November 2011
23 posts
stfubelievers:
“At my new job, we have a mega church down the street, so I keep my leanings to myself for practical reasons. One day, not long after I started, a gentleman came in looking for the owner of the art gallery across from us. He noticed my name tag and noted that I had Christ in my name. He asked me if I were ‘Christ’ like and followed Christ. Because having Christ in your name...
Watchgetyourpokeon:
runicbasso:
screwsimplicity:
tiny-azn:
This is the best kid.
Everyone else go home.
He’s my hero.
This kid’s speech seriously makes me want to go out and learn to ride a bike.
That’s it.
It’s been swell, automobile.
Don’t care that my city is a death trap for cyclists.
I’m gonna go buy myself a bike.
Thank you, inspirational child.
BE MY SON.
Reblog if you're willing to answer publicly...
SECOND CHANCE
brettjenkins:
If I had a chance to redo any particular day, I would still probably fuck it up in the same ways. Coffee still on a fourth of my work shirts.
Virginity still gone astray. Two hours still spent watching Kirsten Dunst play the same role she does in every other movie. But in defense of my ability to fuck up, I should say: all the best restaurants I’ve ever been to, I found...
Roman Catholic church's paedophile investigator... →
ih8religion:
[Source]
A Catholic Church child safety co-ordinator who was in charge of investigating sexual abuse allegations was jailed for 12 months today for internet peadophile offences.
Christopher Jarvis, 49, a married father-of-four, investigated historic claims of child abuse, interviewing the victims when they were adults.
He was responsible for child protection at 120 churches and...
Facebook Users Now 4.74 Degrees Apart →
world-shaker:
infoneer-pulse:
Forget the film Six Degrees of Separation, a new study from Facebook and the University of Milan has shown that people in the world are better connected that ever before, with users of the social network now connected by less than five contacts.
The study, which used data taken from Facebook’s 721 million active shows, shows that any two people on the site are...
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via onehumanist)
This quote actually made my eyes start to tear up… so true for me too…AATS
(via analyzedatheist)
“They pulled me out by the stethoscope, white coat and all as I was telling them...”
– Occupy Wall Street medic PAUL KOSTORA, on being forced to leave Zuccotti Park by the NYPD.
The police don’t care about you and your God-damned healthcare.
(via the NY Daily News)
OK I’m going to reblog this again when there’s more people on, but I want to make this very clear:
AN ATTACK ON A...
US totally loses by being ranked #31 in a recent... →
greenstate:
srslylauren:
UK is #13.
from HuffPo:
The scores were determined by measuring seven indicators for women in each developed country: risk of maternal death, how many women use modern contraception, life expectancy, years of schooling, maternity leave benefits, how much women earn as compared to men and the percentage of women in government. The study also measured three...
86 year old makes a rage comic. It's beautiful. →
abaldwin360:
thatqueerchick:
thefremen:
youthiswasted:
(OK, so this is not #occupy-related, but it is beautiful. It reminds me of the reasons why we protest, and of the grace and dignity of being open-minded and curious throughout your life. READ HIS COMIC. You will not regret it.)
aceofhzboxcars:
THIS
Is how you make a rage comic
Not that anyone will ever be able to make one that’s as...
