It's a Mad, Mad, Madblonde World

Because you never know when you might need a Tumbl.

[therealmadblonde]

The way up and the way down are one and the same

Calling an audible late in the game

If Love is everything, then Love is pain...

[sniffanimal]

god I could be so wealthy if I had no ethics. that's so fucking frustrating. I'm living paycheck to paycheck because I'm not grifting vulnerable idiots on TikTok. I feel like I have the ability to very easily scam people. I could make a killing with AI. but god. I have morals and ethics and so I get to be poor as shit. I hate this fucking world

[madfishmonger]

I could have made a killing as a psychic, but noooo I have to feel bad about lying to people ugh

[contact-guy]

I think abt this all the time because the thing is, evil rich people truly believe that they’re geniuses who have discovered a way to make money that the rest of us dummies haven’t…but the truth is that they are just willing to do evil shit that everyone else would prefer to not to because we have standards

[crazy-pages]

When I attended my graduate school job fair, Raytheon (unprompted, hearing me say my degree at the next table) offered me $230,000/yr to come work for them. That was their opening offer after hearing nothing more than my degree, in a city with a very low cost of living. The only catch was that the job was working on vision systems for missiles. (i.e. those 'targeted' missiles which kill a ton of civilians as collateral or intentional damage)

I ended up taking an $85,000/yr job as an optical research scientist at Corning instead.

It is an odd feeling, having a price put on your soul. I'd be a millionaire with a house by my mid-30s if I'd accepted that. And the offer is still open, in fact I'd have an even more generous one waiting for me with the skills I have now.

In all seriousness, if you have the right skillset, you can actually sell your soul. This very week. You will live in comfort and moderate luxury for all your days. Two of my family members did that work decades ago, until they couldn't stomach it any longer, and it set up the rest of their lives.

But I promise you, it's not worth it. It's been almost 50 years for one of them and it still haunts him. He says the worst part was the way they (him included) talked about human lives as things. Numbers on a spreadsheet, sterile corporate jargon in meetings. A lifetime later and you can still see it in his eyes when he talks about it.

You can't take it back, treating humans like things.

[gingersnapwolves]

I work in healthcare, specifically mental healthcare. About a year ago one of my closest coworkers accepted a job at an insurance company. It practically doubled her salary and she said she just couldn't give that up.

I've been struggling financially and was talking about it with my wife and just ... I couldn't do it. I couldn't work at a place like United Healthcare. It doesn't matter if the pay is better. I just can't do it. I'll keep plugging along at our little nonprofit.

[therealmadblonde]

Beautiful and powerful

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Six letters will never be enough. For this year’s Pride, we collaborated with The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, NYC

[therealmadblonde]

Happy Fantastic Fourth Birthday to the Tea Brokers of Mincing Lane, the fabulous, fine, and fun Sherlockian Tea Society!

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May 2025 be kinder-than-expected to us all

[therealmadblonde]

Why is the fantasy always to have servants, rather than the energy, grace, & time to handle our own shit?

[therealmadblonde]

HOLY SH*T (You've Got To Vote)

It’s time to revive this.  Just skip the last 15 seconds because that ship has sailed and the memory of it still makes me cry.  And grind my teeth. 

[therealmadblonde]

This is very difficult to write. Our darling cat Musette has died. Yesterday afternoon we realized she couldn’t control her back legs and was in great pain and distress. We took her into the vet and he confirmed she had no sensation in her tail. He thinks she may have had a partial stroke. He agreed that the kindest thing we could do would be to euthanize her. We held our girl to the end, thanked her for being such a wonderful part of our lives for fifteen years, and let her go. She was twenty years and she is now beyond pain, fear, and confusion. We miss her terribly, and it seems like every moment brings fresh grief as we have to remind ourselves that she is gone. Hug your critters for us today, and be a little extra kind for her sake.

Taken shortly after we got her in 2009.

A last picture before they put the IV in and we said goodbye.

