Little Oskar was born without any eyeballs. But he was lucky enough to find awesome people with love to give him--
--and balls with bells inside so he can hear them. Here he is.
http://www.facebook.com/BlindOskar
11/27/11
Oskar
Little Oskar was born without any eyeballs. But he was lucky enough to find awesome people with love to give him--
--and balls with bells inside so he can hear them. Here he is.
http://www.facebook.com/BlindOskar
11/26/11
PeeStation?
URINE-CONTROLLED VIDEO GAMES
No picture, becoz EWWW
11/25/11
11/24/11
Thanksgiving
It's that time of year again, so here's this.
Thanksgiving Unprayer
On this day,
when Earth tilts away from the Sun
and the world lies dormant,
it's appropriate to pause for a moment
and express appreciation for all that we have.
To express awe and reverence for the
nuclear furnace that formed this planet from interstellar dust,
the natural processes that organized its elements
into the carbon we are made of, and water,
that enables life to exist, to reproduce itself,
to be mobile, and conscious,
so we are able to appreciate our good fortune.
To thank our predecessors who
developed eyes to see the sunrise,
ears to hear music,
brains to understand
and a society to share all this.
Thank our fellow beings,
who share this earth
and who produce the oxygen we breathe,
the food we eat, the medicines we need,
and provide us with companionship.
Thank our ancestors who
freed us from superstition,
learned about the world
and passed on their knowledge
so that we enjoy the luxuries of our modern lives.
On a personal level, we thank
our parents for bringing us into this world,
and those who are here to share this day with us,
and not least, this fellow creature,
who gave up its life
so that we might continue on
in this great cycle we celebrate.
when Earth tilts away from the Sun
and the world lies dormant,
it's appropriate to pause for a moment
and express appreciation for all that we have.
To express awe and reverence for the
nuclear furnace that formed this planet from interstellar dust,
the natural processes that organized its elements
into the carbon we are made of, and water,
that enables life to exist, to reproduce itself,
to be mobile, and conscious,
so we are able to appreciate our good fortune.
To thank our predecessors who
developed eyes to see the sunrise,
ears to hear music,
brains to understand
and a society to share all this.
Thank our fellow beings,
who share this earth
and who produce the oxygen we breathe,
the food we eat, the medicines we need,
and provide us with companionship.
Thank our ancestors who
freed us from superstition,
learned about the world
and passed on their knowledge
so that we enjoy the luxuries of our modern lives.
On a personal level, we thank
our parents for bringing us into this world,
and those who are here to share this day with us,
and not least, this fellow creature,
who gave up its life
so that we might continue on
in this great cycle we celebrate.
11/23/11
Tu much bad stuffs--need a happy
Who this guy is? Scratch that, WHAT this guy is?
Is racoon. Is hairless. Is rare mutation.
This guy is fine and healthy, and now gets to live in the Busch Sanctuary. Yay.
Chemical Warfare
For years I've been harping on the militarization of our police forces,
Best of the lot, a very insightful piece by Alexis Madrigal, writing in The Atlantic
Also, Philip Zimbardo, the Lucifer Effect, pickle barrels, Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram, yada yadaWhy I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike
**"Pepper spray"--fuck whatever PR flack came up with that moniker, it's OC Gas: it's banned for use in warfare, restricted all to hell in prisons, has killed dozens of people in the US, including one last month (courtesy of the NYPD, natch). Call it what it is--a chemical weapon, poison gas.
Chart is from Deborah Blum's Speakeasy Science article, also required reading = everything you should know about OC gas.
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