Life begins at 40

9 November 09

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hortenseg:

“Substitutiary Locomotion,” Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

This has been my psych up song since probably 1987. I listen to this whenever I’m exhausted, sick, or slightly down in the dumps, and suddenly I feel a million times better.

I don’t really trust anyone who doesn’t believe in the powers of Treguna, Mekoides, and Trecorum Satis Dee.

“They were in me book the whole time. Nobody nevers asks me nothin’” - Paul (I’m totally paraphrasing that - I can’t find the exact quote)

Posted: 12:50 PM

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Gas station kitsch: a dispensor for bags to pick up dog poop. Note the bag exiting the back and the squinty expression of the dog.

Posted: 11:29 AM

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Shasta (my contribution to the kitty klatsch)

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mabelmoments:

In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa’s most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

W. Africa’s last giraffes make surprising comeback

8 November 09

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Love & Radiation

Pssst…

Posted: 7:58 PM

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“ You think abortion is wrong? Don’t have one. I think killing people is wrong, so I’m not in the army. My tax dollars still go to fund it, though (in fact about 21 cents of each of my tax dollars). My tax dollars also go to keep prisoners on death row even though I think the death penalty is morally wrong. My tax dollars fund Guantanamo and Bagram, extraordinary rendition, and Jim DeMint’s salary, all of which I find disgusting. So why is abortion, a legal medical procedure, so remarkably different that we have to go overboard making sure tax dollars don’t fund it?

— GlobalComment » Hey Stupak, women’s bodies are not bargaining chips, by the kickassed Sarah Jaffe (via pcquotes) (via novazembla) (via thesmarttart)

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“ At what age do you tell a highway that it was adopted?

— Zach Galifianakis (via kimbrulee) (via noonish)

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noonish:

instant-noodles:

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oasi:

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I'm almost 30, man. I need to get my shit together.

subjecttomeg:

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I’m over 30. I should probs get on that, too.

I’m 41 and I’m still working on it. Granted, I had a long academic delay. But really, that’s no excuse either. Which brings up the point of: when is your shit together enough to be considered together? When it does get together, are there fireworks or something?

That bit of sarcasm isn’t meant to be mean. Really, the longer you go through life realizing you aren’t going through it to whatever standards of “shit togetherness” you have deemed okay, you realize that maybe the standards aren’t super realistic. Yes, there are things you can definitely improve on. However, things may not ever get to the rosy, magical place you’ve always thought of, but there may be small areas of improvement that aren’t really noticeable until later.

(disclaimer - my own thoughts about me)

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Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh