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Do your dance, do your dance, do your...

apatosaurus: (via inothernews) The Word
Sep 1st

Hey ackb - are you watching this game? I...

(via inothernews) no. i caught the last few embarrassing minutes of it and that was more than...
Sep 1st
CUTE AMINALS!
Sep 1st
Apparently the Midway staff is radically preoccupied with sexuality.  Poor guys. I feel bad for...
Sep 1st
mmmmm…Homer Super Extreme…
Sep 1st
We win!
Sep 1st
Jesus love at the fair. Free fish hooks!
Aug 31st

TOtally playing hookey today and going...

This is somebody’s fault. You know who you are. You and your cute damn pictures.
Aug 31st
“Glad @Ken_Cosgrove & @_PeteCampbell went to a party w/ a...”
— paul_kinsey
Aug 31st

"Mad Men"

GREG: Joanie, I don't wanna have a fight right now.
JOANIE: Then stop talking.
Aug 31st
notthatkindagay: scared the shit out of me when I was a...
Aug 31st
Hug
Aug 31st
“I am thankful that, given the inevitability of loss, we have...”
— “For All That Is Our Life,”...
Aug 31st
Warch Watch
notthatkindagay: Death Star Canteen Jeff!
Aug 31st
“When you hug me, my heart is so happy that it beats at the...”
— Capucine (via capucha) She’s...
Aug 30th
She opened this drawer by herself and climbed in.
Aug 30th
“I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter...”
— Paul Newman (via...
Aug 30th
Listen Listen
bitchville: The Smiths - How Soon Is Now I wish I could honestly say that Charmed is not the first...
Aug 30th
ryanselvy: Found It! by flickr user roy THE coolest Lego...
Aug 30th
gilmoure: inothernews: think4yourself: ...
Aug 30th
“I said come on Fhqwhgads, I said come on Fhqwhgads....”
— wilw
Aug 30th
Dinner
Aug 30th

"Who's to Blame"

by Rev. Dr. Jane Rzepka, Church of the Larger Fellowship, one of my favorite preachers out there. ...
Aug 29th

This room is full of elephants.

Aug 29th
Pointy backyard tree branch fall. Make hole in ground....
Aug 29th
inothernews: olerud: spitintheocean: My bud Derek was...
Aug 29th
“Of course they say that! Of course they talk about welfare...”
— My mom’s outburst to my...
Aug 29th
It’s Not About Me
Aug 29th
Warch Watch
setuplikeadeckofcards: allcreatures: Watch the flight of a bumble bee with a radar transmitter...
Aug 29th
apatosaurus: GPOYW: Bawlmer Hons I sure love you.  Also?...
Aug 29th
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
— Toni Morrison (via...
Aug 29th
Oh rainbow king. Where ya been all my life?
Aug 29th

3-13 in the bottom of the 7th

We’re up by 10.  That’s going to make it difficult to fuck it up and lose, but if anyone...
Aug 29th
““When I teach about racism the first thing I say to my...”
— Robin D.G. Kelley (via curate)...
Aug 28th
The cucumbers are doing well.  I went out this morning to...
Aug 28th
apatosaurus: sylviac: Philips Biotower Puts Farming in the...
Aug 28th

What does the public want from...

squashed: As Nate Silver points out, the polling around healthcare and the public option is a...
Aug 28th
Warch Watch
apatosaurus: pattista: RIP Reading Rainbow my favorite tv show growing up….
Aug 28th
Aug 28th
Sleeping. I am not very good at making it happen.
Aug 28th
pdxmachina: mokelov: Heceta Sunset Devils Elbow State...
Aug 28th

CHARTS!

Aug 28th
beckypierson: apatosaur: ventisette: Who cares about...
Aug 28th
Slept for about 20 minutes before the storm woke me up. Now the tired is gone. Maybe if I lie here...
Aug 28th
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse: Open the snack bay doors. ...
Aug 28th
mills: In B.’s photo above, the nearly-crescent moon is...
Aug 27th
Some critter is making a crater in this patch of bark along...
Aug 27th

Some health care numbers

mrgan: Every health care debate swings between emotional and number-based arguments. On the...
Aug 27th

fuck cancer.

(via spontaneouslove)
Aug 27th
Crabfest 2009—Mr. Bill’s Terrace Inn
Aug 26th
shorterexcerpts: thewordunheard: battlements: ...
Aug 26th

Five things I love about Baltimore in...

