

I stumble

my way towards another day

we struggle

it’s dark out

it’s time now

that I pick up my hustle

Make a call

make some cash

make your mark

make it last

tiny scores

tiny rooms

lofty goals

met too soon

too soon

Well here I stand

a broken man

If I could I would raise my hands

I come before you humbly

If I could I’d be on my knees

Come lay down your head upon my chest

feel my heart beat feel my unrest

If Jesus could only wash my feet

Then I’d get up strong and my soul, oh

Oh in the morning

I stumble

my way towards

the mirror and my makeup

it’s light out

and I now

face just what I’m made of

There’s so much more

left to do

Well I’m not young

But I’m not through

tiny scores

tiny rooms

lofty goals

met too soon

this is pretty amazing. trouble-shooting to the max!

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:55:13 -0500

this is pretty amazing. trouble-shooting to the max!

well this song sux. DANCING ALL DAY

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:51:30 -0500

well this song sux.

DANCING ALL DAY

thetickr: New York’s Metro asks, “What if every Olympic sport...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:42:20 -0500

thetickr:

New York’s Metro asks, “What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?”

mmm gimme some of dat assssss

feeling a lot like pulling an alexander supertramp, even though...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:28:35 -0500

feeling a lot like pulling an alexander supertramp, even though (especially because?) I know how that story ends.

having a lot of fun reading an old Webelos manual tonight.

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:51:05 -0500

having a lot of fun reading an old Webelos manual tonight.