February 2012
and actually brb, taking my room mate out to expensive dinner.  yay student loans :D
Feb 12th
fingolfin replied to your post: brb, What are you doing?! People aren’t supposed to be looking at those! I didn’t realize they were there until just now and had to show my room mate, because I am an internet creeper like that.  be happy I did not reblog liberally.
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brb,
marrying fingolfin
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Dear UK,
hummussexual: I understand that you recently put five Muslim men on trial and convicted three for passing out “homophobic leaflets.” They were tired under a new law that was passed in March of 2010 that intended to curb “hate-speech”, including homophobia, while protecting “Freedom of Speech.” While I am, in no way, going to give value for or against the issues, I do find it interesting that...
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‘Oldest Living Thing On Earth’ Threatened By... →
climateadaptation: “Scientists working in the Mediterranean recently discovered what is thought to be the oldest living species on Earth: a patch of giant seagrass, Posidonia oceanic, growing in underwater meadows that span more than 2,000 miles between Spain to Cyprus. Australian scientists sequenced the DNA of samples of the giant seagrass and found that it was most likely to be around...
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Where is your last name most common? →
fuckyeahgeographyalligator: Click the link to find out. It doesn’t cover literally everywhere, but it’s still interesting. ok, both my mother’s and my father’s name is most frequent in Nottingham, UK.  weird.  My father’s name, Scarborough, is more common in the US than in the UK, while my mother’s name, Selby, is more common in the UK but also more than twice as common...
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“It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality...”
– G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (via invisibleforeigner) Kierkegaard makes this point too, actually.  Of course, this was back when post-Kantian skepticism about the ding-an-sich was still a pressing concern. (via landofoblivion) my single biggest problem with Kierkegaard right there.  the whole...
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The term 'hipster' arose in the 40's to describe...
destroyman: it is so weird that it still means the exact same thing
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tumblr,
how am I supposed to neurotically re-read the last thing I said to people if you don’t let me view my sent messages?
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half my recent followers are gay porn blogs.
srsly, why do we pretend the internet exists for anything else?
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PSA:
competition is dumb. bisexual guys: preferentially date gay men.  you are competing with drastically more people when dating straight women than when you are dating gay men.  logically, you are much more likely to land a fish that is smarter, sexier, and more accomplished than you by fishing in the gay dating pool than you are in the straight one, where overfishing has forced ladyfish to evolve...
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the Swiss pay ESL teachers bank. though one person on an ESL forum complained “no, I don’t save $50,000 USD per year working in Geneva like you do, I only save about $8,000 USD per year after all my expenses.” oh darn.  what sacrifices I shall make for my career. edit: also, if you raise a child in Switzerland as a native English speaker, that child could realistically grow...
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timelikerain: dammit, never mind the snow post it’s actually going to be mostly sleet and freezing rain sigh not. cool.
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dopernose: feralnostalgia replied to your photo: Wanna take you home and introduce you to my ma.  not so thrilled with christians wearing japa malas, but oh well. Damn. dennisxnerd replied to your photo: Wanna take you home and introduce you to my ma.  I’d eat her ass. :) DAYUM.  sometimes I want to kick myself.  I’m torn between still being mildly annoyed at her for that and realizing...
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sufigeek replied to your photo: only one person in 10 finishes this movie with… i have seen the movie and it is a masterpiece :) I wholeheartedly agree.  it’s pretty much my favorite. I don’t think anyone has actually disliked the movie enough to stop watching it, circumstances just invariably intervene to prevent people from finishing it with me.  only one person has ever...
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I just saw a gay porn ad for “the hottest white celebs nude”.  I’m not sure if this is more offensive than just saying “the hottest celebs nude” and then only showing white people (as they usually do) or if it is actually an improvement.  there are, of course, “the hottest black celebs” sites (which I’ve actually seen advertized more frequently) but...
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Bill O'Reilly stands up for Ellen →
gaywrites: The rumors are true: Bill O’Reilly defended Ellen DeGeneres against the conservative group boycotting JC Penney for making her their spokesperson. From SheWired: Speaking to Fox News commentator Sandy Rios O’Reilly said on his show that he didn’t think boycotting a business over its hiring of a gay spokesperson was in “the spirit of America.” “What is the difference between a...
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somehow two weeks ago my parents' cult got my...
About two years ago, Barbara and I were privileged to be two of the original signers of the Manhattan Declaration, along with other Christian leaders, such as Chuck Colson, Dr. James Dobson and Kay Arthur. This important document outlines God’s plan for three matters of eternal significance: the sanctity of life, the dignity of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and religious ...
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A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad... →
mehreenkasana: “It’s amazing what the Israelis thought they could get away with,” the intelligence officer said. “Their recruitment activities were nearly in the open. They apparently didn’t give a damn what we thought.” There is no denying that there is a covert, bloody, and ongoing campaign aimed at stopping Iran’s nuclear program, though no evidence has emerged connecting recent acts of...
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“pain of independence.”
– The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance: Scientific American “The Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns found that people who dissent from group wisdom show heightened activation in the amygdala, a small organ in the brain associated with the sting of social rejection....
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WatchWatch
dopernose: you-shall-not-pass: stoneyxochi: BYU Students on African Americans and Black History Month i bet you that if you called any of these kids a racist they’d be SOOOO offended. i can’t even find the words right now man. …am I the only person who doesn’t think these people are being that racist? There are plenty of stereotypes for white people too. really. and these people aren’t...
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