• the way an occasional cool day feels like an island of heaven in a sea of hellish humidity •...
Aug 26th

wonder

The opportunity to lower oneself into a large tub of hot water and scrub the day off, watching it...
Aug 26th
Do you think 1983 pushed us right into mental illness on...
Aug 26th
“Hallo, Piglet,” he said. “I thought you were out.” “No,”...”
— A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh...
Aug 26th

BREAKING NEWS: CATS AND SHARKS NO LONGER...

(via inothernews)
Aug 26th
proudpbskid: capriquarius: penpenpost:atamaitaize:ak47: ...
Aug 26th
inothernews: Costumed Avatars That Work, Pt. 4. oooh,...
Aug 26th
photophobia: Moon (larger). …
Aug 25th
“Like most of you, I’m sure, I was excited to see the package...”
— “Getting out of the way so...
Aug 25th
Warch Watch
even feliciaday’s links are awesome
Aug 25th
curate: Tayari Jones writes: Some novels contain...
Aug 25th
bikerfish: tumbledore: Morning Glory clouds over...
Aug 25th
10 Reasons To Support Health Reform
Aug 25th
“Let’s also say that change is neither good or bad. It simply...”
— Don Draper, Mad Men, “Love...
Aug 25th
inothernews: SELF; PORTRAIT A Muslim man looked at himself...
Aug 25th
notthatkindagay: Dad hooked us up with great seats. ...
Aug 25th
spontaneouslove: i want to disappear. I want to send you biscuits.
Aug 25th
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to...”
— David Foster Wallace (Infinite...
Aug 24th
Listen Listen
bunnynico: The Sundays ~ Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Aug 24th
onlysubterranean: folkinz: essential scene: the...
Aug 23rd
ryanselvy: The Office Clue!? I NEED this! I really truly...
Aug 23rd

i can't be the only person on here born...

apatosaurus: inothernews: dailyhuff:editude:snowflakefarmer:tumblingnoodle: (via...
Aug 23rd
Seven awesome pictures with birds in them. (photos by Uri)
Aug 23rd

What if

you had to insert a dollar into your camera every time you wanted to take a picture?
Aug 23rd
Rehoboth trip fun pics
Aug 23rd
“The world is more interesting when you call birds Dinosaurs.”
— redgears
Aug 23rd
“Having read through some 600 comments about universal health...”
— Roger Ebert His recent foray...
Aug 22nd
mmmmm…beach…
Aug 22nd
A red unicorn from Hoorn.  Sighted at the Zwaanendael...
Aug 22nd
We just had an AWESOME vacation, despite its brievity (less than three days). But before I do...
Aug 22nd
oriolesmagic: Team Maryland at the Cal Ripken World...
Aug 20th
Aug 19th
Some people lose essential vitamins and minerals when they sweat in a hot working environment....
Aug 18th
Twice in the last week we have found...
Aug 18th
gilmoure: Showed daughter the lunchbag art tumblr and now...
Aug 18th
I think this is an Eastern Cottontail.  We have bunches of...
Aug 18th
Uri took this awesome picture of Jupiter under the nearly...
Aug 18th
Warch Watch
very catchy
Aug 18th
switchblades: awesome-everyday:apsies: Unemployed and...
Aug 17th
Warch Watch
notthatkindagay: Remote Area Medical is an organization founded to air drop doctors and medicine...
Aug 17th
“The United States does not believe that DOMA is rationally...”
— Obama administration (via...
Aug 17th
Listen Listen
inothernews: overkill (acoustic) / colin hay
Aug 17th
talix18: rosasparks: mabelmoments: Digger the Owl and...
Aug 17th
America's Moral Panic Over Obesity; Interview...
Aug 17th

It is 9:30 in the morning.

It is UNacceptable to have three (three!) mosquito bites after being outside less than ten minutes...
Aug 17th
Made a list of the 20 movies I’d want with me while stranded on a desert island.  Wow was it...
Aug 17th
comicbooks: Legend of Zelda - Hope of Hyrule by PiPa
Aug 17th

Five things I regularly take for granted

• tissues • mechanical pencils • spell check • libraries • cotton
Aug 17th
gilmoure: moorewr: bebelestrange: Scene-stealing...
Aug 16th

Stop

Have you ever been in the middle of doing something sorta important and totally stopped, muscles in...
Aug 16th
gilmoure: lickystickypickyme: 12,000 to 15,000 years ago...
Aug 16th
portland askew
Aug 16th
“Today I was watching Christina Hendricks’ and Robert Morse’s...”
— Victims don’t “get raped”: on...
Aug 16th
I just remember Thomas Paine as the dude who...
Aug 16th
gilmoure: lickystickypickyme: Sunday brunch looking...
Aug 16th
“That’s part of your problem, you haven’t seen enough movies....”
— Grand Canyan (via sheema) (via...
Aug 15th

A baseball thing that is crazy

Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr., Aubrey Huff and Felix Pie have something in common. Crazy.
Aug 15th

Okay, very funny. Who's wearing the...

