Normally the D = 2 but we won’t focus on technicalities right now.
one forty plus: Twitter Isn't "Over", I'm Over It.
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Link: one forty plus: Twitter Isn't "Over", I'm Over It.
And call me crazy, but I don’t think it’s the healthiest thing in the world to read scads of mentions/@replies and effectively open the floodgate of other people’s approval/disapproval. Finding out in 140 characters what a stranger has to say about you is like a mathematical equation without an established value of ‘x’.
Honestly, I’ve never really groked twitter. I’ve used it and have about 2k tweets on it but still never really felt the vibe. Alot of my tweets are just my replying to a few people OR my rss feeds auto tweeting.
However, I’m not sure I want to use Tumblr as my primary social network either. I put shit on here that I don’t like shoving in people’s face. Tumblr for me is like my own personal reddit - anytime I see something really interesting or funny or offensive that catches my eye it goes here.
The feed from here I don’t shove toward anyone. If my family or friends want to come see it - well, they are welcome to do so. I view my online publishing activity as a two way conversation and Tumblr represents all the comments I make under my breath or as a joke to myself later when I don’t want to offend anyone.
I like to think I’m being considerate but others may think I’m being cowardly. I dunno nor do I care. I just don’t want to deal with any regular drama about this stuff but I also don’t want to forget where and when I’ve seen some of the shit I’ve posted here.
The New Gay Stereotype
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Link: The New Gay Stereotype
Forget effeminate gestures, leather chaps, or Barbra Streisand Albums.. There’s a new gay in town
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How to effectively use mailed letters to effect change:
summary:
hand written letter/ 1x a month
p1: appreciate something
p2: attack an action/idea (be blunt if you want, but don’t attack the person)
p3: provide an exit (i know this couldn’t be your fault so who did it?)
p4: offer to help if they need it
sign the letter and include your titles
send original to district office
send copy to main office
using the sending rules you’ll probably get your letter actually read by the official
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Obesity 100 Years Ago
I found this image at: modeledbehavior.com/2010/04/18/americas-obesity-epidemic-bringing-sideshow-freaks-into-the-discussion/
This is Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus “fat man”. I find the unremarkableness of his size to be a telling sign of how we’ve pushed the limits of obesity in the past 100 years. Imagine, if you will, what society would look like if 100 years from now if what passed as spectacularly obese today would not even turn heads at the mall.
I have put a copy here so I have it for posterity sake.
Old Glass Jug
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A few years ago our home was broken into while we were at work and a bunch of valuable (though not expensive) stuff was stolen. One of our more interesting bits was our 10 gallon glass water jug. It was filled, to about 3-5" with loose change. We figured, once it disappeared that we'd never see it again.
[Edit: Lisa says the Jug was left, just the change was taken, but the Police took the jug to print it.]
Then, last summer, the local police department called and said they had some evidence for us to pick up so I walked over and was pleasantly surprised to be handed my 10 gallon glass water jug (without the change). I was pretty stoked to get anything back from the robbery but I was really glad to get the jug back because I'd never seen another one like it.
When I brought it home I "hid" it behind our bedroom door and then, a a few months ago, Lisa moved it into our bathroom next to my sink. Last night, when I came home from work, I headed upstairs and much to my dismay I saw the jug shattered into a jagged mess on the floor. The top 2/3 of the jug was in pieces and what remained of the base was a horridly sharp and wicked looking set of glass spikes.
Shannon was taking a shower in our bathroom so I asked her if she knew what happened and she said she broke it when she fell. I looked at the jug and the bits of glass and didn't see any blood so I asked her to explain. She said that as she got into the shower she was carrying her shampoo bottle and then slipped and fell backwards out of the shower. As she fell the bottle flew from her hand and smashed into the jug shattering it.
Her fall happened while I was driving home and Lisa was out walking the dog. Had it been her that had hit the jug she would have died. There is no question in my mind; the way the jug shattered leaves little doubt. Instead, she was completely unharmed and unconcerned about the shattered glass and just hopped in the shower. I'm not sure how she planned on getting out of the bathroom when her shower was done considering how many large shards of glass were on the floor between the shower and the exit.
[Edit: Lisa says' Shannon actually did leave the bathroom to look for Lisa to tell her about the broken jug but didn't find her so went back in and then took her shower. If this happened I don't see how her feet didn't get sliced up.]
Fortunately she is OK and I was able to find and clean up the glass before she had to get out of the shower; at which point Lisa carried her out just to be on the safe side so I could vacuum any tiny pieces up. It's pretty amazing, really, to think that our jug survived a theft from our second floor, 4-5 years of who knows what kind of handling before coming back to us, and then was broken by a shampoo bottle.
Now our loose change is in a tuperware box. It seems unlikely that will ever become a deadly trap.