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new favorite thing is inserting ‘literally’ into lines from famous political speeches:

“This is a date which will literally live in infamy” “Mr. Gorbachev, literally tear down this wall” “Give me liberty or literally give me death” “I literally have a dream”

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Aaron Rodgers is a proud resident of the State of Wisconsin | Post Game Press Conference (GB @ SF, 10/4/15)

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*casually poses for picture*

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Blue/Gansey- The Lovers

The lovers represents choice and change. It often means the coming of a difficult decision, temptation of the heart, and potential personal sacrifice. It also symbolizes deep dedication in maters of romance, family, and friendship. 

Commissioned by Glitterings. 

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Last Week Tonight s02e29 

“But if we’re going to constantly use mentally ill people to dodge conversations about gun control, then the very least we owe them is a fucking plan.”

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“i don’t judge people based on race, creed, color or gender. i judge people based on spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.”

i hate to burst your pretentious little bubble, but linguistic prejudice is inextricably tied to racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, and ableism.

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#Ask_Gaza | Episode 4: Do You Hate Jews?

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Unicorn on a Roll: more comics in the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes

The first collection starring Phoebe and her unicorn friend Marigold Heavenly Nostrils was the strongest new syndicated strip I’d read in years; with Unicorn on a Roll, Dana Simpson demonstrates that she’s got plenty more where that came from.

It alarms me to think that I almost skipped this series. The publisher sent me the first book and I stuck it in my daughter’s room, thinking we’d try it at bedtime. But it got shelved, and then every time I looked at the spine, I thought, “gah, not more dainty-girly stuff” and pass it over.

But my daughter rescued it (and me) because she’s smarter than her old man. By the time I noticed that she was reading it to herself, she was basically finished with it, but wanted me to re-read it to her at bedtime. Dubiously, I picked it up and started reading, and in seconds, I knew she’d found a winner.

Phoebe isn’t just a female successor to Calvin – I think I like her better than Calvin. Like Calvin, she’s precocious and funny and has this amazing imaginative internal life. But unlike Calvin, she’s not a jerk to kids of the opposite sex, and she’s introspective in a way that’s healthy without being mopey (and is the source of a lot of sweet humor that adults and kids can both enjoy).

Book two starts a year after Phoebe meets Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, freeing her from paralysis brought on by being unable to look away from the beauty of her own reflection (unicorns, right?). In that time, Phoebe’s parents and frenemies have come to grips with her new invisible (usually) friend, who can project a field of uninterestingness that allows her to mix with humans with impunity.

Phoebe is growing as a character (another satisfying departure from the usual kids’ comic formula), as is evidenced by the first major plot-arc of the book: her decision to free Marigold Heavenly Nostrils from her duty to be Phoebe’s best friend (naturally, Marigold rewards her by sticking around of her own free will). The amazing thing is that this piece of relatively moral philosophy manages to pull off a bunch of extremely funny gags in several modes – some aimed square at the grownups, some at the kids, and plenty that both can enjoy.

The book is a perfect mix of ongoing stories – largely about Phoebe’s relationship with her rival/pal Dakota, and Max, the boy she’s friends with and who acts as a kind of foil for her strongest characteristics – and one-off gags about things like nose-picking, rainbows, generation-gaps with parents, and how awesomely cool a unicorn looks on roller-skates (hence the title).

The ongoing stories – Marigold falls in love with a unicorn so humble he won’t let anyone see him lest he be admired; Phoebe competes with Dakota for a part in the fourth grade play; the other unicorns summon Marigold for an intervention to get her to unfriend Phoebe – cover some heavy ground, but always with a sprightly touch, and never without great comedy.

In case there’s any doubt: I plainly love this strip, and I love the books. The short intros (the first by Peter “Last Unicorn” Beagle; this one by My Little Pony rebooter/creator Lauren Faust) make it clear that there are plenty of others who can’t get enough of Phoebe and Marigold. And the aftermatter – glittery unicorn poo cookies recipes and tutorials for drawing Phoebe and Marigold – are great, too.

Unicorn on a Roll [Dana Simpson/Amp]

Previously: Heavenly Nostrils: If Hobbes was a snarky unicorn and Calvin was an awesome little girl

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vancity604778kid:

holy-crap-someone-finally:

ultrafacts:

To get around prohibition, people sold bricks of grape concentration that came with a ‘warning’ teaching people how to make wine.

(Fact Source) Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

“Yeah, guys, you totally shouldn’t mix this stuff together and add some water ‘cause you’d get wine and it’d definitely be bad if that happened”

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cybercum:

if a number is not divisible by 5 or 2 i get very uncomfortable

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The year is 2015, and you still have to explain to adult men AND women that there’s no such thing as a “tight” or “loose” vagina, because it’s a muscle that expands and contracts depending on a variety of reasons. Or that a woman does not pee out of her vagina. Or that reaching an orgasm during sexual assault does not mean the person enjoyed it. Or that abortion is not the destruction of a fetus, but is of a clump of cells. That the length of a penis has NO relevance to the ability to preform well sexually, since the average vagina is only 3-4 inches long. That pubic hair is not unsanitary or gross, it actually helps protect the sex organs against bacteria, and shaving actually increases chance of infection, abscesses and rashes. But no, we don’t need comprehensive sex ed in America, we’re doing fine!

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Ok so I have to talk about how excited I am about this book. It’s an upcoming children’s novel called George, written by genderqueer author Alex Gino. It’s about a little trans girl who wants the world to see her for who she is.

I’ve poked around the author’s website and was really pleased by what I found and this looks like it could be a terrific read. You can pre order it at alexgino.com (which I am about to do right now) but if you can’t afford an expensive hardback bother your rich friends to get a copy or something idk in any case this looks exciting and I want people to know about it