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This blog is a reflection of the internet: cute animals, rock 'n' roll, childhood memories, art, and filthy pornography. Currently big into Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - especially Jetstream Sam. Dirty posts made after Jan 7, 2014 are now tagged with the word wangdoodle. Slap that in your savior if you want to avoid the smut!

[vaysh-blog]

Up in Smoke

Des and I tried, but too many things pulled us away, and it became clear that it just wan’t ever going to be finished, so we figured we ought to just post it as is.  This isn’t a 100% completed revamping (hurr), but it’s pretty close.  

Below is a Google Drive link with two formats.  One is a regular old Word Doc.  The other is (if I formatted correctly) one that should be readable on a mobile/Kindle/IPad type device.  Page numbers and some general formatting got wonky on both versions - sorry about that.  Downloading and reading on your computer or other device may help sort that.

Thanks to everyone who read and gave feedback through the years.  Truly, it was a pleasure.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8-QGa45so06RGw2Q3ZudFRWb3c

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Stuff I do while video calling friends.

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Skeleton Pens by Montblanc

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@mister-fist

[veesko]

Fleur de Lis Mansion

A lovely courtyard and 9 individually themed rooms await guests at Fleur de Lis Mansion, a boutique B&B in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans. Housed in a 19th century historic home, the adult only establishment is brimming with local charm and old-world ambience, yet it provides all the modern amenities for a comfortable, one-of-a-kind stay.

A mix of exposed brick walls and quirky details, its accommodations come with cozy memory foam beds, Jacuzzi tubs, and flat-screen TVs. A traditional New Orleans breakfast is served each morning in the fully equipped kitchen, and there’s also a TV lounge complete with large projection screen, as well as daily complementary wine hour in the classically inspired Mardi Gras Dining Room.

Outdoor seating and cooking facilities along with a soothing 12 person Jacuzzi make the courtyard excellent for alfresco dining and entertainment.

TripAdvisor

[ghoulsnake-deactivated20240905]

this is his favorite

[werewhiskey]

@cyborgraptor

[redbloodedamerica]

Finally, a platform I can get behind.

[vaysh-blog]

This has my full support.

[skunkbear]

Creepy or adorable? Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot: the octobot.

Instead of being controlled by electronics, the robot’s logic board is powered by chemical reactions and fluid passing along tiny channels. Scientist have struggled to create completely soft robots because rigid components like circuit boards, power sources and electronic controls are difficult to replace.  

Learn more about the octobot and soft robotics here and see the full study published in Nature here.

Videos Credit: Harvard SEAS/Image Credit Lori Sanders

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@transanthro

[askdaxnsfw]

The future is now

[bwors]

Rise of the Beembos Pt 2.

Pt 1 here.

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“Why not?” #Debates2016 #HillaryClinton #DonaldTrump #CNN

[radishpistachio]

Wisconsin county clerk objects to weekend voting because it gives urban areas ‘too much access’

By David Edwards

A Wisconsin county clerk testified in federal court this week that weekend voting should be eliminated because it gave urban areas “too much access” to the polls.

In a hearing on Tuesday, Republican Waukesha County clerk Kathleen Novack spoke in favor of voting restrictions signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker ® between 2011 and 2015, which opponents argue suppress the votes of non-whites.

According to The Cap Times, Novack said that voter ID restrictions and reduced early voting had caused “virtually no problems at all” in Waukesha County, which is about 95 percent white.

Novack argued that the state should end weekend voting because it gave an unfair advantage to large urban areas, where minorities are more likely to support Democrats.

“If there’s an office open 30 days versus an office that’s only open 10 work days, there are obviously voters that have a lot more access than someone else,” Novack insisted. “There has to come a point where it’s just giving over-access … to particular parts of the state.”

When she was asked if some voters had too much access, Novack replied that there was “too much access to the voters as far as opportunities.”

The county clerk added that long lines in urban areas were actually a sign that voters had enough access to polls.

“Apparently access is an easy thing or they wouldn’t have long lines,” she opined.

(h/t: Americablog)

[jenniferrpovey]

They aren’t even hiding it any more.

[vaysh-blog]

Did you read the actual article?  The actual article was about voter ID being required.  They were stating that there had been no issues once they went with ID being required to vote.

They restricted the additional polling times/locations in other areas to help prevent voter fraud, make voting easier/streamline the process, and was in reference to in person absentee voting.

“ Cedarburg city clerk Constance McHugh testified that a policy limiting in-person absentee voting to one location allows her to have more control over the process, and said she believes more than one location would be confusing for Cedarburg voters. “

“ Port Washington city clerk Susan Westerbeke agreed that the provision barring municipalities from having more than one location for in-person absentee voting is a good policy. “

Nowhere did it state anything about minorities living in urban areas or about them voting Democrat.

But facts don’t matter, do they?  

[gop-tea-pub]

[redbloodedamerica]

The leftwing media is deplorable.

[fomysquad]

Cops Force Activist to Stop Cleaning Up Neighborhood Trash Left To Rot by City

You know you live in a police state when...

