this is ryan

therealnightcrawler: These things didn’t happen, but this...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:36:19 -0800

therealnightcrawler:

These things didn’t happen, but this artist must have stalked me growing up. That’s how I looked!

Well played.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:35:57 -0800

Well played.

"The Franco-Swiss border runs through the CERN campus and building 31 is literally just a few feet..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:43:53 -0800

“The Franco-Swiss border runs through the CERN campus and building 31 is literally just a few feet into France. However, there is no explicit border within CERN and the main entrance is in Switzerland, so the situation of which country it was invented in is actually quite a tricky one. The current commemorative plaque, which is outside a row of offices where people other than Tim Berners-Lee worked on the web, is in Switzerland. To add to the confusion, in case Tim thought of the web at home, his home was in France but he temporarily moved to rented accommodation in Switzerland, just around the time the web was developed. So although, strictly speaking, France is the birthplace of the web it would be fair to say that it happened in building 31 at CERN but not in any particular country! How delightfully appropriate for an invention which breaks down physical borders.”

- The web was invented in France, not Switzerland

"Romney wins 39% of the 2% of Maine Republicans who voted, 194 votes more than the next guy. The..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:03:20 -0800

“Romney wins 39% of the 2% of Maine Republicans who voted, 194 votes more than the next guy. The Romney colossus cannot be stopped.”

- GP (via vulgartrader)

A deputy from the Communist Party, Giorgos Mavrikos, threw his...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:15 -0800

A deputy from the Communist Party, Giorgos Mavrikos, threw his copy of the austerity bill at Evangelos Venizelos, the finance minister, during the debate on Sunday.

I know I read a lot of Krugman, but seriously? How is a slowdown in government spending supposed to revitalize the economy? We’ve given markets a chance for a long time and it HASN’T WORKED. We gave bankers as close to free-market power as they’ll ever get without dismantling the government and THEY DID NOTHING BUT FUCK PEOPLE. How does anyone continue to believe that gov’t spending is the problem?

ultralaser: he’s always turning to me at the store and saying...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:28:43 -0800

ultralaser:

he’s always turning to me at the store and saying ‘tell me not to buy this’ and i’m both a bargain hunter //and// an asshole, so i’m always ‘you should buy this right now’. he nearly didn’t buy that hat, until i reminded him of the other hat he didn’t buy last year and still regrets. so he bought it and five seconds later it was his favorite.

TWIN POWERS ACTIVATE. FORM OF: FIST BUMP.

this is ryan

I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show, but I...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:40 -0800

I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show, but I really want to thank everyone who’s supporting me. And if you don’t know me very well, if you’re just watching maybe for the first time, or you’re just getting to know me, I wanna be clear and here are the values that I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated, and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for. (x)

"The number of unemployed persons declined to 12.8 million in January [2012]. The number of..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:33:25 -0800

“The number of unemployed persons declined to 12.8 million in January [2012]. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 5.5 million and accounted for 42.9 percent of the unemployed.”

- Burea of Labor Statistics’ January 2012 Employment Situation Summary.

I know the numbers are trending upwards and this is a potentially good sign. But if nearly half the unemployed are long-term unemployed, THIS IS BAD. Mitt Romney, the safety net needs fixing.

louobedlam: Randi’s a special challenge, see. Greatly involved...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:24 -0800

louobedlam:

Randi’s a special challenge, see. Greatly involved in SuicideGirls, she’s been photographed a whole shit ton, lots of photographers, lots of different styles.

So that’s something to work against.

But those photos also almost always tend to be nude, which actually makes things a bit easier for me. I tend to view nudity as a distraction in photos, my feeling these days is that it’s easier to shoot a nude, that, like a Polaroid frame around your photos, using nudity in your work guarantees a certain amount of attention. Bit of a shortcut. There are gonna be people who dig it just because there’s nudity, regardless of quality.

Much more interesting to me, with Randi, is getting something interesting, involving, without using nudity, by putting her in what is, in a way, a less comfortable kind of shoot, if only because she’s dressed.

Though, Randi’s always comfortable, it’s one of the reasons I really dig shooting her. She’s quickly comfortable and gets a real kick out of being involved in photography, which is pretty much exactly what I need from the lady I’m shooting.

