So I wanted to share it with you:
This story is for all who love Randall, and if you haven’t, make sure you check out his horoscope hotline, a bunch of us call it every morning at work. And by the way, Honeybadger doesn’t give a shit, just in case you forgot.
Remember the shooting spree at the summer camp in Europe? Check out this string of text messages between a girl on the island and her mom. Touching and amazing.
It’s a little late at this point, but here’s the Border’s closing bingo!
BuzzFeed has a collection of Harry Potter Tributes, (and a list of HP inspired drinks) check them out, here’s a favorite:
Awesome hidden library hack for those with lofts.
Myths Retold is pretty awesome, although each one is long, so I sadly don’t read it as much as I should. But here is one of my favorites, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Here’s a cool time-lapse of the front page of the New York Time’s webpage through the years:
Nook Books do this, but check out this cool trailer for a children’s book.
And winner of irony goes to this story. I haven’t done much on Google+ because not many of my friends are on it yet, but this just makes me want to hug everyone at Google.
Written: 10/04/2011
The LGBT community are kind of used to being outcasts. We’re the underdogs, even if we make the world function from behind the scenes (to say nothing of the so called “glitterati” that conservatives are so afraid of). But we can more and more acceptance as people realize they know, are friends with and are related to gay people.
The same I think can be said for the kinksters. The more open they are about their lives, the more accepting the world will be. And for the record (I think I’ve posted it before), I wish more people would follow the simple advice that I picked up (probably from Dan Savage) along the way:
It doesn’t matter what goes on between my ears, what I have between my legs or what I do between the sheets. Live and let live, my sex life doesn’t affect you (as I add with snark, ‘but thanks for thinking either that I’d be interested in you or somehow obsessing about me naked’).
ANYWAY…a New York DA lawyer was fired. Not because she was bad at her job, not because she lost a case, or did something unethical, but because her bosses found out she is a kinkster. One of my favorite bloggers, who happens to be a gay kinkster, covers it here.
Slog has a great article about kinky celebs here, and Tynan discusses that article here.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/04/2011
For the life of me, I can’t figure out how to get the embed code (and I’m still fighting with my site software, so I’m not sure if would have worked anyway). So click over here and listen to Patton Oswalt as he solved the Gay Marriage “debate.”
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/04/2011
Slog has a fantastic piece, although, it’s mostly talking about activism, and different progressive groups. I’d like to pull a small bit out:
Maybe it’s because we were tired of paying the same taxes and not being able to pursue our happiness with equal fervor. Maybe it’s because for decades we had been told by Democrats, “Elect us and we’ll help you,” yet we had only seen discriminatory measures like “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act enacted into law. Maybe it’s because once your intelligence has been insulted flagrantly enough and your humanity denigrated deeply enough, you’ve got nothing left to lose. Whatever it was, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans had had enough.
To me though, it’s the first sentence that means the most. I’m not being able to pursue my happiness: I’m a second class citizen.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/04/2011
A couple items of note. First up, the Presbyterian Church is set to ordain it’s first gay minister, which is wonderful news.
Bishop Righter, a pioneer in the Episcopal Church, and a member and celebrant at my church, died recently. His work (after a change of heart) led to the ordination of gay deacons, priests and bishops in the Episcopal Church.
And lastly, the Supreme Court refused to hear a case, letting the previous verdict stay: Humanitarian Organizations (even those who take public funding) may discriminate in their hiring based on religious views.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/04/2011
“I believe that marriage is between a man and woman,” Gingrich said, the Des Moines Register reports. “It has been for all of recorded history and I think this is a temporary aberration that will dissipate. I think that it is just fundamentally goes against everything we know.”
Well first off, that’s not true, the definition of marriage is very, very fluid.
But as Slog points out, he’s also right. All of his marriages are temporary aberrations.
All my best,
The King of Spades
First up, this came out a while ago, and it’s in French, but it’s Mika’s new single:
Gizmodo reports on an awesome free t-shirt which was given out to German white supremacists, which, when washed, revealed a message of equality. We had shirts over the summer that when they got wet the ink would disappear. Close, but not quite.
Unplggd has a cool article about integrating your TV into your decor. Check it out. Or check out their article about clocks. There are a lot of cool clocks out there.
Remember when the Pirates were doing awesome, and then we were the victim of a horrible call which sent us into a ten game losing spiral? Well, Benstonium put together this video:
Big Think puts the odds that we’re all just Sims in some kind of giant computer program at 20%. Does it still count if we discuss that possibility? I’m getting confused.
I actually don’t like this that much, it seems impractical, but you can buy bookshelves to spell anything.
Back before the split, Jason Alexander was trying to get humanitarian aid for those affected by the Netflix price hike.
A good friend is a huge Michael Buble fan, and I found this awesome bad lip reading of his video for “Just Haven’t Met You Yet,” which becomes “Russian Unicorn:”
I was always kind of interested in this case, and it seems as though the code of the Zodiac Killer may have been cracked.
Awesome list of insane job titles, and points for the Arrested Development reference at the end, here’s a great one as well:
It takes a little bit of moving around to see it all, but should I work for free? Check out this flow chart to find out.
I just want people to watch this:
And finally, need some propaganda for social networks, check out the posters here.
While I don’t think the current legislation goes far enough, I have to at least realize it’s a start for Net Neutrality. However, Verizon is suing to block what will go into affect in two months.
Honestly, I have no idea what’s going on here, but I approve:
Unplggd has a cool article about using office supplies at home. I really like the file folder holder for pans and cutting boards.
Copyranter checks in with an awesome art installation project in Japan showing the number of discarded plastic bags.
And finally, game companies *cough SONY cough* have added to the EULA that you can no longer be part of a class-action lawsuit. Unless you send them a letter opting out of that part. Here’s a website that will do the grunt work for you, pass the word.
