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Tombelaine (via maxhomand) Stunning B&W…

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:26:51 -0500

Tombelaine (via maxhomand)

Stunning B&W…

Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage and Ask Questions - NYTimes.com

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:21:14 -0500

Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage and Ask Questions - NYTimes.com

The Rural Charms of Alto Alentejo, Portugal - The New York Times...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:26:07 -0500

The Rural Charms of Alto Alentejo, Portugal - The New York Times > Travel

i LOVE this bathroom!!

pinkpolkadots: lickystickypickyme: In the original sleeping...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:09:26 -0500

pinkpolkadots:

lickystickypickyme:

In the original sleeping beauty, the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. She sleeps for one hundred years when a prince finally arrives, kisses her, and awakens her. They fall in love, marry, and (surprise surprise) live happily ever after. But alas, the original tale is not so sweet (in fact, you have to read this to believe it.) In the original, the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy, rather than a curse.

And it isn’t the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep, and rather fancying having a bit, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One ofthe children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids.

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Click the link and read the rest. It’s pretty shocking and most of the stories are horrid, but I can’t stop reading… >.<

Wow :-/

I love photos like these :) via...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:08 -0500

I love photos like these :)

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Captured Photo Collection » Ian Fisher : How an American Soldier is Made

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:29 -0500

Captured Photo Collection » Ian Fisher : How an American Soldier is Made:

Awesome post in an always awesome photoblog. The Denver Post follows a boy from recruitment to enlistment to soldierhood.

via mariamjaan: via catmanabat

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:52:00 -0500

via mariamjaan: via catmanabat

Tony Horton (P90X founder) On Yoga (via thefitclubnetwork) do...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:46:31 -0500

Tony Horton (P90X founder) On Yoga (via thefitclubnetwork)

do it! i love the Yoga X routine, and hate it, all at the same time.

"One of the best children’s stories of recent years was Neil Gaiman’s Coraline in which..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:17:16 -0500

“One of the best children’s stories of recent years was Neil Gaiman’s Coraline in which the heroine finds a door that leads to a world where she has a different family, and an Other Mother with button eyes who wants her to stay forever. It’s not just the Other Mother (or the Alice’s Red Queen, or Narnia’s White Witch, or Oz’s Wicked Witch) that’s scary. It’s the place she belongs to, in the mirror, through the wardrobe or over the rainbow. They tap into a primal mixture of fear and excitement at the prospect of vanishing into another world and, perhaps, never coming home.”

- If children’s stories aren’t scary, they’re failing their audience | Sam Leith | Books | The Guardian

Matrix producer plans Muhammad biopic | Film | guardian.co.uk

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:14:52 -0500

Matrix producer plans Muhammad biopic | Film | guardian.co.uk

On the street: Left Bank, Paris Gorgeous woman, beautiful style....

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:31:54 -0500

On the street: Left Bank, Paris

Gorgeous woman, beautiful style. Love it! I could never be this, but I still love it.

"For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:07 -0500

“For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there. It’s hard to do the calculation precisely, but for the cost of 40,000 troops over a few years — well, we could just about turn every Afghan into a Ph.D. The hawks respond: It’s naïve to think that you can sprinkle a bit of education on a war-torn society. It’s impossible to build schools now because the Taliban will blow them up. In fact, it’s still quite possible to operate schools in Afghanistan — particularly when there’s a strong “buy-in” from the local community. Greg Mortenson, author of “Three Cups of Tea,” has now built 39 schools in Afghanistan and 92 in Pakistan — and not one has been burned down or closed.”

- Op-Ed Columnist - More Schools, Not Troops - NYTimes.com

"Americans have tended to watch with a remarkable (I think frightening) degree of passivity as crises..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:49:15 -0500

“Americans have tended to watch with a remarkable (I think frightening) degree of passivity as crises of all sorts have gripped the country and sent millions of lives into tailspins. Where people once might have deluged their elected representatives with complaints, joined unions, resisted mass firings, confronted their employers with serious demands, marched for social justice and created brand new civic organizations to fight for the things they believed in, the tendency now is to assume that there is little or nothing ordinary individuals can do about the conditions that plague them.”

- Op-Ed Columnist - Changing the World - NYTimes.com

"Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?” And he answered..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:15 -0500

““Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?” And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.””

- Khalil Gibran - The Prophet, via The world as I see it blog

Op-Ed Columnist - A Final Verdict on the Presidential Salute -...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:47:00 -0500

Op-Ed Columnist - A Final Verdict on the Presidential Salute - NYTimes.com

I never had to think much of the men and women in our military until a couple years ago, when I started working with multitudes of former military personnel for a work project. While we often had differences of opinion on politics and policy, I did gain a new respect for their dedication, diligence, and the leadership training many of them received. So this article about the salute - it’s interesting. Especially the “do it right or don’t do it at all” kind of attitude about saluting. and yes, it seems President Obama did it quite well.

For Kumail Nanjiani, a Good Time to Be Funny - NYTimes.com

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:30:22 -0500

For Kumail Nanjiani, a Good Time to Be Funny - NYTimes.com

(via fuckyeahheroes) haha i saw this episode of heroes last...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:52:54 -0500

(via fuckyeahheroes)

haha i saw this episode of heroes last night and IMMEDIATELY thought, “i’m going to see this on tumblr soon.” and here it is!! nicely done.

ok, first thought was actually “hot damn.”

Droid vs iPhone: The Comparison Chart

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:37:20 -0500

Droid vs iPhone: The Comparison Chart:

I’m already on Verizon and contract ends in July. Was definitely going to go iPhone then, but now I’m considering getting a Droid when it comes out, or soon after…

Afghan men and boys gather on a Kabul hillside for a kite flying...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:05:45 -0500

Afghan men and boys gather on a Kabul hillside for a kite flying competition at dusk on Friday, March 10, 2006. Kite flying, once banned by the ruling Taliban regime, is a popular spring pastime. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (via Captured Photos

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Captured Photos U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:05:47 -0500

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U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit listen to their commanding officer as they prepare to leave in convoy from a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Monday April 28, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)