Posts I like
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What’s that? Who finished off the bowl of fresh strawberries from Mother’s Day dessert, and started to put the bowl in the sink but instead decided...
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Randomly ran into a friend from Japan at Powell BART. He give me expired film :D (Taken with instagram)
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This lovley lady is a finalist on Hoop Idol and i think we should show her some love. She is showing that curvy girls can hoop too!
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Summer Of ‘69
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“Don’t tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.”— Qiu Jin (1875-1907), feminist revolutionary of Qing China (via jesuisuneetoile)
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Health At Every Size
These women are all have BMIs considered to be “overweight” or “obese”. These pictures go to show...
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writing with my phoenix.
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In all my fatkini wearing, hooping, river rat glory. (Taken with Instagram at Russian River)
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Let’s be very clear about this: Cards Against Humanity was by far the most frequently played tabletop game at PAX East. You couldn’t...
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UFYH: My kid's room edition
So a few days ago there was an ask about keeping things unfucked with a two year-old around. Ah flashbacks to that
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Code anyway.
Earlier this week, Jeff Atwood published a blog post in which he railed against the “learn to code” trend. Jeff’s usually on-target with his posted thoughts, and his blog “Coding Horror” is an awesome resource, so I won’t bother picking on his obvious bits of tongue-in-cheek hyperbole. Even with that allowance, the post is still wrong, for at least two reasons.
No, seriously. Everyone should know the basics of coding, like we know the basics of math, even if we “never use it.”
If you’ve never coded before, or if it’s been a long time, and want a super easy, super friendly, no-barrier-to-entry way of getting the basics, check out Code Academy!
So I co-edit this awesome little online journal called Devilfish Review. We’re working on our second issue right now, but it’s missing something. A few things. We want more stories to read! (What can I say? We’re greedy that way.) Do you have a short story kicking around? Ever thought that you’d…
My friend Bubbles edits an awesome literary fiction journal that I think is fantastic. If you have a story (literary, fantasy, macabre, horror, scifi, etc) knocking around, I think this would be a lovely place to submit.
“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”
Maurice Sendak (via maxistentialist)
(via maxistentialist)
Chiles Rellanos, click through for recipe. (This ‘put the batter in the pan’ method seems like cheating to me, but omg it worked so well!)
Stuffed with homemade refried beans and jack cheese.
But choosing to eat meat absolutely makes you a bad person.
Like, without question. Just a total shithead.
I’m going to go finish that left-over steak from…
I have wondered this for decades: Cow meat is called beef. Pig meat is called pork. Deer meat is called venison. Sheep meat is called mutton.
What’s human meat called?
The thing is, I love him, Comic Sans and all
J:: ADRI ADRI ADRI
Me:: Is capslock how you feel inside?
J:: No
J:: Comic Sans
Me:: ...
J:: Don't act all surprised
new developments
allikazoo:
http://www.taskrabbit.com/ is in San Antonio now. I had a TR help me pack for my last move, and it was a) helpful, b) not that expensive. I had him bring boxes, too, as part of the task.