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It's weird...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:11:16 -0400

When I log onto Tumblr, I’m inundated with posts telling me I’m inherently a bad person...

I want my 2 and a half hours and $26 back, Baz Luhrman.

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:06:40 -0400

I want my 2 and a half hours and $26 back, Baz Luhrman.

rantz by lantz: I typed out a whole post - a touchy feely smarmy number about suicide...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:36:59 -0400

rantz by lantz: I typed out a whole post - a touchy feely smarmy number about suicide...:...

My other blog...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:16:18 -0400

Where I actually write things. There’s an update. About our SXSW show. Ya know, two months...

excitablehonky: Vince Lombardi accepted gay players on his...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:23:12 -0400

excitablehonky:

Vince Lombardi accepted gay players on his team:

In 1969, Lombardi’s Redskins included a running back named RayMcDonald, who in 1968 had been arrested for having sex with another man in public. In the Lombardi biography When Pride Still Mattered, author David Maraniss writes that Lombardi told his assistants he wanted them to work with McDonald to help him make the team, “And if I hear one of you people make reference to his manhood, you’ll be out of here before your ass hits the ground.”

Lombardi’s daughter Susan told Ian O’Connor of ESPNNewYork.com that her father would have been thrilled to have a player like Jason Collins, the NBA center who publicly revealed this week that he is gay.

“My father was way ahead of his time,” Susan Lombardi said. “He was discriminated against as a dark-skinned Italian American when he was younger, when he felt he was passed up for coaching jobs that he deserved. He felt the pain of discrimination, and so he raised his family to accept everybody, no matter what color they were or whatever their sexual orientation was. I think it’s great what Jason Collins did, because it’s going to open a lot of doors for people. Without a doubt my father would’ve embraced him, and would’ve been very proud of him for coming out.”

Dave Kopay, the first former NFL player to come out, also played on those 1969 Redskins, and he says that while he never told Lombardi, he believes Lombardi knew not only that Kopay was gay, but that Kopay and another Redskins player, Jerry Smith, were in a romantic relationship.

“Lombardi protected and loved Jerry,” Kopay told O’Connor.

Lombardi’s brother Harold was gay, and when Harold died in July of 2011 he wassurvived by his partner of 41 years — meaning their relationship began just before Vince died in September of 1970. As noted by Doug Farrar of Yahoo! Sports, Vince knew Harold was gay and didn’t just believe in “tolerance” but believed strongly that discrimination against gay people was wrong, just as he was angered when he saw mistreatment of his black players, or discrimination against his fellow Italian-Americans.

If a coach who was considered old-fashioned even by the standards of the 1960s accepted gay players in his locker room, the idea that gay players couldn’t be accepted in an NFL locker room in 2013 is both silly and sad.

chuckhistory: And the Jr. Darwin Award goes tooooo… How is...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:28:47 -0400

chuckhistory:

And the Jr. Darwin Award goes tooooo…

How is this not the hottest GIF on the Internet?

Take 2:53 out of your life and listen to this song.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:29:33 -0400

Take 2:53 out of your life and listen to this song.

herestothehalcyon: redlands-sussex: Bob Dylan/Wilco/MMJ/Ryan...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:13:27 -0400

herestothehalcyon:

redlands-sussex:

Bob Dylan/Wilco/MMJ/Ryan Bingham to play SLC on 8/1

Yesssss.

Coming nowhere close to KC. Thinking of making the drive down to Memphis. Or, flying back to GA….

Seriously? No Texas dates at all?

herestothehalcyon: File under: Places I want to be. You and...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:35:43 -0400

herestothehalcyon:

File under: Places I want to be.

You and me both.

henrybe: moonflowerlights: lackyannie: territorialcreep: itse...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:15:14 -0400

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.

My mind is proud, but it aches with rage

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:03:50 -0400

My mind is proud, but it aches with rage: aloudonline: I had this whole post in my head, or an...

kgbcast: How does Thor’s flight work exactly? While doing the...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:08:19 -0400

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.

You know Thor isn’t real, right? But really, if he is an ancient Norse god, can you explain why he speaks English?

Can we keep our private life private, please?

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:52:56 -0400

Can we keep our private life private, please?

chuckhistory: Marriage.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:59:24 -0400

chuckhistory:

Marriage.

Mike just announced he’s wearing women’s underwear....

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:05:46 -0400

Mike just announced he’s wearing women’s underwear. Actual true story.

Best thing about SXSW by far…my goddaughter Ellie came to...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:52:44 -0400

Best thing about SXSW by far…my goddaughter Ellie came to visit.

Fuck yeah

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:15:06 -0400

Fuck yeah

Walter Jerk of the Pinz

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:14:57 -0400

Walter Jerk of the Pinz

Punk is alive!

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:03:35 -0400

Punk is alive!

Fuck yes I’m seeing the Pinz again.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:58:33 -0400

Fuck yes I’m seeing the Pinz again.