DOUBLE TRUE

louobedlam: Randi, 1.30.12 RANDI + LOU O’BEDLAM: TWO...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:58:09 -0800

louobedlam:

Randi, 1.30.12

RANDI + LOU O’BEDLAM: TWO GREAT TASTES THAT TASTE GREAT TOGETHER

Photo

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:55:56 -0800

Bubble Fantasy III (by Huen *)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:34:52 -0800

Bubble Fantasy III (by Huen *)

(via Wings of Sirus by ~someday-evermore on deviantART)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:41 -0800

(via Wings of Sirus by ~someday-evermore on deviantART)

benedictusantonius: How do you compare to Mitt Romney? Click...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:55 -0800

benedictusantonius:

How do you compare to Mitt Romney? Click the image to find out.

Simply Baked Crack two eggs in a small, ovenproof ramekin. Top...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:36 -0800

Simply Baked
Crack two eggs in a small, ovenproof ramekin. Top with finely chopped vegetables and a splash of whole milk or half-and-half. Bake until whites are set but yolks are still runny enough for dipping. “Choose whole-grain toast to make this a perfectly balanced vegetarian meal,” recommends Lainie Cooper, a Denver-based nutritionist. (via The 20 Best Ways to Use Eggs Slideshow | LIVESTRONG.COM)

"The Paleo diet is a gluten-free, grain-free, legume-free, dairy-free and sugar-free diet. The foods..."

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:47 -0800

“The Paleo diet is a gluten-free, grain-free, legume-free, dairy-free and sugar-free diet. The foods that constitute the foundation of the Paleo diet are lean proteins, from free-range eggs, free-range chicken, wild-caught fish and seafood and grass-fed meat, as well as seasonal vegetables and fruits and healthy fats from avocado, coconut oil, olive oil and nuts and seeds. The Paleo way of eating is high in nutrients, antioxidants and omega-3 fats, while being low in carbohydrate, moderate in protein and high in fat.”

- The Paleo Diet And Coffee | LIVESTRONG.COM

LIGHTS by Ellie Goulding* *who is my latest favorite shitty...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:58:14 -0800

LIGHTS by Ellie Goulding*

*who is my latest favorite shitty pop musician

retrostarwars: Artoo hacks into ENIAC as Threepio looks on

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:41:08 -0800

retrostarwars:

Artoo hacks into ENIAC as Threepio looks on

1863-project: Biggs Darklighter closes out the ‘Dead Rebel...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:25 -0800

1863-project:

Biggs Darklighter closes out the ‘Dead Rebel Pilots’ page in my sketchbook.

thedailywhat: The Bitter Taste Of One’s Own Medicine of the...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:37:29 -0800

thedailywhat:

The Bitter Taste Of One’s Own Medicine of the Day: The Tennessee state senator who sponsored the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill — which aims to prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in the classroom — was refused service at a Knoxville restaurant because of his anti-gay views.

“I hope that [Stacey] Campfield now knows what it feels like to be unfairly [discriminated] against,” The Bistro at the Bijou wrote on their Facebook page.

Reached for comment, Sen. Campfield, who just days ago defended his assertion that it is “virtually impossible” to contract AIDS “through heterosexual sex,” confirmed he was kicked out, saying “I went in there and the lady started calling me names and wouldn’t serve me.”

According to Campfield, the hostess called him a homophobe and accused him of hating homosexuals. “In my business I do rental properties and I’ve rented to homosexuals, mixed-race couples, black couples,” countered Campfield.

He believes the restaurant treated him unfairly. “If you don’t think the way certain people think, then they think you don’t have a right to be served,” he told Buzzfeed.

People denying other people rights simply because they have a different worldview? I agree, Senator. That’s unacceptable.

[buzzfeed / facebook / photo: ap via comapp.]

A private business can choose who to serve. You don’t have a right to service just because you want it.

Kids in public school, on the other hand, do have a right to unbiased education that prepares them for the real world. And the government does not have the right to discriminate, no matter how much individual members of the government may dislike some of this nation’s citizens.