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Globe and Mail

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:12:12 -0500

Globe and Mail

Photo

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:42:57 -0500

I have neither.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:30:40 -0500

I have neither.

icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:joyengel: generic1: “The...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:59:00 -0500

icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:joyengel:

generic1:

“The [anti-abortion] amendment is also a big win for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which used its power, especially with conservative Democrats in swing congressional districts, to help force Democratic leaders to permit a vote that most of them oppose.”

Hey ladies. Enjoying your Saturday evening? That’s nice.

See these guys?

Have a real long look. You should get to know them better. They have very special privileges. You pay their taxes. They enjoy all sorts of benefits from the infrastructure which you work to provide, from big things like police and hospitals and the military, to little things like sidewalk maintenance and garbage removal. You subsidize the social safety net which makes their lives possible. It’s a pretty sweet deal. It’s also statistically probable that at least half of the men pictured are either pedophiles or closeted homosexuals. So they’re admittedly not so sympathetic to people-with-vaginas.

Which is odd, considering they and their operatives hold the deed to your lady-parts.

A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.

And if they would just stay bought, then that would be one thing. But they take your money AND pilot your genitals. Its not like they stay inside the church walls, grateful of your largess. No. Tonight, they had so much raw political power they were able to make a mockery of society that ostensibly separates church and state.

Please remember tonight the next time you meet a person of faith. You didn’t just have your reproductive rights taken away, you paid for it too.

Religion: it gits all up in ya crevices.

The Stupak Amendment

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:55:00 -0500

The Stupak Amendment:

(redpajamas:inothernews)

Yeah, the Democrats threw my rights, the rights of 50% of the country, under the bus to get a gutted health care plan* passed.

What the fuck do we do now?

*I’m not going to be happy with anything less than a straight-up single payer universal health care system. To pass anything else reduces the political will and capital to provide the basic human right of health care to everyone.

The White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:49:59 -0500

The White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)

This photo represents a heretofore undocumented element of my...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:22:52 -0500

This photo represents a heretofore undocumented element of my very being.

I AM AWAKE.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:51:21 -0500

I HAVEN’T SLEPT YET.

I TOOK A SHOWER, BECAUSE HEY, IT’S 7:30.

I HAVE BEEN AWAKE FOR A LONG TIME.

okay i think it may be time i should go to bed.

also i can’t read and my hands are shaking. PAR FOR THE COURSE.

MY VOICE IS CAPS LOCKSED. in case you were wondering. why am i shaking.

Today in passive aggressive

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:34:00 -0500

icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:

Deleting your roommates past and future DVR recordings

I never claimed to be mature.

In my house, that would be more of an overdue intervention. One of my roommates records “I Want to Work for Diddy 2”. And “For the Love of Ray J 2”.

The Wife Swap recording is partially my fault. Degrassi is all me. NO SHAME.

You don't go there for Thanksgiving when you've got a farm.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:41 -0500

President Bartlet: Camp David's not a farm. What makes you think it's a farm?
CJ Cregg: I don't know. It's outside?
President Bartlet: I want you to learn more about farms.

GPOYW - 3-year-old Kate, with a bitchin hat. My grandma is...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:06:54 -0500

GPOYW - 3-year-old Kate, with a bitchin hat. My grandma is handing me my puse (it was small and had plastic lipstick in it, my mom claims) as we walk into my sister’s Christening.

"There is something very gay about a High Mass - it’s almost the religious equivalent of a..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:11:00 -0500

“There is something very gay about a High Mass - it’s almost the religious equivalent of a Broadway musical.”

- Andrew Sullivan

Your pursuits are important.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:10 -0500

playnice:

Pep Talk: You have passion and that is beautiful. You pour your heart into what you create. For someone to just brush it off like it’s trivial, like it doesn’t represent every fucking thing you are, shows a fundamental lack of understanding. What a clueless jack ass. What you’re doing is special. Doing it make you feel great, right? Then that’s what’s important.

Today remind yourself: My pursuits are important.

Daily Pep Talk, you’re the best.

We believe the greatest beauty of 500 Pencils is that you...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:16 -0500

We believe the greatest beauty of 500 Pencils is that you don’t receive all of them at once, but over the course of 20 months. It gives you new focus as an artist, working with color families and feeling the precious nature of each pencil. We send 25 pencils a month, crafted to order. As you build to 500, the pencils become your story and experience. It’s about enjoying an unhurried creative process, and the artist - that over time - you become.

Someone needs to get me this.

I also just spent about 15 minutes reading the names of the colors. Loving Baroque (a grey-green blue), Miss Josephine (a muted, lilacy grey pink), and Upsy Daisy (bright yellow).

I wanted to take a picture of my dinner

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:22:00 -0500

but I ate it too quickly (also burning the hell out of my mouth).

Vegetarian chili with chickpeas, red beans, tons of vegetables, and infinite spices, topped with grated pepperjack and baked tortilla chips I “made” by brushing tortillas with olive oil and cutting them into wedges - oh good lord.

I am uncomfortably full and have bountiful leftovers (of the chili - I ate all the chips, of course).

Yesssss.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:07:04 -0500

Yesssss.

Malagasy marketplace

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:27:26 -0500

Malagasy marketplace

Things I Have Diagnosed Myself With Today

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:50:00 -0500

hypothyroidism
hyperthyroidism
rheumatoid arthritis
swine flu
malaria
chikungunya
cipro allergy

I feel like shiiiiiit, but this is ~~probably~~ a complication of drinking for three days and hardly sleeping and wearing bad shoes. My own fault. But it’s more fun to lie around and moan about my malarial symptoms.

Crush

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:40:30 -0500

For starters, it was all
an accident, you cut
the right branch
and a sort of light
woke up underneath,
and the inedible fruit
grew dark and needy.
Think crucial hanging.
Think crayon orange.
There is one low, leaning
heart-shaped globe left
and dearest, can you
tell, I am trying
to love you less.

Ada Limón

Reasons I Love My Mother

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:29:38 -0400

Reasons I Love My Mother:

My name is Chris Kelly, and I am a writer, comedian and actor that lives in New York City. But more importantly, I am the son of a pretty great mom.

She was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago, and in June of 2008, I decided to start compiling a list of 365 Reasons Why I Love My Mother.

I lived with my mother her last few months, and during the hard, sad times, I found this website helpful in focusing on the good and the happy. Though my mom passed away on September 27th, this list is not finished. So I keep writing.

I don’t really know what to say about this tumblr, other than it is making me cry very much right now, and I don’t even care to hide that fact.