(via talix18) TOtally.
Aug 15th
Dem Rep: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Will Be...
Aug 15th
The 20 Greatest Shows Canceled By Fox Before...
Aug 15th
Warch Watch
inothernews: kylebunch: Curry: Brad Pitt, are you running for Mayor of New Orleans? Pitt: Yeah,...
Aug 15th
mercurypdx: tylerriewer: This is a game called Multitask....
Aug 15th
“I’m telling you no matter how low they drive support for...”
— Bill Clinton (via apsies) (via...
Aug 15th
Things that are awesome about Rick Dempsey,...
Aug 15th
talix18: wooliebear: One of the best rock exposures in...
Aug 14th
At the vet.
Aug 14th
marcusallenthecat: incanto: supersonicelectronic: Kurt...
Aug 14th

Sure it's meaningless, but...

23-0 feels pretty good, even if it was against the stoopid Washington...
Aug 14th

Five things I ate today

• a sandwich • a taco salad • two biscuits • coffee • coffee
Aug 14th
Awful Library Books
Aug 14th
“Well, my new favorite football team just became whoever is...”
— wilw
Aug 14th
wtf?!  We have a band!
Aug 14th
Listen Listen
—Ravens Fight Song, Baltimore’s Marching Ravens
Aug 14th
mercurypdx: Stonehenge Demystified (Via Married to the...
Aug 14th
Tenn. Schools Agree to Stop Blocking LGBT Web...
Aug 14th
rhodyram: inothernews: fishy:balltillifall: An awesome...
Aug 14th
We are getting yet another series of...
Aug 14th
Warch Watch
hman: “I Learned It By Watching You” Anti-Drug PSA You’d think they’d both be more...
Aug 14th
tiffany: I like the zebra’s face. (via fyeahzebras)
Aug 14th
Happy Birthday Mom!
Aug 13th

Five underrated things

• proper (painless) dental care • luggage • plumbing • sweet pickles • editors
Aug 12th
davereed: F-Minus via sds want this disorder so bad...
Aug 12th

Five overrated things

• beer • inexpensive knives • capitalism • lace • hair gel
Aug 12th
It’s school supply time!  Every year I have to scan...
Aug 12th
mandrita: (via amnesiac1331) i like this time of day,...
Aug 12th
“Who would be silly enough to carry an unloaded firearm?”
— WILLIAM KOSTRIC, protestor who...
Aug 12th
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
— Iris Murdoch (via kari-shma)
Aug 11th
Don’t Panic!
Aug 11th
I feel like such a chump for paying $3.79 for a box of these...
Aug 11th
How to eat free all day on your birthday!
Aug 11th
bikerfish: rand0mflora: luckyshirt: Never forget. Oh...
Aug 11th
(via meredithnyc) Behind the smooth-talking, chain-smoking,...
Aug 11th
spontaneouslove: it’s a good storm tonight. it was awesome...
Aug 11th
Only three (and a half) days until the Ravens’ first...
Aug 10th
enjoli: lickystickypickyme: ...
Aug 10th
allisonweiss: Snacks. nom nom
Aug 10th
Taharka Bros. FTW!
Aug 10th

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not...

inothernews: gilmoure:moorewr:tristn: I love the Problem of Evil. It’s so concise and clever,...
Aug 9th
inothernews: lapsesinlogic: SQUIRREL thedailywhat: ...
Aug 9th
The farm
Aug 9th
Maryland state flower
Aug 8th
OMG. It’s like heaven.
Aug 8th
Can’t we all just get alonnnnnng?!?!
Aug 8th

Finally!(*)

Aug 8th
apatosaurus: We Made Cookies SO delicious!
Aug 8th

naps are like hugs from baby Jesus and...

(via spontaneouslove)
Aug 8th
Typing is Lucy’s nemesis.  Lucy is all-powerful...
Aug 7th
C’mon lil cucumbers, you can do it!  Yesterday I...
Aug 7th
Portland Gets 1,000 EV's and 2,500 Charging...
Aug 7th
(via ohmyowls) i ♥ owls alots
Aug 7th
Seremuppety. No, really.  More here, discovered here.
Aug 7th
hman: Judge Sonia Sotomayor was greeted in her West...
Aug 7th
Warch Watch
inothernews: mattlehrer:spiegelman: The best John Hughes tribute I’ve seen yet. Pretty much...
Aug 7th
notthatkindagay: catbus: rendit: butnotmine: Supreme...
Aug 7th

Dear Mr. Vernon: We accept the fact that...