Fairfield has recently endured financial woes and halted trash pickup for some residents until they pay back feesthat were never officially billed to them — some stretching back 15 years. As a result, garbage has begun piling up in front of houses of residents who are either unable or unwilling to pay a shakedown fee to the city of Fairfield for removing it.

That’s when Southall, a Black Lives Matter activist, stepped in with volunteers and a box truck to remove the garbage infesting the neighborhood and haul it off to the city dump.

Not so fast. Fairfield Police showed up to enforce the city’s apparent intent to keep the trash there as it rotted, creating a nasty health hazard for the community those police swore to protect and serve. The police claimed the volunteers were creating a “health hazard” by moving the rotten garbage, which had begun to fester into a putrid liquid — a development catalyzed by a particularly rainy Alabama summer that drenched the garbage almost daily. Police and a representative from the sanitation department said Southall needed a license to remove the trash.

But as Southall observed, “It’s a health code issue to leave it there. This makes no sense.”

In a video, the police are seen taking Mercutio’s ID, an arguably illegal action considering he merely committed the non-offense of picking up trash to help a community.

Oh, give me a break! I’ve seen “regular” garbage trucks leaking on the streets. It’s dirty and it stinks, but they don’t get stopped.

I wonder what would have happened if it were white folks or people from a church did this, as well as if this took place in affluent suburbs…

Their trying to do good doesn’t fit the media and police agenda to only focus on the bad. Oh no…Can’t have black males doing positive in their communities.

If the “government” doesn’t provide basic services and protection, why do we have a “government”?

[3rdeyenotblind]

When people say there’s a war on black & poor people and yall think they have overactive imaginations. This the shit they’re talking about. Wtf. So yall won’t do what needs to be done then you send your trolls, PAID BY EVERYONE’S TAX DOLLARS to enforce people living in dirty near 3rd world conditions. Protect & serve whom? Not the people

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It is not the police’s job to “protect and serve”.  This has never been the job of the police.

The job of the police is to enforce laws, specifically, to fine and to imprison.

That is their job.  

Further, the government providing “basic services and protection” = nanny state/police state.

This is what you get when you create more and more rules for police to enforce, and give more and more power to the government.

But it’s easier to complain and demand the government do more and give them more power than it is to remove their power and rely on yourself.  This is why the USA was supposed to be a republic, not a democracy.  A democracy is ruled by the votes of the many.  A republic exists to protect the individual from the group.

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[viictornikiforov]

start holding your boyfriends to best friend standards pls

“my boyfriend was annoyed that I didn’t shave for days” vs “my best friend was annoyed that I didn’t shave for days”

“my boyfriend doesn’t like my haircut so I’m growing it out again” vs “my best friend doesn’t like my haircut so I’m growing it out again”

“my boyfriend hates when I wear makeup so I guess I have to stop” vs “my best friend hates when I wear makeup so I guess I have to stop”

if your boyfriend would leave you for something that your best friend wouldn’t care about, KILL THEM AND EAT THEM

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Lmfao

[uglyfoxybaby]

true tho because people forget having a partner is literally just having another best friend with a slightly different intimacy thrown in, not all the rules should change and you should feel 100% as comfortable with your partner as you do with a friend. it took me a long time to realize that. 

[sirmaximilliussublime]

This is fucking great. Needed this.

[vaysh-blog]

No, it’s not okay for someone to start expecting higher/new/different standards from you than when you first met.  But it’s perfectly okay for them to expect that you maintain standards, just as it’s okay for you to expect them to maintain standards.

Friendship is based on some of the same things as a sexual/romantic relationship, but it is not the same thing.

Your boyfriend is not your best friend.  He is your boyfriend.

[vaysh-blog]

Academia is pretty much the same as American politics.  You get the ruling class who make more and more rules/laws that are bullshit and red tape.  The workers who actually get shit done suffer for it and are paid less and less, while the ruling class fails to actually perform their job duties and is rewarded with high salaries and guaranteed employment.  Try for reform, and you’ll be removed.

[vaysh-blog]

Does Tumblr have porn ads now?

I was scrolling through, and suddenly heard gasping and heavy breathing.  The only thing making sounds...Tumblr.  I had no videos going anywhere, and I have adblock stuff up so when Tumblr plays one of their new ads, I don’t see anything, but I hear it.

If they’re doing porn ads...that is an incredible way to drop the ball considering how many underage people are using this site.  Goddamn.

Anyone get an ad with heavy breathing and ‘ooh! ahn!’ sounds?

psa: mammas, do NOT let your babies grow up to be cowboys

hey all unfortunately i have seen a LOT of misinformation going around about this and i thought it would be helpful if i could make a post that was JUST the facts

cowboys ain’t easy to love and they’re harder to hold

they’d rather give you a song than diamonds or gold

if you don’t understand him and he don’t die young, he’ll probably just ride away

they’ll never stay home and they’re always alone, even with someone they love

here are some alternatives i have found (feel free to add more in the reblogs)

don’t let ‘em pick guitars or drive them old trucks

let ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such

even if you are not a mamma who is thinking about letting her babies grow up to be cowboys PLEASE spread this around, there isn’t a lot of discussion about this and it might be someone’s only chance to see it!