Watch U Doin?
Thinkin’ about makin’ a billion. U?
Just Chillin’
That’s going to result in an audit. Just a guess.Is this the best way to share your feelings? Yes. Yes, it is.
Philadelphia Eagles guard Evan Mathis responds to the recent IRS scandal by urinating (or fake urinating) on an IRS sign. This is how you change the world, people.
Mr. Obama also expresses exasperation. In private, he has talked longingly of “going Bulworth,” a reference to a little-remembered 1998 Warren Beatty movie about a senator who risked it all to say what he really thought.
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“going Bulworth” (via nedhepburn) DO IT. DO IT. DO IT. (via apoplecticskeptic) Hmm, using Warren Beatty movies from the 90’s as inspiration seems like a bit of a shaky premise to me. Never mind that Bulworth was having an affair, right? Yeesh, doesn’t exactly conjure up images of Roosevelt’s fireside chats, but maybe if he just starts lighting up in public & makes a rap video, this whole “going Bulworth” strategy will have some legs. Then again, IT WAS A BEATTY MOVIE FROM THE 90’s!!! |
An inadequate amount of sleep & already on coffee number three? Good, we’re in the same boat this morning. I’m shifting gears & going with 90 minutes of Flaming Lips.
I know a girl who reminds me of Cher…
She’s always changing,
The color of her hair…
She don’t use nothing,
That ya buy at the store…
She likes her hair to be real orange,
She uses tangerines…
(nsfw, but maybe it is, all depends)
howto-kissdistinctly-american:
*Standing ovation* Bravo!Marble torso of Eros, Roman, imperial period, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Perfect Tumblr idea is perfect.
The Justice Department is pursuing at least two major press investigations, including one believed to be focused on David Sanger’s reporting in a book and in The Times on an American-Israeli effort to sabotage Iranian nuclear works. These tactics will not scare us off, or The A.P., but they could reveal sources on other stories and frighten confidential contacts vital to coverage of government.
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The New York Times lashes out against the secret DOJ dragnet of AP phone and email records, saying that the Obama administration has “a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers.” (via thepoliticalnotebook) For more than 30 years, the news media and the government have used a well-honed system to balance the government’s need to pursue criminals or national security breaches with the media’s constitutional right to inform the public. This action against The A.P., as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press outlined in a letter to Mr. Holder, “calls into question the very integrity” of the administration’s policy toward the press. Ouch. |
Reaction to Canada’s announcement that they have banned all adult men from wearing hockey sweaters in public…
TYRION KILLED HIS MOTHER (just wait until he kills XXXXX. Then XXXXXXX XXX will be ruined, too!)SANSA, ARYA, RICKON, AND BRAN HAVEN’T SEEN THEIR MOTHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF GAME OF THRONES HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY
JON SNOW DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A MOM
Mother’s Day 2013
My Mom passed away at home, but under hospice care, on May 12th of ‘10, a few days after Mother’s Day of that year. I went down to Florida to spend that weekend with her, before having to head out on a long business trip. She was in her final days of battling Alzheimer’s, so I have no idea if she knew I was there, nor did I realize it would be the last day I would see her.
I remember getting the call from my Dad that she had passed. It’s almost impossible to describe the feeling that you experience, having one parent tell you the other is gone. The air in the room seems to disappear for a few moments, then the grief envelops you. In my case, it was my Dad & I —two Irish-Catholic men who are not exactly shining examples of how to be open books when it comes to sharing emotions— attempting to comfort the other in a moment of profound loss. In some way, I think it greatly comforted us both. That for the amount of time we were on the phone, we were able to focus on trying to make the other realize how fortunate we had been to have her in our lives for as long as we did.
That this is both Mother’s Day & the 3rd anniversary of her death, it makes today an emotional one, probably tougher than any day since those first ones after her passing. It did compel me to write this. Maybe as a coping mechanism, which seems silly, but even if it can serve as a reminder to anyone that reads this to make sure you pick up a phone or, if lucky enough, visit with your Mom, it serves an important, less selfish, purpose.
You see, your Mom will certainly appreciate any effort you make today, that goes without saying, but even more so, maybe it will make those days after she is gone a little easier for the future you.
