Alright, let’s see how this works! I’m attempting to post this from my phone, so far seems good!
I volunteered at the Liberty Mile last night, then drove to Harrisburg to stay with a friend to see a show tomorrow.
Got in a wonderful five Mile run with a member of the PRorER Ultra Team this morning and currently I’m enjoying some delicious cold brew coffee, reading a magazine and just living my best life, as the kids say! Also, trying mobile image upload for the first time too!
I’m taking a quick break from noveling, so let’s see what we have today:
Dutch scientists have come up with self-healing concrete, pretty awesome!
Puerto Rico voted to become a state! Sounds good to me, although Congress has to approve it and if that goes through, there is a process to statehood. I think it would be fascinating to watch that happen, although we then have to reapportion House seats and figure out a new pattern for the flag. But still, exciting!
So I guess the thing is for Republicans to move to Australia (remember, Canada got the French, Australia got the convicts and America got the Puritans), but as a reminder:
Washington State approved marriage equality, and in a cool move, the money from the new licenses goes to a charity that helps LGBT youth. Great idea!
There were so many wins in the election for the progressive side (Obama, 3 marriage equality wins, defeating 1 marriage amendment, Grayson winning his seat back, Baldwin, Warren, King, CO and WA approving marijuana, gains in the Senate, gains in the House, I think, Casey, Murdoch losing, Akin losing, and honestly even more). Check out the Good Men Project’s list. Michelle Bachmann won, but if that’s the only negative I can find, I’ll take it.
Here’s what I’ve been saying for years. We need both sides of the political spectrum to find the best solutions to our problems. We need that dialogue. And I’m hopeful that this election’s loss will bring the conservative side back towards the middle so we can have that dialogue. Rachel Maddow sums it up perfectly. Please watch this clip (the relevant part starts at 14:07, but the whole thing is good). Memorize it and force our politicians to have that dialogue between the two parties: we want everyone to win.
And another meme from the vote:
BuzzFeed shares idiotic comments from clients to creative professionals. So sad that people say things like this.
Here is the anti-Starbucks menu:
That’s it for now, I’ll be back again soon, but have a great one!
Alright, another update, let’s see what I have tonight for you. First up, like this post. Get it:
All of the books from The Royal Tenenbaums have been compiled. Pretty awesome.
Apartment Therapy has a couple of old computers turned into coffee tables. I like the one with the orange coil in the middle.
It’s almost time for the next season of American Horror Story, I’m super excited, and here’s one of the trailers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-Z-023hiY
This is astounding. David Foster Wallace (and other authors) have left the word notes in the thesaurus on Macs. Really neat, and a little sad in the case of DFW.
Awesome steampunk fan:
Apartment Therapy takes a look at the new IKEA catalog and pulls out the rooms which were created by a computer.
This is so meta, I don’t even know what to say, apparently 160 years of maps of hurricanes, makes a giant, globe-consuming hurricane pattern.
And finally, this goes out to all my over-caffeinated friends and family out there, a giant chart of coffee.
That’s it for now, but I’ll be back soon with more, have a great one!
Quick update, I’ll probably have more later, but for now, enjoy!
First up, coffee shops are now getting into the Growler scene. For those unaware, Growlers are used by microbreweries to sell and transport beer. So now you can get 64 oz. of coffee at once.
The governor of Maine took down a mural because it showed the fight for worker’s rights and he doesn’t like that. So now it’s a billboard:
Worried about socialism? Stay way from West Virginia, and of course, Alaska.
Nerve has taken notice of the rash of ninja-related crimes happening in Pittsburgh. God help us all.
George Takei is amazing. In response to a bill in Tennessee which would make it illegal to discuss sexuality until high school (we had sex ed starting in fourth or fifth grade if I remember correctly). So he’s taking matters into his own hands:
Remember kids, like I’ve said before, the more a politician rails against something, the more likely he or she is doing that thing. This time: smoking pot.
That’s it for now, more soon!
