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wilwheaton: I really hope Yahoo doesn’t fuck up Tumblr like it’s fucked up … well, every single...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42:31 -0400

I really hope Yahoo doesn’t fuck up Tumblr like it’s fucked up … well, every single thing it’s ever touched in the history of the universe.

"I’m one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I’ll wander off into the woods and..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:08:51 -0400

“I’m one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I’ll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.”

- Jack White (via art-and-fury)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 13:07:51 -0400

joshsternberg: WSJ reports Yahoo board has approved a $1.1...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:45 -0400

joshsternberg:

WSJ reports Yahoo board has approved a $1.1 billion deal — in cash — to purchase Tumblr.

Hmmmmmm

followthewestwind: (via ¤ ¤ Heron ¤ ¤)

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:54:11 -0400

followthewestwind:

(via ¤ ¤ Heron ¤ ¤)

teachthemhowtothink: makingfists: nerdshaveallthefun: gruntled...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:58:19 -0400

teachthemhowtothink:

makingfists:

nerdshaveallthefun:

gruntledandhinged:

ALL of this. Encourage people to try new words, to mess them up, to experiment with vocabulary, to learn complicated adjectives and verbs and nouns, because words are fun.

Also, don’t be a jerk.

AMEN SISTAH. PREACh

Thank you.

I didn’t realize heinous did not rhyme with penis until I was in college. Oops.

lnternetporn: what ur average tragedy looks like after 100...

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:53:13 -0400

lnternetporn:

what ur average tragedy looks like after 100 years

The Origins of 9 Great British Insults

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:45 -0400

The Origins of 9 Great British Insults:

nevver:

WAZZOCK
Wazzock was a particularly prevalent—and particularly loutish—insult in the 1990s. At the time, “lad culture” ran throughout British music and television, and wazzock, a North-England accented contraction of the sarcastic wiseacre (a know-it-all) became a powerful tool to shoot people down in an argument.

LUMMOX
Though the etymology of lummox is heavily disputed, one thing is for certain: It came from East Anglia, the coastal outcrop of Britain above London. There, around 1825, someone threw out the word as an insult, and it stuck, becoming a typically British go-to term. Some linguists believe it comes from the verb lummock, which typified a lummox: it means a clumsy oaf.

SKIVER
Skivers and shirkers are one and the same. Someone who manages to duck under any responsibility and loaf around, doing very little, is a skiver. The origins of this particular insult are contested: some think it’s from an Old Norse word—skifa—meaning “slice,” whereby the worker slices off as much work as possible.

MINGER
Often hurled at the opposite sex, to call someone a minger is to say they are objectively unattractive. Though etymologists struggle to agree where the word came from, it seems likely that it stems from the Old Scots word meng, meaning “sh**.” We didn’t say it was pretty.

NINCOMPOOP
For such a colloquial word, nincompoop actually has a very learned past. Samuel Johnson, the compiler of England’s first proper dictionary, claims the word comes from the Latin phrase non compos mentis (“not of right mind”), and was originally a legal term.

PILLOCK
As words are used more regularly, the laziness of pronunciation can often warp them slightly. So it was with pillock. Originally pillicock (a Norwegian slang word for penis), the word has since been condensed to plain old pillock—though its meaning remains.

CLOD HOPPER
According to the brilliant Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, dating back to 1811 and compiled by Captain Francis Grose, a clod hopper refers to a country farmer or ploughman—with the implication nowadays that you’re slow witted and bumbling.

DUNAKER
Grose’s Dictionary of vulgarities is a rich seam of overlooked insults. In the 200 years since it was published, there have been several terms that have fallen out of favor. One of them is dunaker, a common thief of cows and calves.

GIT
By calling someone a git, you’re invoking the old Scots word get, which means “bastard.” When it came down south of the border, it lost its harsh vowel sound and became something softer, albeit with the required spikiness in.

A Workout For Book Nerds

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:31 -0400

harpercollins:

epicreads:

All you need for this workout is a stack of hardcovers and some yarn or rope to tie them together!

Workout #1: The Book Curl

Workout #2: The Book Up

Workout #3: The Brunch (Book Crunch) - Just like brunch this can be done alone or with a friend!

Cool Down

The Epic Reads team rules massively…

Morning stretch 05/16/2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:29:34 -0400

Morning stretch 05/16/2013

flowersgardenlove: *POLYANTHUS ~ ‘Gold Flowers Garden Love

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:37:48 -0400

flowersgardenlove:

*POLYANTHUS ~ ‘Gold Flowers Garden Love

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Thu, 16 May 2013 06:36:50 -0400

Shane Robinson Had To Wipe His Hand, So He Used Pete Kozma's Jersey

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:35:45 -0400

Shane Robinson Had To Wipe His Hand, So He Used Pete Kozma's Jersey:

12in13:

The Cardinals’ dugout had just greeted Matt Carpenter after he scored on Matt Holliday’s double in the bottom of the first. Yeah. We know as much about this as Pete Kozma does.

Pete, my love for you knows no end. ♥

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Thu, 16 May 2013 06:34:03 -0400

redkiteslongnights: That house across the street from the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:33:16 -0400

redkiteslongnights:

That house across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church continues to be awesome.

fuckyeahfeminists: Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:27 -0400

fuckyeahfeminists:

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising the minimum wage.

Costco announced record profits today, averaging $10,000 in profit per employee compared to $7,400 at Walmart.
The secret to Costco’s success is paying employees well, providing benefits, and giving them an opportunity to unionize.

So large corporations’ excuses that treating & paying workers well would damage profits are all a crock of shit.

laughingsquid: How to Make an Existential Emergency Phone

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:39 -0400

laughingsquid:

How to Make an Existential Emergency Phone

msriverblues: tardiscrash: Iron Man has defeated the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:39:56 -0400

msriverblues:

tardiscrash:

Iron Man has defeated the Mandarin.

“Since tasting the sweet tang of justice, villainy has suddenly lost its a-peel”

…And I apologize to no one, for no pun.

inothernews: sportspage: davidfuternick: sbnation: The...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:53:12 -0400

inothernews:

sportspage:

davidfuternick:

sbnation:

The cutest video of the day: Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu playing catch with a young fan.

DEUCE!!!

Dammit, I love baseball.

Take me out to the ballgame. TAKE ME OUT TO THE AWWWWWW.

inothernews: David Horsey / The Los Angeles Times

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:50:50 -0400

inothernews:

David Horsey / The Los Angeles Times