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henrybe:

moonflowerlights:

lackyannie:

territorialcreep:

itseasytoremember:

whythefuckareyouromeo:

0ver-doze:

omg they are so offended if you lick them back.

Fun fact! Dogs lick the mouths of those they consider higher in rank! So if you lick them back, they are not offended, they just don’t see themselves as higher than you and they are confused! The second dog must be a very loyal dog because he or she literally refuses to be licked back haha! I love dogs.

i started reading that expecting an angry rant and it turned out to be one of the nicest things ever.

I have reblogged this like ten times

it’s true. i did it to my dog. highly concerned.

Now I feel bad that I get annoyed at Addie when she won’t stop kissing me.

What? I’m going to go try this on ZackDog!

…Actually… never mind.

You should try it with your bassist and see how he reacts.

moonflowerlights:

lackyannie:

territorialcreep:

itseasytoremember:

whythefuckareyouromeo:

0ver-doze:

omg they are so offended if you lick them back.

Fun fact! Dogs lick the mouths of those they consider higher in rank! So if you lick them back, they are not offended, they just don’t see themselves as higher than you and they are confused! The second dog must be a very loyal dog because he or she literally refuses to be licked back haha! I love dogs.

i started reading that expecting an angry rant and it turned out to be one of the nicest things ever.

I have reblogged this like ten times

it’s true. i did it to my dog. highly concerned.

Now I feel bad that I get annoyed at Addie when she won’t stop kissing me.

What? I’m going to go try this on ZackDog!

…Actually… never mind.

You should try it with your bassist and see how he reacts.

(Source: kingjrific)

↵ Originally from kingjrific

↵ Reblogged from henrybe

My mind is proud, but it aches with rage

aloudonline:

I had this whole post in my head, or an idea for how I wanted it to go, but to add to the echo chamber of emphatic emotion isn’t going to make anyone feel any better. So, as I sort out how best to scream at the unfeeling gaping maw of the universe, we’re left with the burning practical question:

How can one help?

Here are a few things:

1) There is a benefit show tonight at T.T. the Bear’s. I’m setting aside my usual trepidation and mixed feelings about these things. The folks who put this together in record time have my full faith and confidence, and besides, sometimes we just need to get together after shit like this. Show’s 18+, cover is pay what you can, and 100% of the door is headed straight to Mass. General Hospital. Mean Creek, The Field Effect, Dan Nicklin of OldJack, Endation, Eldridge Rodriguez, and others TBA.

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/482305138507283/

2) The Red Cross has enough blood, but you should schedule a blood donation in the future. I admit I’m a total asshole about this, but I’ll make you a deal: you get on this, I will too. Deal? Good. Schedule a donation by emailing blooddonor@partners.org.

3) If you have any tips or information, the Boston Police’s tip line is 1-800-494-TIPS. You can also email the FBI at boston@ci.fbi.gov.

3) Some folks who were in town for the Marathon need a place to crash. If you’d like to offer up some space in your home, fill this web form out.

4) Don’t spread false information online. [Special shout-out to the “false flag” community: I understand the need to try and create order out of disorder-via-latent narcissism. Being alive is risky. But seriously, cut the shit. Stop making everything about you.]

5) The family of lawyers trying to pass themselves off as a church while picketing funerals… best to ignore them should they arrive in town. There are literally 40 of them, and when you square that with the 450 million people in this country right now, they’re not really worth your time. Don’t feed the trolls.

6) As ever, let the people you love know that you love them. You should be doing this anyway.

As a side note, we appreciate all the messages received from friends, family, acquaintances, and other loved. The four of us (as well as other Aloud members emeritus) are safe and sound. Thank you for caring.

It’s pretty attractive to take a trip down the Rue du Humanity’s Rotten, but, y’know… hell, Patton Oswalt put it best:

We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

Be good to each other.

Henry

I love my Boston friends and I wish I could be at their show tonight.

↵ Reblogged from aloudonline

kgbcast:

How does Thor’s flight work exactly?

While doing the notes for a recent KGBcast, I wound up researching how Thor flew. I always saw him as flying like Superman. I couldn’t be more wrong.

In legends, Thor did not fly, he was drawn in a chariot by two goats (Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr) who had the power of flight and the secret ability to be eaten every night and would return to life by dawn if their bones were wrapped in their skin and were unbroken.

When Thor was re-created by Lee and Kirby, they were creating a Superman analog and the power of flight was considered necessary for the character. Their desire was to have his flight have a physical element and once rendered in the Kirby style, the whirling hammer flight was visually stunning.

There is no physical explanation capable of explaining it. Thor’s flight is purely a magical effect. Depending on the writer, Thor’s ability to fly was either:

Directly related to his throwing-release mechanism of flight or

A product of being held aloft by the strong winds in the storms he creates.

Neither of these has ever portrayed his method of flight accurately since:

Thor changes direction whenever it suits him to do so. There is no external mechanism beyond him wanting to. The power to change his direction is reputed to be within the hammer, Mjolnir.

He does not stop flying when he chooses to use Mjolnir in battle and he is flying. His flight continues uninterrupted. They have gotten better about this in recent years and instead have him attack at range using lightning or energy blasts from his hammer.

He hovers. He is not whirling the hammer like a helicopter, perhaps it can be said strong updrafts are holding him up, but he has done this when the sky is perfectly clear, so that explanation only works half the time.