August 2012
July 2012
“When gays get so angry about a chicken sandwich, it is because Chick-fil-A has...”
– Conor Gaughan - “We Are Not Arguing Over Chicken” (Huffington Post)
Exactly.
(via cream-and-stars)
Today in Obscure Olympic Sports: Olympic... →
apsies:
Turns out all that time you spent on your backyard trampoline coulda meant something.
Trampoline, part of gymnastics, is a relatively new sport in the Olympics. Initially the trampoline was used as a training tool for tumblers and athletes in the 1930s.
As its popularity grew, the first Trampoline World Championships were held in London in 1964.
The sport made its Olympic debut at...
“More than 80% of eligible voters are online; Similarly, 83% of mobile phone...”
– How November Will Be Won | Google (via apsies)
I clicked-through and my immediate, knee-jerk reaction is, “Oh brilliant, Google. I’m so glad you’ve brought the ability for the electorate to be distracted by the horse-race into the 21st century; what with your tracking trending...
Cops: Woman rowing perimeter of Lake Michigan... →
tylercoates:
A Chicago woman attempting to row the 1,500 mile perimeter of Lake Michigan in a fundraising effort to support breast cancer survivors was sexually assaulted in her rowboat early Sunday, police said. Jenn Gibbons, 27, was in the cabin of her 700-pound rowboat while it was tied to a dock around 4 a.m. Sunday in an area along Lake Michigan in Schoolcraft County, Mich. A man who may...
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old jokes home
abbyjean:
Higgs Boson goes into a Catholic church. The priest says, “You’re not welcome here.” Higgs Boson says “You can’t have mass without me.”
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Hillary Clinton on what designers she wears:
Interviewer: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?
Hillary Clinton: What designers of clothes?
Interviewer: Yes.
Hillary Clinton: Would you ever ask a man that question?
Interviewer: Probably not. Probably not.
growltiger:
Sometimes when Panda Boo is being naughty and I need to scold him, I use my stern voice and call him Panderson Booper.
Just now he was rustling around in the closet and eating a pair of shoes and I thundered, “PANDERSON BOOPER, GET OUT OF THE CLOSET.”
And he did!
TOPICAL!
#topical
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“I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via passingfox)
Last few moments before the over 80 crowd gets...
areyouhavinganypain:
Now I’m picturing a parody with the 80+ crowd slowly coming to life a la Dracula.
