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eatcakey: ovaries on kaboom

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:55:58 -0400

**ovaries on kaboom**

Comedians Salute the Stand-Up Comedy Classic Bill Cosby: Himself: Humor: GQ

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33:47 -0400

Comedians Salute the Stand-Up Comedy Classic Bill Cosby: Himself: Humor: GQ:

Comedians celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the greatest stand-up concert ever

There’s literally nothing like successful people honestly heaping praise on a predecessor that they admire. I can’t get enough of things like this.

brianmichaelbendis: Spider-Man by John Romita Jr.

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:37 -0400

brianmichaelbendis:

Spider-Man by John Romita Jr.

Here is an excerpt from a piece from OTL celebrating...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:55 -0400

Here is an excerpt from a piece from OTL celebrating Jordan’s 50th birthday:

“I study him,” he says.

When LeBron goes right, he usually drives; when he goes left, he usually shoots a jumper. It has to do with his mechanics and how he loads the ball for release. “So if I have to guard him,” Jordan says, “I’m gonna push him left so nine times out of 10, he’s gonna shoot a jump shot. If he goes right, he’s going to the hole and I can’t stop him. So I ain’t letting him go right.”

For the rest of the game, when LeBron gets the ball and starts his move, Jordan will call out some variation of “drive” or “shoot.” It’s not just LeBron. He sees fouls the officials miss, and the replays prove him right. When someone shoots, he knows immediately whether it’s going in. He calls out what guys are going to do before they do it, more plugged into the flow of the game than some of the players on the court. He’s answering texts, buried in his phone, when the play-by-play guy announces a LeBron jump shot. Without looking up, Jordan says, “Left?”

internet-savvy: northwestastronaut206: hellaprogressive: THE...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:57:23 -0400

internet-savvy:

northwestastronaut206:

hellaprogressive:

THE BASEDGOD’S CURSE STILL HAUNTS KEVIN DURANT

Lmao

lolololololo

im ded

Okay, this is funny.

The lucky ones live to see winter. Yet I’m not sure if I want to. It is where a lack of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:12 -0400

The lucky ones live to see winter.

Yet I’m not sure if I want to. It is where a lack of preparation, or waste of resources tend to catch up to you. Bones ache, body struggles, medications pile up and counteract just so you can almost feel like normal. You lose control of your bladder more often than you’d like to admit, and your memory might be slowly sliding away.

When I go home to visit my parents I see my father. He trudges through the snow of life struggling with the early stages of dementia. When I see him I see a prideful man who won’t admit the weakness that has touched his brain. When I see him I see myself. He tells me all that he remembers even when I have to remind him. He shows me his finished page of Sudoku and I ignore the wrong answers. Our conversations are more about how good he is despite his age, and I don’t contradict because I feel I owe it to him.

I feel I owe it to him because I haven’t been a good son. I never appreciated him. I took him for granted. I didn’t understand what he went through working doubles and triples at the steel mill. How he provided for seven children (including two from my mother’s prior marriage) and came home and took care of the house. He would complain, he would fuss, and we couldn’t communicate. Emotions were out of the question. The conversations fathers and sons should have were never broached. We talked sports. We shared a roof but we never really knew one another.

When the dementia first showed up it was sudden. After receiving radiation treatment for his prostate cancer he became someone else. He became confrontative. His actions were erratic. He would tell me about his relationships he had with women before he met my Mother. He even told her in the form of a boast. We couldn’t control him and we didn’t know what he would do next. So he was placed in a retirement home.

The months he was locked away in there were depressing. I didn’t know how much I appreciated him until he was gone. I made the long drive on the back roads from Coatesville to Pocopson to visit. As soon as I arrived I was confronted with questions of why other people weren’t visiting. I took him out to eat, and for the first time we talked. When I left he broke down and cried. It was the first time I saw him like that. We never talked about emotions but he cried wanting to contact his wife.

He didn’t belong there. He wasn’t the same as before but he didn’t deserve to be locked away. I felt cold when I left him. I felt even colder when I realized only two of the seven siblings were making the trek.

It took time to convince her to get him out of there. My Mother’s will is as strong as the grudges she holds, but finally she forgave him after we got through to her. She brought him home.

But it’s still the winter, and things have changed. He clutches onto his pride and refuses to admit the facts because he is rankled with fear. Fear of going back. Fear that we’ll leave him somewhere to die.

So now he refuses to acknowledge his memory troubles, and his bowel troubles. Most times he refuses to leave the house. When you meet him he’s more likely to tell you about how good he is for his age than admit the truth. And everyone just nods and agrees, because that’s what you do.

I see him, and at moments when we talk sports it’s like he’s the same. But it never lasts. And it’s in those fleeting moments that I’m struck with fear of being left alone

Especially in the winter.

captainfuck: Squirtle Gang Kill Them All

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:09:21 -0400

captainfuck:

Squirtle Gang Kill Them All

"Vince, come up with a good character, tell the story, and keep the audience engaged. Themes are for..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:22:44 -0400

““Vince, come up with a good character, tell the story, and keep the audience engaged. Themes are for professors with patches on their elbows.””

- Michael Mann to Vince Gilligan

nickholmes: This may be the filthiest thing I have ever...

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:52:32 -0400

nickholmes:

This may be the filthiest thing I have ever seen.