[sirobvious]

>go to Draculas castle

>he has a humidifier

>pour two liter of holy water into it

>leave

[sootonthecarpet]

Everyone, do not do this! Your local Dracula probably isn’t hurting you, and helps manage the area’s wolf and rat populations! In fact, most Draculas never leave their castles for more than an hour or two a night unless disturbed by humans. The FEW recent cases of Dracula attacks have all been proven to have been the result of a stressed Dracula mistaking clumsy hikers for its natural enemy, the werewolf. After overhunting by millennials in the 2000s, there are fewer than a thousand Draculas left in the wild today! Please stop spreading misinformation about an endangered species crucial to the ecosystem :(

[rem-ir]

Ok look I get where you’re coming from and here’s the thing: Draculas are crucial to their ecosystem. None of the information you’ve provided is accurate to North America, where Draculas are an extremely invasive species. I don’t get where you’re getting the “less than a thousand left” figure, unless you’re citing an out of date study from 2006. Their numbers are still worryingly low in Eastern Europe, but they’re not currently in danger of extinction.

You know what species is? Chupacabras.

The local chupacabra populations in North America are dwindling dangerously due to predation from Draculas. We can protect both species in their own natural habitats, but not in each other’s. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Mexican Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales both encourage the trapping of Draculas. Now, there are humane ways to do it, and you can look into them on your own time, but if you see a Dracula in North America, it is not supposed to be there.

[zooophagous]

This could all be avoided if people spayed and neutered their pet Draculas and stopped letting them free roam. Draculas don’t “need” to free roam, they do great on harnesses and enclosed pens, and free roaming opens them up to dangers from other predators and vehicle strikes, not to mention parasites, disease, fights with other Draculas and abuse from shady humans who take pot shots at them with crossbows.

For their sake and wildlife sake, keep your Dracula indoors.

[cognitiveinequality]

Guys… when talking about the invasive species PLEASE use the correct terminology. Your local domestic vampire MIGHT be a Dracula or he MIGHT be a Cullen or Nosferatu or some other type, and it makes a difference as far as bait and deterrents. You’re better off consulting a pro with this kind of thing, because take it from me — the last thing you want is to spend a fortune on a Dracula trap filled with virginal maidens in nightgowns only to find out that the Lestat that’s been stalking your neighborhood would have been just as happy with a silk scarf and a few bottles of cheap red.

[sizvideos]

This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

this is actually super fucking smartass of them

[snake-lady]

Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕

[tkthegoddess]

Always a reblog. 💋

[therealmadblonde]

All I need is a chance and a little confidence in me.

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I’m the best they will ever have.

[therealmadblonde]

"Tennessee Rise" by The Tennessee Freedom Singers

[therealmadblonde]

I'm Just John

I’m Just John*

A filk by Karen Ellery, 2024

Doesn’t seem to matter what I see.

“You don’t observe” says he,

A conductor of the light, only.

I have certain theories of my own;

They’ll remain unknown.

All these years, I write his down,

Those deductions of renown.

‘Cause I’m just John, always the one he leans upon.

It is my fate to cater to the great detective and my work to give.

I’m just John.

Where I’m in the dark, he sees the dawn.

What will it take for me to see the great heart as well as the mind so free?

I want to know what it’s like to see and solve the mystery.

Who done the crime?  I’d choose the clues to read their history.

Is my solution finally here or valedictory?

Whisper “Norbury.”

I could run a Johnathon!

Feels like sun, this Johnathon!

Number one, this Johnathon!

Sherlock’s done. It’s Johnathon!

I’m just John, anyone else would soon be gone

Because he’d show his vast ego and lack of tact and they’d leave hastily.

I’m just John,

But as his friend I soldier on.

What will it take for him to value pawky humour and my loyalty?

I’m just John (and I’m enough),

And I’m great at doctor stuff!

So hey, Holmes, I’m here. Yeah I’m just John!

My name’s John (or sometimes James--

My wife really knows my name!).

So hey, check my books out, yeah I’m just John.

Sherlock, I’m just John.

*To the tune of “I’m Just Ken” from The Barbie Movie

[therealmadblonde]

There have been times in my life when I have cried, BEGGING the universe for a break, a little kindness, some compassion. Right now I am so far beyond that… I think atheists need to have a phrase that is equivalent to “Jesus take the wheel,” where you just throw up your hands and say “ok, universe, THAT’S where we’re going? Well then, let’s get moving.” The pragmatism of desperation.

[therealmadblonde]

Happy third birthday to the Tea Brokers of Mincing Lane, the Tea Society for fans of Sherlock Holmes and the Sherlock Holmes Society for Tea Lovers! #MincingLaneTeaBrokers #TBMLThreeAndThriving

[therealmadblonde]

David Marciano commenting on Dean Devlin’s FB post makes my fandom worlds collide in a very freaky way.