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Bored at work (at Eastside Distilling)

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#mcm #adamdriver #kylorenhasmyheart

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Taking this!!! My birthday gifts continue! Thanks to my lovely wife for getting me my own Link pillow...SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! #HyruleHousehold #itsdangeroustogoalone (at Trenzalore)

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So true. Quite insidious.

How Supernatural fandom takes over tumblr posts with relevant gifs PART 3

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(I work the floor at an independently-owned menswear store. The owner, my boss, spends a lot of time at the shop, and tries to keep prices as low as possible to help our city’s large homeless population get good job interview clothes. A clearly homeless man is wandering around the store. The other patrons are giving him looks.)

Customer: “Excuse me, sir?”

Me: “Yes, ma’am?”

Customer: “I think you may want to call security. That… bum over there, he keeps feeling the suits and muttering to himself. I’m just sure he’s planning to steal one.”

Me: “Well, ma’am, I think that’s quite unlikely.”

Customer: “Oh, come on, you know how they are! I mean, I’d keep an eye on him even if he wasn’t homeless!”

(The homeless man in question happens to be Hispanic.)

Me: “We don’t discriminate here, ma’am.”

Customer: “Well, I’m sure the owner would want to hear about this!”

(I give in and call him over. The customer explains her concerns. As a black man, my boss isn’t happy with her racism, but agrees to talk to the homeless man.)

Owner: “Excuse me, sir, are you finding what you need?”

Homeless Man: “Well, not really. I’m hoping for something versatile in a dark or navy wool, but most of the options in my size are cut American style instead of European, which fits me a little better. Not to mention they’re all pinstriped, which I really don’t have the build for, you know?”

Owner: “I… yes, I understand. I think we may have some options over here, if you’ll follow me. How did you know all that?”

Homeless Man: “Back before I lost my job, I used to be really into this stuff. I’m not looking for anything fancy, just something I can use to look good for a job interview later today.”

(My boss helps him find something he likes, and comes to the counter with him. The suit is priced at $87.)

Homeless Man: *digging in his pockets* “Hang on, I think I’ve got enough.”

Owner: *to me* “Take my card. I’m buying it for him.” *to the homeless man* “Here. The suit’s yours, on one condition. After your interview today, you come back and apply for a job here too. Got it?”

Homeless Man: “I… oh my God, thank you. Thank you so much.”

(Two years later, that formerly-homeless man is my manager, and has a little girl with his new wife—the owner’s sister.)

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Lucky No. 7! #HogwartsExpress #KingsCrossToHogsmeade (at Platform 9 3/4)

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Just you and I again, old friend. #BackpackBestie4Life #14YearsAndStillGoing #ThanksGAP (at Amtrak Cascades)

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Not sure how that's comfortable...#AsYouWish #PrincessZeldaKitty (at Trenzalore)

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at Trenzalore

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We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.

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Helene Stanley dancing for Marc Davis and other animators for Sleeping Beauty. See the video here.

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Beautiful cosplay!

Finally uploading my Moiraine Damodred cosplay from JordanCon 2015 in Atlanta, GA… aka, one of the best weekends of my life!

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I think that queer readers have trouble escaping into a world that doesn’t include queer characters, because we know that we wouldn’t be welcome there. In fact, SFF that create worlds without queer characters seem to suggest that we wouldn’t even be able to exist there: our existence is not conceivable in the context we are given. When we read a story that doesn’t include queer people, a world that doesn’t include queer characters, it comes with the nagging message You don’t belong here. Whether it’s a horrific dystopia or a silly space romp, that implication makes it difficult to “escape”, because the truth is, we’re already all too familiar with that sentiment.

“Why We Need Queer Escapist Lit” at The Lesbrary (via fuckyeahlesbianliterature)

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A thousand years or more ago, When I was newly sewn, There lived four wizards of renown, Whose names are still well known;

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Yeah...be jealous! #HappyFathersDay #BestWifey (at Trenzalore)

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What did I do with my Pride Weekend? Why, I stayed in and sang to a pizza of course! (at Trenzalore)

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I love my new coasters! #BestMomEver (at Trenzalore)