January 2011
theoutlawoasis replied to your post: blarg i want drrrruuuuuuuuggzzzzzzzz
You don’t need them! Even the drug dealers are celebrating the holiday. Go drink beer instead.
You must be new. I’m a recovering alcoholic.
blarg i want drrrruuuuuuuuggzzzzzzzz
December 2010
anybody know of an affordable sober new years party in chi town? Or does anybody else in recovery want to get together and celebrate?
“We all have feelings and we all like to fuck. How that looks is going to be...”
– Samhita, at Feministing (via melissa)
Yes, but I think it’s important to remember and include asexual individuals.
a nice woman on the bus just informed me i still had the tag on my jacket. Oh today’s going to be just great.
A familiar sequence of events
[Two days ago]
Friend: Could you copy edit these things for me?
Me: Sure! I’d be glad to!
[Tonight]
Me, to self: Why do I agree to do anything ever?
“President Mahmoud Abbas is traveling to Brazil, where he will preside over a...”
– VOA | Abbas Heads to Brazil to Launch New Palestinian Embassy
Healing Sakina: Micro(macro)aggressions →
I speak out of direct and particular anger at an academic conference, and a white woman says, “Tell me how you feel but don’t say it too harshly or I cannot hear you.” But is it my manner that keeps her from hearing, or the threat of a message that her life may change?
The Women’s Studies Program of a southern university invites a Black woman to read following a week-long forum on Black...
Ivory Coast's newly appointed ambassador to the UN... →
In a TV interview, Youssoufou Bamba said there had been large scale violation of human rights as a result of the ongoing political unrest.
Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to step down despite his rival, Alassane Ouattara, being internationally accepted as the presidential election winner.
The UN has accused state media of inciting hatred against it.
Mr Bamba, who was appointed by Mr Ouattara,...
“I spend most of my life confused and horny. I thought that’s what was meant by...”
– Ross (via pegobry)
GPOYW: Text-based edition
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Gays, military, don't ask, don't tell: The rise of... →
In which Jonah Goldberg discovers the irony of gays wanting to marry and join the military and is SHOCKED.
Two decades ago, the gay left wanted to smash the bourgeois prisons of monogamy, capitalistic enterprise and patriotic values and bask in the warm sun of bohemian “free love.” And avant-garde values. […] The gay experiment with open bohemianism was arguably shorter. Of...
Aishwarya Rai may sue Elle India for whitening her... →
bollywoodsuperstar:
also see this.
“When questioned on this, the magazine claimed that it had not whitened the Academy Award-nominated actress’s skin any more than those of the other models (white) clicked along with her.”
They don’t see race. Everybody needs to be equally whiter.
“Some lawmakers, like State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), support the idea, a...”
– Quinn wants to borrow billions - Chicago Sun-Times
Hey Quinn, please stop making me agree with Republicans.
Okay, time to get some work done.
It is frustrating that Republicans refuse to admit that cutting government spending will cause people to lose their jobs. That waste in government has to end up in somebody’s pocket.
“Like many Republicans, Sen.-elect Mark Steven Kirk, R-Ill., vigorously opposes...”
– Lawmakers eschew earmarks, but still lobby agencies to fund pet projects (12/29/10) — GovExec.com
starsgowaltzing-deactivated2012 asked: That's the saddest thing I've heard all day, Danny.
terlesa asked: Your penis is so cute!
brocasarea asked: you live in chicago? I live in chicago. Sports fan?
HRC Accidentally Reveals Strategy To Finally Pass... →
bollywoodsuperstar:
projectqueer:
Since repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was a seventeen-year breeze, the Human Rights Campaign indicates it plans to mimic that strategy when it comes to passing other LGBT equality legislation, like the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Which has also been … a breeze!
Speaking in one of his regular noxious soundbites, HRC chief flack Fred Sainz says,
“If...
I don’t know what to do about it but god damn I am tired of people yelling at each other about rape.
Yes, yes, I am also tired of people raping one another, which is the root cause of all the yelling, but fuck, I’d like to go a day without hearing about a case.
“Dear visitors to Philadelphia, there are good reasons for those ‘no...”
– Eschaton | ‘Tis The Season to Hate Everyone
Adding my own cyclist pet peeve. If you are going the wrong way down a one way street I will not be looking in that direction to see if you are coming.
“Do officers really believe all these women may have been victims? I put the...”
– A brutal but vital approach - latimes.com
“Chicago mayoral hopeful Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) shot a warning on Tuesday...”
– Bill Clinton, to stump for Rahm Emanuel, warned by Danny Davis: Stay out of Chicago mayor race - Lynn Sweet
The next couple months are going to be deliciously vicious.
“At one point, 50% of the CD’s produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it. We were...”
– Jan Brandt, former AOL CMO (via parislemon)
dead media stays dead; new media dies dead soon
(media never die, these are all jokes)
bipolar-angel-deactivated201012 asked: wut are ure fav cartoons?..if u watch them
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“Raw sewage was leaking into the Kankakee River at a rate of 100 gallons per...”
– Update: Raw sewage is going into Kankakee River after explosion - The Daily Journal
How Not to Wreck a Nonstick Pan - NYTimes.com →
In which the internet informs us that whatever we do, we’re doing it wrong.
bipolar-angel-deactivated201012 asked: wut are ure fav cartoons?..if u watch them
“Unsolicited advice from loved ones can be especially threatening, because of our...”
– Unsolicited Advice: I Hate It, You Hate It, and so Do Your Kids | Psychology Today (via notemily)
The enemies in super mario bros wii dance to the music. I love this game.