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"When men believed too strongly, it made them cruel."

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:16 -0400

““When men believed too strongly, it made them cruel.””

- From Paris: A Novel, by Edward Rutherford

This should be in that list of animals who don’t even know...

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:03:42 -0400

This should be in that list of animals who don’t even know what just happened to them I saw a few days ago lol

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Mon, 13 May 2013 01:02:07 -0400

maggiemunkee: thedaintysquid: OHMYGOSH. Teeny stinky...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:44:43 -0400

maggiemunkee:

thedaintysquid:

OHMYGOSH.

Teeny stinky mcskunkersons!

Baby skunks.

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Sat, 04 May 2013 02:54:28 -0400

Too cute

Sat, 04 May 2013 02:40:37 -0400

Too cute

"Optimism that is willfully blind to the situation of others is cruelty— misguided, childish..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:03:22 -0400

“Optimism that is willfully blind to the situation of others is cruelty— misguided, childish cruelty.”

- Kevin Smokler

Haha

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:56:20 -0400

Haha

thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:34:43 -0400

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

Comic about being a geeky woman.

Dat Kitty! #community

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:35:00 -0400

Dat Kitty! #community

"“Chronic illness takes its toll on friendship for several reasons. We become undependable as..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:16:25 -0400

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“Chronic illness takes its toll on friendship for several reasons. We become undependable as companions, often having to cancel plans at the last minute if it turns out we can’t get out of bed on the day of a scheduled commitment. And, living in the world of the sick, we gradually have less and less in common with those with whom we worked and played.”

“Knowing these reasons doesn’t make the isolation any less painful an adjustment as we watch people disappear from our lives one by one, some after dozens of years of friendship. On top of this painful personal experience, we also encounter all the ‘healthy living’ advice that tells us that maintaining an active social life enhances both mental and physical health. And so worry is added to isolation.”

——Toni Bernhard——

”

- (via iamkarennicole)

Political extremism in newspapers.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:37:45 -0400

Political extremism in newspapers.

Freedom of Speech, Maturity, and the Internet

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:08:45 -0400

Mature People: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Immature People: “I disapprove of what you say, and I will beat you to death for saying it.”

Immature People on the Internet: “I disapprove of what you say, and I will blog you to death even while pretending to recognize your right to say it.”

Mature People on the Internet: “…”

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Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:05:18 -0500

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:32:25 -0500

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Hey there, you made it! Welcome to 2013!

“The end of the world only comes once. Make it...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:44:50 -0500

“The end of the world only comes once. Make it special.”

Who else had one of these?

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:55:18 -0500

Who else had one of these?

(via The Daily Grump | December 7, 2012 | The Official Grumpy...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:27:46 -0500

(via The Daily Grump | December 7, 2012 | The Official Grumpy Cat)

Book Review: Fringe-ology by Steve Volk

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:07:39 -0500

Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn’t by Steve Volk
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

To be perfectly honest, I’d have given this book four stars, but I felt like I’ve already read its contents in various other places before. Not Volk’s personal experiences, of course, but the information.

It was a decent book, well-written and interesting. I like his “middle-way”, open-minded-skeptic approach. Time and again, Volk makes the point that there are things we just don’t know, and that admitting it is much more reasonable than making polarizing arguments in order to convince ourselves and others. Volk goes on to say that dogmatic skeptics (like the New Atheists) are actually just as irrational as believers, emotionally defending their world-view and refusing to heed the very scientific evidence they claim to exalt. The author reiterates this to the point of harping, which changes the book a little - it’s not just an investigation, it’s a message: All we ever hear are two extremes, diametrically-opposed - God exists, God doesn’t; ghosts exist or they don’t. Pick your side, uncertainty is not allowed. Except in a lot of areas, uncertainty is actually the reasonable opinion, and we need to be allowed to say “I don’t know.” How can we learn anything if we think we already know everything? Volk is championing a balanced open-mind, critical-thinking and skepticism without the “deny everything” policy. I think he’s right, and maybe that’s why I didn’t need to hear it in every chapter.

The range of topics this book covered weren’t as broad as I expected, and the areas that were discussed didn’t go as deep as I would’ve liked. Volk focuses on one or two examples in each category and sometimes wastes time telling us uninteresting stories about not being able to get information out of certain people. In itself, the investigative journey here is somewhat flat compared to other books I’ve read in this style. And I’ll admit, by the end, Volk did lose a bit of credibility with me by disclosing so much of his personal experience. I can’t really explain why, but somewhere in the last few chapters a line was crossed and the author picks up some of the dreaded “Paranormal Taint” for himself. (Side note confession: I snickered every time I read that phrase.) The thing is, the book doesn’t suffer much for it, since he’s not, in fact, using his credibility to persuade readers of the truth or falsity of anything - besides the idea that not being sure is reasonable.

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I commented about The X-Files on GetGlue “1x18 “I...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:50:11 -0500

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“1x18 “I can’t stand here and argue with your Biblical rhetoric””

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