These are Things

inothernews: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE AERIE A house, built in 1968,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:52 -0400

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE AERIE A house, built in 1968, rests upon on a rock on the river Drina in western Serbia. (Photo: Marko Djurica / Reuters via The Telegraph)

Esther Williams

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:27 -0400

Esther Williams

theswinginsixties: Interior of the Astoria Hotel, designed by...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:37:06 -0400

theswinginsixties:

Interior of the Astoria Hotel, designed by Verner Panton, 1960.

rehab-isforquitters: It is not okay that I am attracted to someone who is almost 30 years older...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:54:43 -0400

rehab-isforquitters:

It is not okay that I am attracted to someone who is almost 30 years older than me. How is Doug Benson 48?!

I ask myself this question every day. He is my #1 celebrity crush. Only 15 year younger, Doug. Though I do already have a partner. Oops.

hypervocal: The real best part? Gerald Ford not only isn’t the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:46:26 -0400

hypervocal:

The real best part? Gerald Ford not only isn’t the first African-American to be elected, but he was never elected president AT ALL.

whitewhine: I hate winning awards too

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:43:19 -0400

whitewhine:

I hate winning awards too

Please turn your back on me.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:23:45 -0400

Please turn your back on me.

My favorite lady.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:22:04 -0400

My favorite lady.

thirteenny: Aren’t you a wild thing.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:14:24 -0400

thirteenny:

Aren’t you a wild thing.

"Let me keep my mind on what matters…which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:08:34 -0400

“Let me keep my mind on what matters…which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.”

- Mary Oliver

(via ecstaticallyinspired)

mpdrolet: The Grand Canyon, 1872 William Bell

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:27:45 -0400

mpdrolet:

The Grand Canyon, 1872

William Bell

"Boston. Fucking horrible. I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:24:10 -0400

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Boston. Fucking horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with humanity.”

But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”

”

- Patton Oswalt (via deantrippe)

mdme-x: Astolfo Funes

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:54:37 -0400

mdme-x:

Astolfo Funes

"Paisley wants to know how he can express his Southern Pride. Here are some ways. He could hold a..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:11:12 -0400

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Paisley wants to know how he can express his Southern Pride. Here are some ways. He could hold a huge party on Martin Luther King’s birthday, to celebrate a Southerner’s contribution to the world of democracy. He could rock a T-shirt emblazoned with Faulkner’s Light In August, and celebrate the South’s immense contribution to American literature. He could preach about the contributions of unknown Southern soldiers like Andrew Jackson Smith. He could tell the world about the original Cassius Clay. He could insist that Tennessee raise a statue to Ida B. Wells.

Every one of these people are Southerners. And every one of them contributed to this great country. But to do that Paisley would have to be more interested in a challenging conversation and less interested in a comforting lecture.

”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic (via politicalprof)

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:53:38 -0400

"This exemplifies the extent to which folks are willing to scapegoat poor people when it suits..."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:31:20 -0400

““This exemplifies the extent to which folks are willing to scapegoat poor people when it suits political interests…Subjecting people who are receiving public benefits to government intrusion, and the singling out of poor people in this country under the guise of saving money is worrisome to us.””

- Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients: A Trend with No Traction | American Civil Liberties Union

Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients: A Trend with No Traction | American Civil Liberties Union

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:30:39 -0400

Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients: A Trend with No Traction | American Civil Liberties Union

theparisreview: In the shadowof the mountainquarters click in...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:55:20 -0400

theparisreview:

In the shadow
of the mountain
quarters click

in the arcades.
Staving off
the Centipede,

children lick
their cotton candy,
sticky-pink with sun.

The pinball
machines gleam,
a tabby cat preens…

By the red rock
I sit remembering
my “youth.”

How we drove there
and the shadow
of an idea pursued me

and the land
turned green with envy
of all the new

things—
curios twist in the
shop windows,

digital bells
ring out
in the glade.

—Meghan O’Rourke, “Theory Vs. Practice”
Art Credit Elijah Gowin

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Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:53:20 -0400

newsweek: Meryl Streep talks as Inez McCormack who with a...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:49:56 -0400

newsweek:

Meryl Streep talks as Inez McCormack who with a group of women, read out the declaration of Human Rights in Northern Ireland.

This was an amazing speech. Read about it here.