(via inothernews)
Aug 7th
Listen Listen
apatosaurus: inothernews: don’t you (forget about me) / simple minds (from the original motion...
Aug 7th
Kevin screams at anyone who passes by: leave my babies...
Aug 7th
The baby birds in our potted plant are alive and well!...
Aug 7th
notthatkindagay: charts are fun. it’s interesting to note...
Aug 6th

You *almost* had me, Bing

At first I was skeptical of Bing, not being a fan of Microsoft after tearing my hair out on Windows...
Aug 6th
John Quincy Adams' Twitter page
Aug 6th
Warch Watch
katiecashin: from current.com
Aug 6th

Up!

enjoli: rosasparks: Made our whole family talk about death. It sounds morbid and awful, but you...
Aug 6th
“Next year, if they really wanna frighten us, might I suggest...”
— STEPHEN COLBERT, developing...
Aug 6th

John Oliver on "The Daily Show." (An...

OLIVER: Your research is so wack, it...
NYU ANTHROPOLOGIST: - fails to verify the hypothesis.
OLIVER. Oh, SHIT. Fails to verify the motherfucking hypothesis. WHAAAAAT?
Aug 6th
(via lamebot) The fact that I recognized this movie...
Aug 6th
mercurypdx: spacecataz: sharpless: Baby Link costume is...
Aug 6th
Warch Watch
Domesticity is so seductive.  When she pulls the sneakers out of the oven I get chills. You know,...
Aug 6th
apatosaurus: fuckyeahdinos: liquidnight: Dan McCarthy -...
Aug 6th
Warch Watch
♥ Meryl Streep is so awesome she could give awesome lessons to people who have already won the...
Aug 5th
mutations: captainkirk: brightredlemons: ...
Aug 5th
oriolesmagic: Brian Matusz: Why I cant wait til next year
Aug 5th
mercurypdx: growingup: likewoahaaron: jermination: ...
Aug 5th
Warch Watch
—”Daniel,” by Bat for Lashes
Aug 5th

I love bats

but apparently rabies is fatal and bat bites can go undetected, so now I’m a murderer. Fuck. ...
Aug 5th
Aug 5th

There. Is. A. Bat. In. The. Bedroom.

apatosaurus: (via ackb) I found it. She screamed.
Aug 5th

There. Is. A. Bat. In. The. Bedroom.

Aug 5th
inothernews: ON THE INTERNET, NO ONE KNOWS YOU’RE A WALLABY...
Aug 5th
davereed: Your morning adorable: Asian elephant calf at...
Aug 5th
inothernews: suicideblonde: Carrie Fisher
Aug 5th
allisonweiss: WANT.
Aug 5th
Listen Listen
inothernews: boggle:vela: “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum Used in Star Trek: First...
Aug 5th
Apparently The Life is where The Mosquitos live.
Aug 3rd
This is the life.
Aug 3rd
Losing the hell out of Enemy Chocolatier. Good game. I suck...
Aug 2nd

Medic!

I’m about ready for a baseballfanectomy to remove the part of me that cares. I think...
Aug 2nd
“What I don’t think is right is how come the Founding Fathers...”
— Student on exam 2 I love when...
Aug 2nd

I wouldn't even begin to know how to tag...

All the options sound presumptuous or arrogant or incorrect or dumb.  It’s just stuff I like....
Aug 2nd
Why film schools teach screenwriters not to...
Aug 2nd
Photo by Uri
Aug 2nd
Everybody’s doin it.
Aug 2nd

Five Kick Ass (capital-K, capital-A)...

Dana Scully Kara Thrace CJ Cregg River Tam Gwen Cooper
Aug 2nd
enjoli: (via loveyourchaos) Ouch.
Aug 2nd
It was starch day at our house.  After our trip to Oregon...
Aug 2nd
"Adults who should know better feel driven to...
Aug 1st

i need a reason.

(via spontaneouslove) Curiosity.  It killed the cat, but has kept artists, scientists and other...
Aug 1st
iamcup: amberislazy: momentarily: stepliana: ...
Aug 1st

Mason will return to the Baltimore...

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Aug 1st
An authentic Voodoo Doughnut
Aug 1st