esteban was eaten!

Braves baseball.

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:58:49 -0400

Braves baseball.

startthemachine: Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t feel like that...

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:46:15 -0400

startthemachine:

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t feel like that person. I never did.

spokeart: Wes Anderson’s latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, is now...

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:38 -0400

spokeart:

Wes Anderson’s latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, is now out in theaters! New York and Los Angeles saw their debuts last week, and nationwide roll out is just around the corner.

San Francisco will see the debut of the film on Thursday, May 31st at the Metreon, help us spread the word and enter our official contest for a Moonrise Kingdom gift pack!

To enter, simply reblog this post on Tumblr for your chance to win an official Moonrise Kingdom gift pack, which includes shirts, patches, a canteen and a cooler! Five winners will be chosen at random. View all the prizes here.

Thanks so much and good luck everyone!

I want.

amazingtophat: Renner grew up with a pygmy goat named Sugar....

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:40:27 -0400

amazingtophat:

Renner grew up with a pygmy goat named Sugar. He’s the oldest kid, with four siblings who range in age from 37 years to 4 months. He and his best friend (the actor Kristoffer Winters, whom he also confusingly refers to as “my brother”) run a successful side business renovating houses. Sometimes he lives in the houses during construction, often without such bourgie comforts as electricity and indoor plumbing. Disciplines he’s studied include but are not limited to: world religion, sociology, criminology, Filipino stick fighting, and Muay Thai martial arts. Previous professions: ski instructor, professional makeup artist. He has taught himself to be unafraid of sharks. He has dined with Colin Powell and has regularly basked in the praise of such luminaries as Sean Penn—but about the only time he’s found himself starstruck was when he met Cesar Millan, TV’s Dog Whisperer. He is, by turns, cut-the-bullshit intense and just-fucking-with-you funny. He’s religiously unsentimental (“I don’t give a shit about the past”) and unabashedly devoted to his cream-colored miniature French bulldog, Franklin.

I’m not saying the dude is weird. I’m saying he contains multitudes.

“Jeremy Renner Finally Gets Some Action” by Adam Sachs, Details, December 2011

#’He has taught himself to be unafraid of sharks’ WHAT

What she said. WHAT.

Photo

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:12:50 -0400

I just cut down a giant branch with a giant axe in a giant...

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:53:00 -0400

I just cut down a giant branch with a giant axe in a giant rainstorm. WE WEREN’T TRAINED FOR THIS. And yes, that is a cascade of wood chippings all over my face and shirt.

If you're caught in the rain on your way out of a store and don't mind your shoulders being on fire and threatening to rip through your shirt, carrying a 50 lb. bag of dog food above your head can serve as a decent umbrella.

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:18:44 -0400

It was cold* and it rained so I felt like an actor.

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:18:00 -0400

It was cold* and it rained so I felt like an actor.

He has a point.

Wed, 30 May 2012 00:36:25 -0400

He has a point.

A whole lot of this, today.

Mon, 28 May 2012 21:32:19 -0400

A whole lot of this, today.

mrhipp: WORTH REMEMBERING Dan Hipp = always good.

Mon, 28 May 2012 21:31:43 -0400

mrhipp:

WORTH REMEMBERING

Dan Hipp = always good.

Sunday: the personification of perspiration. The glasses are not...

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:32:00 -0400

Sunday: the personification of perspiration. The glasses are not prescription.

(Note: I look so unhappy here. I couldn’t tell when I reviewed the photo, because of the sunshine, or I would’ve gone for another take. Whatevz. It was positively sweltering and I was drenched in sweat.)

“I think my ultimate motivator, driving force in life probably,...

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:25:17 -0400

“I think my ultimate motivator, driving force in life probably, is humor. I think that finding humor in any given situation gives me confidence because it always kind of makes you look at the silver lining in things.”

dbsw: There is good in him…still.. // by Pianzin This is...

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:21:59 -0400

dbsw:

There is good in him…still.. // by Pianzin

This is rather cool.

No… this is something I have to do myself. [/action hero...

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:20:17 -0400

No… this is something I have to do myself. [/action hero voice]

Nanny doesn't wear her hearing aid.

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:07:39 -0400

Isabelle: It's tough getting old.
Justin: I've heard. I'm not too excited about it.
Isabelle: [to Nanny] I said "it's tough getting old".
Nanny: What?
Isabelle: I SAID "IT'S TOUGH GETTING OLD"!

Exhausted. Apple pie. Hamburgers. America. (Taken with...

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:07:50 -0400

Exhausted. Apple pie. Hamburgers. America. (Taken with instagram)

"We both looked at each other and said nothing."

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:00 -0400

During World War II, my late grandfather served on the USS North Carolina battleship in the Pacific. To be succinct: that ship participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific area of operations and earned 15 battle stars. It was so involved in that arena, it was reported sunk by the Japanese multiple times and once, a torpedo managed to slam into it (naturally, the crew saved the ship).

So that’s pretty awesomely impressive, right? Of course it is.

Oh, but wait. He was also a part of the Normandy Invasion. He was on board one of the landing ship tanks on D-Day and stayed on the beach for 33 days (though they slept most of the day and did their work at night). Read that again.

Below is an excerpt from my grandfather’s account of the invasion. He wrote an unpublished manuscript about his life (in addition to the incredible “I could’ve been a character in both Band of Brothers and The Pacific” aspect, he was also an orphan — in short, it’s fascinating) and this section was adapted for use in a published collection of D-Day stories called Neptunus Rex. He loved to write and I tend to believe he was pretty good at it (the line about tension is terrific). It’s also another great reminder of how, if we want to be as extraordinary as our grandparents, we really have our work cut out for us (namely that whole “saving the world” bit).

We were due to hit Omaha Beach at H+12, but were delayed by unexpected resistance. We evacuated only a handful of wounded at Omaha Beach, probably because so many died there. On D-Day, I was hit in the face with a small piece of shrapnel, possibly from our own guns since anti-aircraft fire was coming down like rain. Outside of that, I suffered only tension for about twenty-four hours a day. The first night at Omaha Beach, German planes did come over. Doc Kalodner and I were kneeling, treating an American sergeant who had a bullet wound in his shoulder, when a near-miss rocked our LST. We both looked at each other and said nothing.

That “speechless” reaction is clearly genetic because it is now very common with me, when thinking about him. Happy Memorial Day, Pop-Pop.

when i strap some fireworks to my wrist and fire them off while shouting "memorial day!" today (and i WILL strap some fireworks to my wrist and fire them off while shouting "memorial day!" today), it will look like this.

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:57:33 -0400

The Once and Future Kings. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:39:14 -0400

The Once and Future Kings. (Taken with instagram)