Actually, Jason Collins Isn't the First Openly Gay Man in a Major Pro Sport

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:39:18 -0400

Actually, Jason Collins Isn't the First Openly Gay Man in a Major Pro Sport:

Major-league baseball player Glenn Burke was comfortably out to his teammates and friends in 1976

periscopestudio: A Hawkguy convention sketch by @Steve_Lieber,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:39:54 -0400

periscopestudio:

A Hawkguy convention sketch by @Steve_Lieber, colored in @MangaStudio 5.

stevelieber:

I drew a sketch of Hawkeye and Pizza Dog at the Stumptown Comics Fest, and used it to play around with the coloring tools in Manga Studio 5. Here’s the result.

The original art might still be available at Periscope Studio’s Etsy store.

Slow Motion Animatronics: RIP Patrice O'Neal - The Black Phillip Archives

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:53:20 -0400

Slow Motion Animatronics: RIP Patrice O'Neal - The Black Phillip Archives:

coates:

No matter who you are there’s that one celebrity death that hits you in a way you weren’t ready for. It could’ve been because of their talent, their age, the fact that they didn’t reach the peaks you foresaw for them, or any multitude of reasons. Regardless of the reasons for the sorrow is…

Figured I’d reblog this for anyone who hasn’t seen, or didn’t know about, Patrice O’Neal’s short lived radio show.

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:31:30 -0400

sunsetgun: Suge Knight when he played for the Los Angeles Rams...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:41:36 -0400

sunsetgun:

Suge Knight when he played for the Los Angeles Rams during the 1987 NFL players’ strike. He played two games.

Masked Identity Politics

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:25:12 -0400

Masked Identity Politics:

A purple-skinned alien hurtles across the cosmos, bearing a ring that grants its wearer unimaginable power. The alien is mortally wounded, and the ring is seeking its next wearer — the Green Lantern,

Everything is entertainment. If you disagree go back and re-read your twitter timelines. People...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:10:31 -0400

Everything is entertainment. If you disagree go back and re-read your twitter timelines. People watched, people talked, people shared theories and people responded to coverage in ways that are similar to what you’d get during an episode of Scandal.

It’s one thing to follow a story to stay abreast but this was followed for all of the wrong reasons. And people stayed up for hours longer than they should have just to add a few extra comments. To make assumptions, to sully names, to make actions that were potentially damaging to the work done by authorities.

People laughed at CNN’s series of errors but continued to do the same thing. No attention was paid to the damage that could be done to assume that a person missing for months was part of a terror plot. It’s not just twitter. It’s bigger than that.

People were so quick to pat themselves on the back. I’ve seen claims of “twitter changed the world,” and “reddit changed the media” but all I see is a bunch of irresponsibility in an environment that is eager to grab the popcorn as they watch enthralled.

Many people who suffered due to the events of this past week will never be the same. Some lost a loved one, some were severely wounded in the blasts, and many others will quite possibly carry some form of PTSD. Us? We got this story as we sit around primed for the next one. Just ready to jump to the next conclusion. To tweet out things we shouldn’t be privy to. To act before thinking because that damned tweet button is way too close to the initial formation of the thought.

At one point it was the 24 hours news cycle that would keep these stories floating even when nothing was happening. But now the wheel is turned by the audience who wants to know what’s next. What’s the next plot point? Who will be the big reveal? It’s almost as if it’s not life, even if we know it is. The tail has begun to wag the dog and I’m not sure if it will ever stop.

Where War of the Worlds was fiction read over the air as reality we now follow reality as if it’s fiction. One was a gag, but this one will never stop bothering me.

And this is only the beginning.

Kobe and Yeezy together is just so great. Especially after this...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:22:29 -0400

Kobe and Yeezy together is just so great. Especially after this morning’s Kobe rant.

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Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:31:55 -0400

distractionsinspace: Big mothers Apollo 11 audio transcript

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:22:59 -0400

distractionsinspace:

Big mothers

Apollo 11 audio transcript

Article: Comics By and For African Teens

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:43:08 -0400

eyan-j:

Comics By and For African Teens http://graphicpolicy.com/2013/04/05/comics-by-and-for-african-teens/

Slow Motion Animatronics

eatcakey: **ovaries on kaboom**

Comedians Salute the Stand-Up Comedy Classic Bill Cosby: Himself: Humor: GQ

brianmichaelbendis: Spider-Man by John Romita Jr.

Here is an excerpt from a piece from OTL celebrating...

internet-savvy: northwestastronaut206: hellaprogressive: THE...

The lucky ones live to see winter. Yet I’m not sure if I want to. It is where a lack of...

captainfuck: Squirtle Gang Kill Them All

"Vince, come up with a good character, tell the story, and keep the audience engaged. Themes are for..."

nickholmes: This may be the filthiest thing I have ever...

Actually, Jason Collins Isn't the First Openly Gay Man in a Major Pro Sport

periscopestudio: A Hawkguy convention sketch by @Steve_Lieber,...

Slow Motion Animatronics: RIP Patrice O'Neal - The Black Phillip Archives

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sunsetgun: Suge Knight when he played for the Los Angeles Rams...

Masked Identity Politics

Everything is entertainment. If you disagree go back and re-read your twitter timelines. People...

Kobe and Yeezy together is just so great. Especially after this...

Photo

distractionsinspace: Big mothers Apollo 11 audio transcript

Article: Comics By and For African Teens

eatcakey: ovaries on kaboom