February 2012
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What Lot's Wife Would Have Said (If She Wasn't A...
eating-poetry:
Do you remember when we met in Gomorrah? When you were still beardless, and I would oil my hair in the lamp light before seeing you, when we were young, and blushed with youth like bruised fruit. Did we care then what our neighbors did in the dark?
When our first daughter was born on the River Jordan, when our second cracked her pink head from my body like a promise, did...
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“‘Oh thank you, thank you, sir,’ cried Babbington, suffused with joy. It was not...”
– HMS Surprise, Patrick O’Brian (via star-cunning)
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winged:
Send me a ship and I will write a 12 word (or less) “fic”.
Ask Box!
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“Microsoft knows software and Nokia knows hardware. … When separate, these...”
– Welcome Back, Nokia | TechCrunch
Nokia needs to sell out to the Devil like everybody else, obviously. That has to be what Steve Jobs did, or how else could Apple sell basically the same product as everyone else but ask for a third more in price?
I have to say, I switched from a Nokia phone with a...
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brigantes:
living-death:
Daniel Radcliffe...
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“We know that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those Colleges,...”
– In June 1744, the College of William & Mary invited the Indians of the Six Nations to send 12 young men to be “properly” educated. This was the reply. (via historical-nonfiction)
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Professor McGonagall: Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?
Harry Potter: Yes.
Professor McGonagall: You called her a liar?
Harry Potter: Yes.
Professor McGonagall: You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?
Harry Potter: Yes.
Professor McGonagall: Have a biscuit, Potter.
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“We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be...”
– BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep
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The new bill to replace it goes EVEN FURTHER in tracking everyone’s internet activity. But if it’s all FOR THE CHILDREN, you can’t complain. If you do, that means you don’t love children. Or you want them to be exposed to child pornography. Obviously. ETA: For those in the U.S., I encourage you to contact the White House, your state representatives, and also your state...
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“To put it briefly, I’ve been fired from writing the Vampire Diaries. And I’ve...”
– L.J. Smith Got Fired from writing her own novels. - Stefan & Elena - Fanpop
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“Tui added fuel to the discussion by poking fun at the group in a billboard put...”
– Truce could be served up in Tui beer ad controversy - National - NZ Herald News
I was already boycotting Tui over their earlier ad that ridiculed gay men…
I’m pretty good at boycotting. I’m still boycotting L’Oreal over a pact I signed in elementary school (because they...
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“[Gaines] is confusing an opportunity for life with the promise of dependency....”
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Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, responding to Ludwig Giles, the African American leadership and engagement director for Planned Parenthood, after he alleged “hypocritical pro-lifers of pretending to care about black children before they’re born but not caring at all after.”
Republican Plan of Action:
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“People. What a bunch of bastards.”
– Roy - The IT Crowd (via myslothiscoolerthanyours)
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Free T for USA trans guys
fuckyeahftms:
If you are an American trans guy who can’t get T because of lack money or your insurance doesn’t cover it, you may be able to get it for free directly from the pharmaceutical company that makes it.
One example is ‘Abbot’ who produce Androgel. They have a website (linked below) that is specifically for people who can’t afford their prescriptions. Their requirements for getting free...
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(TW rape culture) What do lad mags and rapists... →
Apparently lad mags are even worse than women’s magazines.
“It is based on years of research that has shown dolphins and whales have large,...”
– BBC News - Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scientists
I just don’t see why having a complex brain is what makes a creature a person. If consciousness and self-awareness are the defining aspects, cats and dogs have it just the same. It’s a strange, illogical conviction that...